[neverbluffer]

You are absolutely correct. He is a businessman, and his businesses are around the world, but mostly in NY, Chicago, etc. When he had the casinos, it was NJ.

You have no choice but to donate (business reasons) to democrats if you want to keep your business interests going. Not right, but that is the way it is.

Trump took out ads years ago in major newspapers warning America about the loss of jobs and economic activity due to NAFTA and other anti US policies. He does know what he is doing.

I say we give him the benefit of the doubt until we learn more about his ideas for this country. He might just surprise us....

Nobody will push the US around anymore if Trump is President I can guarantee that!

[radpolis]

I agree with you.

A lot of the conservatives here who believe in ideological purity from the minute you are born to the day you die must have never heard of Ronald Reagan, who was a Democrat until 1962. He went from a Kennedy Democrat to a Goldwater Republican in a few short years.

Or how about Frank Sinatra, who was a Democrat most of his early life, then became a hard core Republican in his later years.

The fact is Donald Trump is the only pro-American person running for president. Even the most conservative Republicans thinking of running are globalists, except maybe Herman Cain.

[RC one]

I think the underlying problem is clear, he isn't Sarah Palin. I think if he can prove his conservative credibility, he can somewhat overcome that. Until he has done that however, he's going to have to accept a certain amount of hesitation among conservatives. I think if it wasn't for her, he would be the clear front runner. One thing that I really like about him is that he draws support away from Romney who is, by far, the obvious RINO candidate IMO.