"Thanks for talking me up on Free Republic, Edmund."Trump:
“I love the Mexican people,” he said. “I love their spirit. I respect Mexico as a country. Their leaders are much sharper and smarter than ours.”
But, Trump said, “They’re killing us at the border and killing us in trade.”
Promising to secure U.S. borders with an impenetrable fence, Trump claimed undocumented immigrants are coming to the United States from all over the world. “This isn’t just Mexico,” he said. “They’re coming from the Middle East, and we better be very careful,” Trump warned.
On the subject of trade, Trump was blunt with his opinion of U.S. trade negotiators, “Chinese leaders are much smarter than (President Barack) Obama and his bunch of clowns,”
“I make good deals. I have great respect for China. Their leaders are too smart for our leaders,” he said.
Mr. Trump stated that the situation at the border is a great economic and national security threat. He said, “I’m very proud to have started this discussion about the need to secure our border and Americans are ready for action. Let’s Make America Great Again!”
The more the establishment pushes against Donald the stronger his support becomes.
It is possible we are being played. If so it does not matter. The spirit of rebellion is growing and it directed not in support of Donald and his mixed bag of tricks but at the entire panoply of corrupt government, corporate bribery, moral terpitude and disdain for the American Way that threatens to engulf us.
Donald is no savior. What he is, however, is a fearless loudmouth, a bull-headed contankerous street fighter who is taking on our most hated enemies with the money and cajones to back it up.
If the vicious thugs who run this country make a martyr of Donald that might just tip the scales and create an all or nothing struggle. Once we have nothing left to lose a fight to the death is not so frightening.
Why doesn’t Goldberg beg GOP candidates not to ignore the issues that concern GOP voters instead of begging GOP voters to ignore Trump.
Trump is correct (now) on criminal Mexicans and that’s about it.
He sounds like a FReeper when he says deport the lot of them and build the damn wall. As far as I know, he’s the only candidate saying that. I’m more than a one issue voter though.
Eternally thankful that Romney is not running again, who by the way, was dead wrong on every issue.
Thanks for posting. Hope you wore your asbestos underwear today.... :-)
Trump is a windbag and above all, a self-promoter. I’ve watched him here in New York for the past 30 years. He’s saying the right things now, but I do not trust his conservative credentials
I do appreciate his style at this point, and especially his willingness to not play by MSM rules. I hope some real conservative candidates can learn from him.
Thanks, Jonah, for the opportunity to remind everyone.
Trump is forcing the country to have that “honest conversation about race” and some people aren’t happy about it.
My misgivings about Trump stated to a 'T'! As much as I enjoy the Donald show, I don't trust him as far as I could throw him...but I DO admire the way he's stuck to his guns so far.
> I think they are being conned and played
Nah, just having a little fun before actual decisions are made. It will help shake some other positions out of the trees.
Trump, historically, is a social liberal. He seems to be conservative on immigration, and by implication, law enforcement. He has not done anything to convince me that he will be a fiscal conservative, as I think he will throw money at problems. I think he will be conservative on national security and foreign policy, but have no proof of that.
He is a mixed bag, like many other candidates. I don’t know that there is one perfect conservative candidate out there, but there definitely are a few that are more conservative than Trump.
Of course we are. The question is really which con artist do we vote for? We pretty much know what a Bush (and McConnell and Bohner) will do but with Trump we have an inkling of hope that things could be different. So, its not if we get conned. It is how we get conned.
As opposed to the more measured, thoughtful, conservative General McClelland.
You Platonist conservatives are looking for the perfect candidate who agrees with you perfectly, in all issues, and prioritizes them exactly as you do.
It's silly. This is war.
These lib commies are trying to obliterate us and the USA. Get real, and get real quickly.
Jonah Goldberg=South Basher
=elite useful idiot
=Rich Lowery’s tinker bell
I don’t like Trump, but he is better than a Bush.
To which questions do you refer? I don’t see many in this already posted hit piece.
A dingo has to dingo.
"Thanks for talking me up on Free Republic, Edmund." Now I may disagree with Trump on some things but right now he is the Lightening Rod for Hot Button Issues that need to be in the public discourse. There are a lot of fed up Conservatives, like me, who are tired of the Damn Republican Party. We have been lied to and played, and they have played me for the last time. In toto they are as Corrupt as the Democrats. I love this Spoiler Role that Trump has become. I look forward to the first debate and fireworks that will Explode.