A candidate will say whatever he or she has to say to get your vote. The real and smarter way to know what they are about is to look at their record and not their words. Never trust what they say. ALWAYS look at what they have done. That's the way it is always done.
I'm guessing you are either relatively young or new to politics because I know I have seen it many times. Political candidates say things every election cycle. It's not impressive. It's doesn't impress me. Let me put this in words you might understand. Former Texas governor Rick Perry while running for president will talk tough on immigration. But he has a RECORD of having been pro-ILLEGAL immigration the entire time he was governor of Texas. Do you see my point? If we were to believe what he says now we would think he was tough on ILLEGAL immigration but his record proves he is not. Always look at their record and not what they say while running.
And, importantly, in the past he has contributed to politicians; they have not contributed to him. They won’t.
That's just the opposite of what his other defenders in this forum are saying in his defense. They say that as a businessman he had to grease the palms of certain politicians to get things done. So which is it?
Trump can say all he wants as a newly minted conservative but his record as a decades long liberal democRAT say otherwise. Again, believe what you want, but his record is what proves who and what he is.
I hope that helps.
I don’t disagree with what you say, at all.
“They say that as a businessman he had to grease the palms of certain politicians to get things done. So which is it?”
How can anyone deny he has given to politicians? I think he was probably greasing the palms of certain politicians. A legal, out-in-the-open gift is not bribery. A gift is an acknowledgement. You give respect to a judge when you appear in court. MOST people go out of their way to greet their boss in the morning. That is their gift of acknowledgment of the scheme of things. Trump knows how to play the game. Who came out on top?
A gift is a form of flattery. Is there anywhere in the world a man who is so self-righteous that he will not give gifts to a woman he is pursuing? That is the way of the world:
Proverbs 18:16 - “A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.”
Proverbs 21:14 - “A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”
Proverbs 17:6 - “A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; whithersoever it turns, it prospers.
And there are more.
“ALWAYS look at what they have done.”
I also agree. That is why I was outraged at Cruz for voting to give Obama more power, and to aid Obama in his effort to by-pass the Constitution with the trade bill, and Cruz has been positioning himself as a champion of the Constitution and has criticized Obama for his power grabs.
As for taking a politician at his word: Of the candidates for president I have voted for, I have so far only trusted Reagan. I think my perceptions were accurate. I’ve seen Trump on TV for many, many years, and although most of the talk was not about political policy, he always came across as someone with a good stock of common sense.