Winning a presidential election requires one to possess charisma and be telegenic. You can’t manufacture it, you are born with it.
Trump has it in spades. He is an imposing figure at 6’ 4” height and in very good physical condition being a scratch golfer which requires enormous strength and agility. Every one who meets him in person comes away liking him. That is the definition of charisma.
Jeb lacks charisma. So does Walker. Cruz lacks it too. Only Rubio has charisma but he hurt himself by conspiring with the gang of 8 on amnesty to illegals. He can’t unring that bell.
Obama too was sold as charismatic.
Hes really that tall?
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6’ 2”
Donald Trump and Melania Trump have been married since 2005.
Melania Trump
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5’ 11”
Bill Gates
5’ 10”
Warren Buffett
5’ 10”
Wow, that sure makes him qualified to be POTUS. I can't believe what I am reading from so called Freepers.
Just saw Cruz last in night at a small gathering in Hollis NH (about 200 people). He gave a stump speech and answered questions. When you get to see a little more of him, I believe you’ll change your mind about him. He was articulate, animated, upbeat, and displayed a good sense of humor. He has charisma.
I’m glad Trump is in the race, but I believe Cruz is our best hope for getting our country turned around.
We have had 6-1/2 years of a charismatic, untested (politically) president. How’s that working out for you?
Please keep in mind that even if Trump were to win the nomination and even if Trump were to win the presidency, Congress still has to pass legislation that puts into place Trump’s plan. He has already called all politicians weak and ineffective - how is he going to work with them to get what he wants passed? Trump is good at making deals, but how do you know he will make the deal with the 80 (more or less) conservatives in the House and 10 or so conservatives in the Senate? Maybe he will make his deal with the moderate Republicans and the moderate-sounding Democrats? Maybe build the wall but give amnesty (with the funding never provided for the wall)?
I like the Donald but he’s in good condition? He’s fat and has the look of somebody with high blood pressure. Now I don’t mean that in a negative way - I love he doesn’t ride bikes like the idiot secretary of state and plays old man games such as golf. He’s gritty and real and looks like your average NYC middle manager despite the expensive suits (which he manages to make look wrinkled and out of Men’s Warehouse!)
Cruz followers need to wake up and realize Cruz can’t win this...put him on a Trump Ticket and he may win it next time. Cruz would make a fantastic President but he can’t win it this election.
Trump/Cruz is the plan for me.
I have watched Trump for years. For all the fun I have made of him..I will vote for him for 6 reasons
1. Immigration
2. Israel
3 Vets
4 Taking apart the GOPE
5 Taking apart the media
6 Blowing apart the need to be PC
I probably won’t like some of what he does. Heck, I may not even like most of what he does as President. But if he follows through on those six topics..he has my vote.
Last night I had a dream that Trump had a stroke while campaigning. I woke up knowing that this man is needed to save this country. I hope he brings along Cruz for the ride
Agree!Agree!Agree!!!!!!
I like Trump but does being a scratch golfer require require “enormous strength” from a guy who is 6’4” and played it all his life?
I do understand that Trump was a natural athlete more generally.
After reading your home page, I now see that you are a socialist that thinks that we should pay for everyone else’s “health” insurance.
Problem one with that is that most of us have no need for ‘health’ insurance, and health insurance never delivers any health.
Problem two is that the global economy is in incipient free fall, and such an undertaking will be quite obviously impossible by the time 2016 arrives.
Perhaps the IMF can declare Trump’s ‘charisma’ to be the new global currency.
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One man’s charisma is another man’s repulsion
What I find remarkable is that a Brooklyn-born and -raised person (or was it Queens?), acculturated in the brash, ungenteel mores of that part of the world, would be so warmly received by, e.g., South Carolinians and Iowans, et al. — historically people of very gracious mores. The cultural differences are truly stark. The only explanation that I can think of for The Donald's seeming ease in rising above this cultural divide is his personal charisma. People believe him when he says he wants to make America great again. That's what Trump supporters want, too.
And it seems many people doubt that Jeb! would make America great again. He's regarded as too much of a GOP insider, and the GOP has disgraced itself with a significant portion of its constituents for its absolutely supine, feckless, inane performance since the last congressional election, which produced Republican majorities in both houses of Congress. The people who voted to make this happen thought that — at last! — something could now be done to reverse Obama Administration policies designed to undermine American interests here at home and abroad.
These people are mad as hell that this did not happen. These are mainly the same people who do not trust Jeb!. They view him as a paid-for tool of GOP establishment interests.
It seems to me the "dynasty problem" is the least of his worries. For not only does he lack charisma; but I think The Donald was entirely correct to describe him as lacking in "energy." Moreover, he is a man who comes across as someone who is not "comfortable in his own skin."
Plus I think he must be utterly lacking in judgment to engage, attack The Donald directly, as he has started to do over the past few days. It just makes him look "whiney" — it makes him look defensive, not "in charge" of the situation. It's amusing that The Donald has co-opted Jeb! into spending all his time talking about The Donald. This only gets The Donald even more "earned" media coverage. Meanwhile, Jeb! doesn't get a chance to talk about "his" issues....
I'd guess that Jeb! is being outfoxed by The Donald....
Hot up the popcorn, folks. There's yet a long way to go to November 2016.