[Robert DeLong]

He said we will let some in but only with legal status, not as citizens. Farm workers et cetera is who he was talking about primarily. Low skilled workers who work in the farm fields that most Americans don't want to fill these types of jobs. Not in that interview, but in speeches he has talked about lowering the numbers we grant opportunities to immigrate here. This is his landmark issue, as well it should be because it is the number one issue that is causing big fragmentations within our society. We are taking in too many and instead of them adapting, American citizens are having to adapt to accommodate the immigrants, and in the process pay for it.

Until we get this under control we will continue to spiral out of control.

The bottom line is I can cherry pick statements made by Ted Cruz to give the impression that he too supports amnesty, and when you try to defend using his past statements I can label those as lies. That he is now masking his real intentions on amnesty. The fact that we have allowed this problem to grow as big as it has is what makes the task very hard to tackle to say the least.

Perhaps I should ask what you think Trump's true motivations are for running for President. Is he solely seeking power to benefit himself personally? If so, how? Does he just want to stroke his ego by being able to have President on his resume? Do you think he is insincere that he wants to make America great again? I'm not asking you these specific questions just asking general questions to spark a topic or topics you may think is or are his real motivation(s).

The 14th Amendment was really authored to make black slaves and perhaps even indentured servants who were born here to be considered citizens. Unfortunately it was written by lawyers who in my humble opinion did a terrible job of wording it and created irreparable harm to our country by opening the Jus Soli argument to take hold, which was never intended to be the case by our Founders.

There are lots of topics to discuss but if we broaden the scope now it becomes impossible to focus, so I'll stop at this point.

[D-fendr]

Thanks for your reply. I’ll do my best on your questions:

>>>Is he solely seeking power to benefit himself personally?

I think so, mostly, but not totally. Few are completely self-absorbed. His history indicates that when given a choice, he acts in his own interest; e.g., three marriages, Atlantic City.. steamrolling, suing others. The whole “winning” (cue Charlie Sheen) thing does.

I think the presidency is his ultimate power goal. I remember one politician telling me: “If you have money, you have power; if you have a lot of power, you don’t even need money - but it will come.”

Money/power/fame. I think this is - obviously IMHO - what drives Trump. There’s relatively little in his history to indicate otherwise.

>>>Does he just want to stroke his ego by being able to have President on his resume?

See above. I would question the judgement of anyone who said “Donald Trump does *not* have a yuge ego.” Donald Trump has the Mother of All Egos. And huge egos need feeding, a lot of feeding. Constant, hourly, Twitterly feeding.

>>>Do you think he is insincere that he wants to make America great again?

No, I think he sincerely does, but I think he also views it as an opportunity for his greatest renovation project.

But he would fail miserably as he has in some of his projects. He’s not equipped for it and doesn’t have the skills, depth, temperament and knowledge to succeed as president.

But I believe he thinks he can. He thinks he is superman. Whatever it is he thinks can do it. It’s a great trait in a person (unless you’re married to them). But as an investor you have to look at whether he really can. He’s always going to say he can.

His experience and success show his talent for construction, renovation, self-promotion, never-giving-up, and risk taking. I really admire him for a lot of things. A lot of things, I don’t admire him for.

I believe he has a flaw in not being able to admit his limitations. And no one stays around him that can say so. No one he allows around him is going to say: “Donald, macro-economics and trade barriers are not really like negotiating a licensing and management contract.”

And Trump has no foundation in conservatism, free enterprise to guide him. It’s a very damaging mix for the American economy.

Also he lacks scruples and integrity. He has, admittedly, done things for his own benefit to the detriment of his country. When someone’s personal values are opposed to their other values (family, community, country), they are not an integrated person - lacking in integrity. And when they choose personal as Trump has, this is a major flaw for a national leader.

He has chosen to live and do business in an autocracy. His choice, and it has definitely worked for him personally, but this is not good experience for president. And he talks as though he thinks the U.S. president is an autocrat.

>>>just asking general questions to spark a topic or topics you may think is or are his real motivation..

I understand and appreciate your motivation. :) I realize my answers (and your questions) are somewhat armchair psychology, but I think I’ve answered them such that they are objectively true.

I also realize I’ve gone off a bit into capability, suitability - the results of the psychoanalysis if he’s elected. I hope you’ll forgive. If you want, just ignore that portion. I had second thought about deleting it, but it seemed too intwined.

Thanks again for your reply.