2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMexican Prez Won't Back Down: I Was ‘Clear’ With Trump We'd Never Fund Wall
Soon after Donald Trump crowed on Twitter on Thursday morning that Mexico will pay for the wall, embattled Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto published an op-ed saying he was clear with Trump that his country would do no such thing.
In my conversation with Trump about the border, I was also very clear: Mexico will not pay for any wall, Peña Nieto wrote in Spanish in El Universal, one of Mexicos highest-circulation newspapers.
The two politicians have offered up differing accounts of their private Wednesday meeting in Mexico City, with Trump claiming they didnt discuss who would fund his signature wall and Peña Nieto insisting that he told Trump Mexico paying for it was off the table.
Trump effectively treated the visit as a high-profile photo opportunity, praising the Mexican president as a friend before traveling to Arizona to deliver a speech that heaped scorn on Mexican immigrants.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)spin this into a narrative that Mexico needs to be Invaded and camps set up for all those so called Illegals.
marybourg
(12,633 posts)since Pena Nieto said he "would not" pay for a wall and Trump didn't make any response. Hence no DISCUSSION.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)a leak of that private meeting to the media. Trump's lack of response should be as damaging among those who love to think of him as a strong man as any response would have been, however much that may be.
marybourg
(12,633 posts)seem largely unable to concurrently see any flaw in him. That he's "not politically correct" is such a powerful attraction to them that nothing else seems to matter.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Authoritative messages delivered with strong, implacable certitude can apparently be very seductive. I don't do authoritative. I wouldn't assume I would always be completely immune, but I am sure I'd always be alarmed and woke up by the company I found myself keeping.
oasis
(49,395 posts)OB44
(27 posts)I'm afraid Pres. Nieto got played. Should have chastised Trump at the press conference. Don't see what was to gain by him on the same stage.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,236 posts)know that the only one who would benefit from such a visit would be Trump, so he deserves every bit of scorn that's being heaped on his head right now. Unless he has video evidence of the private meeting, he got played by a pro.