# 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:** 193
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3843 "2016-08-08T18:47:12Z")
**RickJay** , you should publish [that post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19538452&postcount=3828) in a political science journal. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3844 "2016-08-08T19:27:03Z")
[Reddit is Google bombing Trump with links to NAMBLA.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/08/nambla-becomes-donald-trump-s-birther-moment.html) ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3845 "2016-08-08T19:37:52Z")
Interesting observation … I didn’t notice when The Donald started his speech today, but as I became increasingly and violently angry … I turned it off. Apparently my cats scattered when The Donald started, and all came back worried like after I turned The Donald off. Very strange … Don’t get me wrong, I’m not voting the way my cats are telling me to vote this time. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3846 "2016-08-08T19:49:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Reddit is Google bombing Trump with links to NAMBLA.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/08/nambla-becomes-donald-trump-s-birther-moment.html) I don’t know if it’s true, but a lot of people are saying that Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns because they show donations to NAMBLA. I hear this a lot lately. Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but why doesn’t he just show the returns if it’s not true? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3847 "2016-08-08T19:57:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t know if it’s true, but a lot of people are saying that Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns because they show donations to NAMBLA. I hear this a lot lately. Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but why doesn’t he just show the returns if it’s not true? +1 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3848 "2016-08-08T20:06:43Z")
Totally untrue and slanderous! He and his VP pick are already on record with fierce opposition to the transexual recruitment drive in our nations bathrooms! And how much more can a man demonstrate his fervent devotion to hetero-normal than marrying three times! A lot of men just give up after one! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3849 "2016-08-08T20:06:45Z")
I would have thought The Donald doesn’t release his tax returns because they show just how much he’s thieving from the American tax payers … if you paid nothing on $500m income, would you release your tax forms? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3850 "2016-08-08T20:11:15Z")
If i had such, I would be far too busy exploring the question of just how depraved an obscenely rich hippy can get. I expect that the research would absorb my attention for quite some time. All the rest of it, best guess. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3851 "2016-08-08T20:30:47Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > I would have thought The Donald doesn’t release his tax returns because they show just how much he’s thieving from the American tax payers … if you paid nothing on $500m income, would you release your tax forms? If that was his concern do you think he would say this? > [@](#): > > TRUMP: I fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible. > > STEPHANOPOULOS: What is your tax rate? > > TRUMP: It’s none of your business. You’ll see it when I release. But I fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/13/trump-just-boasted-that-he-pays-as-little-in-taxes-as-possible-no-really/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/05/13/trump-just-boasted-that-he-pays-as-little-in-taxes-as-possible-no-really/) ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3852 "2016-08-08T20:40:29Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > I would have thought The Donald doesn’t release his tax returns because they show just how much he’s thieving from the American tax payers … if you paid nothing on $500m income, would you release your tax forms? It’s much more likely that his tax returns would show that he doesn’t have $500M income or anywhere close to it. He’s notoriously touchy about [claims he isn’t as wealthy as he claims](http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/donald-trump-roast-off-limits-joke.html), and there’s quite a bit of speculation out there that he doesn’t have as much money as he claims, even to the point where [some doubt that he’s even actually a billionaire](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/top-ten-reasons-to-doubt-trump-is-even-a-billionaire). No doubt he’s got a fair bit of money, but I bet this is why he’s so adamant that they not be publicly released. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3853 "2016-08-08T21:03:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t know if it’s true, but a lot of people are saying that Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns because they show donations to NAMBLA. I hear this a lot lately. Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but why doesn’t he just show the returns if it’s not true? I was wondering the same thing. On Facebook. Just asking questions, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3854 "2016-08-08T21:08:04Z")
[Cite](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/08/anti-trump-republican-evan-mcmullin-announces-presidential-bid/?mod=e2fb). Evan McMullin. That’s, uh, interesting. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3855 "2016-08-08T21:10:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I was wondering the same thing. On Facebook. Just asking questions, you know? FB is where I turn for the very latest solid info from reliable sources. Did you read about how Hillary poisoned Bernie’s dog? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3856 "2016-08-08T21:13:18Z")
With Vince Fosters rotting flesh, I heard! Poor dog! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3857 "2016-08-08T21:17:37Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t know if it’s true, but a lot of people are saying that Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns because they show donations to NAMBLA. I hear this a lot lately. Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but why doesn’t he just show the returns if it’s not true? And perhaps he should produce his birth certificate while he’s at it. And the documents that show he’s qualified to run a University. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3858 "2016-08-08T21:54:33Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > [Cite](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/08/08/anti-trump-republican-evan-mcmullin-announces-presidential-bid/?mod=e2fb). > > Evan McMullin. > > That’s, uh, interesting. I think they’ve reached the conclusion that Hillary Clinton is (from their viewpoint) by far the lesser evil and they’re deliberately running a spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3859 "2016-08-08T22:56:33Z")
[50 Republican leaders say Trump would be a terrible president.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/gop-letter-national-security-trump-226801) Not that this will matter to his “screw you, GOP” base. I wonder, though, how many straight ticket Republican voters will stay home this November. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3860 "2016-08-08T23:11:54Z")
HE GOT HIS PHONE BACK! Just posted to Twitter: “Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails.” I tweeted in reply “We missed you, Donald! Glad you could escape those mean people who keep telling you to say boring things. Bad people! Bad!” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3861 "2016-08-08T23:20:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > HE GOT HIS PHONE BACK! > > Just posted to Twitter: > > “Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails.” I wonder if Trump can tell us who a few of these “many people” are. Give us some names please. Because there are 50 folks who have said Trump would be “the most reckless President in American history.” , and also have said > [@](#): > > “He is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood. He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks self-control and acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate personal criticism. He has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior. All of these are dangerous qualities in an individual who aspires to be President and Commander-in-Chief, with command of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.” The people who have said this about Trump have signed their names. They are all former Republican officials at very high levels. OK, Trumpie. Who are your “many people” hmmmmm? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3862 "2016-08-08T23:23:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > OK, Trumpie. Who are your “many people” hmmmmm? Top. Men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=194)