Trump and Peña agree to not talk about the wall in public, while U.S. tourism to Mexico is in a drought
Trump and Peña agree to not talk about the wall in public, while U.S. tourism to Mexico is in a drought
*Why you should read this: Because the U.S.-Mexico diplomatic standoff is not a one-sided story and you won’t hear this side from U.S. media. Because the smart thing to do […]
Three million illegal votes for Trump? It’s a wack-job idea.
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1.5 minute read) President Trump told a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington on Tuesday that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton because three million […]
Mexico reacts to Trump’s wall
*Why you should read this: Because it’s Mexico’s news media reaction to Donald Trump’s order to begin building the border wall and the Mexican government’s circling the wagons around Enrique […]
Mexico’s President Cancels Meeting With Trump Over Wall
*Why you should read this: Because this is a very good blow-by-blow account of how U.S.-Mexico relations came to this. Because president Trump is changing our politics and international relations […]
About Trump’s border fence, let’s focus. It’s not about his ego.
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read) Let’s talk about the Trumpian border wall, because nothing sparks a conversation better than talk of grandiose, useless public projects. There’s no […]
Texas GOP congressman slams Trump plan for border wall
*Why you should read this: Because it says a lot that a GOP Congressman from the Texas-Mexico border area thinks the Trumpian wall “is the most expensive and least effective […]
Trump will sign the border wall order today. Why are we shocked?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (4 minute read) It’s what he talked about almost every day for 18 months, it’s what got the most applause at his campaign events (along with […]
Mandatum: The thing Trump doesn’t have
*Why you should read this: Because Henry Flores lays out the simple reason Donald Trump does not have a mandate – regardless of what he may say (or Tweet). VL By […]
Castro brothers confront Trump era
*Why you should read this: Because it begins to answer the question many people have: What’s next for the Castro brothers? VL By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune (6 minute read) […]
It Matters that Only Three Latinos are in Trump’s White House Staff
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) By my count there are 94 people in President Trump’s White House staff. Three are Latinos, that’s about 3 percent of the […]