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And in the face of the new flip-flopping accusations from all sides, Trump now has bragging rights that he accepted the Mexican president's invitation to meet and Hillary Clinton has not. Trump can now say he obviously takes this issue much more seriously than his opponent. Some might even cast it as an "only Nixon could go to China" type moment.
And that brings us to the biggest reason why Donald Trump's surprise decision to go to Mexico was a good move: It's making Hillary Clinton look bad.
It's the latest evidence that what appears to be Hillary's "hide and let Trump sink himself" campaign strategy isn't so smart after all. Starting with his visit to flood-ravaged Louisiana and now this Mexico trip, Trump has now taken advantage of his uncontested media attention twice this month to get out of his previous campaign pattern and do something that looks presidential and makes Clinton look embarrassingly absent. And the polls have recently been tightening as a result.
No matter how inept you think your opponent is, allowing him or her to dominate the news means that if they suddenly do something smart or positive, it will be amplified exponentially. Making matters worse, it's not like Trump pushed to get this meeting all on his own. President Peña Nieto invited both Trump and Clinton to meet with him to discuss immigration, and now it will look sort of like a pathetic game of catch up if Hillary accepts and meets with him second.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/31/trum...eeting-with-mexicos-president-commentary.html
And that brings us to the biggest reason why Donald Trump's surprise decision to go to Mexico was a good move: It's making Hillary Clinton look bad.
It's the latest evidence that what appears to be Hillary's "hide and let Trump sink himself" campaign strategy isn't so smart after all. Starting with his visit to flood-ravaged Louisiana and now this Mexico trip, Trump has now taken advantage of his uncontested media attention twice this month to get out of his previous campaign pattern and do something that looks presidential and makes Clinton look embarrassingly absent. And the polls have recently been tightening as a result.
No matter how inept you think your opponent is, allowing him or her to dominate the news means that if they suddenly do something smart or positive, it will be amplified exponentially. Making matters worse, it's not like Trump pushed to get this meeting all on his own. President Peña Nieto invited both Trump and Clinton to meet with him to discuss immigration, and now it will look sort of like a pathetic game of catch up if Hillary accepts and meets with him second.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/31/trum...eeting-with-mexicos-president-commentary.html
