# 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:** 215
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4283 "2016-08-15T20:15:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ivanka published a photo on her Instagram of herself vacationing in Europe with Putin’s girlfriend.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/15/breaking-ivanka-trump-caught-on-camera-vacationing-with-putins-girlfriend-images/) I can’t find anything substantial about Wendi Murdoch being Putin’s girlfriend. All there is appears to be a short frenzy of speculation four months ago. Not much of a relationship if it can be kept that low key. ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4284 "2016-08-15T20:21:57Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I can’t find anything substantial about Wendi Murdoch being Putin’s girlfriend. All there is appears to be a short frenzy of speculation four months ago. Not much of a relationship if it can be kept that low key. She’s 6 feet, he’s 5-7. I don’t see Putin being towered over like that by a woman. ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4285 "2016-08-15T20:23:44Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I can’t find anything substantial about Wendi Murdoch being Putin’s girlfriend. All there is appears to be a short frenzy of speculation four months ago. Not much of a relationship if it can be kept that low key. What, you don’t believe US Weekly or the Daily Beast? 😃 > **[Rupert Murdoch’s Ex-Wife Wendi Deng Is Dating Vladimir Putin](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rupert-murdochs-ex-wife-wendi-deng-is-dating-vladimir-putin-w200077/)** > > Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng is dating Russia’s president Vladimir Putin — all the details > **[Tabloid: Putin and Murdoch's Ex Dating](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tabloid-putin-and-murdochs-ex-dating?via=desktop&source=copyurl)** > > Wendi Deng linked to Vlad. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4286 "2016-08-15T20:39:45Z")
> [@hulka](#): > > truer words were never spoken… Only if by “truer” you mean historically inaccurate. She pulled the “vast right wing conspiracy” theory out during a [1998 interview with Matt Lauer](http://leany.com/Conspiracy/hillary_clinton_transcript.htm) as part of the explanation as to why all those rumors about Bill and Monica were not true. Just look at the source of those rumors, she claimed, while telling Matt that: \* “But I think the important thing now is to stand as firmly as I can and say that, you know, the president has denied these allegations [about Lewinsky] on all counts, unequivocally. And we’ll see how this plays out. I guess everybody says to me, how can you be so calm? Or how can you just, you know, look like you’re not upset? And I guess I’ve just been through it so many times. I mean, Bill and I have been accused of everything, including murder, by some of the very same people who are behind these allegations. So from my perspective, this is part of the continuing political campaign against my husband.”\* ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4287 "2016-08-15T20:43:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Only if by “truer” you mean historically inaccurate. She pulled the “vast right wing conspiracy” theory out during a 1998 interview with Matt Lauer as part of the explanation as to why all those rumors about Bill and Monica were not true. Just look at the source of those rumors, she claimed, while telling Matt that: > \* > “But I think the important thing now is to stand as firmly as I can and say that, you know, the president has denied these allegations [about Lewinsky] on all counts, unequivocally. And we’ll see how this plays out. > I guess everybody says to me, how can you be so calm? Or how can you just, you know, look like you’re not upset? And I guess I’ve just been through it so many times. > I mean, Bill and I have been accused of everything, including murder, by some of the very same people who are behind these allegations. So from my perspective, this is part of the continuing political campaign against my husband.”\* The fact that Bill made himself (and her) such easy targets for the right wing witch hunt, does not invalidate her stating that the witch hunt existed. How many hours and millions of dollars have been invested in “getting the Clintons” over the years, and the best the right wing came up with is that Bill got blowjobs and lied about them. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4288 "2016-08-15T20:58:41Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > blowjobs… Which I believe boosted him 10 points in France. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4289 "2016-08-15T21:31:36Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > The fact that Bill made himself (and her) such easy targets for the right wing witch hunt, does not invalidate her stating that the witch hunt existed. How many hours and millions of dollars have been invested in “getting the Clintons” over the years, and the best the right wing came up with is that Bill got blowjobs and lied about them. Every powerful politician has political adversaries allied against him. People laughed at the VRCT because Hillary claimed they had made up the allegations about Monica and Bill. It wasn’t clear if she was in on the deceit with Bill, or that he had pulled one over on her. Either way, it made it her look bad, but I think most people assumed it was the former. She ain’t stupid, and it’s not like Bill hadn’t cheated before. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4290 "2016-08-15T21:50:07Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > If Trump had anything resembling a competent campaign, what would its strategy be? To quote the immortal _Spinal Tap_, “You, don’t talk so much.” He’s not going to have a prayer of winning unless he shuts up and gets out of the spotlight. ---
**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 15, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4291 "2016-08-15T21:53:40Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > To quote the immortal _Spinal Tap_, “You, don’t talk so much.” He’s not going to have a prayer of winning unless he shuts up and gets out of the spotlight. Solitary confinement sounds like a good idea. Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4292 "2016-08-15T22:17:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > You never get tired of showing all how much you are missing on this? > > [No Bun Please: Keto Recipes & Resources for Beginners](http://nobunplease.com/2016-presidential-candidates-on-gmos/) > Ben Carson: Ah, Carson. I never did pay much attention to him. So I was wrong; we’ve got one Republican for labeling. According to [this cite](https://mauihawaiitheworld.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/so-how-do-the-presidential-candidates-stand-on-gmos/) every other Republican candidate (except possibly Carly Fiorina; she isn’t listed) is against labeling. This includes Rubio, btw. It’s hard to guess from Trump’s tweet if he is pro- or anti labeling and he doesn’t have anything (that I can see) on his web site. According to [this site he is pro-GMO and anti-labeling](http://2016election.procon.org/view.answers.election.php?questionID=002069) (check out the difference between his and Clinton’s response; it’s such a contrast). Hillary is tepidly pro-labeling; she’s pro-GMO (to her credit) but appears to be walking the line gingerly so as to not offend Sanders supporters. So for Republicans it’s 9-1 against labeling and Democrats 2-0 for GMO labeling. That seems to be a knock against Democrats. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > They do not need to as they already have many in congress that voted to pass the labeling bill. AFAIK the bill does look as if the Democrats and Republicans in congress did not follow much what Greenpeace and many of those groups wanted to anyhow. So we agree that there are no conservative groups pushing to get rid of GMO, just liberal ones. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4293 "2016-08-15T22:21:10Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Yeah, let’s start teaching that we have two equally equivalent theories to the origin of life as many Republicans would like to do. No one knows the truth anyway. Were you there at the creation of life? I know I wasn’t. It’s harmless. it doesn’t really matter in our day to day existence. Why not let the children decide what’s true? After all, they’re just ‘theories.’ In fact, how about we apply this to [all science education](http://controversy.amorphia-apparel.com/) and see where it gets us in twenty years? I liken the “teach the controversy” nonsense to the “labeling GMO” nonsense. Both are attempts to sneak anti-science positions into the public arena. > [@standingwave](#): > > (All kidding aside, I don’t think it’s harmless. I think it demonstrates a fundamental disconnect with reality.) I don’t disagree but you but can you see why I believe opposition to golden rice is more harmful? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4294 "2016-08-15T22:26:08Z")
Seriously, guys…start your own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4295 "2016-08-15T22:29:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ivanka published a photo on her Instagram of herself vacationing in Europe with Putin’s girlfriend.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/15/breaking-ivanka-trump-caught-on-camera-vacationing-with-putins-girlfriend-images/) Setting aside Murdoch-fucker Wendi Murdoch’s rumored Putin-fucking (that girl should find herself a nice orthodontist, get married, and take up golf) what about the optics of Ivanka taking a vacation in Dubrovnik? Why wouldn’t she pick a Trump fan-friendly holiday destination, like the Lake of the Ozarks, or riding an inner tube down a river with a can of beer in her hand? ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4296 "2016-08-15T22:35:48Z")
Ok, I’ll stop. But you guys should check out the difference between the responses from Clinton and Trump on this page. It’s Trump’s large words at his best: > **[Should Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods Have Mandatory Labeling? - 2016...](https://2016election.procon.org/view.answers.election.php?questionID=002069)** > > Should Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods Have Mandatory Labeling? Read 2016 presidential candidate positions (Clinton, Trump, Johnson, Stein, Sanders, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, etc.) in the issue debate. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4297 "2016-08-15T22:44:15Z")
Also, Ivanka left her newborn at the kennels back in America while jetting off to party with Wendi in Croatia. I wouldn’t castigate a normal human being for being willing to do this, but again, is that not anti-Republican values? I assume these two go everywhere in private jets. How hard would it have been to bring along the baby and a few of the brown nursemaids and locked them up in their own hotel suite, so Ivanka could hold the kid a couple times a day? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4298 "2016-08-15T23:00:52Z")
If that does’t end his chances of winning, I don’t know what will!! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4299 "2016-08-15T23:06:54Z")
The Donald [unveils his anti-terrorist screening plan](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-terrorism.html): > [@](#): > > Mr. Trump said that “the time is overdue” for better screening of extremists trying to enter the country, calling for “extreme vetting.” He said only those who accept a “tolerant” view of American society would be admitted to the United States. So, no Trump voters allowed? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4300 "2016-08-15T23:18:19Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Donald [unveils his anti-terrorist screening plan](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-terrorism.html): > > So, no Trump voters allowed? “Extreme vetting”. I imagine that’s a bit like “enhanced vetting”. Waterboard them until you’re sure they accept our values. I note that Trump criticized Obama for leaving power vacuums that allowed militants to thrive. Trump said he’d destroy Islamic terrorism and ISIS and that the era of nation building would come to an end. So… We’ll destroy our enemies and not rebuild in the aftermath. Wouldn’t that leave…a…power…vacuum? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4301 "2016-08-15T23:21:49Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Not sure what strategy he could use, but it looks like Paul Manafort (Trump’s campaign manager) past will become a monkey wrench. You remember the My Little Pony defense of Melania’s plagiarism? Manafort could use the Cookie Monster defense: Cookie Monster is really hungry. He doesn’t care if his cookies are baked in the Ukraine. He just wants to get as many delicious cookies as he possibly can. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4302 "2016-08-15T23:37:07Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Donald [unveils his anti-terrorist screening plan](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-terrorism.html): > > So, no Trump voters allowed? That isn’t even the most chilling part of his plan. He want to create a commision to root out the networks of radicalization in America. > [@](#): > > The goal of the commission will be to identify and explain to the American public the core convictions and beliefs of Radical Islam, to identify the warning signs of radicalization, and to expose the networks in our society that support radicalization. He could give the commission a name, like, oh I don’t know, like [The Protection Squadron.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel) And once he has identified those who are suspected of wrong-think, they will be eliminated: > [@](#): > > To accomplish a goal, you must state a mission: the support networks for Radical Islam in this country will be stripped out and removed one by one. Viciously. Viciously if necessary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=216)