Donald Trump shares bizarre image of a balding Ted Cruz

Business Insider ^ | January 21, 2016 | Colin Campbell

[Isara]

Property magnate Donald Trump shared a strange Twitter image on Thursday in order to mock his top primary rival, Sen. Ted Cruz....

Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, retweeted someone who had altered the cover of Cruz's book, "A Time for Truth," so that the Texas senator looked as if he were balding.

The altered book's title: "A Time To Lie."

Text beneath the title echoed a number of Trump's recent campaign-trail attacks against Cruz: "I am an untrustworthy person, I took loans from Wall Street and lied about it. I was in cahoots with Wall Street, also Trump was also right I am a Canadian Citizen and banker!"

Trump has previously shared bizarre tweets going after two other Republican candidates: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. The Carson post was blamed on a "young intern."

Here's the latest Trump tweet:

"@bigop1: @realDonaldTrump @SarahPalinUSA pic.twitter.com/3kYQGqeVyD"

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2016

[inpajamas]

What we are seeing with Trump is a nationalistic populist movement sucking in a lot of good patriotic people. People better figure Trump out pretty quick or we will be in more trouble than we are already in. Trump is no true conservative, but for a few slip-ups that betray him, he could get an Oscar for his performance. This is no more than 1930s and 2008 populism déjà vu in a completely different cloak. Trump is using the modus operandi described in Eric Hoffer's 1951 book, "The True Believer" - Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements. Trump has found a void and has created a cult following. He is taking legitimate issues and concerns and using them to generate a fanatical mass movement of "True Believers" -- intoxicated Trumpaholics, and Tump is their cult leader. There is no way to talk to many of them; their minds have been snatched. Many will not realize the fantasy until it all falls down. History repeats. It is déjà vu all over again.

[Finny]

And he has the nerve to call Cruz "nasty." Support the loser Trump at your own risk, kiry. Trump is the one who lies overtly -- "Now Ted just switched his views on ethanol. He was totally against ethanol, now all the sudden he's for it, you know, it's Iowa and he's for it."

THAT BLATANT LIE came out of Trump's mouth less than two weeks ago.

Kiryandil, are you going to try to convince yourself that that wasn't an outright, blatant whopper of a lie? My guess is that you will simply refuse even to acknowledge the lie, as if it never happened. It's the way of Trump supporters, I've noticed.

Trump has to search for a error on a relatively minor personal loan in order to accuse Cruz of "lying."

It is a kind of insanity that has gripped otherwise sensible conservatives, to overlook blatant, grievous flaws and faults in Donald Trump as if they simply didn't count, weren't there.

Here is a truth that Donald Trump has to live with: a guy who has to lie to win is a loser even when he wins. Donald Trump obviously HAS to lie in his quest to win.

What's worst, kiry, is that if Trump wins and starts implementing all the leftism he has loved all of his adult life, YOU will be saying, "Don't blame me!" And Yes, I WILL blame you for doing what you knew was WRONG, squeezing your eyes shut to Donald Trump's many, huge faults.

[kiryandil]

I will, indeed, continue supporting Ted Cruz, the only principled conservative in the race.

I'm actually one of the few freepers who can vote for Cruz, because my mother was a Canadian citizen.

You Cruzers should be courting my vote. :)

[dmz]

Sorry. I forgot that you Canadians speak The Queen’s English, and not American dialect...

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LOL.

This is your American dialect: “Or did your Canadian email that out to his “Cruz Walkers” in today’s Talking Points?”

All I wanted to know was what you were trying to say, but in your haste you wrote gibberish.

[pollywog]

What we are seeing with Trump is a nationalistic populist movement sucking in a lot of good patriotic people. People better figure Trump out pretty quick or we will be in more trouble than we are already in.

YOU are so right.. and to think SARAH is standing along side of him letting this happen. I totally lost respect for her this week.

[kiryandil]

I told you Cruzers that you flipped Jim Robinson off when he asked for peace.

I've never said a bad word about Ted Cruz on this forum until today.

You yammering slobs just couldn't put a sock in it.

Your Canadian, Cruz, can go North to look for votes.

Maybe he can bring his "principled conservatism" to Ottawa...

[Jedidah]

Good grief. This, from the guy with the worst comb over of all time? It’s just hard to understand how he would think this might help him.

Maybe the youngest kid got hold of his phone?

[kiryandil]

dmz wrote: This is your American dialect: “Or did your Canadian email that out to his “Cruz Walkers” in today’s Talking Points?”

Yes, I see that you DID write gibberish in your haste.

Or is that Canadian - some sort of Inuit alphabet?

[Jedidah]

I’m pretty sure this has nothing to do with Cruz and everything to do with more boorish behavior by Trump. It wouldn’t matter who he was ridiculing; the juvenile behavior is getting old.

And I’m not in either camp, FWIW.

[longfellow]

This coming from the bald oompa loompa.

[American Faith Today]

That is all well and good and I would rather have civility. But I guess you failed to notice in this thread that your candidate of choice is losing people and turning them off by his behavior. You can make a choice based upon how people act on the Internet, even though I think that’s a little weak minded, but you can do that if you want. But at the end of the day you are still supporting the canidate who is ruder and more immature on the Internet then perhaps the Ted Cruz fans you are talking about. And he certainly is ruder and more immature in real life and on the Internet then what Ted Cruz is. So again here we are with glass houses and hypocrisy in a sense.

[texhenry]

Trump knows how to enjoy the heat of the battle.

He is having more fun than anyone else during this Silly Season.

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Don’t you think the office of the President of The United States should be taken a bit more serious.

[don-o]

I'm willing to 'Burn Down the House', and see what's left standing.

This hot and fast thread is fun.

But, I must pause reading to ask is this sarcasm? If not, which "House" are you ready to burn?

[Jedidah]

This is not a case of Trump “kicking a**,” but rather of Trump acting like a third grader.

[Finny]

In other words ... you have absolutely NOTHING to say about Trump's crass attack here on Cruz, you don't event attempt to explain how Trump didn't lie outright about Cruz and ethanol, and you don't even BEGIN to try to justify your reason for supporting an outright liar with a long history of leftism.

All you do is offer weak stuff like "Your Canadian, Cruz, can go North to look for votes. Maybe he can bring his "principled conservatism" to Ottawa..."

Not a WORD about your Trump, because in your heart you know Trump is a lying louse. So your only defense is to insult Cruz. Thank you for so aptly demonstrating to lurkers the mindset that "believes" in Trump -- it is a mindset that should say far away from the White House.

[Nervous Tick]

>> You Cruzers should be courting my vote. :)

We *are* courting your vote. In spite of your temporary insanity, we still like you and we haven’t (yet) given up our confidence in your ability to reason. ;-)

[kiryandil]

So, moe - can you see the picture of Alberta Senator Ted Cruz meeting a Japanese diplomatic delegation?

He's teaching them about where he's from...

WARNING - if you're a Cruz Calgary Walker, DON'T click on the pic. Yer head might explode. That is all.

[kiryandil]

So, Tick - can you see the picture of Alberta Senator Ted Cruz meeting a Japanese diplomatic delegation?

He's teaching them about where he's from...

WARNING - if you're a Cruz Calgary Walker, DON'T click on the pic. Yer head might explode. That is all.

[Jedidah]

It’s not that hard to be wrong but successful. It’s all around us.

Discouraging that so many Americans have bought in; just more evidence of the degradation of our culture.

[Vision Thing]

Trump is serious about immigration, terrorism, and anti-PC crap. It’s a bonus he wants us to enjoy going into battle with him.