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Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be "quite this severe"
CBS News ^ | July 4th, 2015 | By Reena Flores

Posted on 07/04/2015 8:23:49 PM PDT by Mariner

On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash to his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants would be "quite this severe."

"I knew it was going to be bad because I was told this. All my life I have been told this: If you are successful, you don't run for office," Trump said in an interview on Fox News, addressing the recent spate of businesses that have severed their relationships with his brand. "I didn't know it was going to be quite this severe, but I really knew it was going to be bad."

During his presidential campaign announcement last month, Trump emphasized the need to curtail immigration from the southern border and criticized Mexican immigrants for "bringing crime" and being "rapists."

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"It seems like I'm sort of the whipping post because I bring it up. And I don't understand whether you are liberal or whether you are conservative or whether you are Republican, Democrat -- why wouldn't you talk about a problem?" Trump said Saturday. "The crime is raging. It's violent, and people don't want to even talk about it. If you talk about it, you are a racist. I don't understand it."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; backlash; brianwilliams; corporateamerica; cronycapitalism; donaldchump; donaldhump; donaldtrump; election2016; macys; mexico; missuniverse; missusa; nascar; nbc; newyork; nobrainscollectively; therug; trump; trump2016; univision
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To: Mariner

His strength and his weakness is money.


61 posted on 07/04/2015 9:28:28 PM PDT by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: Mariner

Wonder how many the politically correct have put on the unemployment line because they chose to hear what they wanted to hear of his comments.


62 posted on 07/04/2015 9:29:35 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: matt1234
"If he has any advisors that are any good, they are contemplating more statements that he can make that are TRUE but will draw flack. "

He must continue to hit those who are attacking him.

He must pound them to dust, on THIS subject.

Or, eventually the weight of the entire US power structure will be too much for anyone to bear.

No quarter.

63 posted on 07/04/2015 9:30:54 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Perhaps it will be a case where the race makes the man.


64 posted on 07/04/2015 9:32:13 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Mariner

Maybe now Trump has an idea of the political nature of liberals in business, instead of calling them all “friends”.


65 posted on 07/04/2015 9:41:24 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!))
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To: Bobalu

Donald Trump and 2015 / 2016 Considerations…

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/07/04/donald-trump-and-2015-2016-considerations/


66 posted on 07/04/2015 9:41:51 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: Mariner

Hey, Donald. When you are hit with an ambush the only way to get out alive is to attack - not stick your head in a hole and hope it goes away.


67 posted on 07/04/2015 9:43:41 PM PDT by Gritty (The wicked strut freely about when what is vile is honored among men - Psalm 12:8)
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To: CodeToad
“Maybe now Trump has an idea of the political nature of liberals in business, instead of calling them all “friends”.”

A bitter once-burned Donald Trump could be a good thing, if he's willing to put his money where his mouth is.

68 posted on 07/04/2015 9:44:53 PM PDT by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: Mariner

What did he expect from the treasonous corporate globalists who are mostly responsible for enticing all the illegal immigration in the first place? These slimy maggot turds want their dirt cheap slave labor. Anyone who tells the truth about the character of crony capitalism’s biggest asset is going to get crucified, beheaded and then drawn & quartered by the treasonous soulless bastards that run the globalist enterprise.


69 posted on 07/04/2015 10:00:02 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: WTFOVR
twitter: Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago "@MichaellW56: @tedcruz Saw where you supported @realDonaldTrump on @meetthepress to be aired tomorrow AM. Thank you." Thanks Ted!
70 posted on 07/04/2015 10:08:17 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: WTFOVR
"Anyone who tells the truth about the character of crony capitalism’s biggest asset is going to get crucified, beheaded and then drawn & quartered by the treasonous soulless bastards that run the globalist enterprise."

Yes, and they and their minions will do whatever it takes to stop Trump.

They will kill him if necessary. There's just too much money at stake to allow one man to jack everything up.

71 posted on 07/04/2015 10:10:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: native texan

Agreed and good for you.


72 posted on 07/04/2015 10:11:17 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I sent a reply through his press.

press@trumporg.com


73 posted on 07/04/2015 10:11:31 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Mariner
"Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be "quite this severe"..."

..... Well Donald ...... You just revealed your freakin' weak point ..... Buh-Bye.......

...... You Personal .... LONG KNIVES ARE NOW COMING!!!!!

..... Stick a fork in the Donald ..................... Who's NEXT!!!!!!!

74 posted on 07/04/2015 10:12:53 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Pox

Exactly and well said.


75 posted on 07/04/2015 10:13:26 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: R_Kangel

The left coast weighs in.


76 posted on 07/04/2015 10:16:16 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Bobalu

lol...I like what Trump is doing right now....but I wouldn’t put him on par with Winston Churchill.


77 posted on 07/04/2015 10:19:59 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: Mariner

He’s a Hillary illusion to split the Republican vote...a Ross Perot, if you will


78 posted on 07/04/2015 10:26:45 PM PDT by demsux (Obama: THE job destroyer)
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To: Mariner
I agree 100%. Trump should keep hammering at immigration. Polls shown that approx 90% support strict immigration control. Yet neither party will tackle it in an serious way. Immigration control is a winning issue for any candidate.

The longer we wait to stem the illegal tide, the harder it will be. If we wait too long, it will be impossible, and our country will be ruined.

79 posted on 07/04/2015 10:29:42 PM PDT by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: matt1234
There are far more supporting Trump on immigration then the media is willing to admit.....and the more they hammer Trump the more people are standing with him...


80 posted on 07/04/2015 10:32:38 PM PDT by caww
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