Trump says America in crisis – and he’ll fix it ‘fast’
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND » Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton’s record of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.”
Confidently addressing the finale of his party’s less-than-smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation’s problems too staggering to be fixed within the confines of traditional politics.
“I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves,” Trump said.
The 70-year-old celebrity businessman’s acceptance of the Republican nomination caps his improbable takeover of the GOP, a party that plunges into the general election united in opposition to Clinton but still divided over Trump. Underscoring his unorthodox candidacy, Trump doubled down on the hard-line immigration policies that fired up conservatives in the primary but broke with many in his party by promising protections for gays and lesbians.
His address on the closing night of the convention marked his highest-profile opportunity yet to heal Republican divisions and show voters he’s prepared for the presidency. Ever the showman, he fed off the energy of the crowd, stepping back to soak in applause and joining the delegates as they chanted, “U-S-A.”
As the crowd, fiercely opposed to Clinton, broke out in its oft-used refrain of “Lock her up,” he waved them off, and instead declared, “Let’s defeat her in November.” Yet he also accused her of “terrible, terrible crimes” and said her greatest achievement may have been avoiding prison for her use of a private email and personal server as secretary of state.
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The more than hour-long speech was strikingly dark for a celebratory event and almost entirely lacking in specific policy details. Trump shouted throughout as he read off a teleprompter, showing few flashes of humor or even a smile.
He accused Clinton, his far-more-experienced Democratic rival, of utterly lacking the good judgment to serve in the White House and as the military’s commander in chief.
“This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, terrorism and weakness,” he said. “But Hillary Clinton’s legacy does not have to be America’s legacy.”
In a direct appeal to Americans shaken by a summer of violence at home and around the world, Trump promised that if he takes office in January, “safety will be restored.”
As he moves into the general election campaign, he’s sticking to the controversial proposals of his primary campaign, including building a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border and suspending immigration from nations “compromised by terrorism.”
But in a nod to a broader swath of Americans, he said young people in predominantly black cities “have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child in America.” He also vowed to protect gays and lesbians from violence and oppression, a pledge that was greeted with applause from the crowd.
“As a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said,” he responded.
Trump was introduced by his daughter Ivanka, who announced a childcare policy proposal that the campaign had not mentioned before.
“As president, my father will change the labor laws that were put in place at a time when women weren’t a significant portion of the workplace, and he will focus on making quality childcare affordable and accessible for all,” she said.
Trump took the stage in Cleveland facing a daunting array of challenges, many of his own making. Though he vanquished 16 primary rivals, he’s viewed with unprecedented negativity by the broader electorate, and is struggling in particular with younger voters and minorities, groups GOP leaders know they need for the party to grow.
The first three days of this week’s convention bordered on chaos, starting with a plagiarism charge involving his wife Melania Trump’s speech and moving on to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s dramatic refusal to endorse him from the convention stage.
Then, Trump sparked more questions about his Oval Office readiness by suggesting in the midst of the convention that the U.S. might not defend America’s NATO partners with him as president. The remarks, in an interview published online Wednesday by The New York Times, deviate from decades of American doctrine and seem to reject the 67-year-old alliance’s bedrock principle of collective defense.
Trump reinforced his position from the convention stage, saying the United States has been “picking up the cost” of NATO’s defenses for too long. He also disavowed America’s foreign policy posture under both Democratic and Republican presidents, criticizing “fifteen years of wars in the Middle East” and declaring that “Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.”
“As long as we are led by politicians who will not put ‘America First,’ then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect,” he said.
He had promised to describe “major, major” tax cuts. But his economic proposals Thursday night were vague, centering on unspecified plans to create millions of jobs. He promised a “simplified” tax system for the middle class and businesses, fewer regulations and renegotiation of trade deals that he says have put working class Americans at a disadvantage.
At every turn, Trump drew sharp contrasts with Clinton, casting her as both unqualified for the presidency and too tied to Washington elites to understand voters’ struggles.
Democrats will formally nominate Clinton at their convention next week in Philadelphia. She is on the verge of naming a running mate to join her in taking on Trump and his vice presidential pick, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, in the general election. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as her top choice.
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Can’t wait to see the Chump stick his foot in his mouth as he always does. He doesn’t know how to be cordial. He is by nature arrogant, rude, conceited and conniving. He always speaks in general terms, never specifics. He looks confused and bewildered at the convention.
You are watching the wrong channel. “Make America Great Again”
You are so right. You must have a degree from the same college as Melania.
Perfect and most expected response from SA. Now listen to the Pastor.
I’m impressed that you have swallowed this hook, line and sinker. If nothing else though, Trump certainly has done a great job in beguiling the simple and uneducated. By Pastor do you mean Scott, the former PCP dealer?
And maybe the same fake journalist that write this rag. You no longer try to hide your bias. It is going to be long road trying to prop up your felon candidate! Auwe!
I am watching Fox News doing their best with damage control. Mike Pence did a great job the problem is the damn fools who let Cruz go on right before him took the air out of Pence’s performance. This convention is supposed to be the big dance and these idiots are stumbling all over themselves. What a amateurish production. Cruz stole the show and rained on everyone’s parade.
The sad thing is that Trump supporters believed his lies about the United States being historically unsafe, when just the opposite is true.
I suppose a huckster like Trump has proven that he can sell anything (Trump University, Trump Steaks, etc) to the gullible and uninformed.
Objectively, Trump sounded in many ways more supportive of Hispanics and blacks than Clinton has. His speech addressed all the insane acts of violence in recent weeks. And then he tied this all to liberal immigration policies that permitted terrorist types into the country. Didn’t address the black ex-military types who took out police officers. Anyway, if Clinton does get off her “Frozen” aspect as ice princess, she could lose it all to Trump’s impassioned, engrained argumentation. His method works in the world of generalities. No specifics, but general statements of what he will do. Guess as CEO of the USA, he will delegate and leave the details to those he delegates to.
Hillary, you in danger, girl!
Mea culpa, “If Hillary does NOT get off her “Frozen” aspect as ice princess…
Hillary doesn’t care about the minorities. All she wants is their votes. She was in support of black lives matter but dropped them like a hot potato. She peppers the stage, hires illegals to wave Mexican flags at Trump rallies. She is dirty as the day is long.
Trump will try to fix America, but with 11 Million law breaking illegal invaders it will take time.
Yep, big problem. What’s Hillary’s plan? Let more in as long as the money is right.
I wish they watched the wrong channel. There sure is a few upset people.
Wait until she loses. All hell. Next week, fire and brimstone. Lilith and Lucifer presiding.
They’ll come with the character assassination first.
Failed businessman,
Divorced 3 times.
Adulterer
Fraud
Tax returns
Mexican Judge
Wall
Immigration
That should take about an hour.
Then they’ll come with the lies. That will take 3 days.
You just listed his shortcomings. Dah I thought you were pro Chump. Thanks for supporting our cause.
Keaukaha, the list is long but Hilliary’s is longer. It will all come out.
It will get so bad even you won’t be able to handle the stench.
lespark, what you just watched is way worst than the Democratic Convention will be. It was a digusting and vile orgy of hate toward Hillary and all who support her. Next, lock her up, and all her supporters, and “We will make America great again”. Take a look at Turkey, and you will see it leads to an authoritarian state and dictatorship.
Glad you mentioned Turkey. Just another example of Secretary Clinton’s and President Obama’s bad judgement in the Middle East. They knew it was coming but did nothing.
lespark, are you with the king of lies
Les you just reaffirmed that the majority of chimps I mean chumps supporters are undereducated. Remember to engage your brain clutch before you speak.
Edrogan wanted to get rid of the secular democracy and become dictator.
Like I said it will all come out. May I ask to what level of education you attained?
Keaukaha, come on, it’s getting late. Grade school, high school, college, what?
Donald Trump is doing a fantastic job of educating the under educated. More people are getting involved. The people are getting smarter with every speech at the convention. He has wonderful support from his family unlike his opponent. “Put America First”
Guess I got to you. Doesn’t take a genius to debate you. My 10 year old granddaughter would make lomi salmon out of you like how Hillary will destroy the Chump in the debates. Remember the human brain is a muscle and less you stimulate it the weaker it becomes.
Keaukaha, come on, it’s getting late. Let’s make it easier for you A-Grade school, B-high school, C-college, what? Just answer A,B or C. We know you can do it.
You flatter me. Why should I tell you evidently I have made a impression on les and you that you have elevated me to college level. I’ll give you a hint. Definitely not an undereducated white male but you have probably figured out by now.
Fools on the right know HiLIARy is an unconnected felon, but still try to deflect.
Great speech tonight. He will serve even you. Hillary will serve only her self interests
I’d rather prep for a colonoscopy than watch him speak.
totally agree…..NO specifics AT ALL!.
So how was the colonoscopy? I suspect you have had one annually for the past seven years.
Blacks and legal Immigrants will profit greatly because Trump will bring back manufacturing jobs for them!
The President cannot do that of course. But you can’t figure that out. Sad and pathetic.
Why not old wise one? Have you seen Mr Trump in action?
Hey sarge you still up thought it was getting late. Strange thought you went nite nite because you didn’t to my reply to your inquiry about my level of education.
I cannot even bear to listen to the sound of his voice, just screeching and hollering, let alone trying to register what he is saying. He is going to do this and that, no specifics, just generalities that pop into his head. And the crowd, on my God, they are supposedly Christian. They do not act or behave like Christ.
What a coincidence, I feel the same way about Obluner!
Great speech tonight. He will serve even you. Hillary will serve only her self interests. Who will stop Hillary?
We will stop Hillary.
Just an ugly and digiusting convention, with hateful, angry and paranoid people. Lord Byron said, “Truth is Beauty, and Beauty Truth”.
HiLIARY will serve you, from her prison cell.
Sadly I must agree. Neither Hillary nor Trump will get my vote. I feel they’re both crooks. As one tweet put it, I want to hand a Snickers bar to Trump and see if he morphs into Hillary. I will go 3rd party for the first time ever.
Buckykat, I can respect that. That’s what makes America Great. You don’t have a choice in many Countries. Good luck.
Try megalomaniac oligarch. It’s a mouthful but it is what he is. He will be defeated but the entity that created him, the Republican party, must be decimated and destroyed. They are trying to entrust him with the authority, keys, and codes to be able to start a nuclear war…! Does anyone out there want a nuclear war started by Donald t Rump and the Republican party?
Some folks need to review facts, and delve in the rhetoric and platitude of conservative politics. The fact is that crime overall is lower than it was for Reagan and two Bush presidents. Specifically, as applied to police killings, Obama has the lowest police killing rate since Jimmy Carter, see:
576 police officers were shot and killed up to this date in the Reagan administration.
528 during the Clinton administration.
405 during the Bush administration.
314 during the Obama administration.
In other words, 46 percent fewer police officers have been shot and killed in the first six-plus years of Barack Obama’s presidency than were killed during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the same time frame. Facts, not pithy fabrications….
Trump, Trump, Trump
Golly Les you sure have attracted a large crowd. Good job. The future President Donald Trump is about to speak. Aloha
I’m with him because he’s with us. Clinton is for her.
Some of these guys are intense.
Ass, Ass, Ass
Vector; An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
Under Obama the police are guilty until proven innocent. The criminal has more rights than the police. Black Lives Matters gets invited to the White House. The Police get wreaths.
You ever notice how most of my posts are accompanied by data and specific citation, and yours, not so much? This dear fellow is the distinction between something being evidenced based and the other being a platitude or a non-supported opinion-huge difference.
So, please meander on with with pithy sound bites, and I’ll continue to corner my comments from a factual nails and supported with binary data.
Lack of data and substance, but plenty of catch phrases and sound bites make up the foundation of the Trump campaign. The National believers are the same as these local ones.
Officer Down Memorial Page
odmp.org
You list 314 officers shot and killed during the Obama administration so far.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund lists 1439 officer deaths in the years 2007-2015.
I was curious as to where you got your numbers from.
Oh, and why is it that almost twice as much police died under your beloved Ronald Reagan, or for that matter, any R president in the last 40 years. Tell me specifically why??
odmp.org
Officer Down Memorial Page
Just like Trump…no specifics.
They mutilated their bodies, dragged them through the streets. Obama told Hillary you better cover my a$$ or else.
odmp.org
Officer Down Memorial Page.
Please visit website.
The fact crime is down a little is due to conservative throwing more criminals in jail.
I thought facts were Kryptonite to liberals.
McConnelll said that he hopes Chumps comments about NATO was a rookie mistake. Who in their right mind wants a rookie for the POTUS. Bottom line Chump is a mistake.
You are the one promoting the felon, how you figgah?
What felon do you have a crystal ball. As far as I know nobody has been indicted. You chump people are more crazy than him. Sheesh
The Donald president of the United States? Hillary Clinton president of the United States? Nay, sometimes waking up from a bad dream helps one navigate back into the real world and realize dreams are just that – dreams!
I’m very curious about what a divergent audience of republicans think candidly of Donald Trump, here are a few that I gathered:
“He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.” — Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina
“I don’t think this guy has any more core principles than a Kardashian marriage.” — Senator Ben Sasse, Republican of Nebraska
“We saw and looked at true hate in the eyes last year in Charleston. I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the K.K.K. That is not a part of our party.” — Nikki Haley, Republican governor of South Carolina
“Donald Trump is unfit to be president. He is a dishonest demagogue who plays to our worst fears. Trump would take America on a dangerous journey.” — Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise C.E.O. and former national finance co-chairwoman for Chris Christie’s presidential campaign
“I thought he was an embarrassment to my party; I think he’s an embarrassment to my country. … I can’t vote for him.” — Tom Ridge, former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and secretary of homeland security under George W. Bush
“I would not vote for Trump, clearly. If there is any, any, any other choice, a living, breathing person with a pulse, I would be there.” — Mel Martinez, former Republican senator from Florida and former chairman of the Republican National Committee
“The G.O.P., in putting Trump at the top of the ticket, is endorsing a brand of populism rooted in ignorance, prejudice, fear and isolationism. This troubles me deeply as a Republican, but it troubles me even more as an American. … Never Trump.” — Henry M. Paulson Jr., Treasury secretary under George W. Bush
After your keyboard cools down a little, why not tell us who you’re voting for, and why.
Trump is at risk of losing even more ground among non-white voters, who already preferred Obama to Romney in 2012 by a resounding combined margin of 80-17 in the exit polls. Recent polls in Pennsylvania and Ohio found Trump drawing literally no support from African Americans. And although the samples of Latino voters in many media polls are too small to measure reliably, larger recent surveys released by the two major Spanish-language television networks (Telemundo and Univision) each showed Trump attracting fewer than one-in-five Hispanics, a significant drop even from Romney’s meager 27 percent.
I operate in the submission of facts and data.
“Facts and data” aside, apparently not so much in the area of reading comprehension.
I can tell you who will not be receiving my vote.
Well, either you’re wise enough to realize only a third party offers a palatable candidate, or you’re too embarrassed to own your selection. If the former is true, I’m with you. If the latter, I understand your dilemma.
The support for Mr. Trump is collapsing among the college educated. If you look at the polls, the less education someone has, the more likely they are to support Mr. Trump.
You have to be kidding. Keep picking on the less educated as they continue to jump on The Trump Train. Some people never learn. Keep up the good work. Mahalo
Fox News and most of the credible polls are saying the same thing. Just by the comments that are coming from Chumps supporters shows that they nailed it on the head.
Hawaiiikone, has no reading comprehension or understanding of facts. Just ignore them, like all the other Tea Party folk and Republicans
A recent observation made by Trump is that black Americans tend to extreme laziness. Don’t think he thinks they will go to all the effort to vote. And most Hispanics are illegals and can’t vote anyway.
vector, if you’re little jab was directed at me, try to write with some degree of clarity. However, I must caution you, it won’t be a pleasant tete a tete..
“Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.” — Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican nominee for president
“When you’ve got a guy favorably quoting Mussolini, I don’t care what party you’re in, I’m not voting for that guy.” — Ken Cuccinelli, president of the Senate Conservatives Fund
“Donald Trump is a scam. Evangelical voters should back away.” — The Christian Post, a popular U.S. evangelical website
“Listen, Donald Trump is a serial philanderer, and he boasts about it. … The president of the United States talks about how great it is to commit adultery. How proud he is. Describes his battles with venereal disease as his own personal Vietnam.” — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas
“A man utterly unfit for the position by temperament, values and policy preferences … whose personal record of chicanery and wild rhetoric of bigotry, misogyny and misplaced belligerence are without parallel in the modern history of either major party.” — Eliot A. Cohen, a senior State Department official under George W. Bush
“Leaders don’t need to do research to reject Klan support. #NeverTrump” — Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee
“God bless this man” — Daily Stormer, white supremacist website
Ok, that took less than a minute to digest. Are you going to robo comment next week?
If the speakers are going to roast Donald for four days it will be excrutiating. Maybe Cruz will speak at the convention.
Those are all staunch Rs, not a single D in the bunch, care to comment.
All the more reason to vote for Trump.
Oh, scary. Not running away from your liberal dribble.
Blue Lives matter!!!
As a man of color refuse to be brainwashed and believe any of that left wing nonsense. Keep propping up your felon.
Of all the gays that the republicans could have chosen, why a billionaire? I think that it’s because all the real life gays are outside protesting.
My ten year old granddaughter asked me what I was watching and I told her that I was waiting for Donald Trump to make his speech. She looked at me straight in the eyes and told me ” Papa do you know that he has a bad mouth and says mean things change the channel to a cartoon”. I was speechless for a couple of seconds and finally replied ” Well this is a adult cartoon”.
Brain washing starts young on the left!
“Fools on the right know…”
Are these not your words?
No brainwashing its Chump and his foul mouth. Like I said he telecasts his bigotry and ignorance. Even when he tries to be pleasant he can’t pull it off. Lost cause.
So sad that all I’ve seen is the Chumps kids. Of course they’re going to praise their dad. That’s what most kids do especially when he’s a billionaire. He only has his kids, employees and business partners to speak on his behalf. The politicians who did speak well of him looked like they had a gun pressed against their backs.
I wonder how he’s going to behave when he loses the election? Bitterness, name calling, tantrums?
Should be interesting.
Too bad you will never know. Keep wondering
No way this guy going be the POTUS. He just comes across as a phony like he wants to sell you something that is worthless. He’s telling us what we already know but not one factual word of how he’s going to fix it. Just watch the delegates he has a way of bringing out the worst in people. I guess Bill O’Reilly didn’t see the real speech because he said there would be no opponent bashing. If I was a undecided voter the first impression of him is that he is a loose cannon and all of he’s supporters must be of the same character. He’s talking of the police shootings wasting valuable time that he needs to sell himself by telling us things that we all know. He has to remember that he is not talking to his kids or employees and we can turn him off whenever we want to. Honestly I think that he just lost the majority of the undecideds and reaffirmed the reasons for those of us who despise him. This must be the longest unsubstantiated, repetitive and boring presidential nomination speech ever.
Does it surprise you that he ran a vitamin scheme via multilevel marketing? He gives used car salesmen a bad name.
You can tell that he strayed from the TelePrompTer and forgot his place because after a hour of ranting he is repeating himself. Early stages of dementia or one gin martini too many.
I read his talk on the internet before his 75 minute speech……IF he triumphs….he will be a one term then his son will be old enough to run.
He forgot, “a chicken in every pot,” “world peace,” “home ownership for everyone,” “everyone will be a millionaire.”
He also forgo the details on how he would accomplish such a miracle.
He’s not a career politician.
Exactly you don’t elect a hot headed, arrogant conceited know it all to be the POTUS. The problem is that he telecasts his shortcomings. Nobody is perfect but most of us when in the company of strangers who we are trying to appeal to will think before we open our mouths.
You don’t elect a hot headed, arrogant conceited know it all to be the POTUS, that is why Mr Trump will be the next President. Cool, calm and collected. He is doing pretty good so far.
Not a career politician, and he has no experience in any State or Federal government position. An Amateur and con man
Another reason to vote for Trump..Not a career politician, and he has no experience in any State or Federal government position. Speaking of con how is HiLIARy doing. That leaves amateur. One guess
“Unlike Richard Nixon, Donald Trump is not speaking for a silent majority. He is speaking for a despairing minority.”
I believe the latest polls show he and Clinton in a dead heat.
A couple of notes, and highlights, or in the case of this speech–very low lights:
He will end student debt and pay for a big increase in military sending by leveraging NATO allies. None of thisis fiscally possible, especially given his proposed $9 trillion tax cut.
Most protectionist speech in modern history, and utterly unpractical.
His overt loathing of immigrant was at best repulsive–“we don’t want them in our country”
And the violence the worse in his entire history?? Really crime stats doesn’t prove that out??
Hillary Clinton proposes admitting new Syrian refugees “despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from.”
That’s untrue. In fact, the federal government has an extensive screening process for refugees—a process that often takes 18 to 24 months to complete and includes in-person interviews and biometric checks. That’s a major reason why the U.S. has taken in so few Syrian refugees, despite President Obama’s promise to increase that number.
Crime: “Decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by [the Obama] Administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement. Homicides last year increased by 17% in America’s fifty largest cities.”
Trump’s picture of a nation beset by violent crime is drawn almost entirely by a spike in murders and shooting in many big cities, but the official, national numbers still show such violence below where it was when President Barack Obama took office.
Trump cites a 17% increase in homicide in America’s 50 largest cities in 2015, a figure that appears to come from a Washington Post analysis of data the paper gathered earlier this year. The FBI’s annual report for 2015 is still not out, but a half-year report out in January had murders up 6.2% nationally. Still, according to the official, full-year national tallies, murder rates have declined nationally under Obama from 5.4 per 100,000 in 2008 to 4.5 in 2014.
Trump’s claim that the blame lies with Obama is also a dubious assertion.
The Economy: “America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.”
The claim, one he’s made on the campaign trail, is untrue. Among the world’s developed nations, the U.S. tax rate is below average. As a share of GDP, the total U.S. tax rate – at all levels of government — is 24 percent, compared with the 34 percent average in the OECD. Among the 34 OECD countries, just Chile and Mexico collected less in 2012, the Tax Policy Center notes.
Trump, Trump, Trump.
False: FBI director said they could”t a few months ago. Don”t make up facts!
Didn’t watch the Make America the Greatest Show on Earth. Had to wash the dogs today.
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Keaukaha -8
Ikefromeli -11
lespark -12
I win.
You always win that contest. Always.
The rest of us have jobs.
I don’t believe that for moment.
You never know anything. Like the garbage you wrote about security clearances. No clue.
Have they taken away your security clearance yet? You aren’t as big as HiLIARy. Importance wise.
How can you have won when your like your mentor send repetitive comments. You keep on sending the same comments and I don’t know how you do it because when I do that the SA lets me know right away that I already said that.
You have to pay attention.
Sarge gotta give it to you and les, you guys intrigue me. Confused minds are a puzzle to me and I like the challenge of trying to figure out why they function the way they do or in your case don’t.
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It’s too bad that you aren’t up to the challenge. Get a good nights sleep and be sure to come back tomorrow. You aren’t that hard to figure but don’t give up the ship. Trump 2016
Evidently I am because you and les are so concerned about my level of education. Never saw the two of you so interested in someone’s level of education. I will say that Archie bunkers are the easiest to subdue.
I had reservations about Trump’s ability to articulate his goals and the veracity of his convictions, after this speech, I have to admit, he hit it out of the park. He set the table about just how corrupt HilLIARy is and how incompetent she has been as the Secretary of State. But then he went further about how he will make America Great Again. He is at least 100X more charismatic than HilLIARy and much more energetic. He will make a good president if the American voters so choose him.
Must’ve been a little league park. All he said is what he’s been saying all this time. Absolutely nothing new only continuing to spew out his opinions of the democrats. Nothing but old news and 75 minutes of hogwash. As far as Fox News and its commentators it reminds me of people who fall asleep during a boring movie and stand up and applaud when the lights come on.
Trump reminds me of George W. Bush during his campaign. Both of them are excellent talkers. Can’t wait till the presidential debates to listen who can talk the smartest. George W. Bush talked his way to be our President by beating Al Gore and ? in their debates.
The dubya became the president because of Scalia who stole the election for republicans. It had nothing to do with his intellect because he has none.