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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 08:58 PM Aug 2016

Trump considers last-minute meeting in Mexico with the country’s president

Source: The Washington Post



Donald Trump is considering jetting to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy, according to people in the United States and Mexico familiar with the discussions.

The possibility, which was hatched in recent days by Trump and his campaign advisers, comes after Trump has wavered for weeks over whether he would continue to hold his hard-line positions on the central and incendiary issue of his campaign, in particular his call to deport an estimated 11 million immigrants who are living in the United States illegally.

The people informed of Trump’s plans requested anonymity due to the sensitivity surrounding its planning. They said late Tuesday that talks between the Trump campaign and Mexican officials were ongoing, with Trump interested in going but logistics and security concerns still being sorted out.

Peña Nieto has extended an invitation for the businessman to come visit with him in Mexico to talk about various political and economic issues, the people said. Trump, sensing an opportunity, decided over the weekend to accept the invitation and push for a visit this week.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-considers-last-minute-meeting-in-mexico-with-the-countrys-president/2016/08/30/5a694790-6f12-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation

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Trump considers last-minute meeting in Mexico with the country’s president (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Hey Trump! Drink the water! muntrv Aug 2016 #1
+1 Native Aug 2016 #7
Hey Mexico! lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #2
STILL trying to figure out what his 'plan' is!!! elleng Aug 2016 #3
He's gonna ask . . . OldRedneck Aug 2016 #4
Will he hand him an invoice for the wall? n/t hibbing Aug 2016 #5
Oh, my, he'll be forced to cancel the speech. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2016 #6
Maybe Nieto wants to ask Trump to release his taxes rurallib Aug 2016 #8
Can we not let him back into the US? VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #9
oh, gosh, wouldn't it be awful if he wound up in a mexican jail? niyad Aug 2016 #10
Is Trump going to demand that the physical wall be built on Mexico side of Rio Grande?? riversedge Aug 2016 #11
He's fleeing the jurisdiction, just like Cardinal Law! Tactical Peek Aug 2016 #12
Can't wait to see how he screws this up. Hieronymus Aug 2016 #13
Seriously, people! truthisfreedom Aug 2016 #14
Lawrence O'Donnell said BOTH candidates received invitations last friday to come to Mexico KewlKat Aug 2016 #15
C'mon Mexico City... a la izquierda Aug 2016 #16

lapfog_1

(29,189 posts)
2. Hey Mexico!
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 09:04 PM
Aug 2016

What would it take for you to build the wall in ONE DAY... and make it about 40,000ft high.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
15. Lawrence O'Donnell said BOTH candidates received invitations last friday to come to Mexico
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 10:51 PM
Aug 2016

this was not the Don's idea. His campaign has gone back and forth on whether he should go. Secret service concerned about the safety side...........

a la izquierda

(11,791 posts)
16. C'mon Mexico City...
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 07:13 AM
Aug 2016

show us how you protest this asshole.

FWIW, I've been in Mexico City during the teachers' demonstrations. It's pretty tense, but usually mostly calm. This should be very interesting.

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