In a surprising and unexpected move, Donald Trump announced on Twitter last Tuesday night that he would be visiting Mexico. Not months from now, but the very next day. An unprecedented move by a presidential candidate, but unprecedented pretty much describes Trump's whole campaign.

The trip lasted barely a day, but resulted in immediate controversy. In a press conference after meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto, Trump claimed they spoke about the border wall, a cornerstone of his campaign- but not about who exactly would pay for it (Trump has said from the beginning he would make Mexico pay for the wall).

Soon after that, President Nieto took to Twitter to challenge that claim, saying, in Spanish, that “At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico would not pay for the wall."

Making discriminatory remarks against Hispanics and illegal immigrants has unfortunately been a major part of Trump's campaign. So when this trip to Mexico was announced, many were left baffled. Why would a candidate who's had nothing but terrible things to say about our southern neighbors visit the country?

Well this could be Trump, the so called anti-politics candidate, playing politics. As we head toward the general elections and both candidates will look to moderate, one of the main criticisms of Trump is that he is not very presidential, that he seems like to much of a hot head to be diplomatic and make sound decisions.

This trip to Mexico is Trump's way of answering those criticisms. The apparent diplomacy trip is a way of showing how a President Trump would handle himself.

But that answer was not enough. Trump was criticized and even mocked all over the media for this trip. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said via a tweet that Trump had "just failed his first foreign test. Diplomacy isn't as easy as it looks." Other words used to describe the trip were "embarrassing" and "baffling."

If Trump thought he could make up for all the ridiculous things he's said and done over this campaign and in one day become "presidential" and a diplomat, he was very mistaken. He took a political gamble with this trip and it did not pay off. The negative reaction to the trip was seemingly unanimous - and it doesn't seem like Mexico's paying for his wall any time soon.