Posted on 01/21/2016 2:28:23 PM PST by Isara
There are many reasons to vote for Donald Trump for president. He is an expert at hard-hitting quips. He is willing to throw the kitchen sink at anybody who crosses him. He has blue collar appeal and an unlimited expense account.
There is one giant reason not to vote for Donald Trump: he has no central guiding values other than his own glorification.
Practically speaking, here is the Donald Trump Doctrine for the Donald Trump Presidency in The United States Of Trumpia:
Enemies of Trump Must Be Punished. During the infamous CNBC debate, Trump explained his greatest weakness: "I trust people too much. I'm too trusting, and when they let me down, if they let me down, I never forgive. I find it very, very hard to forgive people that deceived me."
Trump doesn't see ideological opponents. He only sees people who cross him. It doesn't matter if Ted Cruz agrees with Trump on immigration restrictions - Cruz had the temerity to personally question Trump's candidacy, and so Trump opens up the guns. Some conservatives seem comfortable with the idea that Trump's enemies will be conservatism's enemies, but there's certainly no guarantee of that. After all, at various points during his career he has bashed conservatives, leftists, and people who won't let him buy their land.
Friends of Trump Must Be Rewarded. All people are judged good or bad based on their personal relationship with Trump. Here's Trump on disgusting race-baiter Al Sharpton back in December 2014: "I know [Sharpton] very well and I've always gotten along with him, to be honest with you. There are those who say [Sharpton] likes Trump a lot." He reiterated that on Bill O'Reilly's program this week. Here's Trump on Bill Clinton in 2014: "I play golf with him and I like him. I mean, what's not to like?" Here's Trump on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin: "He's running his country and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have in this country…I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so you know."
That isn't to say that Trump won't turn on any of these people in an instant - just look at how he swiveled from praising Ted Cruz as a "special guy" a few months ago to a "nasty guy" now. But the point is this: for Trump, the only reason to call you friend or enemy is based on your personal treatment of Trump.
Trump Gauges Quality By Success. Politicians by nature shift in the wind. They follow what's popular. They are chameleons. Trump has this quality to the extreme. Not only does he routinely shift positions on every major issue of the day - he has never held a political position consistently, from abortion to immigration to Syrian refugees - he gauges his own level of success by popularity. He doesn't do things because they're right. He's right because he's popular. That's why Trump may know nothing about policy details, but he knows the verticals on every poll taken about him. Donald Trump knows Donald Trump is right because Donald Trump is popular, and Donald Trump gravitates to popular positions because that's what makes Donald Trump popular and thus right.
Trump Never Makes Mistakes. Ever. Whenever Donald Trump tweets something stupid, he promptly blames an intern. When Donald Trump refers to Second Corinthians as Two Corinthians, he promptly blames Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council: "Tony Perkins wrote that out for me. He actually wrote out the 2, he wrote out the number 2 Corinthians." When Donald Trump talks to God, he never apologizes, because he's never made a mistake: "Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes? I work hard, I'm an honorable person." No religious person in human history has had this perspective. Trump is religious, so long as he has a mirror available.
In an odd way, Trump resembles President Obama. He's a thin-skinned egotist who identifies his own success with the success of the country. President Obama treats attacks on him as attacks on the United States; he treats personal affronts as national slights. Trump would be the same way. Trump's less ideological than Obama - Obama sees every conservative as an enemy, while Trump doesn't discriminate based on baseline ideology. That's why Trump wouldn't be an effective conservative egotist.
But he could be effective, if he happens to stumble on the right enemies.
Trump wouldn't make America great again - he'd make Trump great again, and by his lights, America would follow. So long as Trump temporarily attacks the right enemies, enough conservatives might follow him. But that doesn't make him trustworthy.
But what the hell, folks here have allowed the MSM to control the narrative and reveal the core reason why we will be lucky to ever regain the presidency.
Lol, that video is like a cheating ex wife saying, “trust me, I promise to change!”
Oh....THAT explains it..... 
What would a Donald Trump Presideny look like?
Like the last 8 years. Trump is a Democrat.
The uni-party establishment is endorsing Trump now.
It is a lot of work documenting so many lies by the egomaniac.
Trump must have left the translation in the “special place” with all the bibles he collects.
Donald Trump on Church and Bible:
He could take some pandering lessons from his good friends Hitlery and Obama, then pick up the southern drawl when he ventures out to fly-over country.
Trump must have left the translation in the “special place” with all the bibles he collects.
Donald Trump on Church and Bible:
He could take some pandering lessons from his good friends Hitlery and Obama, then pick up the southern drawl when he ventures out to fly-over country.
Trump must have left the translation in the “special place” with all the bibles he collects.
Donald Trump on Church and Bible:
He could take some pandering lessons from his good friends Hitlery and Obama, then pick up the southern drawl when he ventures out to fly-over country.
I want Ted Cruz Unleashed! at Attorney General with full power to investigate everything that has happened over the last eight years.
It’s the result of having too many walls with pictures of people on them and string stretched out between them to show the connections. For Pete’s sake, how may times has he said the woman belongs in prison?
They’re just turning around, backing and filling, getting used to the reality, on their knees and saying please forgive me Mr. Trump, which of course he never does.
LOL
Because Trump is a private citizen. He doesn’t have any prior policy positions. He’s had conversations with reporters and gone to parties and functions that were also attended by the oposition. But at the time they weren’t the opposition to him, they were people he needed to be nice to to insure his business ran smoothly.
The picture is great. I was imagining Trump not living in 10 star quarters with gold all over the place. Maybe, just maybe if he wins he will be humbled by the Founders willingness to lose their lives and their fortunes for the republic they envisioned.
You know what? Christians should go on White House tours and pray for God to fill the White House with His Spirit of truth and honor. Even Nebuchadnezzar was humbled after going bonkers until he realized Israel’s God is the One True God. Is it too late for the current occupant? Simply softly humming praises would allow the Spirit to work.
Good one.
Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!
It was scary thinking about him being the most powerful person in the country. I haven’t seen any humility and the only One he should be bowing to is God and he said there is no need for that, eh?
O’ma is in the office and there was NO CHANGE after he took office except the gray hair and who is to say it isn’t dyed.
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