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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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KEYWORDS: trump; trumpmexico
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To: Karl Spooner; All

Methinks El Presidente is not happ with the new sheriff in town. Note the clenched jaw. :-)


61 posted on 08/31/2016 4:15:40 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Oldexpat

Based on the content, the setting and tone of the briefing afterwards I think you’re right. They think Trumps going to win and they want to be on the right side.

Smart move, Trump is loyal and will remember the frankness, strength and grace of the Mexican president. This is something that should have happened years ago.

Heads from both countries working together to help the Mexican people, against the cartels and their oligarchs.


62 posted on 08/31/2016 4:17:53 PM PDT by fingers_crossed
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To: Cobra64

Thx much Cobra, old friend.


63 posted on 08/31/2016 4:22:37 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: Cobra64

Yep, he affirmed the wall right there in Mexico in the presence of the Mexican president and with his implicit consent. That is huge. Hard to claim that Trump’s just kidding about it or that it’s just a pipe dream now.


64 posted on 08/31/2016 4:23:15 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: RoosterRedux

I feel like voting for Trump 5 times, all Chicago style, today.


65 posted on 08/31/2016 4:23:45 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ASA Vet
Heheh. Thx much.

I have been farting a lot more lately.

Must be the beans.

66 posted on 08/31/2016 4:25:38 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
This is pure Trump.

Yep. That's the way it looks to me, too. Trump talks and negotiates like a businessman, not a politician, and the pundits don't comprendé.

One of things that carries weight with me are the people who are loyal to Trump; not hearing much bad coming from people who've worked with/for him. Even Geraldo Rivera, a true-blue horse's patut, defers to Trump. We can see that Trump seeks out excellence in his managers, and I think we'll see that in his cabinet. He even had Krauthammer speaking positively.
67 posted on 08/31/2016 4:25:57 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Yardstick
Hard to claim that Trump’s just kidding about it or that it’s just a pipe dream now.

Yup. I foresee a sudden silence in the "Trump has flip-flopped on immigration!" articles we've been seeing so many of lately.

68 posted on 08/31/2016 4:26:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: dp0622

Home run ... out of the park!!


69 posted on 08/31/2016 4:27:00 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Chode

YUP! :-)


70 posted on 08/31/2016 4:28:22 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: miss marmelstein
I am a very immature 68.

Plus I exercise a lot.

On a serious note that you know well, we are called as children by the Big Guy.

I am old but still have the awe of life that a newborn must have.

I tried to get up on my high horse, but it turned out to be my cat.

And he told me to get down and open another can of tuna (which of course I dutifully did ASAP).

71 posted on 08/31/2016 4:30:30 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
Beg to differ with Mr. Novak. Mr. Trump has not flip flopped on anything. His knowledge of this wall meaning so much to the majority of Americans, there will be no flipping done by him. His meeting with Mexico's president is possibly the beginning of a dialogue to bring together the two countries. Both men showed their respect toward the other and though many anti-trumpers do not care to say it: Mr. Trump looked very PRESIDENTIAL standing at his podium alongside. There were no cringes of doubt that he could hold his own...as there has been with prior presidents when doing the same. Mr. Trump was made for the job he faces.
72 posted on 08/31/2016 4:31:31 PM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Yardstick
Looks like Trump found a way to let the Mexicans save face while he continues his plan to build the wall. The twist is that now the wall is framed as being in the interests of both the US and Mexico. It’ll stop illegal immigrants from flowing north and guns from flowing south.

This is the sort of finesse you would expect for someone who is a master of "the art of the deal."

Say what you will otherwise, but New York is a pretty D@mn good training ground for being a Wheeler Dealer.

"If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. "

:)

73 posted on 08/31/2016 4:33:06 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: TomGuy

Based on his jaw muscle extension, I would say that President Nieto has come to understand Trump’s gravitas.


74 posted on 08/31/2016 4:33:33 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: AndyTheBear
If she comes out of hiding, she loses.

Better to remain silent and let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

75 posted on 08/31/2016 4:34:01 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: painter; RoosterRedux
If I had to guess, and it would only be a guess, I'd say that Ivanka's husband, Jared, put the bug in Trump's ear.

He seems to be very on the ball, and Trump seems to trust him like he does his sons.

And, BTW, Jared was on that trip with him.

76 posted on 08/31/2016 4:34:23 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: Cobra64

A wall would benefit Mexico. It would prevent the drug cartels from selling their product in the USA, in which currently gives them money and power in Mexico. It would dry up the demand, starving the cartels and maybe decreasing crime on the Mexico side.


77 posted on 08/31/2016 4:34:46 PM PDT by kaila
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump played it smart today. Total end run around old, sick, boozy Hillary.


78 posted on 08/31/2016 4:35:43 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TontoKowalski

Good to know. Thx for that info.


79 posted on 08/31/2016 4:36:10 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: Billthedrill

Yeah, me too. The more I’m thinking about this, the more I’m sort of pinching myself at what Trump pulled off today. This was an epic coup.


80 posted on 08/31/2016 4:39:19 PM PDT by Yardstick
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