Donald Trump is going to Mexico to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto, and Mexicans are super excited about it. Excited about protesting Trump’s visit, anyway:
Immigrant rights activist Maria Garcia said she was already rushing out of her house Wednesday morning to buy cloth for a banner to carry at one of several protests called to coincide with Trump's visit. The former Chicago resident said she plans to paint, "Trump, You're not welcome here" on it.
If Trump wants to make it right, there is something he could do:
Leading historian Enrique Krauze also addressed a tweet to Trump in English: "Listen ... We Mexicans expect nothing less than an apology for calling us 'criminals and rapists.'"
But we all know he won’t. Mexicans face a real challenge, though:
Mexicans have already made — and beaten to pulp — pinatas of Donald Trump. They created a video game in which players can throw soccer balls, cactus leaves and tequila bottles at a cartoon image of Trump. It remained to be seen how else they could demonstrate their dislike for the man, or how much the meeting could hurt Pena Nieto, whose popularity is already at an all-time low near 20 percent, according to recent polls.
Can they take the anti-Trump activities to the next level? Is there a chance Peña Nieto takes the opportunity to curry a little favor with his country’s voters by standing up to Trump? Stay tuned!