Posted on 10/19/2015 12:16:45 PM PDT by jimbo123
In 2000, 19 months before Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump wrote extensively of the terrorism threat the United States was facing.
Trump, who at the time was considering a presidential bid on the Reform Party ticket, went so far as to say that an attack on a major U.S. city was not just a probability, but an inevitability.
“I really am convinced we’re in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers,” wrote Trump in his 2000 book, The America We Deserve. “No sensible analyst rejects this possibility, and plenty of them, like me, are not wondering if but when it will happen.”
Trump even mentions Osama Bin Laden by name, in a criticism of an American foreign policy that too quickly jumps from one crisis to the next.
“One day we’re told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named Osama bin-Laden is public enemy number one, and U.S. jetfighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan,” The Donald wrote. “He escapes back under some rock, and a few news cycles later it’s on to a new enemy and new crisis.”
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Four years before The Apprentice ever aired, Trump devoted an entire section of his book to keeping America safe from terrorism, arguing our ignorance of the threats we faced from terrorism was the biggest threat to national security.
Trump predicted a major attack on an American city that would involved weapons of mass destruction, writing,”Yet it’s time to get down to the hard business of preparing for what I believe is the real possibility that somewhere, sometime, a weapon of mass destruction will be carried into a major American city and detonated.”
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You should get that little tidbit to Trump somehow. Or tweet it and see if he retweets it.
That's not what he was saying back then. I guess his poll numbers weren't as good.
I like Cruz and after that, Carson and Trump. I really can’t make up my mind about Trump. I don’t like the comparison to Reagan. Reagan was an eloquent speaker, came from nothing, no prestigious school, yet spoke to the common man and served as a Governor for 8 years.
Trump was born into money, went to prestigious schools and doesn’t talk eloquently and is a self-promoter, but he is a success story and a hard worker who surprisingly, speaks to the common man. hmmm. The biggest positive for me is he is self-funded so will not have to bow to special interests or lobbyists or party hacks. That means a lot to me.
It doesn’t matter though. By the time the primaries get to NYC, there’s usually no choice left on the ballot.
Ol nevermind is alive and well instead of deep sixing like Osama been lying (or Obama been Lying)..
Anybody here have a copy of “The America We Deserve”? Maybe you can provide some verification?
one might think that with the sort of funds available....
oh well...
I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and verified it. It’s right on the second page of Chapter 1. See my post above.
shhh he didn’t mean those things he said,lol
“If this can be verified it could be game over for Jeb Bush.”
It was NEVER GAME ON for Jeb Bush.
Bkmrk.
“What this shows is that he’s always been interested in protecting us....and now it’s gonna be personal.”
Kinda hard for those suffering from TDS to continue on with their incessant drivel when quotes like this are brought to light.
Based on Jeb's brother George's activities, literally flooding the country with millions illegally from God knows where during war time, it seems pretty obvious these Republican party kingpin bosses were hell bent on destroying America just like their leftist counterparts in DC.
And these people call Trump a liberal?
Trump would obviously be solid regarding the war on terror and implementing policies to keep America safe. If he faces either Hellary or Slow Joe a very target rich environment indeed by way of OblahMao linkages.
I agree with that (and I like your tagline. It is very much on-target!)
Good point.
I am looking:
http://www.unpublishedarticles.com/windows-on-the-world-the-unwritten-story/
Risk Waters Group seeks information on WTC conference delegates
http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=3074
All I can find now is a conference on business IT
My spin is that these agencies are hobbled by certain factors within or with connection to the government, which possess conflicting motivations vis-à-vis what is prudent for the people of the nation.
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