Trump Stumps -- in Mexico

From CNN's Breaking News today --


Here is some background on D. Trump's improvisatory trip to Mexico today.  The world should not be fooled that this is some kind of foreign policy success.   --   DT  

"That's how Mussolini got in, that's how Hitler got in. They took advantage of a situation, a problem perhaps," the Mexican president said in March to a Mexican newspaper, according to Reuters."Hitler, Mussolini, we all know the result," he said in explaining his comments in June, as reported by Reuters. "It was only a call for reflection and for recognition, so that we bear in mind what we have achieved and the great deal still to achieve."

Peña Nieto added that the world is at times "presented with political actors and political leaders who assume populist and demagogic positions."The Mexican leader has also flatly rejected the idea that Mexico would pay for a border wall, telling CNN's Fareed Zakaria in July that "there is no way that Mexico can pay (for) a wall like that."

I love the Mexican people, but Mexico is not our friend. They're killing us at the border and they're killing us on jobs and trade. FIGHT!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2015

Clinton also raised the stakes for Trump, noting that meeting foreign leaders and working with other countries was what she had done for four years as America's top diplomat."You don't build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. You do it by putting in the slow, hard work of building relationships. Getting countries working together was my job every day as secretary of state. It's more than a photo op. It takes consistency, reliability."

A senior Clinton aide said Wednesday that the former secretary of state had also received an invitation to meet Peña Nieto.

"Secretary Clinton last met with President Peña Nieto in Mexico in 2014 and our campaign is in a regular dialogue with the Mexican government officials," the aide added. "She looks forward to talking with President Peña Nieto again at the appropriate time."CNN's Mark Preston, Sara Murray, Elise Labott, Kevin Liptak, Ashley Fantz and Dan Merica contributed to this report.