Posted on 11/13/2015 4:13:08 PM PST by markomalley
Donald Trump played it safe Friday at the 2015 Sunshine Summit, focusing his remarks on immigration and foreign policy instead of continuing his criticism of Ben Carson, and cancelling a press conference shortly after leaving the stage.
The Republican presidential hopeful made no mention of Carson during his speech despite releasing an ad targeting the retired neurosurgeon just hours prior. Within minutes of concluding his remarks and leaving the stage, Trump's campaign notified a crowded room of reporters he would no longer be available for a Q&A.
Trump's campaign did not provide a reason for the last-minute cancellation, but the GOP candidate took the stage Friday less than an hour after news broke of a series of terror attacks in Paris, France.
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who's surpassed Trump as the GOP front-runner both nationally and in key early primary states, was scheduled to speak at the same gathering of Florida Republicans immediately after Trump.
Due to the two candidates back-to-back remarks, dozens of reporters missed several minutes of Carson's speech while waiting for Trump to arrive in the briefing room.
Of course.
Small minds can’t grasp that Trump likely has more interests, both personal and business, in Paris than any of the candidates..or Obama for that matter. There are probably a good many friends and associates that he’s concerned about. He might even be too busy finding out about all of them to issue the expected trite statement.
Trump’s only interest is himself. He doesn’t know what to say right now.
How can you call the most eminent neurosurgeon in the world a psychopath or a child molester. These juvenile sophomoric rants disgust me. I want a man like Reagan who I can look up to and respect!
The AP? I’m shocked.
I agree. The man has been running on nervous energy for months. He needs rest.
That looks so good....I can’t wait to see President Trump take the oath of office, the one that will Make America Great Again and the American President looking our for Americans....
WAY TO GO TRUMP ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
Amen!
What's up with you Trump supporters? Do you have to personally attack everyone who's not on the Trump bandwagon, like The Donald? That's about all I see from Trump supporters here.
Trump was wise to stay out of the picture today.
Hate to put the tragedy in Paris into politics but it certainly helped Trump.
He’s been tough on Isis.
How can you defend Trump when all he is is a bully and demagogue. He can’t accomplish all of his blowhard goals without cooperating with congress. What is the risk in electing Trump and finding out he wants to be despotic ruler like the one we have in office now? The future of the Republic is at stake. How can we feel confident about this liberal blowhard turned convenient conservative and Christian at the right time? My heart is with Ted Cruz. I know he loves American and does not need to denigrate and bully his way to power.
Trumps a nice guy. I like him. But he's terrible. I mean, he's been married three times... What does that tell you? That if his wife can't trust him, who can? Some people say that. But not me. I know him. Nice guy. But he's terrible.
I would have preferred that Trump not address the issue of Carson’s relationship with God. Some people do have a brief epiphany that changes their entire lives, I’ve seen it happen. I also know that people who have not witnessed or experienced it might not understand.
As a Trump supporter, I have made my concerns known to his campaign. Yes, I know I’m just a drop of piss in the wind. Maybe if enough of us do it someone will notice the dampness.
That said, many of the comments here are just as hypocritical relating to the sincerity of Trump’s tweet.
We can’t know what is in someone else’s heart, which is why it’s not our job to judge it. We all know better than this.
Trump and his wife Melania have a 16 year relationship. That does not exactly equate to womanizer. It also has nothing to do with Trump’s ability to get this country back on track.
Of course, Rivera's daughter is spending her junior year studying in Paris and was in THE soccer stadium tonight....and he was all shook up about her safety.....and he probably was totally delirious when praising Donald.
GO TRUMP!
Leni
Look at that hair! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the hair of our next president? Nice guy though. But he’s terrible.
Bravo!
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