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“Trump is the only one in the race that the founding fathers would admire:”

That’s an awefully tall order for anyone! Let’s look at just a couple of their major complaints from the Declaration of Independence.

These are from the list of abuses that is specifically included.

“He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” and “He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.”

That’s pretty close to modern day “buying favors” with Politicians. I admit that it is not exact, but it is close.

“For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:”

No explanation necessary.

“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:”

Has Trump had an actual core belief shift away from a wealth tax? I know he thinks the debt is too big for a wealth tax to work now, but I haven’t heard him say that he has actually changed his mind on the issue.

Then of course, we have this phrase: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-”

We all know that pursuit of happiness is intended as a declaration of the nature of private property being sacrosanct. I’d say that Trump’s thinking that the use of eminent domain as a wonderful thing, is quite contrary to the thinking of our Founders.

Trump’s thinking is closer to the thinking of the British empire of they day than it is to our Founders. However, that is certainly not limited to him alone. There are many in this race that would make the same list.

However, to make the claim is to not have any understanding of the Founding Fathers.