# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901
**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
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### Author:  [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4743 "2016-08-19T11:25:42Z")
Don’t know if this has been brought up yet but this could absolutely be a game-changer. While Obama is out playing golf and Hillary is touring factories and dealing with email interviews, Trump is going to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana, and this time, most of the victims are white suburbanites.
> **[Donald Trump plans to tour flood damage in Louisiana](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-plans-to-tour-flood-damage-in-louisiana/)**
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> Details for the trip are still being worked out, but he and running mate Mike Pence are expected to view some of the damaged areas around midday
The re- **Birth of a Nation** in 2016 begins.
As I said in another thread, I wonder if TrumpBart’s gonna do a telethon for victims and have Ted Nugent say something like “Barack Obama doesn’t care about white people!”
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### Author:  [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4744 "2016-08-19T11:34:40Z")
> [@asahi](#):
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> Don’t know if this has been brought up yet but this could absolutely be a game-changer. While Obama is out playing golf and Hillary is touring factories and dealing with email interviews, Trump is going to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana, and this time, most of the victims are white suburbanites.
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> [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-plans-to-tour-flood-damage-in-louisiana/](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-plans-to-tour-flood-damage-in-louisiana/)
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> The re- **Birth of a Nation** in 2016 begins.
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> As I said in another thread, I wonder if TrumpBart’s gonna do a telethon for victims and have Ted Nugent say something like “Barack Obama doesn’t care about white people!”
Politically, it may be better to visit. In reality, it diverts resources from recovery when a president or candidate visits a disaster area.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4745 "2016-08-19T12:46:30Z")
> [@theR](#):
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> Politically, it may be better to visit. In reality, it diverts resources from recovery when a president or candidate visits a disaster area.
It may not be better to visit PRACTICALLY. Politically I am quite sure it’s a good move. Makes him look like he cares. Voters don’t generally notice the details.
Of course it’s a state he’ll win anyway, but it’ll sway a few people elsewhere, I guess.
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### Author:  [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4746 "2016-08-19T12:47:28Z")
> [@john\_L](#):
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> sorta like leftfield6 ? :rolleyes:
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> i guess it could be cryptic on my end ?
> then again , it could just be comprehension on reader’s end. ?
Most people here are pretty smart when it comes to reading comprehension. It may not be “everyone except you”.
> [@adaher](#):
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> John Yoo explains why SCOTUS is not an adequate reason to support Donald Trump:
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> [Op-Ed: Filling Supreme Court vacancies isn't a good enough reason to vote for Trump](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-yoo-rabkin-trump-supreme-court-20160815-snap-story.html)
I love how he talks about liberal obstruction and the best examples he can come up with are from almost 30 years ago. “OH NOES, TEH LIBRULZ BLOCKED ONE GUY 30 YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE WAS A RADICAL, THEREFORE THEY’LL BLOCK ANY CONSERVATIVE EVER AGAIN!” Oh, and apparently even though republicans have gotten 12 of the last 16 nominees, most of those were liberals anyways…? Fucking stupid law professor, this one.
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### Author:  [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4747 "2016-08-19T12:50:22Z")
Well, remember this is Bush’s guy who said torture was legal. But he’s right about SCOTUS appointments not being a good reason to support a candidate you shouldn’t. It’s a rationalization and that goes for bad Democratic candidates too, even if they don’t rise to the level of badness of a Trump.
Anytime you go, “Yeah, I know, the candidate’s terrible, but think of the Supreme Court!” you’ve already acknowledged that you shouldn’t be voting for that candidate.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4748 "2016-08-19T12:54:43Z")
The governor of Louisiana [specifically asked](http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_18893692-657f-11e6-b84c-07aecd4409b8.html) that Obama wait to visit, so I don’t think this will hurt him or Hillary. In fact, they can easily turn this around on Trump – “why are you taking resources away from rescue and relief for your own visit’s security?”
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### Author:  [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4749 "2016-08-19T12:55:11Z")
> [@john\_L](#):
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> sorta like leftfield6 ? :rolleyes:
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> i guess it could be cryptic on my end ?
> then again , it could just be comprehension on reader’s end. ?
No, it’s definitely on your end.
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### Author:  [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4750 "2016-08-19T13:00:41Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> The governor of Louisiana [specifically asked](http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_18893692-657f-11e6-b84c-07aecd4409b8.html) that Obama wait to visit, so I don’t think this will hurt him or Hillary. In fact, they can easily turn this around on Trump – “why are you taking resources away from rescue and relief for your own visit’s security?”
Speaking of Bel Edwards, hasn’t his handling of this been quite good?
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4751 "2016-08-19T13:01:28Z")
> [@adaher](#):
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> Speaking of Bel Edwards, hasn’t his handling of this been quite good?
From my reading (and what I hear from Louisiana friends), yes. It’s my home state but I haven’t been back in many years.
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### Author:  [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4752 "2016-08-19T13:44:19Z")
Bel Edwards was on Rachel Maddow last night and he specifically pointed out he was very happy with the federal response to the disaster.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4753 "2016-08-19T14:10:53Z")
[Manafort resigns.](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/291957-manafort-resigns-from-trump-campaign-report)
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### Author:  [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4754 "2016-08-19T14:11:59Z")
Aaaand Paul Manafort has resigned - [http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/trump-senior-aide-manafort-resigns-after-being-pushed-aside.html](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/trump-senior-aide-manafort-resigns-after-being-pushed-aside.html)
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### Author:  [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4755 "2016-08-19T14:34:22Z")
> [@Budget Player Cadet speaking to john L](#):
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> Most people here are pretty smart when it comes to reading comprehension. It may not be “everyone except you”. …
Well let us assume for the sake of argument that the readership in question was not this overwhelmingly well-educated crowd, but were a group who read at the U.S. average of 7th to 8th grade level or even below a grade or so below that average.
If one is writing with _that_ crowd as the target audience and the readership is responding that what have written is incomprehensible to them, then the writer has failed. Period. Even if the writer was erudite to a more learned crowd.
**john L** , no question that the readership here overwhelmingly has a different perspective on Trump than you do. (We have plenty of conservatives but most are of the group that rejects him as well.)
If you want to playfight and insult there is a forum here for that - The Pit. This forum aims for more actual back and forth.
I’ll speak for myself only but I suspect that many others here would agree - engaging only with people who think similarly to me is no fun. I know what _I_ think and why. It is, as you pointed out, a “long time til Nov. 8.” I hope we can together have some engaging differences of opinion before that time is up.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4756 "2016-08-19T14:37:12Z")
Not at all surprised Manafort quit. They cut his legs out from under him. Can’t wait to hear him dish on the unending chaos that is the Trumptanic’s campaign.
> [@Superdude](#):
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> I’m pretty sure that Trump will regress to the mean between now and Election Day. Campaign shakeups are like the convention; you get a bump, then the newness wears off.
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> Trump has already said he has not plans on changing his approach. Look for him to go off-script again, and it’ll be business as usual for the Human Cheeto.
Absolutely agree. I’ve said it before: he just doesn’t have the self-discipline to run for President.
> [@Bayard](#):
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> For much of American history, blacks enjoyed 100% employment. That all came to an end when the government got in the way of free enterprise. Thanks, Lincoln!!
And he was a _Republican_!
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> Hey, Leni was a genius. Too bad about the whole Nazi thing, though.
Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, **Ukelele Ike** , at least it’s an ethos.
> [@adaher](#):
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> Speaking of Bel Edwards, hasn’t his handling of this been quite good?
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> From my reading (and what I hear from Louisiana friends), yes…
He had plenty of lessons from Katrina as to how _not_ to handle natural disasters in Louisiana.
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### Author:  [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4757 "2016-08-19T14:46:14Z")
So this apology tour is not actually going to fool anyone into thinking hes changed and might potentially turn off his supporters who like him because he is “tough”.
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4758 "2016-08-19T14:49:49Z")
So it’s basically been confirmed that the Trump campaign was allowing Russia to dictate their foreign policy regarding Russia, right?
This election is fucking insane.
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### Author:  [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4759 "2016-08-19T14:55:22Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#):
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> Aaaand Paul Manafort has resigned - [http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/trump-senior-aide-manafort-resigns-after-being-pushed-aside.html](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/trump-senior-aide-manafort-resigns-after-being-pushed-aside.html)
So much for the “it’s not a shake up!” narrative. I’m sure he’ll be happy to slip back into the shadows. No CNN job for him. I doubt he’s the type to “dish” in public, Elendil’s Heir.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4760 "2016-08-19T15:00:09Z")
Bring back the “Says Who” Trump Minister of Information Cohen! We need some more laughs!
“So Mr. Cohen, why did Manafort resign?”
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"He did NOT resign!"
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“Yes, actually he did”
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"Says Who?! He is a loyal member of the team!"
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“Ummm Everyone says that. He resigned. He said so himself. HE said that”
Long pause…
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"What was the question again?"
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4761 "2016-08-19T15:09:07Z")
He’s as much fun as Baghdad Bob. Say…you don’t suppose?
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/4762 "2016-08-19T15:10:27Z")
What’s the record for most campaign managers in a presidential campaign?
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