Republican nominee Donald Trump is making a surprise trip on Wednesday (US time) to Mexico, his first visit as a presidential nominee, to meet with a world leader who has publicly criticised him and his immigration and border policies.
The lightning-speed meeting with Mexican Presid-ent Enrique Peña Nieto will take place in the frenzied build-up to Mr Tru-mp’s speech in Arizona Wednesday night clarifying his policy on immigration.
Following Mr Trump’s calls for deporting all undocumented immigrants, labeling many Mexican “rapists” and “criminals,” and plan to build a wall along the border — that Mexico would pay for – Mr Nieto liken him to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Reaction from Mexico on Mr Trump’s visit, meanwhile, has been swift and brutal. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said, “Trump has nothing to do; these are desperate moves. What I don’t understand is why we fell for this trap, why we let him fool us.”
“I told you, Trump,” he said, “that ‘a fish dies by his own mouth.’ Now you should quit out of dignity for yourself, get back to your “business”. In 2015 Mr Trump had tweeted, “I love the Mexican people, but Mexico is not our friend.”
