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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for August 2016

Donald Trump just gave his immigration speech. White nationalists loved it.
Politics

These guys think he really nailed it.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Donald Trump’s immigration speech: time, how to live-stream, what to expectDonald Trump’s immigration speech: time, how to live-stream, what to expect
Politics

Just hours after meeting with Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, Trump is scheduled to give his long-awaited immigration policy speech.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Transcript: Donald Trump’s speech showed “zero tolerance” for undocumented immigrantsTranscript: Donald Trump’s speech showed “zero tolerance” for undocumented immigrants
Politics

Trump threw out any implication that he might soften his tone on immigration.

By Tara Golshan
Donald Trump is never going to stop being Donald Trump
Politics

There’s no pivot. There’s no softening. This is what you get.

By Matthew Yglesias
What 11 million unauthorized immigrants heard from Donald Trump: be very afraid
Politics

The threat of deportation is a trauma. Donald Trump would make it worse than ever before.

By Dara Lind
Politics
Trump just made Rudy Giuliani wear a “Make Mexico Great Again Also” hatTrump just made Rudy Giuliani wear a “Make Mexico Great Again Also” hat
Politics

If you thought 2016 couldn’t get any weirder, well, apparently it could.

By Libby Nelson
Politics
Donald Trump and Mexico’s president met. They don’t agree on what happened next.Donald Trump and Mexico’s president met. They don’t agree on what happened next.
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Politics

Trump says they didn’t talk about who would pay for the wall. Peña Nieto says they did.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Donald Trump is sitting down with a Mexican president who once compared him to HitlerDonald Trump is sitting down with a Mexican president who once compared him to Hitler
Politics

“It was only a call for reflection and for recognition, so that we bear in mind what we have achieved and the great deal still to achieve,” Nieto said of likening Trump to Hitler.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Donald Trump is flying to Mexico because he’s losingDonald Trump is flying to Mexico because he’s losing
Politics

An underwater campaign needs to make risky, dangerous decisions.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Hillary Clinton is looking to exploit the Republican military establishment’s break with Donald TrumpHillary Clinton is looking to exploit the Republican military establishment’s break with Donald Trump
Politics

Clinton is welcoming the Republican military establishment with open arms.

By Jeff Stein
Politics
Donald Trump’s last-minute meeting with Mexico’s president, explainedDonald Trump’s last-minute meeting with Mexico’s president, explained
Politics

Trump is taking a surprise trip to Mexico right before his big immigration speech.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
The border wall proposal Mexico’s president might actually supportThe border wall proposal Mexico’s president might actually support
Politics

Oh, countries aren’t supposed to invade each other by sending back “not their best people”? Does that mean the US is giving Arizona back?

By Dara Lind
The immigration debate, explained in 14 buzzwords
Explainers

Understand what any politician is saying — even Donald Trump.

By Dara Lind
Stephen Colbert on Trump’s changing immigration stance: It isn’t up or down. It’s “a firm up-down.”
Politics

“For years, politicians have been so afraid of immigration reform that they wouldn’t take any position. Now Donald Trump has taken two.”

By German Lopez
Polyarchy
The Clinton Foundation is not a campaign finance problemThe Clinton Foundation is not a campaign finance problem
Polyarchy

The Clinton Foundation is not about money In politics, but it does show the limits of traditional approaches.

By Mark Schmitt