# Donald Trump announces presidential run **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 16, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-announces-presidential-run/722679 "2015-06-16T16:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 457
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-announces-presidential-run/722679/457 "2015-08-06T19:12:48Z")
I posted this in the Pit thread, but really felt it was relevant to this one as well: > [@The Omnibus Trump Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/196): > > Excellent piece at VICE today about Trump: [Why Donald Trump Is Better Than You](http://www.vice.com/read/how-donald-trump-explains-america-806). > > The whole article is very well researched and written, but it’s awesome because of how it ends:[ > > > [@](#): > > > > Some of this helps explain the strong reactions people are having to Trump’s presidential campaign—including why he’s polling near 20 percent among Republican voters, and why Democrats, liberals, and plenty of Republicans are acting like he’s going to take down the Republic. > > > > Because Trump is, in many ways, a referendum on ourselves. **He doesn’t represent a system of politics or beliefs so much as he does a version of what it means to be successful in America. Trump is very successful in America. Now, how does that make you feel?** > > ]([http://www.vice.com/read/how-donald-trump-explains-america-806](http://www.vice.com/read/how-donald-trump-explains-america-806))I’d say that’s a dead-on assessment of Trump’s candidacy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-announces-presidential-run/722679)._