“They don’t know it yet, but they’re gonna pay for the wall”: Trump hurls red meat to his base with intense immigration speech
Hours after his subdued presser with Mexican Pres. Peña Nieto, Trump shifts gears to border hawk in Arizona speech
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As was expected, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump readopted his outside-voice as he outlined his immigration policy during a speech in Phoenix on Wednesday night. This after a seemingly diplomatic closed-door meeting and joint news conference with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City just hours prior.
“We … have to be honest about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to successfully assimilate. Sometimes it’s just not gonna work out,” Trump said, outlining a 10-point-plan to curb illegal immigration. “Then there is the issue of security. Countless innocent American lives have been stolen because our politicians have failed in their duty to secure our borders and enforce our laws like they have to be enforced.”
“We will build a great wall along the southern border,” he promised, inciting chants from the border state crowd. “And Mexico will pay for the wall. Hundred percent. They don’t know it yet, but they’re gonna pay for the wall.” (President Peña Nieto, of course, unequivocally refuted this after his meeting with Trump earlier Wednesday.)