# 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:** 101
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2001 "2016-06-28T22:40:43Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Well, in Donald’s defense: do you think there are actually any proceeds from Trump: The Board Game? He [claims](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charity-lies_us_575b4094e4b00f97fba86ae1) that there were. Obviously, I take that at face value. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2002 "2016-06-28T22:55:39Z")
A slightly afield question: I have read that Trump controls more than 500 companies. Is that considered a lot for a businessman and is that number considered unusual? And why and how does he control so many? ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2003 "2016-06-28T23:06:11Z")
Well, Trump has got his twitter back. Looks like somebody else is posting there, though, because the comments are actually literate. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2004 "2016-06-28T23:27:46Z")
[Quote=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. [/quote] The intellectually-challenged puerile tone, like he was talking to class of particularly dim six-year-old simpletons, is one striking thing about most of The Donald’s pronouncements. That they come from an irredeemably stupid buffoon who is comically uninformed about even the most basic issues, and that this buffoon promises to work the most amazing economic and political miracles, is an ongoing self-parody of which he’s astoundingly unaware. That it comes from a major American political candidate who has won the Republican primaries has to be deeply frightening. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2005 "2016-06-28T23:39:01Z")
Don’t have to be afraid long as he loses. And if he takes a few dozen Pubbie Congressgits along with him? A calming and serene effect, conducive to meditation. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2006 "2016-06-29T00:28:22Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > A slightly afield question: I have read that Trump controls more than 500 companies. Is that considered a lot for a businessman and is that number considered unusual? And why and how does he control so many? However many companies he has, it’s probable that each one of his real estate investments is set up as a separate company, so that if a particular investment tanks, it doesn’t drag down all the others. That isn’t at all unusual in the real estate business. There’s a former car dealership near my house that’s being redeveloped. The dealership property was actually four different parcels, and the developer had to purchase each one separately. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2007 "2016-06-29T00:29:45Z")
Looks like he’s asking Mike Tyson and Mike Ditka to speak at the convention. Tyson is a convicted rapist and even the most die hard Bears fan wants Ditka to shut up. > **[Trump camp slating major sports figures for convention: report](https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/285265-trump-campaign-slating-major-sports-figures-for/)** > > The list includes Mike Tyson and Mike Ditka. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2008 "2016-06-29T01:16:31Z")
> [@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. This drips with Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2009 "2016-06-29T01:51:05Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Looks like he’s asking Mike Tyson and Mike Ditka to speak at the convention. > > Tyson is a convicted rapist and even the most die hard Bears fan wants Ditka to shut up. > [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/285265-trump-campaign-slating-major-sports-figures-for](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/285265-trump-campaign-slating-major-sports-figures-for) You get the impression that Trump is preferring people that were winners all right, but they also have in common that they sucked at life or other endeavors later. I expect the Republican convention not to be brokered, but broken. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2010 "2016-06-29T02:08:11Z")
The way this is shaping up, Trump is likely to self-destruct at the convention. His child-mind is either going to throw a tantrum because of the anti-Trump protests, or his enormous ego will be inflated to astronomical proportions by the ceremonies which he will perceive to be personal adulation. He’s bound to say even more spectacularly stupid shit than usual, and to a much broader audience than his normal circle of sycophants. The whole process might even be helped along by the degenerate morons he’s bringing with him. I notice that Bill Maher’s normal Friday night show on HBO has been extended to Wednesday and Thursday nights during convention week for a three-night comedic marathon! He’s doing the same for the Dem convention, but it’s clear that the Trumpfest train wreck is what he’s really looking forward to. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2011 "2016-06-29T02:28:43Z")
> [@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? [Quote=JohnT] He is truly the gift that keeps on giving. [/Quote] Well, according to the quote preceding yours, he’s not. That’s the actual _problem_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2012 "2016-06-29T05:56:50Z")
[Donald Trump’s Favorability Among ‘Highly Religious’ White Protestant Republicans on the Rise.](https://gma.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-favorability-among-highly-religious-white-protestant-185004974--abc-news-topstories.html) ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2013 "2016-06-29T06:25:21Z")
[Trump sent out an email today asking for donations. But the heading of the email is “Have you heard about the Hillary indictment?” And this came after the no-news Republican Benghazi report came out. Because he wants the _voters_ to indict Hillary by voting against her. No, really.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/donald-trump-email-fundraising-clinton-indictment) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2014 "2016-06-29T06:36:33Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Donald Trump’s Favorability Among ‘Highly Religious’ White Protestant Republicans on the Rise.](https://gma.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-favorability-among-highly-religious-white-protestant-185004974--abc-news-topstories.html) They’re just trying to hasten Revelations. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2015 "2016-06-29T06:42:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump sent out an email today asking for donations. But the heading of the email is “Have you heard about the Hillary indictment?” And this came after the no-news Republican Benghazi report came out. Because he wants the _voters_ to indict Hillary by voting against her. No, really.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/donald-trump-email-fundraising-clinton-indictment) He’s already said he plans on imprisoning Clinton. So it would be convenient if she were charged with a crime first. > **[Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-imprisoned/)** > > Donald Trump on Thursday called for his likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2016 "2016-06-29T12:05:56Z")
The Donald is apparently also hitting up Icelandic and Australian Members of Parliament for donations. [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-now-hitting-up-iceland-mps-for-cash](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-now-hitting-up-iceland-mps-for-cash) See also here Aussie MP Tim Watts > And Icelandic MP Katrín Jakobsdóttir, quoted in the Iceland Monitor > **[Trump looks to Iceland for money to support White House bid](https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/06/22/trump_looks_to_iceland_for_money_to_support_white_h/)** > > At least three prominent Icelandic politicians have received an e-mail from US presidential candidate Donald Trump asking for money to fund his campaign. > [@Iceland Monitor](#): > > Leader of the Left-Green Alliance Katrín Jakobsdóttir was one of those to receive the e-mail yesterday afternoon, in which Trump pledged personally to match any donation made in the next 48 hours from his own pocket. > > “I’m fighting back against Crooked Hillary and her pathetic cronies, as well as the dishonest liberal media, and I need your help,” reads the e-mail. > > “The bottom line – Crooked Hillary has been a DISASTER for our country, and we must win against her this fall, Friend.[…] Let’s show the liberals, the professional pundits, and the Washington establishment that this campaign IS NOT ABOUT ME. It’s a movement of hardworking, patriotic people who want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.” The man - excuse me, “weapons-grade plum” - ought to be in restraints. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2017 "2016-06-29T14:02:20Z")
I believe that Paul Manafort forgot that you couldn’t solicit bribes, er, donations from foreigners for US elections. That goes against every instinct and action the guy has made since 1996 when he started carving out a career selling his services to dictators, but unfortunately is the law in America. Nothing will come of this, though at least one person has filed a FEC complaint. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2018 "2016-06-29T14:19:46Z")
If a corporate executive of a publicly traded company made misleading statements about the finances of their organization, the SEC would (in theory) open an investigation and possibly sanction the guy and his company. Does anyone know if there is such a mechanism for the FEC? [Hope Hicks claimed that the campaign raised $3.3 million in two days](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/27/experts-donald-trump-is-lying-about-his-fundraising-haul.html) just off one email blast… however, it’s hard, almost impossible, to rationalize the numbers [as over 60% of the emails ended up in spam folders and only 12% were opened](http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/trump-s-fundraising-email-a-60-spam-rate/304673/) (I’ve found no data as to % of actual donations from that 12%). So, let’s say (for discussions sake, we won’t really “know” until July 20th) that Hope Hicks lied and the email campaign brought in (again for arguments sake) a paltry $250,000 and she knew this when she said $3.3mil. Is this a regulatory offense? Can there be sanctions or fines on the Trump campaign? Anybody know? ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2019 "2016-06-29T16:06:06Z")
“[The Trump Twitter account is making up supporters out of thin air.](http://www.cracked.com/blog/trump-having-twitter-conversations-with-fake-accounts/)” So, apparently some of the people who DT has quoted in his tweets have inactive or robot Twitter accounts. In this article, a couple of the people he quoted have no tweets to their accounts, and one of the ones he quotes is nothing but a twitter account that re-posts DJT tweets. I have no idea what the hell this means or why this would happen. Surely his team can find a real person to respond to when they want to promote their message… right? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2020 "2016-06-29T16:10:06Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Donald Trump’s Favorability Among ‘Highly Religious’ White Protestant Republicans on the Rise.](https://gma.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-favorability-among-highly-religious-white-protestant-185004974--abc-news-topstories.html) Can we officially stop respecting the religious right’s opinion on anything if they hypocritically support Trump? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=102)