# Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196 "2024-08-03T16:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/441 "2024-10-01T22:19:07Z")
(Approached podium, adjusts microphone, clears throat) CHICKEN! BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK! > ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/442 "2024-10-01T22:21:12Z")
But, Harris is the one who doesn’t do interviews. /s ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/443 "2024-10-02T00:30:53Z")
More information about the 60 Minutes interview. I get that a lot of younger people won’t watch it, but TV time is Tv time. > **[Harris to be interviewed, Trump declines "60 Minutes" election special](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/60-minutes-election-special-harris-trump-oct-7/)** > > Vice President Kamala Harris will be featured by "60 Minutes" on Monday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Former President Donald Trump has declined to participate, despite previously indicating otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/444 "2024-10-02T00:33:18Z")
He could change his mind \<_ahem_\> at the last minute being… you know… _himself._ And to prove that everyone obeys his whims and commands. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/445 "2024-10-02T00:47:00Z")
Just dipped into the “Is Trump Confused?” thread, and the latest ramblings and glitches made me wonder if his handlers have pulled him out of the 60 Minutes interview because he’s become so incoherent that even sanewashing won’t prevent the damage? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/446 "2024-10-02T10:40:03Z")
That seems plausible. They’d have sold it by telling him it’s bound to be a hatchet job, and why should he give them the mega-ratings when he is ahead so bigly? Plus, he’s handsome and dances well. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/447 "2024-10-03T02:10:41Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/WY5OkYi.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/WY5OkYi.jpg) Changing regulations and making federal land available - hello, oil companies Mass deportation to ease demand - stop immigrants from taking black apartments Definitely competing pitches. America decides. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/448 "2024-10-03T02:53:21Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Mass deportation to ease demand If I can be honest here: [An estimated 1.6 million immigrants work in the construction industry nationwide, comprising 20% of the industry’s total workforce.](https://limos.engin.umich.edu/deitabase/2024/05/28/undocumented-construction-workers-us/) Consider this in light of [only 3% of the U.S. population being undocumented](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/). Obviously, to me, if you get rid of 20 percent of your housing work force, you are going to seriously slow down construction while raising prices. As for expelling 3 percent freeing up a lot of housing, first, we are talking about people living in crowded conditions, so it is probably more like 1 percent of housing stock, and it is not the kind of housing average Americans want to live in. So the Trump policy, putting aside humanitarian concerns, will have the opposite effect from that predicted. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/449 "2024-10-03T03:27:50Z")
CORRECTION TO LAST POST: While, per my link, 20 percent of U.S. construction workers are immigrants, the link also suggests that only 40-50 percent of those are undocumented. This does NOT invalidate my point. Mass expulsion would slow down new home construction more than it would free up housing. However, I apologize for implying that all immigrant construction workers are undocumented. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/450 "2024-10-03T03:32:16Z")
Trump’s future ex-wife says he’s wrong on abortion. > **['Fundamental right': Melania Trump breaks with husband on key campaign issue](https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-abortion/)** > > Former first lady Melania Trump is trying to stake out daylight between her husband on abortion in a new memoir, reported The Guardian on Wednesday.“It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having... ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/451 "2024-10-03T03:41:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump’s future ex-wife says he’s wrong on abortion. Holy cow! This has got to hurt. From a conservative Christian point of view, Trump is the head of the household as Christ is the head of the church. If Trump can’t control his wife how can he control the country? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/452 "2024-10-03T04:13:47Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > While, per my link, 20 percent of U.S. construction workers are immigrants, the link also suggests that only 40-50 percent of those are undocumented. They want to mass deport people in the US legally (see Springfield, OH). You can include 100% of those immigrants in your count. Even in the VP debate, JD tried to imply they were here illegally and got mad when they fact checked him on it. They don’t give a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/453 "2024-10-03T14:30:32Z")
Yep, it will be “Deport them all, and let Mexico sort it out!” ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/454 "2024-10-03T14:35:42Z")
The Haitian immigrants legal status won’t be an impediment for Trump. He’ll remove their protection and then deport them: > **[Trump says he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants in...](https://www.kten.com/news/politics/trump-says-he-would-revoke-temporary-protected-status-for-haitian-migrants-in-springfield-if-elected/article_1b3ee47c-12b7-50bf-9021-bb95514609e4.html)** > > (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and deport them if he is reelected ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/455 "2024-10-03T14:44:05Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Yep, it will be “Deport them all, and let Mexico sort it out!” Trump wants to send the Haitians “back to Venezuela”. > [@](#): > > “I can say this, we will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio – large deportations. We’re going to get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela,” he said. > **[Donald Trump vows mass deportations from Ohio town rocked by 'pet-eating' lies](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wp6q132p2o)** > > Trump says Springfield in Ohio has been "destroyed" and repeats baseless claim that migrants are eating pets. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/456 "2024-10-03T14:50:06Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Trump wants to send the Haitians “back to Venezuela”. Venezuela, Puerto Rico, whatever, he won’t care _which_ Mexican country he deports them to! /s ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/457 "2024-10-03T14:52:46Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Trump’s future ex-wife says he’s wrong on abortion. > > Holy cow! This has got to hurt. From a conservative Christian point of view, Trump is the head of the household as Christ is the head of the church. If Trump can’t control his wife how can he control the country? That was my first thought. Upon reflection, I suspect this was intentional, to soften Trump’s anti abortion credentials just enough to win back suburban women. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/458 "2024-10-03T16:19:44Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I suspect this was intentional, to soften Trump’s anti abortion credentials just enough to win back suburban women. I agree, totally calculated move. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/459 "2024-10-03T16:25:09Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I get that a lot of younger people won’t watch it, but TV time is Tv time. Young people (and most people in general) WILL watch clips over the next week. So yes, TV time is getting your message out there time. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/460 "2024-10-04T18:10:32Z")
Trump is going to get a nice infusion of cash from Oklahoma. > **['Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/10/04/donald-trump-supported-bible-one-of-few-that-meets-ryan-walters-criteria-for-ok-classrooms/75510021007/)** > > Bibles endorsed by former President Donald Trump cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196.md?page=24)