Trump will do what he is told.

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Trump is not pro-choice.

Donald Trump on Abortion

I am now pro-life; after years of being pro-choice:

Donald Trump shocked attendees at the conservative CPAC conference in February when he declared himself pro-life after years of supporting the pro-abortion position. Several months ago, when questioned about his position, Trump responded by saying the public "would be surprised" by his stance and, in an interview with Laura Ingraham from Fox News leading up to the conference, Trump characterized himself as "pro-life" and he repeated that apparent reversal when he told the audience at CPAC, "I am pro-life" and pledged to fight for the reversal of ObamaCare, which contains abortion funding loopholes.

As the 2012 race intensifies, pro-life advocates must call upon Donald Trump to further explain his stand on important pro-life issues like Supreme Court nominations and repeal of the pro-abortion Obama healthcare law.

Source: Steven Ertelt in LifeNews.com , Apr 8, 2011

I changed my views to pro-life based on personal stories:

Q: Evangelicals want to feel secure that they're going to have a nominee that's solid on those social issues.

A: One thing about me, I'm a very honorable guy. I'm pro-life, but I changed my view a number of years ago. One of the primary reasons I changed [was] a friend of mine's wife was pregnant, and he didn't really want the baby. He was crying as he was telling me the story. He ends up having the baby and the baby is the apple of his eye. It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to him. And you know here's a baby that wasn't going to be let into life. And I heard this, and some other stories, and I am pro-life.

Q: So those stories did change you, they came around and changed you?

A: They changed me. Yeah, they changed my view as to that, absolutely.

Source: David Brody interview on CBN.com , Apr 8, 2011

I am pro-life; fight ObamaCare abortion funding:

Billionaire Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he's thinking about running for president. His remarks drew lots of applause and cheers from the crowd, who will play a key role in grass-roots organizing for the eventual 2012 GOP presidential nominee. "I'm well acquainted with winning," Trump said. "That's what this country needs now."

Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p. 31-32 , Jul 2, 2000

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15 posted on 01/16/2016 10:51:28 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)

Yup. Trump is a really nasty piece of work. Mocking disabled people is perfectly fine with him. Everyday he gets up in the morning and decides to sink to a new low. Currently he is so low, even a slithering snake would be higher than he is.

I liked it when Ted did that, I liked it a LOT. But I don't believe for a second it did the cause of advancing conservatism any good whatsoever.

Agreed. Also Trump is looking at the lay of the land and knows he will have to deal with the lying snake McConnell, who has actual power over how, or whether, Trump's agenda moves in Congress.

Trump is sizing McConnell up and will run rings around him, but will NOT call him a liar in public. Until he has leverage.

Cruz does not know from leverage, which is why Trump has squashed him. (As did McConnell.) Cruz will now learn, however. Cruz IS brilliant, and can out-Princeton-debate Trump, but Trump has schooled him in the art of battle.

Wow. Finally a coherent comment about it. Thanks!

You might like the article linked on post 25.

Donald Trrump was pro everything liberal (including abortion, gay marriage, Obamacare, pro Obama, pro Nancy Pelosi, pro Harry Reid, pro Andrew Cuomo, pro Deblasio etc) before he was against it/them just before he decided to run for president as Republican.
Donald Trump currently holds the record for being the single biggest flip flopper in history for political expediency. Anyone who believes ANY of Donald Trump's new found conservative positions on any issue is a fool.

No he wasn’t.

Donald Trump at the 1988 Republican Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acpmInqcuH4

Oprah Winfrey Interviews Donald Trump in 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZpMJeynBeg

Single payer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5zFRjExsfTk#t=47

I just posted on an article about Trump’s strange support of ethanol subsidies, that I was as naive about Trump as Cruz was about McConnell, when I saw this article about Trump donating $50,000 to a Rove PAC to save McConnell and oppose Constitutionalist and TeaParty candidates.

Are you being naive about Trump, also, or are you ok with Trump’s apparent hypocrisy regarding cronyism and back room deals?

The McConnell thing I addressed previously: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385998/posts

Similarly I did discuss the ethanol issue: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385998/posts

I am not suggesting you should have know what I posted at all, just too lazy to post it all again : )

I don't think Trump is a hypocrite in this respect at all. I think he has been very honest that he needed to work with Democrats and Republicans in his business life to get things done. That is a fact of life. I do not believe that will ever change, in Washington or in most big cities around the world, not just in America.

I think donating to McConnell was not a rebuke of Bevin I think Trump was asked, as he said so many politicians have visited him to ask, and felt it would be impolitic to refuse. I wanted McConnell gone but I don't think Trump's 50K kept him, it was the second smallest donation on that page of McConnell's donors.

The ethanol issue irks me some but I think Trump was treading a thin line. He said that the provisions of Congress should be obeyed. That may be a nuanced statement. It may be that its a way of not alienating the Iowans knowing that Congress needs to change the Ethanol requirement because the admixture is more polluting that gas, raises food prices etc etc etc.

There are going to be areas where I am not going to agree with Trump's approach or any candidates approach but....

I will be happy if he handles some of the big issues:

1. The wall

2. A revised immigration policy that puts America's needs first and ends the quota system which nets us so many unemployable people who can't speak our language.

3. Strengthening our military

4. Protecting our police and letting both do their jobs.

5. Bringing the veterans into privatized healthcare so that they have the same standard of care as other Americans.

6. An intelligent healthcare overhaul with the aim of reducing costs for everyone by allowing insurers to bid across state borders and eliminating bureaucracy & Obamacare.

7. Reversing Government overreach such as Common Core.

8. Reviewing America's treaties, revising them to get the best terms we can and then living up to America's commitments so that we may again be proud of our Nation

... to name a few.

If Harry & Nancy get a few million for a library in their towns I can live with that. Hell I would be overjoyed with that.

Donating to a Rove PAC that supported McConnell might be understandable if it were not so recent and he had not donated so much.

Trump is now working with the Insiders again with his support of ethanol. What makes you think that Trump will not join the Davos group in their creation of a one world government after the election. He wrote that editorial praising the globalist efforts in Europe. What makes you think that Trump is not still a globalist?

How can you have so much faith him?

That was an article about the business community not political. Trump is fiercely Nationalistic. There is as good a chance of him supporting a one world order as there is of seagulls tap dancing. I think the EU is going to fall apart in any case and I’m thrilled about it.

The McConnell donation is not big by their (power player) standards, most of the political dinners are 25-50K a plate.

I trust Trump because I have spent a long time listening to his words and mining the internet about his past. In the beginning I looked to find fault but I discovered he was refreshingly honest other than social nice nice and he is a pretty sharp cookie who loves his country. Those themes are very consistent. I also discovered that he is very well respected in the business community as a straight shooter who deals tough but lives to his word. We need those things in America now. I discovered his generosity to people whose circumstances touched his heart.

In some ways I feel I understand him because he often says things I’ve thought and wouldn’t say out loud. When he does it’s like someone read my mind and my sense that he will address some of the underlying unacknowledged problems in our society is very strong. No fixing ‘em if you can’t talk about them.

I think he is very perceptive and that what helps him communicate so well and I’m convinced he genuinely like people and respects people from all walks of life. These qualities already make him a good leader in the business world and they will serve us well if he becomes President.

Is he coarse sometimes...yes..especially if someone has been rude or coarse first. Is he bombastic yes. Can I picture him dealing in any way that did not reserve the best deal he could get for America..No Way.

$50,000 is the maximum political donation that Trump ever makes. It matches the donation that he made to Rahm Emanuel.

So you aren’t troubled that Trump has moved to the left of Bernie a sanders on ethanol, doubled down on Kelo, and now says that the federal government should not return federal lands to the states because the state’s do not know how to take care of them.