I don’t know how you could watch last night’s debate (or, really, any of Trump’s speeches or interviews) and come away with the impression that he is “very sharp.” He looks and sounds so far out of his depth any time substantive questions come his way, that it’s not even funny anymore. Any time he’s asked some variation of “How do you plan to do [X]?” his response is some variation of “Trust me, I’ll handle it.” It’s baffling.
I’m not prepared to trust someone who can’t answer questions honestly.
Trump says, trust me. That’s not good enough for me, I want to know his philosophy of life and of government.
I wouldn’t trust someone who isn’t prepared to make a good case as to why we should hand him the keys to the most powerful office on the earth.
I’m still waiting to be convinced.
One thing I’ve learned in my life is that there is no one size fits all regarding people and events. It depends :) on which people, what events.
Trump has touched on that in a couple of interviews, saying if you have 14 points, when you get to the deal, you may have to change point 2, etc. Paraphrased of course.
I can understand that clearly.
No, it’s really not. He’s not been a pol before and he’s still working with his team to flesh out a number of his major policy positions. Sure, he leans more than he should on the strength of his personality, but he’s been better and smarter at attracting voters than any other candidate to this point—and that’s largely his doing, not his handlers’.
He’s very quick on his feet with a good sense of humor and he has, indeed, been very successful in a number of arenas. Most of the other guys up there are long-trained seals, where answering questions on just these topics have been their bread and butter for years.
If Trump doesn’t progress in details and specifics through the fall, yeah, he will fail.
How did all of those magnificent hotels and other structures in his real estate empire get built? Is Trump a construction engineer, laborer, foreman, architect, heavy equipment operator, lawyer, banker, electrician, security guard, bellboy, and so on ?
Well, how does he do it?
Can you give me examples of any politician in this race answering substantive questions in depth? I see no example of that . They all answer in generalities. What most people see in Trunp is a real man. He is not a pansy politician. I can see Putin actually respecting Trump. We need a man, not a girly man, in office.