Posted on 07/04/2015 8:23:49 PM PDT by Mariner
On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash to his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants would be "quite this severe."
"I knew it was going to be bad because I was told this. All my life I have been told this: If you are successful, you don't run for office," Trump said in an interview on Fox News, addressing the recent spate of businesses that have severed their relationships with his brand. "I didn't know it was going to be quite this severe, but I really knew it was going to be bad."
During his presidential campaign announcement last month, Trump emphasized the need to curtail immigration from the southern border and criticized Mexican immigrants for "bringing crime" and being "rapists."
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"It seems like I'm sort of the whipping post because I bring it up. And I don't understand whether you are liberal or whether you are conservative or whether you are Republican, Democrat -- why wouldn't you talk about a problem?" Trump said Saturday. "The crime is raging. It's violent, and people don't want to even talk about it. If you talk about it, you are a racist. I don't understand it."
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No. He’s lived in a world of people who say no you can’t do tgat
If he’s motivated by patriotism he can forge ahead. Wherever it leads, he’ll have constructed an opposition to the established corrupt political bulkhead and he’ll be a good supporter of whomever is smart enough to work for his support
If he’s motivated by desire for power he may talk himself out of this. It can’t be worth it
Any other of many reasons- who knows?
I suspect the former
Having been listening to him for many years. He’s unpredictable in politics. He’s a businessman
You have to fight the press with the truth of what you said because they lie constantly. You’re going to have to attack the press because they won’t ever stop attacking a Republican.
“Can’t let the truth be spoken’ - surely he’s noticed it. He is prophetic in the very Biblical sense of speaking the Truth. They killed the prophets, remember?
Bet you loved Romney’s campaign.
Pray America is waking
Nice try at using any excuse to dump on The Donald. Won’t work no matter how much you badmouth him. Trump will just double down.
I think he’s going to get another full week of press. Would be good if he goes for the jugular and flies to SF and does some speech out on the pier.Really so many of our people are getting killed it needs a full airing.
I think he’s going to get another full week of press. Would be good if he goes for the jugular and flies to SF and does some speech out on the pier.Really so many of our people are getting killed it needs a full airing.
Trump criticized ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, not "immigration".
Trump said that SOME Mexicans are criminals and rapists, he didn't just say Mexicans.
seeBS lies.
Go BIG, or Go home…homeboy.
Right We should go with the tried and true GOP-E strategy of running an establishment RINO who trashes their conservative opponents viciously but plays nicely with the democrat candidate in the general. I am overjoyed that Trump is running. The immigration issue is one that neither side wants brought up because the GOP base is very much opposed to what the Chamber of Commerce financed establishment republicans and the democrats both want, blanket amnesty. Trump has at least brought it up and if he stays in long enough, every candidate will have to state where they stand on it. In my view, Trump cannot hurt the GOP chances of winning the WH as much as running an amnesty whore like Jeb or somebody similar would. Besides, as we saw in 2008 and 2012, the stupid party is fully capable of losing with no help from Trump.
He would have to reveal he’s only a millionaire.
If anything, this will illustrate fully for all to see, just how bad the uniparty establishment has become in Washington, DC.
He is unfavorable with 71% of the UmS. I don’t think he needs to worry about that.
I love how now in the article suddenly Rubio is touted as a legitimate Hispanic, at least on this issue.
He is quickly finding out——that NO ONE is allowed to speak Truth to power.
No One...
It is like JFK, jr. stated 7 days before he was killed:
There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot.
Malcom X stated two days before he was killed: The democrats are playing you fro a political CHUMP and if you vote for them, not only are you a CHUMP, you are a traitor to your race!”
The perceptions of the ignorant masses require Lies and Lies and NO God. God and Natural Law (Common Sense) is being deliberately destroyed in the minds of our children as all traditions, so they will be unable to “think” like a Lincoln, Washington or Jefferson. They will have little tribal minds unable to be Wise and discerning between Good and Evil where Vice is Virtue and being a boy in a harem (Epstein/Clinton lifestylers) are “Good” and a “honor”..
I’ve been reading many of the conservative boards today and I’m sure his poll numbers are going to keep on going up. The GOP-e attacks are backfiring.
Like this guy over at Newsmax:
“I never thought I would see the day that I would vote for trump for anything but I have looked at the other contenders and right now I think he is the only one who means what he says and will back up what he says.”
I am not so sure. I think trump might be using the media to toy with his tormentors and bait them into attacking him more. They attacked him, and his poll numbers shot up. Maybe he wants more of the same. If he has any advisors that are any good, they are contemplating more statements that he can make that are TRUE but will draw flack.
Hasn’t he spent some time with Sarah in recent years? He knew what was coming.
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