No, I don't think Trump initially wanted anything to do with actually being president. I'm sure it started out as an ego stroke, the ultimate commercial for the Trump brand and his next reality venture. Now his massive ego and his hubris won't let him quit, as long as he has the blind adoration of his supporters.
It's like someone dared him to ride the bull and now he won't get off.
And if he did, at this late date, who would the GOP rally behind (even if they could rally instead of attack)?
(....) Donald Trump has taught me to fear my fellow American. I don’t mean the occasional yahoo who turns a Trump rally into a hate fest. I mean the ones who do nothing. Who are silent. Who look the other way. If you had told me a year ago that a hateful brat would be the presidential nominee of a major political party, I would have scoffed. Someone who denigrated women? Not possible. Someone who insulted Mexicans? No way. Someone who mocked the physically disabled? Not in America. Not in my America.
When I see these Trump supporters on television — the commentators, the Politician’s Puttanesca (a dish to poison the body politic) — I have to wonder where they would draw the line. The answer seems to be: nowhere. They want to win. They want to beat Hillary Clinton, a calling so imperative that sheer morality must give way. Muslims and Mexicans are merely collateral damage in a war that must be fought. What about blacks or Jews? Not yet.
Maybe the talking heads on TV would draw the line at some mild version of fascism, but would the American people do the same? Here, I must hesitate. The easy yes of yesteryear has given way to awful doubt. Trump could win. He could become president, commander in chief, ruler of the Justice Department and head of the IRS. In other words, the American people could elect someone who has not the slightest appreciation for the Constitution or American tradition. When Trump insisted that he could compel a military officer to obey an illegal order, I heard the echo of jackboots on cobblestone.
In America, no one is required to follow an illegal order. It does no good to argue that Trump is just doing a shtick, that he means little of what he says, that he is all swagger and bluff. Trouble is, his supporters do not see him that way. They take him at his word.
History nags. It admonishes. “American exceptionalism” is a phrase that refers to the past, not necessarily the future. Nothing is guaranteed. I’d like to think that Americans really are exceptional, that we have an exceptional faith in democracy and the rule of law. I now have some doubt. I always knew who Trump was. It’s the American people who have come as a surprise.
World-renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking may understand the many mysteries of the universe, but even he's having a hard time grasping Donald Trump's meteoric rise in popularity.
In an interview with ITV's "Good Morning Britain" today, Hawking called Trump a "demagogue" who seemed to attract the "lowest common denominator."
...one of the signs of the Apocalypse... Steven Hawking not being able to explain "Trump".
He nailed it. Seems to be exactly his strategy. Though, I'm still not convinced Trump started this to win it.
No, I don't think Trump initially wanted anything to do with actually being president. I'm sure it started out as an ego stroke, the ultimate commercial for the Trump brand and his next reality venture. Now his massive ego and his hubris won't let him quit, as long as he has the blind adoration of his supporters.
I love it how almost everybody on this forum wants Trump NOT for president. Still he is doing like those cheap amerikan movies where the unlikely hero wins despite all the bullies around him.
It's kind of odd how our resident Trump supporters like to use words they don't seem to understand.
I love it how almost everybody on this forum wants Trump NOT for president. Still he is doing like those cheap amerikan movies where the unlikely hero wins despite all the bullies around him.
Or the pig that continues to roll in the mud despite disapproving glances.
I love it how almost everybody on this forum wants Trump NOT for president. Still he is doing like those cheap amerikan movies where the unlikely hero wins despite all the bullies around him.
The preemptive fretting about how the RNC plans to spend its money this fall makes some Republicans think that Trump, who has repeatedly insulted Mitt Romney for failing to defeat President Obama in the 2012 presidential election, is preparing to protect his reputation if Hillary Clinton wins.
"He's going to blame it on the RNC if he doesn't win in November," the first source said. "They're laying that groundwork now.
Where does the GOP turn when his flaming sack has burnt to ashes and there's nothing left for them?
This bit made me chuckle:
"Manafort's statements suggest that Trump won't be using a significant amount of his own money to boost his campaign over the summer."
Trump won't release his income tax returns because he's worth a lot less than he claims. He can't afford to pay his own way. And blaming the RNC for his loss won't work.
Steely_D wrote:
“Politicians have used you and stolen your votes. They have given you nothing,” Trump said. “I will give you everything. I will give you what you’ve been looking for for 50 years. I’m the only one.”
I think I just pulled a muscle from rolling my eyeballs so hard.
I had to check out that article to see if he actually said that in public. OMG he did.
Il Douche, our new messiah. All hail Douchebag Don!
The preemptive fretting about how the RNC plans to spend its money this fall makes some Republicans think that Trump, who has repeatedly insulted Mitt Romney for failing to defeat President Obama in the 2012 presidential election, is preparing to protect his reputation if Hillary Clinton wins.
"He's going to blame it on the RNC if he doesn't win in November," the first source said. "They're laying that groundwork now.
“Politicians have used you and stolen your votes. They have given you nothing,” Trump said. “I will give you everything. I will give you what you’ve been looking for for 50 years. I’m the only one.”
I think I just pulled a muscle from rolling my eyeballs so hard.
