Wednesday was a good day for Donald Trump, a reminder of why we shouldn’t underestimate him. It’s not that he did or said anything particularly different – he just did his old thing in a more effective way.

By hammering home a tough message on immigration, he gets back to the basics and reminds us why he won the primaries.

First, Trump flew down Mexico way to discuss his plans for a wall with President Enrique Pena Nieto. The statement he gave afterwards was measured and well delivered, full of praise for the “amazing” and “spectacular” people of Mexico (Trump’s efforts at diplomacy read like a TripAdviser review) and he avoided the subject of who would pay for the gargantuan structure.

So, win #1 was standing side-by-side with a foreign leader and looking like a man who can actually get things done. Critical pundits complained that the bar is set too low for Trump – that just because he didn’t strike President Nieto on the nose doesn’t mean he’s the new Henry Kissinger.