Trump Mexico Visit Backfires on President With Bruised Image
- Pena Nieto’s meeting with Trump on his terms baffles Mexicans
- President already suffers from worst approval in two decades
Trump, Mexico's Nieto Emphasize Cooperation After Meeting
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While President Enrique Pena Nieto may have sought to help Mexicans living in the U.S. by welcoming presidential candidate Donald Trump into his mansion on Wednesday, reaction following the summit seems to indicate he wasn’t too focused on how it would play at home.
Commentators, politicians and ordinary citizens took to TV and social media to criticize Pena Nieto, with some lawmakers holding up anti-Trump banners on the Senate floor. The backlash increased throughout the day as Pena Nieto stood by Trump in an address to the media where the candidate remained firm on a proposed border wall and played the role of statesman with such pearls as "Mexicans are amazing!"