MR. TRUMP GOES TO MEXICO?

DRUDGE REPORT: LifeZette: Trump-Nieto Meeting Confirmed

This is potentiallyYUGE for Donald Trump.  

WaPo: Mr. Trump Goes to Mexico

Is this a potential game changer? Of course it is, it puts Trump in a position where people are seeing him not only act presidential but actually do something presidential.  When you have lefty sites like PoliticusUSA calling it erratic and crazed, you know they fear such a trip.  

Instapundit: Roger Simon: Trump does brilliantly, Ex Clinton spokesperson praises Trump visit, It was a Yuge day for Trump, Hillary is morphing into Jeb, Trump's gamble is paying off, Is Trump on a mission from God? (don't you blaspheme), It's On: Hillary was invited too but she decided just to criticize Trump and he decided to go. 

Legal Insurrection: Morning Joe panel not fans of Trump's Mexico trip (could be they recognize it helps Trump)

Hot Air: Vicente Fox not happy (too bad you feel that way but you are not president anymore)

DRUDGE REPORT: TRUMP HEADS TO MEXICO

Don Surber: Why Trump can recover, Hillary cannot

American Power Blog: Good news for Trump but Challenges in getting the vote out

DaTechGuy: Mr. Trump Goes To Mexico and this was a disaster...for Hillary Clinton

Lem's Place: Trump Lands in Mexico

Trump's Five Part Plan

Trump comes off as a statesman and presidential in this speech
Mexico's President calls Trump "Open and Constructive"
AoSHQ: Success for Trump

Instapundit: Austin Bay: The Trump Pena Trade Show (win win), So you thought Trump had a good day yesterday: Not according to the Washington Post,  Roger Simon: Is Trump in the weeds on immigration policy?

Powerline: Trump's Immigration Speech and Trump's Triumphant Trip To Mexico

The Hill: Hillary Clinton can't run out the clock when Trump has control of the ball

Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Speech at Youngstown, Ohio

Donald Trump just gave a great speech.  Bravo. I loved it. Well done.

Heavy: Full Transcript of Trump's Foreign Policy Speech

A great foreign policy speech to match his recent economic speech in Detroit. 

Lem's Place/Chip Ahoy: Trump in CT

I was tough on Trump for going off message but this is what I was hoping for.  More please.

Rush Limbaugh: Some advice for Trump from El Rushbo

Milo Yiannopoulos: Trump just outflanked the Democrats on Gay Rights

Instapundit: Roger Simon: Trump argues extreme vetting of refugees and Trump adopts progressive gay immigration policy

The Arab Spring: Winter is Coming…

TOM: Obama's Foreign Policy Not Working Out As Promised

TOM: Equal Rights for Hostages

Michael J. Totten: Worst Fate Possible for a Journalist (regarding Steven Joel Sotloff)

Instapundit: Meet Dustin McAurthur McCain (American killed fighting for ISIS)

Update:

Excuses for Barack Obama

Why Fracking Insulates the US from Putin and the Middle East

Trifecta: Who is to blame for this Dark State Caliphate?

Joe Biden: Iraq will be one of the Obama Administration's great achievements…

Hmmm.  Well you have to compare it to Obama's other "achievements…"

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: Releasing foreign murderers and criminals and refusing to enforce visa laws...

Definitely not Win Win for the USA

What could go wrong:  Some of the crimes that these foreign felons did included 9,187 dangerous drug convictions, 426 sexual assault convictions, 303 kidnapping convictions, 193 homicide convictions, 1,317 domestic violence convictions and 1,075 aggravated assault convictions...

Maybe the Democrats' immigration and foreign policy should be
made issues in the upcoming elections...

You know what makes no sense: Jeb Bush as a candidate...

Update:

Jeb Bush says he will govern like LBJ…
Obama says amnesty will help Democrats…duh!
Protein Wisdom: Benghazi investigation spooks GOP Establishment…
Are the GOP going to use released criminals against Democrats? (let's hope so)

The Decline of American Deterrence

Geopolitics: The Decline of United States Deterrence: America is no longer alarming its foes or reassuring its allies…

Oh oh

Russian bombers and fighter jets seen over Crimea
Barack Obama and John Kerry failing on Ukraine
No de-escalation in sight on Ukraine
Russia adopts war time rhetoric
This is war

Update:
Shrunken America
Putin threatens to send tanks into Ukraine

Is it time for South Korea to stop the codependency dance with North Korea...

Before something serious happens, it may be time to put some pressure on South Korea to deal with the  North Korea. Paying off the North maybe the cheapest and safest outcome until that failed state ultimately implodes.  But until then, the South Koreans need to step up in paying for their own defense.

Update:
This game is tiresome, let NoKo test its missile...

h/t: Hot Air

How much aid do we give to the Palestinians?

Declaration of War if Obama goes to visit Temple Mount?  

Drudge is running this story as its lead.  We gave the Palestinians about $600 million last year.

Update:
Erin Burrnett asks the important question:  If we want to be liked, don't we have to throw Jews under the bus?  
Islamic Scholar claims Christianity is about penis worship and Christian women raised dogs to be their husbands (not like Islam has to worry about what other faiths think).

Why do we give F-16s to Egypt but refuse to sell F-16s to Taiwan?

The Soap Opera of foreign aid:  This all started with Camp David...

The Blogmocracy is correct:  Our foreign policy is schizophrenic...  We are giving* F-16s to the Muslim Brotherhood (who are in fact running Egypt right now) but there are efforts to block selling F-16s to Taiwan.  I understand the political pressure to keep the F-16 assembly line going, but do we have to give them away (especially to leaders who are openly hostile both to us and Israel)?

* why many of these transfers of F-16s are called sales to Egypt, they are actually gifts.  Our foreign aid to Egypt is mostly in the form of such "sales" and the debts later forgiven.

Update:  
An anonymous e-mailer said "They're payoffs to keep peace with Israel. Why do you pretend not to know the answer?"  That is of course true (and I am not pretending that is not the case).  I do not have a problem buying peace (sometimes that is the cheapest and best way to deal with something like this).  But when the Egyptian government changes from one under Sadat, to one under Mubarak, to one under Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood, we should adjust the payment to buy that peace.  Giving Egypt more F-16s may not be the smartest move.  At least we should condition such aid to agreed concessions by Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.  

But in the end, an F-16 is only as good as its pilot.  And I know Israel has better pilots than Egypt.  So if the peace fails and war does ever break out between Israel and Egypt again, I would not be surprised if Israel summarily destroys these various air bases as they did back in 50s, 60s and 70s.  

Photo taken by Israeli aircraft during 1967 Six Day War

Egyptian F-16s over Giza Pyramids

And I-ran (I couldn't get away)

I am getting Déjà Moo over all this Iranian saber rattling.  Iran should be careful about what it wishes for...


We should not take such a conflict lightly.  Don't misunderstand, I am not proposing we go to war with Iran.  But if Iran did do something so dumb as the close the Persian Arabian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz--that could not go unanswered.  Wouldn't that give the United States a perfect opportunity to blow up some research facilities in Iran, sink the Iranian Navy, and blow up Iran's limited gasoline refineries?  


Update:  And let's not forget this classic:  Iran So Far Away...


Update II:  Really?


Update III:   Faster, Please!

New Dear Leader

WTF! He is like a Korean Jonah Hill.

But I am guessing not as funny.

Update:  Here is Rush's montage about Korean Jonah Hill's dad.

Update II:  China to restructure North Korea  Well that did not take long did it!