Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Thread

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I think there are common lines with Bernie, Trump and the UK and populism in other countries which are just gaining favor.

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As Trump soars back into the United States riding the populist wave on high, he will over the next several months seek to define his general election opponent—Hillary Clinton—correctly as the face of the global elite that the British voters just defeated. The lies, smears, and false alarms that Remain campaigners pushed out as part of a giant misinformation campaign designed to deceive the public into choosing against Leave all failed.
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Those same misinformation campaign tactics are coming into focus here in the United States against Trump. High dollar donors are spending millions on attack ads. The mainstream media is inaccurately calling him a racist, a xenophobe, a sexist, and painting a grossly unfair and wrong picture of Trump as a buffoon who has no idea what he’s doing and would be a disaster for the economy and world security. That is the George Soros playbook, the exact same type of campaign the Remain folks in the United Kingdom ran against Leave campaigners.
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Perhaps, despite serious concerns over his competence, Leave campaign’s Boris Johnson summed it up best during the BBC debate earlier this week:
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At the end of this campaign, I think you’ll agree: There is a very clear choice between those on their side who speak of nothing but fear of the consequences of leaving the EU, and we on our side who offer hope. Between those who have been endlessly rubbishing our country and running it down, and those of us who believe in Britain. They say we can’t do it. We say we can. They say we have no choice but to bow down to Brussels. We say they are woefully underestimating this country and what it can do. If we vote Leave, we can take back control of our borders and huge sums of money—10 billion pounds a year net—of our tax raising powers, of our trade policies, and of our whole lawmaking system. The democracy that is the foundation of our prosperity and if we stand up for democracy we will be speaking up for hundreds of millions of people around Europe who agree with us but who currently have no voice. And if we vote Leave and take back control, I believe that this Thursday could be our country’s Independence Day.
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US democracy is being undermined like the UK was and we are simply going to have to address it and peacefully.👍
 
I have officially endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States. He has the potential to make America great again and stop the liberal agenda. He will be our Putin if he gets elected.
 
anon67074017 said:
I have officially endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States. He has the potential to make America great again and stop the liberal agenda. He will be our Putin if he gets elected.
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Comparing him to Putin isn’t exactly an endorsement.
 
anon67074017 said:
I have officially endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States. He has the potential to make America great again and stop the liberal agenda. He will be our Putin if he gets elected.
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You’re right, Trump would probably be our Putin!
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Darryl1958 said:
Geroge Bush is not on the ballot.

Trump is more anti-Bush “anti-neo” than HRC. He is even a 911 truther, every now and again.

In other words, he is more Democrat than most Democrats.

But if Democrats really, really believed what they are saying against Bush, then Trump is the answer to their dreams.
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Indeed.

I also know a number of Dems who said they would prefer a Trump presidency over seeing a conservative like Ted Cruz win the WH.
 
Peter_J said:
Indeed.

I also know a number of Dems who said they would prefer a Trump presidency over seeing a conservative like Ted Cruz win the WH.
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The point is, they ought to prefer him even over Hillary, if they were true to their words.
 
Thorolfr said:
Any missteps by Clinton in the Benghazi affair are insignificant when compared with those of George W. Bush and his administration in Iraq in terms of the number of people killed and long lasting damage to the US and to its interests in the Middle East. Constantly pointing to Benghazi is like pointing at a gnat while ignoring the elephant that it is sitting on. 🤷
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I didn’t know George Bush was running? And didn’t Hillary vote for the Iraq war ?
 
estesbob said:
I didn’t know George Bush was running? And didn’t Hillary vote for the Iraq war ?
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Not just the Iraq War.

She started the war on Libya that turned the country over to terrorists. Even Obama admits that was a mistake.

She backed the Islamic radical Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

She ran guns from Libya to radicals in Syria, or tried to, which is what got Amb Stevens killed.

Democrats should run from her, but they won’t, because she’s “all in” for taxpayer financing of elective abortion, the only real “ideology” the Dem party has now.
 
GaryTaylor said:
Well at minimal another Democrat. Hillary is clearly unacceptable and we are dealing with denial.
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I am not a leftist so I personally find the way that Trump has turned on Bush rather galling. But the Democratic electorate need to be made aware that they have a lot more in common with him that they would be willing to admit.

And of course, for those on the right, even the Devil would be the moral choice compared to in any way allowing Clinton to assume the presidency.
 
Ridgerunner said:
Not just the Iraq War.

She started the war on Libya that turned the country over to terrorists. Even Obama admits that was a mistake.

She backed the Islamic radical Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

She ran guns from Libya to radicals in Syria, or tried to, which is what got Amb Stevens killed.

Democrats should run from her, but they won’t, because she’s “all in” for taxpayer financing of elective abortion, the only real “ideology” the Dem party has now.
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I think Democrats aren’t thrilled with her, hence Sanders giving her a serious run. I don’t have much doubt that Biden would have won the nomination if he had run. She is a much weaker candidate than Al Gore was in 2000. And she’ll win, because the Republicans chose a fool to run against her.
 
Darryl1958 said:
I am not a leftist so I personally find the way that Trump has turned on Bush rather galling. But the Democratic electorate need to be made aware that they have a lot more in common with him that they would be willing to admit.

And of course, for those on the right, even the Devil would be the moral choice compared to in any way allowing Clinton to assume the presidency.
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You’re right, Trump would be the right person for liberals in terms of who he might nominate to the Supreme Court. I’m sure he’d pick someone who would support things like same-sex marriage, the rights of minorities, universal health care. He’d probably pick someone who would reverse the Citizens United decision, etc. 😉
 
_Abyssinia said:
I don’t know but I don’t think Romney and Obama had as high unfavourable numbers as Trump and Clinton though. Given those high unfavourable numbers, Johnson and Stein could do well.
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Despite the “Clump” unfavorability, Stein will suffer from the same weakness as Darrel Castle of the Constitution Party: only being able to draw votes from one side.

Johnson has the possibility of catching fire, but who’s to say whether it will actually happen?
 
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