Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's 'Judgment' to Be President (Uh oh)

NY Times ^ | Maggie Haberman and Matt Flegenheimer

[kabar]

So the solution is to have Trump promise everything to everyone, as Obama did, hope that nobody asks how he was going to do it, as nobody asked Obama, and hope that when he's elected people will forget about it? Why not? It's worked so well for the past 8 years.

The objective is to get a Rep in the WH. Obama has been a spectacular success for the Dem agenda. He has been one of the most consequential Presidents in generations. You can list his accomplishments as disasters whether it is Obamacare or doubling the national debt or implementing the gay agenda or flooding the country with immigrants, legal and illegal. But he has transformed this country and most of it cannot be undone. The Dems are on the cusp of being the permanent majority party nationally.

It would help if you read his legislation

This is a solution to our health care problems? How many sponsors does Cruz have for this narrow legislation? Cruz’s big idea is to make it easier for insurance companies to sell policies across state lines – an idea that gets incorporated into pretty much every Republican healthcare reform proposal. But while Cruz has argued that Americans need an alternative that would lower costs, opening insurance markets across state lines could actually lead to higher premiums, among other issues.

We have major problems with Medicare and Medicaid, Cruz doesn't want to kill these single payer programs. He wants to save them.

So what really do you think is the scope of the solution and how long do you think that will take for Congress to come up with one? A month? A year? Ever? The fact is that Trump's ban is open-ended and impossible to implement.

It really isn't that difficult. You could develop guidelines on immigration from countries that have a significant militant Islamic presence. We used to have a ban on anyone who belonged to the Communist party.

The real issue that needs to be addressed is the compatibility of Islam with Western values and culture. It is not something that Trump or any President can decide unilaterally. We need a frank dialogue within this country as well as within the Islamic world. Islam needs a reformation and it won't have one as long as we paternalistically excuse their behavior. This is more than a US problem. Trump should be credited with having the courage to raise it. He did the same thing with immigration. Neither party is willing to speak frankly about these issues.

So if you're funding it through import tariffs and taxes then wouldn't that mean that it'll be the U.S. consumers who is paying for the wall and not Mexico? After all any tariffs and taxes will just be added to the cost of the goods they are buying.

Not really. The USG will collect the tariffs and taxes. It will be up to the Mexicans to set their prices so they can sell their product here. If they try to recapture the additional costs, it will be up to them. Not our problem. Mexico has almost a $50 billion annual trade surplus with us.

We could raise the money in other ways including increasing the costs of visas to the US. Or placing a surcharge on the transfer of remittances from the US to Mexico. Mexicans in the US send back to Mexico $23 billion annually.

The other alternative for Mexico is to pay for the cost of the wall directly to the US. No doubt Trump will use whatever leverage he has to broker a deal.

Name one other than Trump. And just how many tens of thousands of U.S. troops will it take to establish the safe zone and keep it safe? How much do you think that'll cost?

Bush for one.

We could work with the Europeans and Russia to set up an area for the settlement of refugees similar to what is already being done inside Turkey and Jordan. It wouldn't take tens of thousands of troops. And it far cheaper than settling them in the West along with the increased security risks.

The High Cost of Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees

On average, each Middle Eastern refugee resettled in the United States costs an estimated $64,370 in the first five years, or $257,481 per household.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has requested $1,057 to care for each Syrian refugee annually in most countries neighboring Syria.

For what it costs to resettle one Middle Eastern refugee in the United States for five years, about 12 refugees can be helped in the Middle East for five years, or 61 refugees can be helped for one year.

[elhombrelibre]

First, you say I'm a genius. Then, you write, very cleverly, that I've a disability. You seem conflicted, much like Trump was when he has to explain that he was for Hillary, with dollars, until he was against her. Of course, now he has to be against her because he's now for himself.

Maybe it's your ability to conflate contradictory ideas and actions that let's you be a big Trump supporter.

[elhombrelibre]

Two months ago Trump was saying he loves the Muslims. Islamists had been attacking the USA for 30 years when he said that. Now, he has come up with a new totally different position. They, he says, cannot come to the USA. These types of ideological 180 degree flip flops go right over the heads of his supporters.

[xzins]

I guarantee you Cruz will not accept the offer of being ANYONE'S veep.

I think you're wrong. I think he will accept, because he realizes that he is young, and that the VP slot is a great launching pad.

On the practical side, I think he realizes that he doesn't have the money. I know from participating in years worth of freepathons, that people who use this site frequently, daily, hourly even DO NOT donate to this site that they use to voice their own opinions. If that is the case, then my sense is that conservatives tend to be pretty tight-fisted with their money.

Therefore, Ted Cruz will have to go to the big money billionaires and pledge his allegiance to get their cash. They don't give their money away for nothing. The state of our nation tells us what it is that they have wanted.

I think Cruz would rather campaign openly WITH the billionaire than owe his soul secretly to a consortium of billionaires.

Just my take on it.

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[stephenjohnbanker]

“If Trump is done, IMO, so are we.”

I bought a little cottage on the coast in Australia 2 months after Obama took office. It ain’t for sale : )

[stephenjohnbanker]

“For what it costs to resettle one Middle Eastern refugee in the United States for five years, about 12 refugees can be helped in the Middle East for five years, or 61 refugees can be helped for one year. “

Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will have no part of your logic or reasoning. The refugees are future quasi-slave laborers.

[DoughtyOne]

Could be..., and could not be...

[DoughtyOne]

It’s always nice to see what you are thinking.

[DoughtyOne]

Donald Trump is a man that won’t let an asset go to waste.

If Ted Cruz were his vice-president, Trump would find something important for him to do. Why? Because it would better the nation and make him and Ted Cruz look good. He’s not a jealous man. When his people shine, he shines. He knows that.

I also think he would use him as a knowledge resource in his field of expertise.

This would not be a dead-end place where Ted would be out of sight for four or eight years.

I’ll guarantee you, Ted would be a lot more presidential after that four or eight years.

Not to put Ted down, but I think Trump has a lot to teach him. Ted could benefit immensely being tutored by Trump in his area of expertise.

Trump could also benefit immensely from Ted helping him by tapping into his field of expertise.

[FR_addict]

The audio tape is embedded in the article. Select “an audio recording” to hear Cruz make his comments. The bear hugs that he says he gives to Trump and Carson in public, remind me of a Judas kiss.

It was ridiculous to say he fears Trump’s finger on the button. What about Hillary and Obama? doesn’t mention being afraid of their fingers.

[NKP_Vet]

I like Cruz, because I think he’s the only real conservative in the race. But with that said, just like everyone but Trump he is beholding to the elitist millionares that are bankrolling his campaign. Trump is the only one running that can’t be bought and he’s despised by the others because he does not have to take special interest money, and then owe them favors. A Trump presidency would shake up Washington like it’s not been shaken up since Reagan was elected. Business as usual is over if Trump wins and that’s why he’s despised. That’s why both parties despise him. And this nonsense about how he can’t beat the crook Hillary Clinton and that’s why he has to be brought down is hogwash. If that’s the case, why are both democrats and republicans ganging up on him? Of course he can be elected and will be elected if the nomination is not stolen from him.

“Trump’s ban on Muslims from entering the US temporarily is BRILLIANT....puts rest of GOP on Obama’s side”.

~ Wayne Allyn Root