Mexican president offers belated explanation for 2016 invite to Trump
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Aug 29, 2018
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - It was one of the most controversial moves of his six years in office. In August 2016, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto invited then-candidate Donald Trump to meet with him in Mexico City.
That visit set off street protests as lawmakers expressed outrage at the presence of Trump, who had angered many here with his verbal assaults on Mexicans and his vow that Mexico would pay for a new border wall.
Now two years later, Pena Nieto
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