Donald Trump - Opinions?

[calitennis127]

Bit of an odd stunt by Cruz announcing his Vice President ticket?? Can he still win this thing?

Only with shenanigans at the convention. Maybe he can do a Hillary-esque "re-set" to the GOP nomination in Cleveland! Lol

The irony with Cruz is that he has painted himself as a Washington outsider for years and now he is eagerly aligning himself with establishment figures like Jeb, Mitt, and Lindsay Graham. Cruz is intelligent but he is also a complete sleaze. He is disingenuously trying to make it sound like there is nothing conservative about Donald Trump without quite explaining why Trump has gotten so many votes from the conservative base and absolutely crushed Cruz outside of the South and midwest. It is interesting how Trump is taking hits from all sides. Leftists like Moxie can't stand him for his comments on illegal immigrant felons and Muslims who force women to wear burkas (notice how Moxie repeatedly condemns Saudi Arabia, the purest Islamic nation on earth, but then hates Trump for his sane immigration proposals). And then there is Cruz trying to argue that Trump does not have a conservative bone in his body because he once wrote checks to Hillary and supports some government involvement in healthcare.

This shows just how politically and ideologically divided Euro-Americans are, and that does not even begin to take into account the increasing racial and ethnic divisions in America at large. Tonight I have seen images of Mexican protesters in California holding up signs that say, among other things, "Make America Mexico again." To the Mexicans' credit, they take pride in their own culture and heritage, and for that they deserve to see Mexican territory expand. On the other hand, Euro-Americans, particularly the Democrats, take pride in their cultural illiteracy and studied ignorance of history.

 

[EdbergsGhost]

Bit of an odd stunt by Cruz announcing his Vice President ticket?? Can he still win this thing?

Cruz had a major stumble last week. In Indiana, while retelling the story from one of the greatest sports movies ever (Hoosiers), Ted called the basketball rim a "ring". It revealed his complete ignorance of the game in a state where basketball is the religion. It will be remembered longer than John Kerry's visit to Wisconsin and calling the Packers' home "Lambert" field.

Both the Fiorina VP pick and the pact with Kasich, were viewed as desperate attempts. The "ring" comment was an affront to the people of Indiana. He's done.

 

[britbox]

Cruz had a major stumble last week. In Indiana, while retelling the story from one of the greatest sports movies ever (Hoosiers), Ted called the basketball rim a "ring". It revealed his complete ignorance of the game in a state where basketball is the religion. It will be remembered longer than John Kerry's visit to Wisconsin and calling the Packers' home "Lambert" field.

Both the Fiorina VP pick and the pact with Kasich, were viewed as desperate attempts. The "ring" comment was an affront to the people of Indiana. He's done.

The Republicans need to bite the bullet and get behind Trump rather than trying to derail him... He's obviously the popular candidate with the people.

 

[Federberg]

^Not a chance if it's done fairly. But if the GOP tries to subvert the democratic process then they'll destroy themselves in the long term. They need to just suck it up and accept Trump is winning fair and square. Cruz has made a blatantly cynical attempt to try to win the women's vote. I'll say this for him, at least he's put up a credible female candidate unlike McCain!

 

[britbox]

^Not a chance if it's done fairly. But if the GOP tries to subvert the democratic process then they'll destroy themselves in the long term. They need to just suck it up and accept Trump is winning fair and square. Cruz has made a blatantly cynical attempt to try to win the women's vote. I'll say this for him, at least he's put up a credible female candidate unlike McCain!

Not impressed by Cruz. At least with the Don, what you see is what you get... at least for now... When he gets the nomination, I'm sure a few things will be watered down a little. Appealing to the Republicans is a different task to appealing to America as a whole.

 

[Federberg]

Not impressed by Cruz. At least with the Don, what you see is what you get... at least for now... When he gets the nomination, I'm sure a few things will be watered down a little. Appealing to the Republicans is a different task to appealing to America as a whole.

Yes agreed. Even his fellow Senators loathe him. I believe he is as responsible as any amongst Senate republicans for being obstructionist in the legislative process. When even your own colleagues don't like you, it's hard to understand why you think that you'll be an effective President. And if he argues that as a President he would have been given a mandate directly from the American people then the same applied for Obama!

 

[britbox]

Yep true. Totally agree.

Cruz is a vanilla politician, Hillary is a vanilla politician (owned by corporate America)... give me a Trump v Sanders race. At least they've got some convictions whether you agree with them or not... although it saddens me to say, the USA is really scraping at the bottom of the barrel with any of these picks.

 

[Federberg]

Yep true. Totally agree.

Cruz is a vanilla politician, Hillary is a vanilla politician (owned by corporate America)... give me a Trump v Sanders race. At least they've got some convictions whether you agree with them or not... although it saddens me to say, the USA is really scraping at the bottom of the barrel with any of these picks.

Yup, it's not been a good advert for democracy this time around. I think of all of them, even if I don't agree with him at all, Sanders is the only one with any real integrity. At least in the sense of being true to his convictions and not being morally objectionable as a human being. If Trump keeps saying what he's been saying after he's wrapped up the nomination then I'll respect him a bit more. But I rather suspect he'll change his tune somewhat when he has to appeal to the wider population and that will be the end of him

 

[calitennis127]

Yup, it's not been a good advert for democracy this time around. I think of all of them, even if I don't agree with him at all, Sanders is the only one with any real integrity. At least in the sense of being true to his convictions and not being morally objectionable as a human being. If Trump keeps saying what he's been saying after he's wrapped up the nomination then I'll respect him a bit more. But I rather suspect he'll change his tune somewhat when he has to appeal to the wider population and that will be the end of him

Actually, what the establishment of both parties fears is that Trump is going to rock the boat they are so comfortable with. Both parties are happy with the saber-rattling of Russia and allowing illegal immigration to continue in force. They both love NATO and a foreign policy based on the principles of so-called "democracy." They like things the way they are and they're scared Trump will change them because he doesn't have to answer to any of them.

The Democrats are also petrified that Trump will slice off a portion of the black vote and be competitive in New York. An increasing number of blacks are supporting Trump. With no other Republican candidate have they ever had to worry about that.

 

[calitennis127]

Trump was very gracious toward Ted Cruz in his victory speech tonight. He also made a pitch to black and Hispanic voters, promising to promote job growth in the United States, while challenging Hillary's callous dismissal of the concerns of miners in West Virginia. A great day for Trump. He understands foreign policy much better than Obama and has far more substance and knowledge to his economic understanding. It is not to see that Trump, being a candidate of serious substance on key issues, could replace a president without any serious substance or knowledge of any kind (except for "community organizing," pardon me.)

The Democrats have a real problem on their hands now because they are going to have to explain why so many of their luminaries, including the Clintons, have associated with Trump and taken money from him. This is a charge Cruz has leveled at Trump repeatedly and now the Democrats will have to cope with it as much as Trump has. The other problem for the Democrats is that there is no new dirt the Democrats can dig up on Trump. The neocons threw the kitchen sink at him in South Carolina, Florida, and Indiana with thousands of negative ads and they were unsuccessful. There is little that the Democrats could do that is new. Furthermore, Bernie has discredited Hillary in some serious ways and challenged her on trade policy. Trump will go after the Clintons for NAFTA and this could help him slice a portion of the Bernie voters away from Hillary.

This contest will be heated and ugly. The totalitarian nature of the left will come out as it organizes huge demonstrations that spawn violence and the damaging of property. The Mexican revanchists from La Raza and other groups will join in as well. It will not be pretty.

 

[calitennis127]

Interesting piece here on how Trump supporters are generally better off financially than Hillary and Bernie supporters, contrary to common perception. Median household income of 72k over 61k:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/

 

[EdbergsGhost]

Trump is the presumptive nominee. Ten months ago, there was no way anyone thought he would last more than a month or two. He faced the full force of the Republican establishment and beat them. I never saw this coming. This thing built gradually, steadily, and then took off in the last month. It will be something to watch as we move forward into the general election.

 

[Billie]

Trump is the presumptive nominee. Ten months ago, there was no way anyone thought he would last more than a month or two. He faced the full force of the Republican establishment and beat them. I never saw this coming. This thing built gradually, steadily, and then took off in the last month. It will be something to watch as we move forward into the general election.

Me too. I thought Trump started this as something aside, to challenge almost amuse himself. Never thought that he would come this far.

I am really interested to see how the American people will do.

 

[Moxie]

Me too. I thought Trump started this as something aside, to challenge almost amuse himself. Never thought that he would come this far.

I am really interested to see how the American people will do.

A lot of pundits agree with you...that Trump is almost as shocked as the rest of us are that he is now the nominee. I'm fairly certain his negative numbers are too high for him to win, but it would be a shame for a guy to take it who really just got in to buff up his hotel/casino and reality show brand.

 

[EdbergsGhost]

A lot of pundits agree with you...that Trump is almost as shocked as the rest of us are that he is now the nominee. I'm fairly certain his negative numbers are too high for him to win, but it would be a shame for a guy to take it who really just got in to buff up his hotel/casino and reality show brand.

Donald Trump did it for branding. Lol, that was funny. Well if Hillary isn't jailed before the Democratic convention, and if she can manage to get past that old curmudgeon from New England, it will be fun to watch the two of them get after it in the general election,

 

[shawnbm]

Meanwhile, the DOJ objected to disclosing certain things in response to a Freedom of Information Act inquiry by a reporter by stating that doing so would risk exposing crucial facts of an ongoing "law enforcement investigation"--which is a world of difference from what the Clinton campaign has called a security protocol review by the Feds. Hillary has stopped saying that since said bombshell dropped a few days ago and now President Clinton has started trying to characterize the DOJ investigation as some sort of ex post facto due process of law violation, like getting ticketed for driving 40 in a 50 mph/kph zone after the government later changes the speed to 35. The difference is that Hillary took an oath and sat through FBI-led sessions on proper recordkeeping and electronic media rules for national security interests. It is well known that her server would receive transmissions that would, at some later date, be classified as top secret and highly confidential--that is part of the business of the Department of State and her as Secretary of State for the President. I am frankly surprised some sort of charge has not been levied against her yet.

 

[Moxie]

I still find it astonishing that while she was the Sec. of State it never bothered anyone that she was using the one email account. And also that, this many years later, it's still taking this long to decide what to do about it. If they wait much longer to decide about processing it legally, they are going to influence the election. Better to get her out now, then, and give Sanders a decent shot as the Democratic candidate. In any case, this email thing is overly-politicized.

 

[shawnbm]

And Bernie deserves that shot

 

[britbox]

Hillary carries a ton of baggage... Bernie is a breath of fresh air. Trump is too, even if you don't like either man's policies. Even if you find their views dangerous, stupid or whatever... they come across as far more sincere in their beliefs than Hillary Clinton.

 

[Moxie]

Hillary carries a ton of baggage... Bernie is a breath of fresh air. Trump is too, even if you don't like either man's policies. Even if you find their views dangerous, stupid or whatever... they come across as far more sincere in their beliefs than Hillary Clinton.

But the candidate rated as most truthful in her statements is Hillary:

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/fa...-honest-than-any-of-her-2016-opponents/24196/

Clinton is a political animal, to be sure, but the job description is to be a politician, if I'm not mistaken. She is overly maligned compared to her interest in contributing to what she believes is the public good. I get that there is a huge amount of disaffection in the US electorate with "business as usual" politics, and Washington seems rather broken. But I think you'll change that from within, not via the revolution, which both Bernie and The Donald propose.