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Trump hit a home run with his meeting with Mexico’s president
CNBC ^ | Jake Novak

Posted on 08/31/2016 3:14:48 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Just when it seemed like the negative image of Donald Trump as a xenophobic, racist, and cartoonish excuse for a presidential candidate was permanently stained into most of the voters' minds, someone on his campaign staff had the brilliant idea to accept the invitation to meet Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City.

And now that the meeting is over, and both Trump and Nieto have made their formal statements, it's clear Trump has been given a crucial presidential-looking shot in the arm from perhaps the one foreign leader we least expected to give it to him. But that's not where the positives for Trump end, not by a long shot.

Suddenly, we now have a new context for Trump's long-awaited speech on immigration. Before the meeting, Trump was facing a tough challenge. Several conservatives, and even one of his most ardent supporters in Ann Coulter, had been getting much attention as they accused Trump of flip-flopping on illegal immigration and especially the deportation question. There are reports the Trump campaign is hoping to gloss over deportation at least somewhat by focusing on securing the southern border with Mexico instead. That seems like it might be a tough needle to thread. But now that Trump is making the speech coming directly from that border, that new focus suddenly becomes more plausible.

The buzz is now about the Mexico meeting and fewer people are talking about deportation. And since President Peña Nieto himself made border security part of his own set of priorities in his portion of the news conference, this entire event is amounting to something of a home run for Trump and his quest for legitimacy.

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TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: trump; trumpmexico
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1 posted on 08/31/2016 3:14:48 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; RitaOK; Black Agnes; nopardons; PennsylvaniaMom; Fai Mao; ...
It wasn't someone on Trump's staff who recommended this meeting.

This is pure Trump.

2 posted on 08/31/2016 3:15:58 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
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To: RoosterRedux

Mexico has it’s own intelligence and they decided to start the negotiations with Trump.


3 posted on 08/31/2016 3:17:10 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: RoosterRedux

Reminds me of President Reagan.


4 posted on 08/31/2016 3:18:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Surprisingly.


5 posted on 08/31/2016 3:18:31 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: RoosterRedux

Wow. MSM saying this!

I thought Trump did a great job.


6 posted on 08/31/2016 3:19:18 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: RoosterRedux

Home run.


7 posted on 08/31/2016 3:19:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: RoosterRedux

Hi, Rooster! Haven’t checked in with you in a while. Looks like Trump had a success but I’m not tuning into any tv program anytime soon, lol!


8 posted on 08/31/2016 3:19:59 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Oldexpat
Hillary--*cough**cough*--was invited but she has a few sick days coming so she will defer til later.

*cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough*

9 posted on 08/31/2016 3:21:53 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
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To: RoosterRedux

Hillary is taking an 18 hour Siesta.


10 posted on 08/31/2016 3:22:49 PM PDT by MGG
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To: miss marmelstein

Hi Miss M. Hope all is well with you.


11 posted on 08/31/2016 3:23:03 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
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Some pundits actually thought Peña Nieto would use this opportunity to bash Trump right to his face.

Nieto might have done that if he thought that Trump could not possibly become the next President of America del Norte. He is not going to prejudice any future dealing by slapping Trump in the face now. Only self righteous lefties would think Nieto was going to do their work for them.

12 posted on 08/31/2016 3:23:59 PM PDT by arthurus
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never heard any of the politicians saying ALL of these 5 points Trump is saying including building the wall. More proof all politicians are owned by Soros and other rich globalist donors , practically ALL politicians are corrupt including Cruz all except Trump. 99% of politicians never even said one of these points.

Trump Goals with Mexico...

1. End Illegal immigration

2. Have a Secure Border...sovereign right

3. Dismantle Drug cartels & movement of drugs into USA

4. Improving Nafta...must be updated and improved

5. Keep manufacturing wealth in our hemisphere


13 posted on 08/31/2016 3:24:30 PM PDT by Democrat_media ( Only Trump will stop TPP and China and the socialist illegals' invasion of the USA w Wall!)
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I just saw an article that said Mexico never REALLY expected Trump to show up ...


14 posted on 08/31/2016 3:25:01 PM PDT by 11th_VA (It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
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To: RoosterRedux

Everything is well with me. How about you, my FRiend?


15 posted on 08/31/2016 3:25:14 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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Hillary is taking an 18 hour Siesta.

She deserves a siesta. She just ate the tequila worm...er, tequila Weiner.

16 posted on 08/31/2016 3:25:54 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
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the hag will try to one-up Trump by promising Neito more US dollars to Mexico and for the Mexican illegals in the US. That’s all she’s got. If Neito is smart, he won’t believe anything she says.


17 posted on 08/31/2016 3:26:25 PM PDT by drypowder
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Nieto talked for fifteen minutes …Trump maybe five minutes..but just rattled off the five bullet points

HOMERUN


18 posted on 08/31/2016 3:26:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: miss marmelstein
Had my 68th birthday yesterday and still feel like 35.

Things are going well indeed.;-)

Looks like our boy Trump is going to win this thing.

19 posted on 08/31/2016 3:28:12 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
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How anyone, ANYONE, on the Right side is not solidly behind Trump is ..ah, never mind.


20 posted on 08/31/2016 3:28:34 PM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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