At least two demonstrations are planned in Mexico City as Mexicans express anger about the visit of Donald Trump.
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Since the moment he launched his campaign for president, Donald Trump has had plenty to say about Mexico.
Trump is expected to be back into the United States by this afternoon and his speech is set for 6 p.m. MT, in Phoenix, Ariz. From calling Mexican illegal immigrants rapists and criminals, to vowing to build a wall along the Southern border, to threatening to undo the North American Free Trade Agreement, Trump has caused growing alarm in Mexico.
“We witnessed Hillary’s foreign policy prowess during her time as Secretary of State and it was an absolute disaster”, Davidson, an Army veteran, said in a statement the Trump campaign distributed ahead of Clinton’s speech.
In case you needed a refresher about what the Republican candidate has said about Mexico, Democratic presidential rival Hilary Clinton had a list of tweets all ready to go in advance of that trip.
Kaine is visiting a Hispanic community center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, hours before Trump is set to speak and about his immigration plans.
On NBC’s “Today”, Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was asked Wednesday if Trump would change his rhetoric in his meeting with Pena Nieto.
“The point that Mr. Trump has made again and again is that you don’t get amnesty and you don’t get legalization since you broke the law to be here in the first place”, she said. “But then he also respects it’s a complex issue”.
They weren’t the strongest words he’s had for the NY billionaire, either. If he’s perceived as going soft on Trump, it will hurt him greatly.
Former first lady Margarita Zavala wrote in a tweet aimed at Trump: “Even though you may have been invited, we want you to know you’re not welcome”.
After saying during his primary campaign he would expel all of the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally with a “deportation force”, Trump has suggested recently he might be open to “softening” his stance as he tries to win over more moderate general election voters.
Trump has already laid out parts of his immigration policy and they resemble some past Republican attempts at immigration reform, like using an E-verify system to ensure that employers hire properly documented workers, and swift deportation of immigrants who have committed crimes.
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“It’s vitally important that he not disappoint his supporters because they are the people who are with you through thick and thin and when you start to thin your base in hopes of adding other people to your base, it just never works”, said Republican strategist Barry Bennett, a Trump supporter.
