Debate this: Trump in Mexico

What are Republicans saying? 
Another week, another embarrassing and shameful action taken by the Republican nominee for President. Last week, Donald Trump took a visit to Mexico, to visit with Mexican President Enrique Nieto, to discuss issues facing the U.S. and its southern neighbor, including immigration. While President Nieto invited Mr. Trump to Mexico and the two reportedly had a civil discussion, he said the Mexican people “had been hurt” by Trump’s comments. While President Nieto welcomed Mr. Trump, the citizens of Mexico certainly did not. Former President Vicente Fox said via twitter “Trump not welcome in Mexico, not by me nor the 130 (millions of) Mexicans.” Former first lady Margarita Zavala also said on twitter “We Mexicans have dignity, and we reject your hate speech.” The meeting was met with hundreds of protestors who made it known that Trump was not welcome.

Let us not forget, Donald Trump said less than a year ago that Mexicans are “criminals,” and “rapists.” This was nothing more than a political stunt to get voters to forget about that undeniably racist things he has said about Mexicans. Donald Trump does not care about working with the Mexican people to create a real solution to immigration. This trip was nothing but a way for him to save face. This is still the same man who wants to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. The same man who wants to build a wall between Mexico and the United States. Not only will these ideas never work or be put into action, they are dangerous and filled with hate.
This trip brings up the biggest problem with Trump’s campaign. He has no actual substance, no real plan on how to lead our country. The entire Trump campaign is a fraud. It can be seen in his investments- his failed casinos, airlines, golf resorts. He even ran a fake university, which scammed thousands of people out of their money. He has had success by making empty campaign promises, like “Make America Great Again,” or “We are going to build the wall.” This trip to Mexico is not any different. He has no plan on immigration, or for any issue. His campaign promises are just like his business ventures- a giant fraud.

The truth of the matter is that immigrants are helping our economy. Over half of the 2.5 million farm workers in the U.S. are illegal immigrants. They are not “taking our jobs,” they are taking the jobs Americans do not want. We are a nation made up of immigrants, which is part of what makes the United States the greatest country in the world. Donald Trump and his hateful rhetoric can try and say otherwise, but the American people can see through his lies. They can see how hateful and blatantly racist he is. The final step is to say “no” to Mr. Trump on November 8th. Samuel Jackson is a sophomore at USU and he is studying Political Science. He is currently a member of the Government Relations Council, and the Vice President of the USU College Democrats. Also, he is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity here on campus as well. 

The spotlight has been shining ever so brightly on our billionaire buddy, Donald Trump, since the race for the White House began in 2015. His political-incorrectness, boisterous nature, and passionate stance on issues earned him the Republican ticket in this year’s election. Many Republicans and Democrats believe he earned his rank by focusing his campaign on one major issue, immigration. During a Republican debate, Mr. Trump surprised the nation with his exclamatory promise, “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall.” Trump’s promise to keep America safe and regulated through increased border security has an appeal to the American people. But how are we going to make Mexico pay for it?

Following a surprising invitation from Mexico’s President, Enrique Pena Nieto a few weeks ago, Trump announced his forthcoming visit with the Mexican President. Trump’s unprompted remarks about immigration and border security have labeled the Presidential hopeful as “unfavorable” within the Hispanic community. In addition, the invitation from President Nieto reached Trump with major backlash from the President’s own country, where Nieto already faces accusations of incompetency.

The highly-anticipated meeting between Trump and Nieto lasted several hours, even longer than what was expected. In the conference following, Trump opened by calling President Nieto his friend and said, “We had a very substantive, direct and constructive exchange of ideas…” Plans were raised to build a wall, but nothing has been said has to whether or not they discussed who would pay for it. Nieto also made sure to press Trump for some of his loose comments over previous months but ended optimistically by saying they could work together, “even though we don’t agree on everything.”

After Trump’s short flight back to Arizona, he reiterated his stance on immigration by emphasizing that a wall will be built, and that there will be zero-tolerance for undocumented immigrants who have committed a crime. He also plans to triple the amount of Immigration/Border officers along southern states and to stop the issuing of visas where there isn’t adequate screening.
Despite disagreements or his uncanny methods, it reigns true that if Donald Trump wants to be President of the United States, he will need to continue a diplomatic conquest to soothe relations between countries and world leaders.Ty Forbes is a pre-med junior studying Chinese. He’s a transfer student from the University of Utah. He’s the vice president of College Republicans. He loves exercising, studying, eating, and Super Smash Bros.