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Clearly we're not sending our best to Mexico.
We're sending liars. We're sending narcissists. We're sending sociopaths
https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/770823473128022016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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BREAKING: Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Reince Priebus, Sen. Jeff Sessions Travel To Mexico To Meet With President
http://100percentfedup.com/breaking-trump-rudy-giuliani-reince-priebus-sen-jeff-sessions-travel-to-mexico-to-meet-with-president/
(CNN)Donald Trump is traveling to Mexico Wednesday to meet with the country's president just hours before he is set to deliver a speech focused on immigration policy.
"I have accepted the invitation of President Enrique Pena Nieto, of Mexico, and look very much forward to meeting him tomorrow," the Republican presidential nominee tweeted Tuesday. The office of the Mexican President confirmed in a tweet late Tuesday night that Trump had accepted Peña Nieto's invitation and that the two will meet privately.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/donald-trump-enrique-pea-nieto-mexico/
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/770811688966770689
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Flashback to when Nieto compared Trump to Mussolini and Hitler
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-president-pena-nieto-compares-donald-trump-to-hitler-and-mussolini/
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ByJOSH MARSHALLPublishedAUGUST 30, 2016, 11:58 PM EDT
Trump is apparently traveling to Mexico with Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Jeff Sessions as his minders. People with the political nimbleness and cultural awareness to manage and massage a good outcome? I should say not. They're also traveling on one or two days notice. It will show.
Remember that the central force of Trump's political brand is dominance politics. Trump commands, people obey. Trump strikes, victims suffer. It will be extremely difficult for him to manage anything like this in the Mexican capital. He comes with a weak hand, no leverage and the look of a loser. All Peña Nieto needs to say is no.
Again, when you're in a campaign under constant scrutiny you do your best to control every situation, reduce the risk of unpredictable, embarrassing or damaging events. You try not to cede control to others. You especially try not to cede near total control to someone who has every interest in the world in harming you. The maximal version of that 'big thing you're not supposed to do' is precisely what it looks like Trump is doing.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/can-trump-be-this-stupid-not-a-trick-question
Internet erupts with hilarity over Trumps visit to Mexico: Keep him until he releases his taxes
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/internet-erupts-with-hilarity-over-trumps-visit-to-mexico-keep-him-until-he-releases-his-taxes/
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About that last time Trump came to Mexico...
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-baja-snap-story.html
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Donald Trump's visit to Mexico is greeted with hostility online
US presidential candidate urged to apologise for past remarks, and Mexican president criticised for inviting him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/31/donald-trump-mexico-visit-greeted-with-hostility-online
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"From the first days of his campaign, Donald Trump has painted Mexicans as 'rapists and criminals and has promised to deport 16 million people, including children and U.S. citizens, Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri wrote in a statement sent out on Tuesday night, shortly after Trump announced that he would meet with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday.
He has said we should force Mexico to pay for his giant border wall, Palmieri continued. He has said we should ban remittances to families in Mexico if Mexico doesn't pay up. What ultimately matters is what Donald Trump says to voters in Arizona, not Mexico, and whether he remains committed to the splitting up of families and deportation of millions."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/clinton-response-trump-mexico-trip
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Mexico rages against Trump visit
Reaction from Mexico against the Republican nominee's visit is swift and brutal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-mexico-visit-margarita-zavala-de-calderon-227577#ixzz4IuniQrwp
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liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Wednesdays
(17,359 posts)The article says "All Pena Niento needs to say is no." But tRump won't need to get any concessions. Rump will just go down there, snap a few selfies with the man, and then return to the USA declaring victory. And the M$M will totally run with that narrative.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)going to Mexico and this also includes babysitter head of the pack, Rinse P^^is.
Comedy gold.
griloco
(832 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)but I am forever grateful to the people who share such wonderful tweets as this one from Rob Reiner.
PatSeg
(47,419 posts)but I never use it. I really don't understand the fascination with communicating in sound bites. But I am also grateful for those who share the good ones!
klook
(12,154 posts)... what was I saying?
PatSeg
(47,419 posts)and our brains get all befuddled. Sometimes it is better to use emojis instead, saves on the brain power.
underpants
(182,788 posts)lame54
(35,287 posts)klook
(12,154 posts)as we've come to expect from young Reiner.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)for that moron to travel in Mexico
bora13
(860 posts)who would know more about how a mind from Queens works than an actor who played the "meathead" role against a t-rump prototype role?
Maybe t-rump will open up a bar in Mexico City and call it Donald's Place.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Not particularly smart either. Sorta the George Bush of Mexico.
The Donald is reviled in Mexico and meeting with Peña Nieto will drop both in popularity.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)than W, when he was on his way out of office. That's horrible. I don't understand the thinking behind this photo op, for either of these very unpopular guys.