Posted on 12/21/2015 1:04:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Not long ago, Donald J. Trump and Russell Simmons were close.
The hip-hop mogul and his brother Rev. Run would fly on Mr. Trump's private plane to Mar-a-Lago, the real estate developer’s lavish Florida resort. Mr. Simmons even had a playful nickname for Mr. Trump: Richie Rich.
When Mr. Simmons was going through a divorce, Mr. Trump's teasing phone calls lifted his spirits.
"He'd say funny stuff," Mr. Simmons said, adding that he had put Mr. Trump on speakerphone so that others could hear Mr. Trump's jovial taunts about his ex-wife getting the upper hand in the divorce. "He'd say, 'Oh, she killed you.' "
But the bond between the two men came apart this month: After Mr. Trump called for Muslims to be barred from entering the United States, Mr. Simmons denounced his onetime friend, telling him in an open letter to "stop fueling fires of hate."
Mr. Trump's rise in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination -- which has also prompted accusations that he is using racially charged rhetoric and has drawn comparisons to the segregationist George Wallace -- has created some discord among African-American celebrities whom Mr. Trump has called friends. The billionaire developer has long courted personalities from the worlds of sports and entertainment, including the boxer Mike Tyson, the former Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman, and the rapper and producer Sean Combs -- and he has made them part of his world in strikingly personal ways.
Some of Mr. Trump's African-American friends and acquaintances say they are mystified by the candidate's sweeping attacks on minority groups. In addition to his comments about Muslims, he has said Mexico sends "rapists" and other criminals to the United States; has exaggerated the role of blacks in violent crime;
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Ha, you’re right. Just drift along and forget our roots don’t include donors to Hillary and Reid. Forget that there are real conservatives in the race. Pretend that a billionaire braggart working on his third wife, who just became a situational conservative, is the answer.
Cruz will pass amnesty as sure as my little yorkie loves me. He did not have an illegal immigration plan for months, while the other candidates had detailed ones. And now he can not utter the word Deport, so the tens of millions get to stay (which us the definition of amnesty). And he covers up his real intent with lawyer words, like “I don’t intend to...”, instead of just saying it straight out. Even Rubio saw through that and says their plans are similar.
Freepers think they will get a conservative, when instead they will get 20 million more democrat voters and the end of any chance of conservatism.
I thought Trump was a racist who hated black people.
Now you’re telling me he has black friends...
Oh but they really don’t care about that, they don’t even think about that. They’re too busy posting anti-Trump screeds to FR. LOL
Yep, this is now the latest move....green lit by Valerie J’s mouthpiece BO.
Now, look, all sorts of media stories on how Trump is racist.
What. a. NOT Shock.
RE: Cruz will pass amnesty as sure as my little yorkie loves me. He did not have an illegal immigration plan for months, while the other candidates had detailed ones.
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Please consider these write-ups before you make such a conclusion:
1) CRUZ PLAN TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:
SECURE THE BORDER, RESTORE THE RULE OF LAW, AND PROTECT AMERICANS
https://www.tedcruz.org/cruz-immigration-plan/
2) Defiant Jeff Sessions on ‘Gang of Eight’: ‘Every Step of the Way, Ted Cruz Was on My Side’
Add his other achievements:
- Voted for Corker bill that gave Iran $150 Billion AND nukes
- Voted for TPA
- Helped his BFF Glen Beck hand out teddy bears to illegals crossing illegally into America
Cruz, just another slick talking lawyer, cannot be trusted and is clearly a puppet for a Billionaire traitor pushing to destroy America.
Trump is a candidate today because of his comfort with tawdry pop culture
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Might add that our current leader has the Oprah seal of approval.
As a businessman, he was cozy with all segments of the political spectrum. Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat. Zell Miller was once a Democrat. Trump is risking huge sums of money as former business associates will turn against him. So far, I think he genuinely cares about this country and wants to make it great again. We will see that we will have policy differences domestically, but fortunately he gets it that we are at war and in great peril right now. If he hires the right people, which he has a track record of doing, he will get good advice and make the right decisions.
Trump needs to immediately hire a Business Czar, who will organize training workshops in minority high unemployment areas and partner with black entrepreneurs to create jobs and give them hope.
Tell that to the middle eastern muslims that have no time for Black African muslims.
Yeah, it sounds good and is the 2nd best written plan out there.
But there are discrepancies, omissions, silences, vague statements, donor issues, and lawyer-speak phrases that make me doubt any of it is real.
Can you elaborate?
I already have, in this thread.
He used pop culture before that -- the glitzy guy was well known as a pop icon before the NBC show
You are right that the direct inheritance from Fred Trump was not a factor in his rise, but Fred did give Donald a number of breaks to start off his career -- perhaps elhombre refers to that?
Because one thing that Trump will certainly love is another expensive, Big Government solution. And that's because he isn't a conservative.
Train them for what? Factory jobs? Will the government create those as well? Blue collar jobs? There are junior colleges offering vocational training all over the country already. Trump's scheme would be redundant and at the end of the day would accomplish little for the money it spent. But Trump could slap his name on it and that would make it worthwhile.
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