Trump is a political chameleon and always has been. He will say whatever he thinks will score him points with whoever he is trying to get something from at the given moment, whether it’s the Clintons or conservative voters. The man is playing conservatives for a bunch of suckers. And so far he is succeeding. I honestly have no idea what his real political convictions are because he keeps changing them. Do I like what he is saying on immigration these days? For the most part, yes.
But do I trust him? Not for a New York minute.
But, on the other hand he is the only telling It like it is. He is the only one willing to stand up to the Republicrat machine. If he is not for real at least (in the worst case) he is no worse than the feckless C of C toadies.
But do I trust him? Not for a New York minute.
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You trust Jeb?
The only ones I really trust are Cruz and Jindal. But if it’s Trump vs Jeb, Go Trump!
Yup. Trump has no ideological history of being a conservative. None. He is whatever he needs to be at the moment in time to get what he wants. Right now he is playing the caricature of a conservative, throwing red meat out to the grass roots. When he crosses the line and says something completely appalling like “He’s a war hero ’cause he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”, he is forgiven by many of the same people that believed in frauds like Herman Cain. I don't like John McCain at all, but these sorts of comments by Trump are completely slimy.
Trump will implode, he will not be the nominee. The sad thing is watching so many conservatives get suckered by yet another self promoting con artist.
Two thoughts on this.
What political person do you know of that doesn't craft their speech to the type of audience they will be addressing? I don't know of a single one.
And this opposed to Jeb Bush, who says everything that will offend the people he's trying to win over.
So my choice is Jeb Bush or another (R) who will ABSOLUTELY NOT do what I want them to do, or Trump who just may.
I consider a person who will vote for the same old horse "stuff" to be the real sucker. They're all a pack of liars. None of them are the real deal.
I'm not convinced Trump is either, but at least I don't have to lie to myself about it.
This old line of Trump playing folks for suckers is about as idiotic as it gets, considering what the other (so-called) Republicans are playing folks for.
Re Trump: “Political chameleon... changed over the years... but I like what he’s saying.”
Agree 100%, but why isn’t anyone else beating that drum? It needs to be pounded, loud and clear.
Trump is being called a demagogue for what he’s saying. He’s bombastic, but the content is right on point. Compared to the racist, Marxist, defeatist, pro-Islamist crap that spews out of the D-Party every day, Trump is actually kind of mild.
His political convictions is mainly “common sense”. He’s a pragmatist. He sees a problem and uses common sense to solve it - sometimes you’ll agree with him sometimes you won’t. The real question is does he have what one would consider traditional american values? Does he believe in freedom with responsibility? Does he trust free enterprise? Does he want America to be #1? 1000 times more than the current resident.
Is there a politician you trust 100%?
He’s not my first choice (Cruz is), but he’s in the top three right now.