This no time to rethink or backtrack on your words Donald J., you have inspired a nation. Keep moving onward and upwards.
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Donald Trump's Republican campaign for president is built on the same win-at-all-costs, no-second-guessing confidence that made him billions in real estate and a star of reality television. Yet in a recent interview with The Associated Press, the GOP front-runner displayed rare, if fleeting, moments of humility and introspection.
"I think I could lose a state, sure," Trump said of the first three states to vote in next year's presidential primaries. "If I came in second or third I think that would be, you know, I wouldn't be happy, 'cause I want to win."
In retrospect, Trump also said he might not have used the phrase "truthful hyperbole" in his 1987 book, "The Art of the Deal." The phrase has trailed Trump in the 2016 campaign, as have questions about whether his penchant for exaggeration and tenuous relationship with some facts would be appropriate for a president.
"I think maybe if I had that phrase to do over again, I'd use the word 'optimistic,' perhaps. I would want to be very optimistic," Trump said.
Trump displayed his signature bravado throughout much of the 30-minute interview with AP at his golf course in northern Virginia. He declined to name a single thing he's said over the course of the campaign that he wished he could take back. He repeatedly referenced his dominant standing in preference polls and the enthusiasm of his crowds. But the glimmers of self-reflection and self-awareness stood out. They offered a look at a side rarely seen at Trump's rallies and television appearances. Trump unexpectedly leapt to the top of the GOP field this summer and has yet to be knocked from that perch. With less than two months until the Iowa caucuses, his hold shows no signs of slipping.
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This no time to rethink or backtrack on your words Donald J., you have inspired a nation. Keep moving onward and upwards.
Trump can do the math. This race will tighten here and there, but this is the first election cycle in decades and decades where the base is so fired up and so elevated its front runner that all the donor props for the other candidates are spending millions and getting their hat handed to them in the polls, while TRUMP has spent reportedly, $165,000. AND, his support is so solid and deep it dwarfs that of the others, by double digits.
Donor money has (*so far) been a magnificent FAIL. Not only has donor money can’t even elevate their own candidate within sight of Trump, and it certainly has failed at knocking him down.
The other candidates are not the natural FORCE that Donald Trump exudes, no matter how much money they throw on their candidate. It’s one big dry hole after another.
So, BRING IT, Hillary.
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