The three position papers he has published so far don’t scream liberal to me. The things he has to say certainly don’t either. His books are not liberal, and his success in business is not typical of a liberal either. So exactly what is it that you say Trump is a faux conservative?
Well, his donations to leftists over the years, his idea that a leftist would make a great Supreme Court Justice, his threatening to sic the FCC on someone, his economically disastrous protectionist policies. There are more. I am suspicious. This is Donald on health care on 60 minutes. Reagan had a very different idea.
If Trump's name were replaced with Obama's, below, Freepers would be *howling.*
Donald Trump: There’s many different ways, by the way. Everybody’s got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, “No, no, the lower 25 percent that can’t afford private. But–”
Scott Pelley: Universal health care.
Donald Trump: I am going to take care of everybody. I don’t care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody’s going to be taken care of much better than they’re taken care of now.
Scott Pelley: The uninsured person is going to be taken care of. How? How?
Donald Trump: They’re going to be taken care of. I would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. And, you know what, if this is probably–
Scott Pelley: Make a deal? Who pays for it?
Donald Trump: –the government’s gonna pay for it. But we’re going to save so much money on the other side. But for the most it’s going to be a private plan and people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies and they can have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything.
High income earners (over $102,000) are split evenly between Democrat and Republican as of 2012.