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Donald Trump just had one of his most combative interviews yet (with Chuck Todd on NBC)
Business Insider ^ | August 16, 2015 | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 08/16/2015 7:10:27 PM PDT by EveningStar

Donald Trump went back and forth with NBC host Chuck Todd on Sunday in one of his most combative interviews since announcing his presidential candidacy earlier this summer.

In a 37-minute conversation on "Meet The Press," Todd pushed Trump on a wide range of issues with which the real-estate magnate would presumably be confronted if he won the presidency in 2016. It forced Trump to be on the defensive on everything from his college record, to outsourcing, to the US role in NATO.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chucktodd; demagogicparty; donaldtrump; election2016; maxwelltani; meetthepress; memebuilding; nbc; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; schmucksod; trump
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To: Balding_Eagle
With trump, it doesn’t really matter, he still gets his points out, and moves up in the polls.

No, he has actually been moving down in the polls or haven't you noticed.

21 posted on 08/16/2015 7:25:40 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Business Insider. Nuff said.


22 posted on 08/16/2015 7:26:00 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: tinyowl
The DC establishment trolls trying to ram thru Walker or Jebbie or Rubio are getting desperate peddling this crap from Business Insider .
23 posted on 08/16/2015 7:26:13 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: EveningStar
So now Trump is not sufficiently NUANCED!
24 posted on 08/16/2015 7:26:33 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("The politicians scattered like roaches" ~Ann Coulter" (Insult to roaches ~SB))
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To: tinyowl

I watched that interview and thought that it was very fair and the that Trump did well.


25 posted on 08/16/2015 7:27:31 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: EveningStar
Some Observers were was quick to point out that the format exposed how thin some of Trump's positions were on substance.

Anyone know who this "Some Observers" fellow is? Probably a "Business Insider" employee.
26 posted on 08/16/2015 7:28:46 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Trump hates the media too, but has to use it to get his message out. If he gets elected, just wait until he takes them by the horns and wrestles them to the ground.


27 posted on 08/16/2015 7:29:17 PM PDT by Catsrus (M)
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To: EveningStar

Some good, some bad. The immigration plan Trump just put out is great, but don’t think he was particularly good in this interview.

He doesn’t care one way or the other if Ukraine is in NATO? Doesn’t care? If Ukraine joined NATO we would almost be forced to war with Russia. On the other hand, doing nothing lets Russia dismantle Ukraine piece by piece. Gonna need a better position than “I don’t care either way”.

Trump’s for affirmative action apparently. I can see not taking on every issue at once, but affirmative action? It’s time for that to go away.

Trump is apparently for EDNA, or at least not opposed to it. This loathsome piece of legislation would not even allow traditional, religious company owners from parting ways with gays and lesbians in their workplace - opening them up to all manner of lawsuits.

The idea that the Mexican government is so smart has always been pretty silly. Much as I dislike Todd, Trump didn’t have much of a response when the facts were pointed out that Mexico is a basket case and pretty much entirely devoid of these “smart leaders” of which he speaks.

And it’s getting pretty tiresome hearing from Trump about how great he is, how great his companies are, how great a businessman he is, how great a deal maker he is, how great this, how great that, etc, etc. Geez, have a little humility. This stuff just gets old.

Still, he did put out quite possibly the best immigration plan I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. I’ll give him that.


28 posted on 08/16/2015 7:31:02 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Ken522

Why does Rush call Chuck Todd, “F Chuck Todd”? I’ve never figured that one out.


29 posted on 08/16/2015 7:34:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Catsrus

I love the Trump show.

Some have likened him to P. T. Barnum. Barnum believed in decency at heart (he believed on Christ as Savior), though not everyone who worked for him took that view, whether sour grapes or other reasons.

If it takes a good ole rassling down to make his point, Trump will do it.

Let’s not kid ourselves that Trump is a second coming of Christ, he is not. Trump is Trump, in a particular circumstance that has propelled him skyward. But he does appear to bring action overall in the good direction.


30 posted on 08/16/2015 7:35:00 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: EveningStar

Did Trump ask Toad why he wears that peckersniffer beard?


31 posted on 08/16/2015 7:36:06 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Longbow1969

I rhink Trump means smart as being conniving or con men. Not in IQ. And, that is true.


32 posted on 08/16/2015 7:36:49 PM PDT by Catsrus (M)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
This guy must have seen the wrong interview. The one I saw had Trump doing pretty well and he answered Chuck Todd on everything. In fact Trump turned the tables on Todd asking him questions and Todd ends up agreeing with him.

Yeah...and Trump put him straight on Mexico...devaluing the Peso and sucking US jobs and money.

33 posted on 08/16/2015 7:37:13 PM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: Starstruck; Balding_Eagle

“No, he has actually been moving down in the polls or haven’t you noticed.”

Sounds like wishful thinking on your part.Obviously you aren’t StarStruck by Trump...and a point either way is not a movement in the polls. What’s their accuracy, +/- 3 or 4 percent or so...Jeb and a few others would have liked to see their poll numbers in their with Trump’s. Only Carson and Cruz have been showing any consistent strengthening in poll numbers but not at Trump’s expense.


34 posted on 08/16/2015 7:37:38 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Longbow1969

He said that about Ukraine and NATO. That seems to say to me, let Ukraine decide. And he may have some advice to offer them for their self protection if they don’t want to go that route.

Trump is pretty good at helping others help themselves, so to speak.


35 posted on 08/16/2015 7:37:46 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: EveningStar

Next week: back to softball with liberal flavors of the week....


36 posted on 08/16/2015 7:37:53 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Longbow1969

How would Trump “get rid of” affirmative action or EDNA? And this is a serious question, how would he be able to do it.


37 posted on 08/16/2015 7:38:05 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: BigEdLB
Anyone know who this "Some Observers" fellow is?

Might be somehow related to that East Asian fellow that Brian Williams was always citing in his newscasts........

Sum Sey

38 posted on 08/16/2015 7:39:03 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Starstruck
No, he has actually been moving down in the polls or haven't you noticed

Yeah...like from 25 points to 24...while Jebbie, Walker drop like stones.

39 posted on 08/16/2015 7:39:44 PM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: EveningStar

I had to stop watching the interview but it wasn’t because of Trump. Todd was just hard to look at and listen too.


40 posted on 08/16/2015 7:39:56 PM PDT by MAKOTHEDOG
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