The Trump thread: All things Donald

[Bexy]

Now, I don't like Trump at all, but some things on this list are just weenish.



1. Proposed to create a database system to track Muslims in the U.S.

That's already in place. It's called Google, Facebook and your cellphone. And all your shit nicely gets stored in a huge datacenter in Oregon.


28. Called Rosie O’Donnell a “big, fat pig”

Come on people, be fair, she IS. I can't think of anything likeable about that woman.


96. Kept journalists in restrictive “press pens” on the campaign trail

Oh my, the horror. The hyenas must have eaten eachother. LOL


97. Has insulted 239 candidates, journalists, organizations, countries, sitting politicians, and celebrities on Twitter

Shouldn't he be getting an award for that? LOL


I guess I just see Trump as a refreshing fart in a room full of poisonous roses. Is he a great candidate? Not at all. It's just that the alternative is even worse.

[lookinginnd]

He actually sounds like a leftist if it wasn't for his authoritarian streak.

He is up there but Hillary is up there and to the right as well.  I like where Gary Johnson is sitting to the right but below the authoritarian line.

[ArmandG]

Calling Trump authoritarian is very humorous. It seems now that if you believe in the rule of law, that public inner city schools suck, importing uneducated illegals that absorb more in services than mowing your grass pays them to be taxed, killing terrorists is a better option than not and not wanting a lying, bitchy hag security risk more concerned filling her Cayman islands bank account makes you an authoritarian. Fuck them I'm a Nazi.

[Katiebee]

I think you have missed the point. At best, Trump is the equivalent of a sullen 12'year old boy with anger issues. He has no clue as to how the government functions or the duties and limits of the office of President.

He is woefully ignorant of forgiven policy, he has spoken admiringly of Kim Jong-un, Putin, and Saddam Hussain. He has no realy understanding of economics and anything larger than a bankruptcy court. His main source of information are sound bites, not news papers, or radio and tv stories, just the sound bites.

He has no real ability to lead and instead depends upon intimidation and money.

His temperament alone makes him poorly suited to democratic institutions. His personal style is that if a bully.

So no, Clinton is not worse than he.

[Bexy]

No, I haven't missed the point at all. A room full of snakes is more dangerous than a 12yo bully. I think he's a dick for sure, but Hillary is just more of the globalist warmongering shit. The 'bully can't get silliness approved by the snakes of Congress, but he can sure throw a stick in the cage.

Ow, and they ALL depend on intimidation and money. The snakes simply do that behind the curtains.

And if Bernie were still in the running, he'd have been the best bet IMO.

[Bexy]

The EU isn't Europe. It never was. It's simply a bloodsucking cartel of industrials-politicians-bankers and socialists that has preyed on the people of Europe for years, and most Europarliament members should be jailed for massive theft. 

I'm sure Putin is no choir boy, but it's the EU-NATO that has been antagonizing the bear.

When you know that the son of Joe Biden is one of the big shots in the biggest gas company of the Ukraine, you know that shit STINKS.

[Piper-Dreams]

The EU isn't Europe. It never was. It's simply a bloodsucking cartel of industrials-politicians-bankers and socialists that has preyed on the people of Europe for years, and most Europarliament members should be jailed for massive theft. 

I'm sure Putin is no choir boy, but it's the EU-NATO that has been antagonizing the bear.

When you know that the son of Joe Biden is one of the big shots in the biggest gas company of the Ukraine, you know that shit STINKS.

Uh yeah, sure.  I think you have been ignoring events for the last 15 years or so.

[ChirpingGirl]

Can we just have a zombie apocalypse so I can move my family to a shopping mall? 

I'm sick of this politics bullshit. They're all horrible people who will fuck us over.

[joan1984]

Katiebee, who, of the Seventeen Candidates who put themselves into the Primary race for Republican Nominee, would have gotten your vote against HFA?

(*the acronym of the Dem campaign, Hillary For America)

I think you have missed the point. At best, Trump is the equivalent of a sullen 12'year old boy with anger issues. He has no clue as to how the government functions or the duties and limits of the office of President.

He is woefully ignorant of forgiven policy, he has spoken admiringly of Kim Jong-un, Putin, and Saddam Hussain. He has no realy understanding of economics and anything larger than a bankruptcy court. His main source of information are sound bites, not news papers, or radio and tv stories, just the sound bites.

He has no real ability to lead and instead depends upon intimidation and money.

His temperament alone makes him poorly suited to democratic institutions. His personal style is that if a bully.

So no, Clinton is not worse than he.

[joan1984]

Our current 'dear leader' is also UP THERE, Authoritarian, yet no one has an issue with President Obama, or with Hillary being authoritarian.

He actually sounds like a leftist if it wasn't for his authoritarian streak.

He is up there but Hillary is up there and to the right as well.  I like where Gary Johnson is sitting to the right but below the authoritarian line.

[lookinginnd]

Well I always figured it was based on a more global thought of what constitutes left and right in politics because all of the mainstream American candidates tend to fall in the upper right quadrant. Interesting that they put Hillary farther right then Trump but I personally think Trump is far from a true conservative.

[Katiebee]

Trump is all over the spectrum. The one thing that remains constant is he has NO leadership skills, his ability to work out compromises is deficient, his understanding of how this government functions is nil.

He's a non-starter as far as qualifications. Unless you like someone who has been through several bankruptcies, and has several extremely questionable enterprises as far as ethics and business acumen are concerned.

[insatiable]

[Lois]

The title of this thread should be "Make America Hate Again".

[watcher1]

Filmmaker Michael Moore predicted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will beat Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election.
 
"I'm sorry to kind of have to be the buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is going to win," said the progressive pundit during a live airing of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Wednesday at the Republican National Convention to a negative response from the audience.
 
Maher defended Moore telling the crowd, "Boo if you want, I am glad you are saying it. Everybody should say that. The enemy is complacent. Say it everyday. I certainly think he could win."
 
Moore, who once endorsed Bernie Sanders, previously said he would support Hillary Clinton if she is the Democratic candidate for president.

Though Trump may appear ridiculous to him and fellow progressives, Moore warned that we have been "sitting in our bubble having a good laugh at this whole s—-show, but the truth is this plays to a lot of people that he has to win to become the next president."
 
Moore said he believed that the Trump campaign would imitate the Brexit strategy, arguing that many of the white working class in Rust Belt states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin share the same concerns as the voting block which ensured that Britain left the European Union to the surprise of the world.
 
Arguing that Mitt Romney lost by 64 electoral votes — the exact total number in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin — he concluded that "all [Donald Trump] has to do is win those 4 states."
 
"People are in denial on this one but the chance of him winning is really, really good."

[Bexy]

Uh yeah, sure.   I think you have been ignoring events for the last 15 years or so.

Well, I happen to live in the country where the EU and NATO scum has its headquarters. These shitbags just clock in for 15 minutes, clock back out and get a ridiculous day's wage. They set their own wages and regulate shit we never ever get to vote over. I check news sources in 4 different languages and know people involved in the armies of different countries and even some in NATO. The USA has hundreds of military bases abroad spread over 74 countries and is active in about 150 countries. There are 50 000 US military personnel stationed in Germany which were supposed to be gone decades ago. Russia has exactly 9 military bases abroad of which 8 in former Soviet countries.

The main aggressor for the past 15 years and longer has been NATO headed by the USA, not Russia.
 

[Piper-Dreams]

Katiebee, who, of the Seventeen Candidates who put themselves into the Primary race for Republican Nominee, would have gotten your vote against HFA?

(*the acronym of the Dem campaign, Hillary For America)

I think you have missed the point. At best, Trump is the equivalent of a sullen 12'year old boy with anger issues. He has no clue as to how the government functions or the duties and limits of the office of President.

He is woefully ignorant of forgiven policy, he has spoken admiringly of Kim Jong-un, Putin, and Saddam Hussain. He has no realy understanding of economics and anything larger than a bankruptcy court. His main source of information are sound bites, not news papers, or radio and tv stories, just the sound bites.

He has no real ability to lead and instead depends upon intimidation and money.

His temperament alone makes him poorly suited to democratic institutions. His personal style is that if a bully.

So no, Clinton is not worse than he.

Me

[Piper-Dreams]

He is right. He has a good shot at winning. Trump reminds a lot of people my parents age of a bygone era. And these people always turn out and vote in large numbers. The only hope Clinton has is my turning out minorities in large numbers and stealing the college vote from him. As long as she can keep traditional Democratic states, and win VA, CO, NV, and PA she can win.

[Lois]

I sure hope he is wrong.  My fear is that the Democrats, disliking Hillary and also certain of Trump's loss, will stay home.

[joan1984]

Why Obama’s half-brother
says he’ll be voting for
Donald Trump
By Isabel Vincent July 24, 2016 | 5:26am

President Obama’s Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he’s voting for Donald Trump.

“I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The Post from his home in the rural village of Kogelo. “Make America Great Again is a great slogan. I would like to meet him.”

Obama, 58, a longtime Democrat, said his “deep disappointment” in his brother Barack’s administration has led him to recently switch allegiance to “the party of Lincoln.”

The last straw, he said, came earlier this month when FBI Director James Comey recommended not prosecuting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her use of a private e-mail servers while secretary of state.

“She should have known better as the custodian of classified information,” said Obama.

He’s also annoyed that Clinton and President Obama killed Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy, whom he called one of his best friends.

Malik Obama dedicated his 2012 biography of his late father to Khadafy and others who were “making this world a better place.”

“I still feel that getting rid of Khadafy didn’t make things any better in Libya,” he said. “My brother and the secretary of state disappointed me in that regard.”

But what bothers him even more is the Democratic Party’s support of same-sex marriage.

‘I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart. Make America Great Again is a great slogan. I would like to meet him.’
 - Malik Obama
“I feel like a Republican now because they don’t stand for same-sex marriage, and that appeals to me,” he said.

Obama believes strongly in the institution of marriage — so strongly that he has at least three current wives, although press reports have put the number as high as 12.

When asked by The Post how many wives and children he has, Obama demurred.

“That’s personal,” he said.

Obama made headlines in 2011 when he married his third wife, who was still in her teens.

Obama plans to trek back to the US to vote for Trump in November. Obama used to live in Maryland, where he worked for many years as an accountant and is registered to vote there, public records show.

The president’s and Malik’s father, Barack Obama Sr., left Kenya in 1959 when Malik was a year old and his mother was pregnant with his sister Auma. Obama Sr. enrolled at the University of Hawaii, where he met and married the president’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham. Malik Obama didn’t meet his younger half-brother until 1985. President Obama, 54, has seven half-siblings from both sides of his family.

Malik Obama, the eldest, is the director of the Barack H. Obama Foundation, a controversial Virginia charity named for his father. He says he started the charity in 2008 because he wanted to make a difference in the family’s hardscrabble village in Kenya.

But the charity came under fire when The Post revealed in 2011 that it was an off-the-books operation that hadn’t registered with the state of Virginia or, as it claimed, had tax-exempt status from the IRS.

Shortly after The Post report, the IRS gave its stamp of approval, leading to speculation that the president had intervened.

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Malik Obama seen announcing his intention to run for a Kenyan gubernatorial seat.Photo: Getty Images
But Malik Obama bristles at the suggestion, saying he dug deep to pay for the electrical transformers and college scholarships that the foundation provided in Kogelo. According to its latest tax filing, the nonprofit has just $24,000 in its coffers.

“My brother didn’t help me at all,” said Obama. “He wanted me to shut it down when I set it up. He hasn’t supported me at all.”

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Lately, family ties seem to be frayed. Obama, who was best man at the president’s wedding, said he spoke to his brother a year ago and was miffed that he did nothing to help his own foray into politics when he ran for governor of the southwestern Kenyan county of Siaya in 2013.

Malik Obama lost the race, and spent $20,000 of his own money on the unsuccessful campaign.

“I don’t think politics is my thing,” he told The Post. “Honestly, I’ll be happy when my brother is out of office, and I will finally be out of the limelight and be able to live like a human being.”

Until then, Obama wears his new GOP colors proudly; He even has a “Make America Great Again” hat.

“Mr. Trump is providing something new and something fresh,” he said.http://nypost.com/2016/07/24/why-obamas-half-brother-says-hell-be-voting-for-donald-trump/