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spanone

(135,827 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 11:37 AM Aug 2016

“Not welcome”: Massive protests planned for Trump’s trip to Mexico

"We don't like him; we don't want him; we reject his visit," a former president of Mexico said of Trump's trip

With less than 24 hour notice, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepted an open invitation from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to visit the country less than 70 days before the U.S. election and on the same day Trump is set to deliver a pivotal speech on immigration in Arizona.

The two men will meet behind closed doors at the Mexican President’s official residence, called Los Pinos, early Wednesday afternoon and issue a statement immediately after without taking questions from reporters.

In an interview with CNN in July, Peña Nieto said there was “no way” Mexico would pay for a border wall. The GOP candidate only enjoys a 4 percent favorable rating from Mexican citizens, according to a Reforma newspaper poll published August 16.

The surprise event, closed to the public, is already engendering calls for a massive protest of the candidate who decried that Mexico is sending “rapists” and “criminals” across the border illegally.



http://www.salon.com/2016/08/31/not-welcome-massive-protests-planned-for-trumps-trip-to-mexico/
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“Not welcome”: Massive protests planned for Trump’s trip to Mexico (Original Post) spanone Aug 2016 OP
Aw. librarylu Aug 2016 #1
Protests need police action... Satch59 Aug 2016 #2
Send Trump the bill. murielm99 Aug 2016 #3
That's playing right into his hands leftynyc Aug 2016 #4
I wish someone would revoke his passport and not madinmaryland Aug 2016 #5
ANY attention MFM008 Aug 2016 #6

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
2. Protests need police action...
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:13 PM
Aug 2016

So all this possible unrest to the Mexican people will cost money to provide police and possible injury to protestors...

The US Embassy could possibly be threatened as a protest...

All this for a Trump photo op?? None of this is acceptable and Trump should be held accountable for anything that goes wrong.

murielm99

(30,735 posts)
3. Send Trump the bill.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:23 PM
Aug 2016

He won't pay it, but send it anyway, and make sure the cost of his visit gets a lot of publicity.

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