If Donald Trump is curious as to why he manged to lose money on a casino and made a boatload of other bad business decisions, the fact he's shocked by the reaction of single-handedly destroying the Trump brand with his massive racism is everything you need to know as to how terrible it is.
Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump on Saturday stood by statements he made recently that too many illegal immigrants from Mexico are criminals but said he was surprised by the backlash and that his comments are causing financial concerns.
“The crime is raging and it’s violent. And if you talk about it, it’s racist,” Trump told Fox News, three days after a purported illegal Mexican immigrant deported five previous times allegedly killed a woman in San Francisco.
Trump first made his inflammatory remarks during his non-scripted, June 16 presidential announcement speech.
“When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best,” he said during the announcement. “They're not sending you, they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they're telling us what we're getting."
Since then, a list of businesses have announced plans to cut ties with Trump’s vast business empire, while fellow Republican candidates and others have questioned Trump’s remarks.
NBC and Univision, for example, have decided not to air the Trump-owned Miss Universe Pageant, Macy’s is dropping his signature clothing line, New York Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered a review of Trump's city contracts and NASCAR is moving an annual banquet from the Trump National Doral resort in Miami.
“I didn’t know it was going to be this severe,” Trump said Saturday, adding that he was surprised by the NASCAR decision, considering he has a good relationship with the group. “I am a whipping post.”
Surprise! Smart businesses and business leaders don't want to wreck their brand by pissing off the fastest-growing demographic in the US. Imagine that. No corporation wants to associate with somebody who calls all Mexicans criminals in 2015 America.
And Trump is "surprised" by this.
Here's the kicker though. Ted Cruz agrees with him.
Sen. Ted Cruz defended Donald Trump on immigration and called out “the Washington cartel” he says is ignoring the issue, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration,” Cruz said of his rival for the 2016 GOP nomination, adding that it “seems the favorite sport of the Washington media is to encourage some Republicans to attack other Republicans.”
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“I’m not interested in Republican on Republican violence,” he told host Chuck Todd, adding that “bold … brash” Trump “has a colorful way of speaking.”
The Texas senator’s comments were similar to his defense of Trump during Fox & Friends on Tuesday.
“When it comes to Donald Trump, I like Donald Trump,” Cruz said on the show. “I think he’s terrific.”
It's almost like Trump is running for Cruz's veep.
I think the Donald is the very id of the tea party (of which, I define as the Republican base). Just look at the comments sections of the conservative blogs, they really love this guy! They adore his xenophobic trash talk and general stereotyping of immigrants. This is creating a huge problem for the republican party and their mainstream propaganda delivery system I like to call "the media". The Koch brothers thought they could control this tea party monster that they created, but the Donald is injecting the hysteria with steroids. Expect some blowback from the GOP though, they need him to shut up.
ReplyDeleteI only have one thing to add. I just hope that the Donald doesn't implode before the debates.
There. Is. No. Tea. Party.
ReplyDeleteDriftie has been banging this drum for eight years now, over at driftglass.blogspot.com. The so called Tea Party is just the regular old Republican Party core, rebranded to throw off the embarrassing failure of the Bush administration.
So, indeed, Donald Trump IS the Republican Party in a very real way that the party insiders are trying to keep quiet until after the election.
"...aides expect President Obama to issue orders freeing dozens of federal prisoners locked up on nonviolent drug offenses"
ReplyDeleteDozens? Out of thousands, dozens...?
Trump is speaking the base...he was feeding them red meat...he's speaking their language. And, considering he's doing well in the polls, what will they do with him.
ReplyDeleteI read Driftglass. I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteBut right now the curtain is being pulled back and you can the the soul of the conservative base. It's not a pretty sight. He's permanently alienating a huge demographic and if he keeps this up, he'll help scuttle the GOP ship.
I really want to see the Donald in the debates.