Posted on 08/28/2015 8:06:21 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Two years ago, Trump met with immigration activists who told them their stories and asked for his support on immigration. "You convinced me" Trump said as the meeting ended.
Donald Trump with Antonia Tijerino, Estuardo Rodriguez, and DREAMer activists at his office in 2013. Courtesy Estuardo Rodriguez
On an August day two years ago, Donald Trump was in a much different place: He was just a billionaire with the simple goal of connecting his beauty pageant business with the upcoming Hispanic Heritage Awards.
So at his New York penthouse office atop Trump Tower, he convened a meeting.
Trump ushered in a pair of men - one to talk about the awards and a Democratic strategist who works with nonprofits - and three young DREAMer activists. ...
But he also kept asking, "Can't you just become a citizen if you want to?" No, we can't the activists said, there's no process for that. Trump was reflective, the activists sad.
"You know, the truth is I have a lot of illegals working for me in Miami," he told them, using the term for undocumented immigrants those in the meeting found offensive.
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"At the end of the day, what we're looking at is a value proposition for America," Tijerino said to Trump at the end of the meeting, referring to immigration legislation.
"You've convinced me," Trump said to the delight of the activists in the room.
"We all smiled at each other and said, 'Wow, we did it, we got this guy to change his mind," Pacheco said. Two years later they see a showman just playing to the crowd.
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(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...
Trump has evolllllved? Yeah, sure.
Check this out...
I’ve read it. It’s a hit piece on Donald Trump that asks the reader to believe a couple of lying Dreamers.
NO SALE.
This is why I am still not totally trusting of Trump in that I can see a scenario where Jebbie’s big donors bought Trump to lure Cruz and aid in his destruction.
Check this out...
Yeah, Trump is lying to us and all the politician types who got us into this mess are the ones we need to vote for.
Yep, can’t trust Trump. He told some guy ‘You convinced me’ once.
Oh well...
If the “dreamers” were lying....the Donnie will surely be made aware of this article and deny thier “facts” no?
Trump has stated he wants to make the good ones legal... But they have to go through the process. Everyone has to get in line. The bad ones don’t come in.
There is no “ evolution “ here, only another slanted hit piece
How’s the GOPe RINO jackboot leather tasting these days? You uber excited you are actively working for the dummycrats?
Check this out...
>> Jebbie’s big donors bought Trump
You’d need to connect the dots before I’d buy into that vague and strange idea.
Who exactly are these donors that would “buy” Trump? And with what? He’s already got more money than he knows what to do with.
And why exactly would donors who really want Jeb to win back a Donald Trump to the point that is relegating their preferred candidate to single digit numbers? Just doesn’t make sense to me.
You mean, you don’t believe this IRONCLAD PROOF???
Here it is! Right in front of your face! He told some guy ‘You convinced me’!!!
This, combined with the cycle of the moon and Mercury being in retrograde provide incontrovertible evidence that Trump and Hillary are scheming to lock Ted Cruz on a Mars-bound space shuttle, never to be seen again.
How can you delusional Trumpettes just ignore this kind of proof? Sheesh!
Well, there is the photo of Trump smiling with the illegal Dreamers. Also, Trump advocated a path to citizenship a few years ago and recently proposed a “merit system” for naturalizing illegal invaders.
Assuming this story is true (and I'll take it with a grain of salt), I don't even think that what he said to the DREAMers represents his true beliefs on the issue, because I'm not sure he HAS any true believes on this (or any) issue. I think he is motivated 100% by attention, by being able to stand in front of a crowd of adoring fans. So, he will say whatever he thinks the people he is talking to want to hear.
Talking to a crowd full of GOP base voters? He'll give 'em some red meat.
Sitting in an interview with an MSM journalist? He'll give 'em some "controversial" statements that generate ratings (and ensure demand for more interviews) Standing in a room with these DREAMers? He'll give them some hope that he's "evolving" on the issue.
LOL.... LMAO...... HaHa .... OH you're serious..
11 posted on July 13, 2015 at 12:44:53 PM CDT by Mollypitcher1
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We could consider trying to fool these dirt bag invaders and just state that the whole border is mined. Of course the filthbags in the MSM wouldn't go along with this false plan that the border is mined, but individual land owners, conservative organizations might.
I'll bet there are many land owners [who are having their cattle stolen or slaughtered for their meat]- who would definitely have these type signs designed, made up and placed along their land [falsely stating mines have been planted and are set to blow up] The average dirt bag illegal and coyote might think twice about walking across / might stop some of them. At least anything is better then what our islamic robe wearing obama and the rats are doing - which is nothing.
I have already detected Trump changing his stance depending on the audience.
One only has to see how Trump goes back and forth between taxing the wealthy more than now to a flat tax and back to loving a progressive tax code.
Sorry, once Trump has the GOP nomination, he is going to go left like nobody expects.
DREAMer + Trump’s hair = Dreamweaver.
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