re: #299 dangerman

trump says he meant to do it

re: mexico’s ex-finance minister Luis Videgaray

Trump visits Mexico, disrupts government. Very diplomatic of you Donnie. Good job! /

Mostly, though, it’s an odd claim because Trump insinuates very clearly that his goal was to shake up the Mexican government. “And if you look at what happened, look at the aftermath today where the people that arranged the trip in Mexico have been forced out of government. That’s how well we did,” he said.

The United States’s ally and neighbor to the south will probably be surprised to hear that Trump’s aim in visiting their country was to undercut its leaders and force them to resign — particularly a close confidante of Peña Nieto’s like now-former finance minister Luis Videgaray. Trump hadn’t previously indicated that this was his goal in visiting the country. And Peña Nieto, embattled as he is, surely won’t appreciate the idea that this trip was planned with the hope of sparking further upheaval in his administration.