Posted on 08/15/2011 8:54:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Add Donald Trump to the list of people that seem to have doubts about President Obama’s national tour. Speaking from his office with Greta van Susteren today, Trump argued that the President takes “more vacations than any human being I’ve ever seen” and that his “fundraising tour” should not fall into the hands of taxpayers, citing a lack of leadership on his part. Trump and Van Susteren went through a long list of topics– from China and OPEC to Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann– but began with the President’s tour. The August vacation, separately, Trump argued “sends a very, very bad message,” but shrugged that President Obama “likes vacation” and won’t be stopped from taking one. He then turned to the actual tour, which he believed was part of his campaigning and not something the President was doing in his executive capacity. “Why isn’t his campaign paying for this, he argued,” noting that he was traveling on a bus and “the most expensive airplane you can fly” on the Taxpayers’ dime. He gave President Obama one compliment: “he’s a good campaigner– not a great campaigner, but a good campaigner.”
Van Susteren then turned to foreign policy, where Trump railed that the United States “were like patsies… the world is taking advantage of the United States” and cited the worst abuser as China, though added Colombia and a number of other countries to that list. He also had some words about Palin and Rep. Bachmann; asked to compare the two, he declined, but argued they were similar in the challenges they faced as conservative women. He also said he liked them both very much, had no idea whether Palin was running (the “famous pizza incident” did nothing to help him figure that out, he explained), and had yet to pick a candidate in the Republican race.
The segment via Fox News below:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Oh let’s bash Trump. Ignore the message. Bash the man.
Good luck with that. The Freeloader in Chief hasn’t ever paid for anything in his life.
Trump is 1000% correct.
This is a gross violation of the law.
PTL!
Holder’s people are looking into it, I’m sure.
I mean, the DoJ is looking into it. :)
Of course laws are for peasants like us, and obammy doesn’t think he’s a peasant.......
Because Obama believes in paying for everything with other people's money...
...when it runs out, his socialism experiment will finally end...
...I just hope there is a United States of America then...come, November, 2012...quickly!
Campaigning or playing golf - the only two things Obama knows how to do.
Oh, and voting “Present”.
Send him the bill.
Trump is right and I am glad he mntioned it. I did not know we were paying for his campaigning.
When he’s right, he’s right.
Brilliant interview and not just about buses or any such, Donald Trump described Obama as a total loser who is clearly in way over his head and needs to be gotten rid of ASAP.
Like my brother says, Obama is the David Dinkins of the WH. First black mayor of NYC and all he did is go on vacation, play games while NYC basically imploded. Democrats always pick the best black role models in politics don’t they. “Hey look children, the Mayor of D.C. is smoking crack with a hooker. Let’s re-elect him!” But Condi Rice is evil.
I haven't taken more than a few days off at a time for a number of years due to working two jobs to pay the bills and put two kids through college. The last time I took a whole week off was nearly 15 years ago.
Obama raised millions in illegal foreign donations in 2008. Obama ran an illegal lottery for plane tickets/hotels to see him accept the nomination in Denver.
Since when has the thug in chief bother to obey election laws?
Based on Mr Soretoro’s warchest, that fine ride would represent less than 1%. He can afford it. Where’s the shared discomfort?
Golf wears him out. And he has to work off the cheese burgers, fries, and ice cream.
GO DONALD!
Because Obama believes in paying for everything with other people’s money...
This time he is right.
Evidently this trip has been in the making for a long time. They didn’t build those bus’s overnight.
Obama probably ordered them right after his election.
This is in no way—shape—or form an official trip. It is a Campaign trip, and his campaign fund should pay for it.
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