WEEK 064 / 583 — The Mexico Gambit
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.
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.
HOURS LATER — PHOENIX. WHAT THE MARBLE HALL LEFT UNSAID, THE ARENA ANSWERS.
“Mexico will pay for the wall!”
“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!”
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.
Readers' Corner
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