# 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:** 281
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5603 "2016-09-02T01:40:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I don’t see why WikiLeaks thinks it’s a good idea to piss off Hillary. One way or another, Hillary is most likely going to be elected. Why piss off the future president-to-be, who can take measures against WikiLeaks? Maybe because Julian is a caged animal, and maybe his captors want him to publish damaging articles on the Clintons? If Hillary gets elected Ecuador can say “Hey, it’s just Julian being Julian - we got no control over what he writes.” ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5604 "2016-09-02T01:45:35Z")
[Latinos4Trump founder is worried that if Hillary is elected, there will be “taco trucks on every corner”.](http://newcenturytimes.com/2016/09/01/anti-immigration-trump-supporter-fears-taco-trucks-on-every-corner-video/) Is that a bad thing? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5605 "2016-09-02T02:04:21Z")
Want to volunteer for Trump? Sign here: [You must pledge never to run against, start up a company competing with, or disparage Trump, his company, or his family from now and until forever.](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/31/volunteer-dial-trump-first-sign--non-disclosure-form/89673064/) ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5606 "2016-09-02T02:20:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Want to volunteer for Trump? Sign here: [You must pledge never to run against, start up a company competing with, or disparage Trump, his company, or his family from now and until forever.](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/31/volunteer-dial-trump-first-sign--non-disclosure-form/89673064/) It’s funny that it mentions him and his children by name, “and spouse” with no name. You know, for when he changes spouses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5607 "2016-09-02T03:11:09Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Sorry if I missed it: Why is Trump using You Can’t always get what you want? Any reason ever given? And why haven’t the Rolling Stones’ lawyers sent him a Cyst and Disease letter yet, or whatever it’s called? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5608 "2016-09-02T03:11:57Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I don’t see why WikiLeaks thinks it’s a good idea to piss off Hillary. One way or another, Hillary is most likely going to be elected. Why piss off the future president-to-be, who can take measures against WikiLeaks? The New York Times published an article a couple of days ago which said that their analysis showed that the majority of the time when WikiLeaks released information, it was to Russia’s benefit. No direct connection was found but it certainly is suspicious. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5609 "2016-09-02T03:41:02Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > On a lighter note, the USA Freedom Kids dance troupe [sues Trump.](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/01/trump-campaign-sued-by-child-entertainers-over-broken-deal.html) That’s probably the only thing they and the Rolling Stones might have in common. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5610 "2016-09-02T03:50:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Want to volunteer for Trump? Sign here: [You must pledge never to run against, start up a company competing with, or disparage Trump, his company, or his family from now and until forever.](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/31/volunteer-dial-trump-first-sign--non-disclosure-form/89673064/) This is almost certainly not a legally binding document. Any of our lawyer friends on here want to weigh in on which parts would hold up and which wouldn’t? Surprised we haven’t yet had a journalist sign the form and then challenge it in court, seems like it would be a good story. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5611 "2016-09-02T03:52:58Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The New York Times published an article a couple of days ago which said that their analysis showed that the majority of the time when WikiLeaks released information, it was to Russia’s benefit. No direct connection was found but it certainly is suspicious. Snowden is in Russia. It makes sense to me that he would be doing stuff in Russia’s best interest. They support him; he supports them. Maybe even not entirely willingly. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5612 "2016-09-02T03:58:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Snowden is in Russia. It makes sense to me that he would be doing stuff in Russia’s best interest. They support him; he supports them. Maybe even not entirely willingly. It isn’t Snowden who’s releasing this information, it’s Wikileaks. Assange is in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5613 "2016-09-02T03:59:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Snowden is in Russia. It makes sense to me that he would be doing stuff in Russia’s best interest. They support him; he supports them. Maybe even not entirely willingly. While it is true Snowden is in Russia, the owner of Wikileaks is Julian Assange who is in self-exile in Embassy of Ecuador in London. Edit: Just like **Rick Kitchen** said. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5614 "2016-09-02T04:03:15Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > You can’t always get what you want > But if you try sometime you find > You get what you need > My guess is it is a message to the party, “you may not like me , but I am the nominee, and I am what the country needs, so get on board.” > > . Perfect illustration of how he is incapable of crossing over to a general election campaign because of his narcissism. He has no idea that this will be the epitaph on his friggin tombstone, and that of his base. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5615 "2016-09-02T04:10:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It isn’t Snowden who’s releasing this information, it’s Wikileaks. Assange is in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. I don’t think a big wikileaks dump will have much effect on the election no matter what is in it. Any thing that comes from hacking Hillary’s email server in the past is immediately suspect as there is very good reason to suspect that the hackers are funded by Russia and that they will have inserted whatever incriminating evidence they want in with genuine emails. Clinton will deny that the leaked documents are genuine, Trump supporters will rant about it but in the end I don’t think it will change many people’s minds who weren’t already going to vote for Trump. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5616 "2016-09-02T04:12:41Z")
The Internet is using “Taco trucks on every corner” as a reason to vote \*\*\*for \*\*\*Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5617 "2016-09-02T04:22:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Internet is using “Taco trucks on every corner” as a reason to vote \*\*\*for \*\*\*Hillary. Seriously, that just sounds amazing. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5618 "2016-09-02T04:53:14Z")
How long until someone lets Mrs. Clinton know that the internet is clamoring for her to promise “a taco truck on every corner” and she slyly references it in a speech or Q&A session thereby proving that she’s cooler than anyone thought and gaining a bunch of votes? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5619 "2016-09-02T05:06:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Internet is using “Taco trucks on every corner” as a reason to vote \*\*\*for \*\*\*Hillary. Wait are they Tex-Mex or genuine Mexican style Taco’s? That makes a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5620 "2016-09-02T07:02:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It isn’t Snowden who’s releasing this information, it’s Wikileaks. Assange is in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. And if anyone doubts Assange is a Russian stooge, when the Panama leak came out showing the Putin’s cronies have money stashed overseas, Assange attacked it. That rapist is a piece of scum. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5621 "2016-09-02T07:05:24Z")
We don’t know he is a rapist, but we do know he is scum. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5622 "2016-09-02T07:16:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > On a lighter note, the USA Freedom Kids dance troupe [sues Trump.](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/01/trump-campaign-sued-by-child-entertainers-over-broken-deal.html) A verbal agreement? With that snake? Good luck with that. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=280) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=282)