“We are waiting for Donald Trump`s big immigration speech. There are lots of unanswered questions that remain about where exactly Trump stands on deportation forces, on what to do with the millions of immigrants who are here illegally now, and where he stands on the question of birthright citizenship.” BigsForceWaitingMillionsTrumpSpeechImmigrationImmigrantsCitizenshipBirthrightUnanswered QuestionsUnansweredDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“[Donald] Trump met with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, who has in the past compared Trump`s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.” PastPresidentTrumpMetsRhetoricMexican Author:Steve Kornacki
“Here`s an interesting twist, though, President Pena Nieto later tweeting that he told [Donald] Trump in their private meeting that Mexico will not pay for the proposed border wall, Trump saying, though, in that press conference that it didn`t come up.” PresidentInterestingPayWallTrumpPressesMeetingsCome UpBordersMexicoTwistsConferencesPress Conferences Author:Steve Kornacki
“Immigration has been [Donald] Trump`s signature issue throughout his entire presidential campaign, and his supporters love him for it.” Has BeensIssuesTrumpCampaignsImmigrationPresidentialSupporterSignaturesPresidential Campaign Author:Steve Kornacki
“When Donald Trump had all of his opponents, when he had critics in his party saying what you`re calling for in terms of deportation of all 11 million is not practical, it`s not plausible, some were saying it is not moral, why wouldn`t he make argument then?” TermPartyMoralMillionsTrumpCallingArgumentCriticsPracticalsOpponentsPlausibleDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“Donald Trump`s meeting with the president of Mexico comes after months of bashing that country and its political leadership. Trump has called the Mexican government corrupt and dishonest.” CountryGovernmentPoliticalPresidentMonthsTrumpMeetingsMexicoMexicanPolitical Leadership Author:Steve Kornacki
“On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.” SaidWarPayWallTrumpTradeCampaignsBordersSouthernMexicoThreatenedTrails Author:Steve Kornacki
“Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald] Trump. Seventy-five percent say they have a negative opinion.” PeopleOpinionFiveTrumpPercentNegativeSurpriseMexicoSeventies Author:Steve Kornacki
“Here`s what I`m curious about. For the president of Mexico, this man, Donald Trump, is, it`s probably not an understatement to say, despised by many Mexicans.” MenPresidentTrumpCuriousMexicoDespisedUnderstatement Author:Steve Kornacki
“The Donald Trump who showed up at this press conference, though he did extend his hand to President Pena Nieto, say, I consider you a friend, he said he talked about first-generation, second- generation, third-generation Mexican-American, he said - his words here - he considers them beyond reproach.” FirstsSaidHandsPresidentGenerationsTrumpThirdsPressesConferencesMexicanReproachPress ConferencesMexican American Author:Steve Kornacki
“There was a change in tone in terms of the [Donald] Trump who showed up in Mexico City for this press conference.” TermCitiesTrumpPressesToneMexicoConferencesPress ConferencesMexico City Author:Steve Kornacki
“Looking to Donald Trump`s immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got him this far?” IfsIssuesTrumpSpeechImmigrationStance Author:Steve Kornacki
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“Rush Limbaugh is saying he never took Trump seriously in the first place.” FirstsTrump Author:Steve Kornacki
“He [Donald Trump] found that sweet spot in the Republican Party, just politically, where you had the rest of the party saying it`s just impractical. You can`t deport 11 million people. You can`t round them up and deport them, and his position was basically, hey, Republican voters. Don`t listen them, you can and I will.” PeopleFoundPartyMillionsPositionSweetTrumpRepublicanRoundsSpotsHeyVotersRepublican Party Author:Steve Kornacki
“We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does that all add up to buying him enough wiggle room with his base that he can get out and change his position like that?” YearsDoeSaidEnoughLastsRoomsPositionTrumpAddBuyingLast YearRhetoricProvocative Author:Steve Kornacki
“Donald Trump, I guess one idea here if he`s flip flopping, has he bought himself cover with his base by all the inflammatory thing he`s said over the last year? But the flip side is, all of those inflammatory things, the voters he`s trying to reach by flip flopping, are they tuned out to him because of that?” IfsTryingYearsSaidIdeasLastsSidesTrumpVotersLast YearFlipFlip FlopsFlopping Author:Steve Kornacki
“Like the kind of voter who has been turned off to [Donald] Trump, who would normally vote Republican in an election like this, that`s who we`re talking about, can they get past - even if he comes to a position that`s more agreeable for them, a tone that`s more agreeable, can they get past the last year?” IfsYearsKindHas BeensLastsPastTalkingPositionTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionToneVotersLast YearTurned Off Author:Steve Kornacki
