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Headline Roundup August 31st, 2016

Trump to Meet Mexican President

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This surprise trip takes place just ours before Trump's immigration speech. Will Mexico welcome him with open arms?

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OPINION: Donald Trumpโ€™s high-risk, low-reward trip to Mexico is sort of baffling
OPINION: Donald Trumpโ€™s high-risk, low-reward trip to Mexico is sort of baffling

Washington Post

Opinion

It is barely worth pointing out that Donald Trump's surprise visit to Mexico on Wednesday won't do President Enrique Peรฑa Nieto much good. Peรฑa Nieto is deeply unpopular in his home country, with a quarterly survey from the newspaper Reforma putting his favorability at 23 percent โ€” a figure so low that it makes Trump himself, at 35 percent, seems positively embraced.

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Despite the last-minute meeting, Mexico likely won't forget Trump's insults
Despite the last-minute meeting, Mexico likely won't forget Trump's insults

USA TODAY

News

It's hard to foresee what could come of the meeting between Mexico's head of state and the GOP presidential nominee. Peรฑa Nieto has compared Trump to dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. He told CNN he couldn't โ€” and wouldn't โ€” pay for the wall Trump so often promises to have built.

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Trump to Make Surprise Visit to Mexico Hours Before Immigration Speech
Trump to Make Surprise Visit to Mexico Hours Before Immigration Speech

Blaze Media

News

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will make a surprise trip to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with the countryโ€™s president hours before delivering a highly-anticipated speech on immigration.

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