Posted on 08/04/2015 10:10:14 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Donald Trump’s burst upon the political scene has caused the most excitement in Washington since stripper Fannie Foxe, the girlfriend of House Ways and Committee Chairman, Wilbur Mills (D-AR), jumped from his limo into the Potomac River tidal basin at 2 AM to escape incarceration by the Capitol Police.
But in an effort to better understand presidential candidate Trump, I turned to his autobiography, TRUMP – The Art of the Deal.
In Part I of The Donald Phenomenon, we learned that “The Donald” is brash, dedicated, determined, and isn’t easily deterred from seeking his objectives. Hillary and friends are saying that Donald’s current actions are not “presidential.” But one must then wonder by whose presidential yardstick he is being measured. Cigar, anyone?
Reading further, other of his personal characteristics came to light as he sought to establish himself as a major participant in the downtown New York building construction scene.
Trump wasn’t born in Manhattan. He grew up in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, where his father Fred was a builder of low-cost rental housing. But that was not for Donald. He wanted the big-time — to build the structures that would truly reach to the sky, revolutionize the appearance of downtown Manhattan, and leave a mark for all to see.
To educate himself on the finer aspects of big-city finance, he obtained a degree from the prestigious Wharton School of business. There he learned that academics are often overrated and that “sheer persistence is often the difference between success and failure.” He says, “I have learned much more from conducting my own surveys than I could ever have learned from the greatest of consulting firms.” We can see this attitude in his disdain of political strategists and media study groups. He just does his thing and lets the...
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Ed Woods wrote a good piece, I especially like how he posed this question. “Hillary and friends are saying that Donald’s current actions are not “presidential.” But one must then wonder by whose presidential yardstick he is being measured. Cigar, anyone? “
I think Trump and Cruz would be a great ticket. Tehn appoint him to the SCOTUS
LOL, yeah, with the tiny exception that Jobs lived in Hillary's pocket. Other than that, they're identical.
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Thanks that was a nice read.
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I can post as many times as you do.
The Trump boom is a frisson of the body politic. Should pass by the time the actual primaries occur.
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