# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1981 "2016-06-28T19:52:52Z")
Ha, I opened this thread to post the same UK MP story. I remain in awe of how Trump continues to spew out new absurdities without somehow getting stale. He truly is the Mozart of political buffoonery. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1982 "2016-06-28T20:13:42Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > It’s got to be illegal to claim that the proceeds from something will go to charity, and then not give the proceeds to charity, right? Well, in Donald’s defense: do you think there are actually any proceeds from Trump: The Board Game? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1983 "2016-06-28T20:23:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Simply because he says two really stupid things in sequence does not mean there is a connection. Thoughts skitter across that mind like a water drop on a hot, greasy griddle. _applause_ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1984 "2016-06-28T20:27:36Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > We should not let any more orange people into our country until we figure out what’s going on. Not even the Oompa-Loompa? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1985 "2016-06-28T20:32:33Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > _“We call her Pocahontas for a reason.”_ > > Calling her “Pocahontas” _at all_ seems pretty, well, racist. Teaparty-types are \*obsessed \*with Elizabeth Warren’s claims of partial NA ancestry – because she once checked off the box on a form, she is a complete and utter fraud. It’s one of those memes they glommed on to and won’t let go, like Obama’s teleprompter. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1986 "2016-06-28T20:35:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Not even the Oompa-Loompa? 😕 When Loompaland sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, make decent chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1987 "2016-06-28T20:38:00Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Teaparty-types are \*obsessed \*with Elizabeth Warren’s claims of partial NA ancestry – because she once checked off the box on a form, she is a complete and utter fraud. It’s one of those memes they glommed on to and won’t let go, like Obama’s teleprompter. #TeleprompterGate #CheckedBoxGate #TanSuitGate It’s just been an administration of frauds, hasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skinnybones_lampshade/32/2872_2.png) [@Skinnybones\_Lampshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skinnybones_Lampshade)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1988 "2016-06-28T20:55:30Z")
Just to clarify some comments made earlier in this thread, Roseanne Barr apparently does **not** support Trump. She says that some remarks she made (about Clinton being too much a part of the system and it being good that that system was being challenged) were taken completely out of context. The day after she made those remarks, she wrote: _“i didn’t ‘endorse’ trump, idiots. i endorsed a better election system.”_ and _“I’m voting for myself, not Trump, idiots”_ That sounds much more like the Roseanne I like and respect 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1989 "2016-06-28T21:31:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > When Loompaland sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, make decent chocolate. Ha! Good one. The last line especially. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1990 "2016-06-28T21:37:17Z")
In a remarkably apt depiction of the state of his campaign, Trump gave a speech today while[standing in front of a pile of garbage.](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/trump-is-giving-a-speech-in-front-of-a-massive-garbage-pile-and-the-internet-cant-stop-laughing/) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1991 "2016-06-28T21:51:11Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > It is, of course, illegal for candidates to accept money from anyone overseas except American Citizens. Fact Check explains the details here - > > [Overseas Fundraising Legal? - FactCheck.org](http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/overseas-fundraising-legal/) > This is what you get when amateurs run your presidential campaigns. There are no words. There are just no words left for Trump’s buffoonery. When Obama was running in '08 I thought it would be very cool to have an Obama campaign hat, but there was no way I could buy one because it would have been illegal for the campaign to accept $20 from me. But here is a US presidential candidate lobbying foreign politicians for campaign donations! Trump really should have his picture in the dictionary under “idiot”, and he so much looks the part, too, even if he wasn’t wearing a deceased orange marmoset on his head. Also in the news, Trump described the joyful ebullience over the Leave vote that he witnessed when he arrived in Scotland. Scotland of course had just voted overwhelmingly to Remain, and the Twitterverse erupted in the most eloquent Scottish insults against the stupefying ignorance of the Orange One. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1992 "2016-06-28T21:56:14Z")
I still don’t think they’ve issued an official statement or tweet or anything about the abortion ruling… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1993 "2016-06-28T21:58:45Z")
Trump hasn’t tweeted in over 30 hours. They must have taken away his keyboard and cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1994 "2016-06-28T22:03:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump hasn’t tweeted in over 30 hours. They must have taken away his keyboard and cell phone. Easier to glue his fingers to a tabletop. Wouldn’t take much glue, either. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1995 "2016-06-28T22:08:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump hasn’t tweeted in over 30 hours. They must have taken away his keyboard and cell phone. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1996 "2016-06-28T22:09:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In a remarkably apt depiction of the state of his campaign, Trump gave a speech today while[standing in front of a pile of garbage.](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/trump-is-giving-a-speech-in-front-of-a-massive-garbage-pile-and-the-internet-cant-stop-laughing/) Was there any connection at all between the site and his speech? Was he praising some new business related to recycling or getting fuel from landfill gases or something? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1997 "2016-06-28T22:20:53Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Was there any connection at all between the site and his speech? Was he praising some new business related to recycling or getting fuel from landfill gases or something? [The speech was supposedly about trade deals, etc. > [@](#): > > Donald Trump called for a new era of economic “Americanism” Tuesday, promising to restore millions of lost factory jobs by backing away from decades of U.S. policy that encouraged trade with other nations - a move that could undermine the country’s place as the dominant player in the global economy. > > The speech marked a significant break from years of Republican Party advocacy for unencumbered trade between nations, and drew immediate condemnation from GOP business leaders. > > In his 35-minute speech, Trump blamed former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs. > > He threatened to exit the more than two-decade-old North American Free Trade Agreement and vowed to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement among 12 Pacific Rim nations that has yet to take effect. > > He pointed to China as a source of many of America’s economic woes, promising to label that country a currency manipulator and slap new tariffs on America’s leading source of imports, a decision with the potential to dramatically increase the cost of consumer goods. > > “This wave of globalization has wiped out totally, totally our middle class,” Trump said, standing in front of pallets of recycled aluminum cans on a factory floor. “It doesn’t have to be this way. We can turn it around, and we can turn it around fast.” > [@](#): > > It’s an argument that found support among Republican primary voters, especially white, working class Americans whose wages have stagnated in recent years. Trump hopes it will yield similar success among the wider electorate that will decide the general election. > [@Donald Trump](#): > > I promise you, if I become president, we’re going to be working again. We’re going to have great jobs again. You’re going to be so happy. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_CAMPAIGN\_2016?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-28-17-55-08](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-28-17-55-08)) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1998 "2016-06-28T22:24:44Z")
It will be the best happy. Huge happy. You’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1999 "2016-06-28T22:29:33Z")
Has a presidential candidate ever specifically promised to make people _happy_ before? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2000 "2016-06-28T22:30:04Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Was there any connection at all between the site and his speech? He was giving a speech on his trade policies (which are completely out of sync with the Republican party). From what I gathered, the site was supposed to be a factory of some kind. It is interesting to note that Ole Cheeto Face is now sporting grey hair instead of cartoon yellow hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=101)