Wow. Was I shocked when I watched Donald Trump standing side by side on the podium yesterday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. He looked--and sounded--positively gracious and presidential.
Trump had nothing but praise for Mexico and its people and called President Nieto (who compared him to Hitler) "a friend."
Later, he demurred to a reporter's question on whether Mexico agreed to pay for Trump's wall, saying simply that they hadn't discussed it, and they'd put it off for another day.
That's when the good Dr. Jekyll's facade began to crack.
Shortly after their meeting, Nieto revealed to the media that he and Trump had indeed talked about the wall, and that he'd told him Trump plainly that Mexico wasn't going to pay...period...end of story.
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| Donald Trump says he doesn't read books. Considering then that he's never read this one, it's uncanny the way his life is unwittingly imitating art. |
It was perhaps Pena Nieto's showing up of The Donald that spurred the Mr. Hyde to come out of him last night in Arizona.
The old Donald was back with a vengeance with all his xenophobic demagoguery, and he threw his virtually all white crowd all the fetid flesh they were craving.
This morning, it's being reported that Trump's Hispanic surrogates are running away from him and not looking back. They didn't like the 'Mr. Trump' they saw last night in Phoenix.
Amazingly, the polls were tightening up between Trump and Hillary Clinton. This morning's Rasmussen Reports poll actually has Trump up by a point.
Trump is doubling down on his gambit to win the presidency with exclusively white votes, though the math says it can't be done.
But the race-baiting 'Mr. Trump' that revealed himself again last night gets his base stirred up and excited...so excited they will flock to the polls in November to vote for him.
Hillary's own problems are monumental, and there are more to come.
Conversely, the deeper Hillary's trust issues become, the more tepid become her supporters. And lukewarm supporters sit home.
I don't know how Hillary Clinton can even redeem herself at this point. She is such a weak candidate, there's virtually only one way that she can motivate voters to turn out to the polls.
Keep pounding on the monster 'Mr. Trump' and frighten the bejeezus out of them.
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