[RVN Airplane Driver]

For those of you who have never been in business....giving to both parties is common....it’s called hedging your bets and is smart business. For the fools here on FR to question Trump on this issue shows how little they know about the real world!

[conservativesister]

SPOT ON!

[sodpoodle]

Eggsactly.

That’s the cost of doing business in the US today. Gubmint oversight on all your chickens.....so put eggs in every basket.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Trump giving to both parties has been discussed over and over again here on FR. In the business world, it is called good business practices and Trump is not the only business man to give to both parties. Like you said, real world. It gets tiresome reading the same comments about the horror of it all. I do hope enough people will focus on what a candidate plans to do to fix this country and then realistically evaluate whether that candidate has what it takes to implement his/her plans.

[SoFloFreeper]

See, I always thought FR was about principles and staying true to conservative ideas—not about excusing some johnny come lately to the party.

You three seem to embrace the idea Trump has devoted monies in just the last year to die hard ENEMIES of conservative principles—even when the tide of the nation was turning against the liberals.

We all know there are business interests that must be attended upon—and we also know there are reasons not to embrace someone who thinks of those interests above the good of their nation.

We who hold that position are not “fools”. We’re patriots.

[FreeAtlanta]

I told my sister the same thing. What has he given to both sides? Unfortunately, to have a successful business, you currently have to bribe the candidates. Hopefully, that will change, but that is the cost of dealing with slimy politicians.

Trump might be in it to help Hillary, but if he thinks he can win, I think he would torpedo her.

Regardless, the Trump we know or don’t know is better than the Obama that nobody really knows.

[Lou L]

For those of you who have never been in business....giving to both parties is common....it’s called hedging your bets and is smart business. For the fools here on FR to question Trump on this issue shows how little they know about the real world!

As others have already mentioned, this is common business practice in the corporate world. I am involved in a corporate PAC, and as distateful as it may seem, sometimes you have to give to your political opponents in order to affect legislation.

I would bet that the donations to Reid were more due to the Trump real estate ventures in Las Vegas, than because Trump thought Harry was a swell guy.