Trump hit a home run with his meeting with Mexico’s president

CNBC ^ | Jake Novak

[Cobra64]

Methinks El Presidente is not happ with the new sheriff in town. Note the clenched jaw. :-)

[fingers_crossed]

Based on the content, the setting and tone of the briefing afterwards I think you’re right. They think Trumps going to win and they want to be on the right side.

Smart move, Trump is loyal and will remember the frankness, strength and grace of the Mexican president. This is something that should have happened years ago.

Heads from both countries working together to help the Mexican people, against the cartels and their oligarchs.

[RoosterRedux]

Thx much Cobra, old friend.

[Yardstick]

Yep, he affirmed the wall right there in Mexico in the presence of the Mexican president and with his implicit consent. That is huge. Hard to claim that Trump’s just kidding about it or that it’s just a pipe dream now.

[VanDeKoik]

I feel like voting for Trump 5 times, all Chicago style, today.

[RoosterRedux]

Heheh. Thx much.

I have been farting a lot more lately.

Must be the beans.

[Montana_Sam]

This is pure Trump.

Yep. That's the way it looks to me, too. Trump talks and negotiates like a businessman, not a politician, and the pundits don't comprendé.

One of things that carries weight with me are the people who are loyal to Trump; not hearing much bad coming from people who've worked with/for him. Even Geraldo Rivera, a true-blue horse's patut, defers to Trump. We can see that Trump seeks out excellence in his managers, and I think we'll see that in his cabinet. He even had Krauthammer speaking positively.

[Billthedrill]

Hard to claim that Trump’s just kidding about it or that it’s just a pipe dream now.

Yup. I foresee a sudden silence in the "Trump has flip-flopped on immigration!" articles we've been seeing so many of lately.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Home run ... out of the park!!

[Right_in_Virginia]

YUP! :-)

[RoosterRedux]

I am a very immature 68.

Plus I exercise a lot.

On a serious note that you know well, we are called as children by the Big Guy.

I am old but still have the awe of life that a newborn must have.

I tried to get up on my high horse, but it turned out to be my cat.

And he told me to get down and open another can of tuna (which of course I dutifully did ASAP).

[V K Lee]

Beg to differ with Mr. Novak. Mr. Trump has not flip flopped on anything. His knowledge of this wall meaning so much to the majority of Americans, there will be no flipping done by him. His meeting with Mexico's president is possibly the beginning of a dialogue to bring together the two countries. Both men showed their respect toward the other and though many anti-trumpers do not care to say it: Mr. Trump looked very PRESIDENTIAL standing at his podium alongside. There were no cringes of doubt that he could hold his own...as there has been with prior presidents when doing the same. Mr. Trump was made for the job he faces.

[DiogenesLamp]

Looks like Trump found a way to let the Mexicans save face while he continues his plan to build the wall. The twist is that now the wall is framed as being in the interests of both the US and Mexico. It’ll stop illegal immigrants from flowing north and guns from flowing south.

This is the sort of finesse you would expect for someone who is a master of "the art of the deal."

Say what you will otherwise, but New York is a pretty D@mn good training ground for being a Wheeler Dealer.

"If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. "

:)

[RoosterRedux]

Based on his jaw muscle extension, I would say that President Nieto has come to understand Trump’s gravitas.

[DiogenesLamp]

If she comes out of hiding, she loses.

Better to remain silent and let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[TontoKowalski]

If I had to guess, and it would only be a guess, I'd say that Ivanka's husband, Jared, put the bug in Trump's ear.

He seems to be very on the ball, and Trump seems to trust him like he does his sons.

And, BTW, Jared was on that trip with him.

[kaila]

A wall would benefit Mexico. It would prevent the drug cartels from selling their product in the USA, in which currently gives them money and power in Mexico. It would dry up the demand, starving the cartels and maybe decreasing crime on the Mexico side.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Trump played it smart today. Total end run around old, sick, boozy Hillary.

[RoosterRedux]

Good to know. Thx for that info.

[Yardstick]

Yeah, me too. The more I’m thinking about this, the more I’m sort of pinching myself at what Trump pulled off today. This was an epic coup.