# 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:** 148
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2943 "2016-07-24T20:55:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I think Trump will use the leaked DNC emails and the fact that Wasserman-Schultz resigned over them effectively against Clinton: “Nobody likes her! Her own party had to rig things to make her the nominee! THAT’S how crooked she is!” You know this is Trump we are talking about, right? He will not be able to stay focused on anything. He is all over the place. And whereas a normal candidate would have a competent campaign around him/her to keep him on message, Trump has surrounded himself with enablers. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2944 "2016-07-24T21:01:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > “And if my party could have, it would have dragged me out back and shot me in the head!” “But I’m a winner and I’m strong and I took control and here I am the GOP nominee. You can vote for me or for her; who do you want as President a winner, a strong leader or a crook who cheats to win?” See what I mean? It plays into his own need for self-aggrandizement so well I think it’s inevitable we’ll hear about it and hear about it often. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2945 "2016-07-24T21:03:37Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Trump’s tweets are fascinating. Since the Wikileaks stuff hit, he has been pandering to former Bernie supporters. Today, Bernie finally commented last night that, in spite of the DNC e-mails, “Most of my supporters understand that Trump has got to be defeated”. > > I think the Big Cheeto actually thought Bernie was going to jump ship. When he did not, the tweets from Donne started getting testy. Trump is, of course, a sociopath who’s solely interested in accruing money, power, and fame for himself, and as such he assumes that everyone else thinks the same way he does. Bernie wanted to be president, therefore he wants power, so it’s only logical that he should join up with Trump in the hopes of catching some of his scraps on the way up. Since Sanders actually has values and principles and believes in things and isn’t willing to sacrifice them all to climb aboard the Trump train, Trump concludes he must not really _want_ to be successful. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2946 "2016-07-24T21:07:57Z")
The latest; [Trump believes his presence was the only thing that stopped an angry mob from murdering Ted Cruz.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/protester-beatings-with-a-twist) > [@](#): > > I walked in and the arena went crazy. Because there’s great unity in the Republican Party, and people don’t know it. Had I not walked in, I think that audience would have ripped him off the stage. I think I did him a big favor. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2947 "2016-07-24T21:56:48Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Wang called the Republican nomination for Trump back in January. … I think that’s the point. Wang was early on calling it Trump with a high degree of confidence when 538 was saying that trump would collapse. 538 is not infallible and in fact by the nature of their system _should_ fail some of the time. That said, the larger point stands, anyone who is way outside the range of probabilities that the major number crunchers come up with (Wang and Silver are in close ballparks currently) is not worth paying too much attention to. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2948 "2016-07-24T23:50:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Disarm him. Agree with him that Trump is the world’s foremost authority on things Constitutional. > > Seriously, it’s like arguing with a brick wall. There’s no point. Others piled into the conversation on my side and he seems to have abandoned the discussion, so I’m going to leave well enough alone. I suspect that he realizes he’s mistaken on the facts and doesn’t want to admit it, or at least he can’t take the massive opposition. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2949 "2016-07-25T03:59:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The latest; [Trump believes his presence was the only thing that stopped an angry mob from murdering Ted Cruz.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/protester-beatings-with-a-twist) By this point there is literally nothing Trump could say, write or tweet that would surprise me. Nothing. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2950 "2016-07-25T14:37:59Z")
Michael Flynn is a retired Lt. General, a former contender to be Trump’s running mate, and now a senior foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign. Let that sink in a bit. Over the weekend, he took to Twitter: [Quote=TPM] “The corrupt Democratic machine will do and say anything to get #NeverHillary into power. This is a new low,” Flynn tweeted, sharing a link to a tweet from user Saint Bibiana who wrote “\>Cnn implicated. ‘The USSR is to blame!’ … Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore.” [/QUOTE] > **[Trump Foreign Policy Advisor Retweets Anti-Semitic Post](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-advisor-michael-flynn-anti-semitic-tweet)** > > One of Donald Trump’s senior foreign policy advisors has apologized for sharing a blatantly anti-Semitic post on Twitter over the weekend. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn on Sunday responded… Now, I know the offenderati will immediately shout him down with cries of “bigot!!!” But, calling journalists “Jews” is a common term of endearment where I come from. Just the other day, I remarked to my neighbor, “Those fucking Jews at NPR really did a great ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’ this week”. And when I share news stories I really like on Facebook, I superimpose a big star on the images to draw attention to them. A big six pointed star, so they stand out from all the five pointed stars you see all the time. This is all innocent and easily explained, but someone is always right there to start screaming about antisemitism or something. Getting to where you can’t say anything to anyone anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2951 "2016-07-25T15:24:47Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Getting to where you can’t say anything to anyone anymore. Yeah, thank God Trump is going to put an end to “political correctness”. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2952 "2016-07-25T15:40:39Z")
I don’t think God has anything to do with it. Look to a hotter clime… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2953 "2016-07-25T15:41:54Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Getting to where you can’t say anything to anyone anymore. Soon, you won’t be able to call them kind, intelligent keen employees anymore, and that goes against a gentlemanly agreement my fellow club members and I share in a strictly informal and off-the-books sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2954 "2016-07-25T18:05:53Z")
[![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/ea98b3cee54159db2de731bdf184d83b.jpg) ](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/ea98b3cee54159db2de731bdf184d83b.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2955 "2016-07-25T18:36:49Z")
Kinda reminds me of a buddy, we’re walking, and we see a full-dress Jaguar smoothing along, he says “I wish I had the money to buy a car like that.” And I said “Shit, bro, you don’t really want a car like that!” “No, I just wish I had the money. Wouldn’t buy that car if I did, I’d spend it on sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, fer sure.” Priorities. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2956 "2016-07-25T18:48:11Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > [http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/ea98b3cee54159db2de731bdf184d83b.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/ea98b3cee54159db2de731bdf184d83b.jpg) Isn’t he overdue to trade Melania in for a newer model? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2957 "2016-07-25T18:53:08Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Isn’t he overdue to trade Melania in for a newer model? Maybe she has photos that prove his hands lied. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2958 "2016-07-25T19:15:14Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Isn’t he overdue to trade Melania in for a newer model? To paraphrase a quote from Bill Maher “Trump saved the box she came in so he can send her back when she turns fifty.” ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2959 "2016-07-25T19:16:38Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Isn’t he overdue to trade Melania in for a newer model? He’s waiting until he can issue that executive order legalizing father-daughter marriage. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2960 "2016-07-25T19:35:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He’s waiting until he can issue that executive order legalizing father-daughter marriage. Nah. She’s jewish by now, isn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2961 "2016-07-25T19:43:25Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Now, I know the offenderati will immediately shout him down with cries of “bigot!!!” But, calling journalists “Jews” is a common term of endearment where I come from. Just the other day, I remarked to my neighbor, “Those fucking Jews at NPR really did a great ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’ this week”. And when I share news stories I really like on Facebook, I superimpose a big star on the images to draw attention to them. A big six pointed star, so they stand out from all the five pointed stars you see all the time. This is all innocent and easily explained, but someone is always right there to start screaming about antisemitism or something. Getting to where you can’t say anything to anyone anymore. I’m sure he meant it as a compliment. After all, he’s Team Trump and Trump is pro-Israel. He said so in his acceptance speech. (Or maybe they’re pro a non-Jewish Israel - wait… no…) ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2962 "2016-07-25T23:22:48Z")
Uh-Oh. [Pence considers bailing on Koch summit](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/mike-pence-koch-summit-trump-226165). It’s being spun that he has too many campaign commitments, but it may be that the animosity between Trump and the Koch’s is too deep for Pence to heal… and if you’re Donald Trump, and your VP can’t bring in big donor bucks, what the hell do you have Mike Pence for? There are very few “campaign events” more important than the event of “sitting with billionaire donors who are thinking of sitting this one out”. If Pence cancels, consider the Koch money officially eliminated from the Republican Presidential race. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=149)