Trump 2016's Mitt Romney. He'll say whatever he thinks serves him best. Right now, it's being a conservative.

There's no true belief system here. What consistent values has the man had for the past 5 years? How about 10 years?

Hillary Clinton is a horrible campaigner, Bernie Sanders is unelectable. If those are the only 2 possibilities then the Republicans will take the White House, Marco Rubio will defeat either of those two.

Trump made a very big mistake sitting out tonight's debate. I've always suspected he would self sabotage his campaign, this has always felt like another reality TV show for him.

I was watching CNN earlier today...and some of the "experts" started to say the same thing.
Then Anderson Cooper reminded them that everytime somebody says "Trump made a mistake this time and he's done"...his number go UP.

Trump has pretty much outsmarted all the expensive political analysts, all of his opponents, and all of the media.

And the funny thing is...he already has laid out the blueprint for what he is doing in his book "Art Of The Deal"

He's on his way to win the whole thing.

No, he attacks people that don't share his opinion like no other candidate ever has. Big difference.

I agree with all of this except for the last bit. The people that support him always will because he is brash and loud. New facts, his lack of detail for real solutions and hypocrisy do not affect these people. The people that don't support him never will because he will only ever just be loud and offensive. The people that don't support Trump are 2:1 right now.

He will not win.

Especially when he leaves the country and starts insulting internationally.

TRUMP IS THE TRUE MEDIA MASTER.

He walks out of a major debate (like Regan did) and then comes out smelling like roses because of all the money he collected for the vets!

He can really think on his feet.

That's the kind of guy that should be running this country. Smart, manipulative egomaniac to get the job done.

The Kardashians are also media masters and are smart, manipulative and have huge egos and butts. I think it takes more than that and I am not saying D. Trump needs a bigger ass.

I would argue that sitting out tonight actually will be better for him than had he gone to the debate. Without him there everyone is still talking about and speculating what he might have said or done. He gets the benefit of people thinking he would have done well without having to actually do well.

What makes you convinced a Billionaire isn't part "the corrupt political establishment"?

I do agree that many political establishments are corrupt. Be it by big business buying politicians or bureaucrats running politics. The blame for this lays at the feet of voters. We have people who think no hopers like Corbyn will give them everything, or a man like Cameron can negotiate a good deal with the EU and that the EU won't turn into a Federal Europe.

The US has a political system that requires billions to get into office's of control.

And we the people keep voting for these people. That's not an opinion Robbie.

We need to vote on facts, not soundbites. Vote on how they will make our lives better or keep them at the same level. Trump talks a good soundbite.

He can't build a wall from the Pacific to the Atlantic without Congress and Senate politicians backing it.

He can't tear up Trade Agreements.

He can't tell who's a Muslim and who's not. Especially if they hold a British passport.

He can send in 100,000 troops and make a mess into a disaster. US troops in the ME won't solve Islamic terrorism. It's the root cause of it.

His business and wealth is based on banks and the wealthy. They pull the plug on him and he loses money by the minute. He's more in their debt than anyone of us.

If you want change, vote for a man who won't go broke trying to achieve it.

And that's not an opinion Robbie. It's cold hard facts.

LovinNothin and what was so good about Reagan? Look at how he made everyone think they were better off. We don't need media masters, we need people who can get the right jobs done. And that goes right through our political system.

He took it from a few farmers in Scotland and after he discovered he couldn't run them out. Left.

The problem was the Scottish MPs believed his BS about all the money he would pour in and jobs he would create. Which even if he had got his way would never have appeared.

And Trump himself. He screwed up big time by not looking at the facts. The farmers couldn't be evicted to please him, he has no right to determine Scotland's energy plans and he couldn't buy or bully his way through.

This will happen when he tries to implement his plans.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/09/this-...d-cost-us.html

NationalJournal

Unfinished US-Mexico border wall is a costly logistical nightmare in Texas | US news | The Guardian

Trump's Wall and the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immigration

So forget about Mexico paying for it. But is it possible? Yes and it would be a good thing, all the Americans have to do is pay for the building of it, with expensive US workers, then police it with more US workers.

Then pay more in shops for foods, gardeners, builders, cleaners, etc. Because cheap labour from Mexico is a thing of the past. Still cheaper than the effects of stopping Third World imports. That will force up prices in the shops by double if not more.

If this is opinion, reply with facts.

As for porn sales, forget about it. This market will be devastated.

How about these attacks from the Presidential campaign:
"He is a hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman."

And the reply:
"He is a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father."

The first quote was from Thomas Jefferson's campaign speech against John Adams.
The second quote was John Adams campaign speech against Thomas Jefferson.

The campaign of 1800.

No...Trump does not attack others "like no other candidate ever has"

Matter of fact, historically he is pretty tame. It just seems extreme today because of all the political correctness bullshit that we've been fed the last couple of decades.

Why do you keep saying that? Number one it's not true:
Trump International Golf Links | Luxury Hotel | Aberdeen, Scotland

Number 2...any developer that runs into people who don't want to sell their property will attempt to buy them out. If all else fails they will move somewhere more favorable to the project and THAT community will be the one that benefits economically.

Don't you get tired of saying things that just are not the truth?

...LOL...
So everyone gets a chance with a debate without TRUMP and what do they do with it...
Talk about TRUMP !
...LOL...

I think it's stunning that a Republican candidate would tell Fox News to fuck off.

This just kills me. Everyone knows the Republican party needs Hispanics votes, and then women. Trump has completely pissed off both Hispanics and Women.

Politics is politics and the country is pretty much split right down the middle. I do not believe that one side is better than the other; We should be voting for the correct person and once that person is in office they should be making the correct decisions - not making decisions based on their party platforms.

But something is seriously wrong here. Someone here on GFY said the other day that "real unemployment rate is 40%". Really? That's almost half the population. If this was remotely true our economy would be at a stand still. People cannot seriously believe this kind of crap, can they?

Interesting you mention true unemployment rate. I have never had much faith in that number.
They get it from those looking for work. Not those without jobs.
I'm not saying what it is but suspect it is always higher than stated.

If they want a real gauge, they would say how many employed people there are and what the population is above 18. Then say what that percentage is and how many of those not employed are looking for work.

The way the do it, it just becomes a political tool that has no basis in fact for how it is sited for use.

I would like to hear the employment rate. Then I know if there is real job growth and how many are paying taxes. The less people paying increases my share of what is needed.
Remember that when wishing a tax break for someone.

Rochard doesn't bother to just use Google:
Unemployment dips to 7.3 percent, but only 63% of Americans are in labor force - The Washington Post

37% of the qualified workforce is unemployed. THAT is the true number.

I can't predict the future. But I do know that Trump is gaining more and more. He also has 20% of Democrats who say they will vote for him in the General election.
He also is the only Republican who could possibly pull New York and Pennsylvania in the general election (which would basically win the election).

As for insulting people overseas....Trump does business with all of those same exact leaders of foreign country's now and always has.

I guess we all will see what happens in the election. :)

But with 70% of people of ALL party affiliations in the United States saying that the country is "on the wrong track"...I think people are looking for a strong, successful leader who isn't part of the problem (Washington D.C. insiders).

America is sick of American politics, politicians, absurd political correctness, excessive government spending .....

Trump will win the upcoming election.

When's the Trump bangs Megyn video coming out?

You are correct here and my use of ever is incorrect. Good finds.

He does attack when unprovoked though. To prove that I just need one. He called the people of Iowa stupid. Clear and blunt. Every person in Iowa did not attack him. We can argue about how effective he would be and seriously who knows there. However he does insult and speak to people in a manner I would not tolerate and most people would not tolerate. It panders to the low brow.

We will see. I do think the country is on the wrong track and I do believe that corporate power is the main problem. The longer I sit in Spain, the more Inc. $$$ in the U.S. stands out. If he does win, I hope he truly deals with that. I don't think he will though, because while he may be an outsider to Washington, he is an insider on Wall Street which more or less equals D.C. these days.

It is interesting to say the least.

He ran away from building what he promised. He reneged on his word. The gold course there is nothing like he promised.

It's his job to scout the land, see what's there, the people, the law, future developments, assess the situation and not assume everyone will bend over for him.

Yes, he moved to Ireland. He can't do that as President. He's forced to negotiate with Congress, the Senate, big business, people the country owes money to, countries, trade deals, etc.

Don't you see the difference?

No he didn't. You may have saw edited footage of him saying that.

What he said was "How stupid are the people of Iowa?"

In the context of what he was speaking about...he was saying that the MEDIA is trying to treat the people of Iowa like they are stupid.
I saw that speech on t.v., and he definitely was NOT calling everyone in Iowa stupid.

He's now ahead in the polls in Iowa by the way.

Paul...I give up on you. You won't listen. You won't accept facts. That golf course is one of the finest in the world. It raises the economy there.

You have simply decided that things will be the way you want them to be and that's that.

Doesn't really matter anyway. You don't live here, you don't have any say here, and you have no vote here.

You seem to pander to the big corporations that run the media and what they TELL you to think. And that's okay.
Enjoy the campaign. It's different than any campaign in our lifetimes.

I don't think he's an "insider" on Wall Street.
He doesn't make his money speculating on the stock market. And he's not in the pocket of that money like the other candidates.

Only time will tell. But one thing we can definitely see: Electing "more of the same" with the other candidates will DEFINITELY get us "more of the same".

I agree with you that the constant import of cheap foreign labour has produced much of the problems the West faces. Tun alongside the export of jobs, it's been a disaster and led to the crisis we have today. I'm 100% in favour of closing both doors to only the essential. I know it will effect your income in the short term, long term it's the only way to get the West back on solid ground. The cost will have to be met by us to safeguard our children's future.

My problem is in believing Trump will do it and bring down the wealth of himself and the 1%. He can't tell the Mexicans to pay for the wall, can't tell China and the rest of the world he's tearing up the trade agreements, he can't tell British Muslims from British Hindus, Christians, etc. Other than their race. And I believe he knows that. He's betting you don't.

He can send in troops, again, to the ME. What's his after plan and how will he deal with the terrorists threats that result in such an invasion?

Who says it's one of the finest? Besides Trump. Try booking a room there, it's easy as they have a lot of space. Google

Still you refuse to ignore my approach. He didn't get people to do exactly what he wanted, so walked away. How successful will this approach be as President?

As for pandering to big corporations. Do you mean the people who pay for US politicians?

You're right this is as much fun as watching Palin flounder.

Other politicians are in the pocket of corporations. He won't be a dictator who can roll over anyone he chooses to, like he thinks he can in business.

I agree electing more of the same won't change the outcome. We need to be voting for people who only spend $500,000 to get elected. Write laws that give political candidates the right to accept donations up to the size the average person can afford. The only people who will look after Mr and Mrs Average. Are those who don't rely on the wealthy to back them or rent their hotel rooms or play on their over priced gold courses. not the one in Scotland, that's got lots of space. Trump is in debt to the banks, he needs them to not call in his loans.

Should he go the way he has done in the past thinking he was to big to fail. They could just take the hit to see him penniless. Or under control.

Obama promised change. Who stopped him from delivering it and why?

It is funny reading your responses. I see a few people debating you concede a point here and there that you make and you concede nothing. That is fine. Trump is the man. He is a true Christian, he made his money by working hard and he is a really nice guy who only attacks when attacked.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Keep trying to convince yourself!

You know that you are going to get fucked. You might as well sip on a wine cooler, lube up, and wait for the inevitable.

When Trump is elected in a landslide it will be because of clowns like you. You over played your hand.

No squid pizza for you!

Can't you see the real truth?

Legal immigrants hate illegal immigrants.

Women love Alpha Males.

In both cases....Advantage Trump!

Not trying to come across that way. Most of the people on here are posting straight up lies trying to back up their biased conclusions.

You aren't. You seem to be genuinely discussing it.

I do think when you put Trump in with a group of lifetime/career bureaucrats that he stands head and shoulders above them. And the voters are seeing it too.

Never in my lifetime have we seen this kind of contrast of a successful Alpha personality contrasted to a bunch of double talking bureaucrats.

I don't think or care about his pandering to Christians. I don't believe in superstitions..but Trump has been far more successful than I am in life and far more successful in this campaign than anyone else. So I'll have to not try to "armchair quarterback" a strategy that is working for him and setting the political world upside down.

Anyway, didn't mean to get you frustrated with my posts.

The media here in the U.S. tries to distort what the candidates say and do in order to hurt them (like with Trump)...or help them (like with Hillary).
So when I read someone repeating something they heard that is incorrect or only half the story...I know right away what's going on and just wanted to point out to you that what you heard or saw on the media wasn't the exact truth.
Like that "Iowa" thing you talked about.

He was actually giving a speech and talking about how the media twisted his words. And in that speech he said "How dumb are Iowans"? In the context of what he was saying...he was remarking that the media was treating them like they were stupid, but that he (and they) know better.

And then damn if the media didn't twist THAT as well! lol

The media is really showing it's true colors and who it obeys in this election. It's pretty sad.

How am I going to get fucked? He will be YOUR president, not mine. :)

Are you trying to turn me on?


What hand?

While Trump is mega-popular with republicans, he's not that popular across the country. My hope for you is that smart, cool heads will prevail and not vote for him in November. No hand played.

Hi Robbie, honest question for you.

When you say "The Media": Do you mean all media? Do you mean Fox AND msnbc AND cnn AND WSJ, etc? If not, can you be more specific?

Thing is...all Hispanics that work hard are going to vote Trump. All the ones on welfare will vote Hillary.
Just like all the other races do.

Meantime...Trump is going to definitely get the women's vote.
Women aren't stupid monolithic single minded people the way the 2 partys have always treated them.

They can see plainly that Hillary is a hypocrite on women's issues. She was in charge of the "Bimbo Eruption" force that enabled Bill to sexually attack several women and then she made sure to discredit them.
And on the subject of equal pay...Trump has women running his freakin' company divisions. Trump had a woman in charge of one of the biggest construction projects in the world several decades back...before any of this was an issue. Trump pays his female employees as good or BETTER than their male counterparts according to JOB PERFORMANCE.

Meanwhile...Hillary has already been outed for paying her female staffers LESS than her male staffers! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Women aren't stupid. Only the die-hard Democrat women are going to automatically pull the lever for whomever is the Dem candidate.
Most women are going to vote for Trump.

I've pretty much told you this over and over...ALL the media.

I don't watch Fox much anymore (I used to enjoy RedEye late at night). But seeing what they have done this election shows that YES they are no different than CNN or MSNBC.

To watch all of those networks going after Trump is an amazing sight.

But if you believe the media and don't bother looking up the things they say for yourself...then you are going to find yourself using "crockett science".

And I'm not saying the media is a giant conspiracy of lies. I'm saying that when it comes to political and economic news reporting...the owners of the corporations that own the news channels have their own agendas and the employees (reporters) act accordingly.

He does not stand head and shoulders above anyone. Nearly everything he touches fails. The airline he had is gone. So is the hotel in NY - He bought it, ran it into the ground, and then sold it at a loss. He has destroyed Atlantic City.

what the fuck.