{"id":264744,"date":"2016-08-31T04:47:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/donald-trump-agrees-to-meet-mexican-president-south-of-the-wall\/"},"modified":"2016-08-31T04:47:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:47:56","slug":"donald-trump-agrees-to-meet-mexican-president-south-of-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/donald-trump-agrees-to-meet-mexican-president-south-of-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump agrees to meet Mexican president south of \u2018the wall\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2016.08\/thumbnail\/57c64c21c46188bd518b458d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        On the same day that Donald Trump is scheduled to give an in-depth speech on immigration policy in Arizona, he will be going south of the border to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Republican presidential nominee tweeted Tuesday evening that he had accepted the Mexican leader\u2019s invitation.<\/p>\n<p>After posting a picture of himself on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, eating a taco bowl with the caption \u201c<em>I love Hispanics!<\/em>\u201d his support among the Latino community did not improve. Trump has had to find alternative ways to soften his image and stance on immigration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have accepted the invitation of President Enrique Pena Nieto, of Mexico, and look very much forward to meeting him tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/770811688966770689\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps this is why he took up President Nieto\u2019s invitation to get to know the country he once claimed was \u201c<em>sending people that have lots of problems, and they\u2019re bringing those problems with us. They\u2019re bringing drugs. They\u2019re bringing crime. They\u2019re rapists.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is scheduled to speak with more depth on his immigration policy in Arizona on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>President Nieto\u2019s official Twitter account confirmed that Trump had accepted the offer and will meet him on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the visit will really be to estimate of the cost of building the wall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">no matter what happens in Mexico, Trump is going to be so hyped up that there&#8217;s absolutely no way he stays on script for immigration speech<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashleyfeinberg\/status\/770822249184198656\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto said &#8220;The Apprentice&#8221; was his favorite show, Trump would do a total 180 and try to make Mexico the 51st state.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgondelman\/status\/770819288970194944\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With news of Trump meeting Nieto, has anyone checked on Ann Coulter?  Will she join him &amp; sell books in Mexico?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Berry (@MichaelBerrySho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelBerrySho\/status\/770827626839584768\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mexico&#8217;s Pe\u00f1a Nieto is extremely unpopular right now at home, faces backlash if he doesn&#8217;t confront Trump = why Trump trip is risky<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRodriguez\/status\/770824993949253632\">August 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yCXVXyc8To\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/357711-donald-trump-accepts-mexico-visit\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the same day that Donald Trump is scheduled to give an in-depth speech on immigration policy in Arizona, he will be going south of the border to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The Republican presidential nominee tweeted Tuesday evening that he had accepted the Mexican leader\u2019s invitation. 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