DONARUDO
WEEK 064 / 073 — The Mexico Gambit
 Chapter 6 — The General · Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2016
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AUGUST 30, 2016. RISING AGAIN, HE ACCEPTS AN INVITATION NO ONE BELIEVED HE WOULD — FROM THE NATION HE VOWED TO WALL OFF.
I have accepted the invitation of President Enrique Pena Nieto, of Mexico, and look very much forward to meeting him tomorrow.DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
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AUGUST 31. THE IMPOSSIBLE PANEL: FOR ONE DAY, HE STANDS AS A STATESMAN IN THE HALL OF THE SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR.
Great trip to Mexico today - wonderful leadership and high quality people! Look forward to our next meeting.DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
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HOURS LATER — PHOENIX. WHAT THE MARBLE HALL LEFT UNSAID, THE ARENA ANSWERS.
“Mexico will pay for the wall!”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
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“Hillary Clinton didn't go to Louisiana, and now she didn't go to Mexico. She doesn't have the drive or stamina to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
HE HAS PLAYED PRESIDENT FOR A DAY, AND THE WORLD WATCHED. FAR OFF, THE FINAL GENERAL WEIGHS A SINGLE PHRASE THAT WILL NAME HIS ENTIRE ARMY.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The gambit no one saw coming: invited by the president of the nation he vowed to wall off, he crosses the border and stands beside him as a statesman — wonderful leadership, high quality people. That same night in Phoenix the arena roars the answer the marble hall never heard: Mexico will pay for the wall. And the contrast is driven like a nail — she did not go to Louisiana, and she did not go to Mexico.