# 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:** 333
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6643 "2016-09-17T16:00:45Z")
I like Mark Cuban more and more. ---
**Author:** ![Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6644 "2016-09-17T16:13:55Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Mark Cuban [trolls The Orange King of Bullshit Mountain](http://time.com/4497748/donald-trump-mark-cuban-interview-challenge/): > > That #4 in particular is going to leave a mark. 😃 Mark Cuban is butt hurt and pathetic. Long before Trump was a candidate, Cuban had a television show called the Benefactor that failed while Trump’s Apprentice succeeded wildly. Trump trolled him good. Cuban can’t accept like Hillary that he has no charisma. He is so jealous of the attention Trump is getting. Cuban tries to get attention but no one cares what he thinks. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6645 "2016-09-17T16:43:05Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Mark Cuban is butt hurt and pathetic. > > Long before Trump was a candidate, Cuban had a television show called the Benefactor that failed while Trump’s Apprentice succeeded wildly. Trump trolled him good. Cuban can’t accept like Hillary that he has no charisma. He is so jealous of the attention Trump is getting. Cuban tries to get attention but no one cares what he thinks. Cuban is much, much richer and more successful than Trump. Trump is an incredible loser compared to Cuban, who is far smarter and a much better businessman than Trump. No wonder Trump is so afraid to face someone who’s clearly accomplished and earned so much more than him. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6646 "2016-09-17T17:03:37Z")
I love Mark Cuban even more now. ---
**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 17, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6647 "2016-09-17T17:16:07Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Mark Cuban is butt hurt and pathetic. > > Long before Trump was a candidate, Cuban had a television show called the Benefactor that failed while Trump’s Apprentice succeeded wildly. Trump trolled him good. Cuban can’t accept like Hillary that he has no charisma. He is so jealous of the attention Trump is getting. Cuban tries to get attention but no one cares what he thinks. Hilarious. Mark Cuban’s a verified billionaire. Trump’s…not. Mark Cuban started life as a middle class kid of an automobile upholsterer. Trump started life as the privileged child of a real estate baron who set up his son in business. Additionally, Trump has run numerous casinos and resort hotels into the ground, as well as many other enterprises with his name on them (game, bottled water, supplements, steaks, magazine, vodka, mortgage, airline, etc). How is Cuban butthurt again? What makes him pathetic? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6648 "2016-09-17T17:27:56Z")
Higher TeeVee ratings. Apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6649 "2016-09-17T17:54:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Mark Cuban [trolls The Orange King of Bullshit Mountain](http://time.com/4497748/donald-trump-mark-cuban-interview-challenge/): > > > [@](#): > > > > 1. @realDonaldTrump I’ll add an option. If you need it, I’ll write you the check and you can keep the money rather than give it to charity > > That #4 in particular is going to leave a mark. 😃 Trump may _never_ have had that much in ready cash before (his assets being ‘on paper,’ with value decided by How He Feels That Day)–he’s got to have spent at least a _little_ time considering accepting Cuban’s offer. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6650 "2016-09-17T17:56:35Z")
Cuban’s an asshole, too. He wouldn’t cough it up. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6651 "2016-09-17T19:12:04Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Mark Cuban is butt hurt and pathetic. > > Long before Trump was a candidate, Cuban had a television show called the Benefactor that failed while Trump’s Apprentice succeeded wildly. Trump trolled him good. Cuban can’t accept like Hillary that he has no charisma. He is so jealous of the attention Trump is getting. Cuban tries to get attention but no one cares what he thinks. I care deeply about Trump’s policy proposals and how well he understands them. This is a great opportunity for him to shine a light on one aspect of his campaign he has totally undersold, to do it for a good cause, and almost certainly gain a lot of positive media buzz. Well, I mean, it would be if he actually had coherent policy proposals. But he doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6652 "2016-09-17T21:33:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Cuban’s an asshole, too. He wouldn’t cough it up. Cuban’s probably a better showman than Trump, so I’d guess he’d find an amusing way to deny Trump the money. Anyway, it’s about time for Trump to run up against some real assholes. Everyone’s been too nice to him so far. He hasn’t had to make any real hardball deals, like, ever. In his life. He needs to come up against a person who’s not only not scared of him, but not wowed by him, and who will amuse themselves by making Trump sweat, and by humiliating Trump in public. ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6653 "2016-09-17T23:53:14Z")
[VICE reporter arrested and jailed for showing up at a Trump event without credentials and asking if he could get some.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/09/vice-reporter-arrested-asking-admission) ---
**Author:** ![Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6654 "2016-09-18T00:25:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [VICE reporter arrested and jailed for showing up at a Trump event without credentials and asking if he could get some.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/09/vice-reporter-arrested-asking-admission) Based on the article, it sounds like the so-called reporter didn’t think the rules applied to him. Vice isn’t a legitimate news organization. Trespassing is trespassing. #white privilege #no means no 🆒 ---
**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:** [September 18, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6655 "2016-09-18T00:29:40Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Based on the article, it sounds like the so-called reporter didn’t think the rules applied to him. Vice isn’t a legitimate news organization. Trespassing is trespassing. > #white privilege > #no means no 🆒 Exactly. Real journalists are never critical of Trump in any way – only a fake journalist would dare to say something bad about him, and therefore obviously be responsible for his own arrest. All hail Trump! ---
**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:** [September 18, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6656 "2016-09-18T00:35:44Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Based on the article, it sounds like the so-called reporter didn’t think the rules applied to him. Vice isn’t a legitimate news organization. Trespassing is trespassing. > #white privilege > #no means no 🆒 What rules? He was never told to stay away or that he would be trespassing if he showed up. A properly run campaign would have notified him if he would be granted credentials. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6657 "2016-09-18T00:54:14Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Based on the article, it sounds like the so-called reporter didn’t think the rules applied to him. Vice isn’t a legitimate news organization. Trespassing is trespassing. > #white privilege > #no means no 🆒 What, you think nobody bothers to click through to the article? Your interpretation is ridiculous and completely unsupported by anything written there. You want to shill for Trump, be my guest, but please put a bit of effort into it. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6658 "2016-09-18T01:04:55Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Based on the article, it sounds like the so-called reporter didn’t think the rules applied to him. Vice isn’t a legitimate news organization. Trespassing is trespassing. > #white privilege > #no means no 🆒 That isn’t even remotely what happened. ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6659 "2016-09-18T01:10:18Z")
Disney and Hearst are co-part owners of Vice media. They have over 100 reporters in 35 bureaus around the world. A vice reporter was kidnapped in Ukraine and held for three days by pro-Russian soldiers, so that probably explains why Trump doesn’t like them. ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6660 "2016-09-18T01:34:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Now reporters are asking him where the $5 million he pledged to give to charities if anybody provided him proof that Obama was born in the US, is. Ooo, I’d forgotten that pledge. Show us the money, Donald! ---
**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:** [September 18, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6661 "2016-09-18T02:48:05Z")
Y’know, \*\*\*“Show Us The Money!” \*\*\*works for his pledge AND his taxes. Cuba Gooding, Jr… we need you to yell that on camera for us! ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6662 "2016-09-18T02:52:26Z")
Tonight, Mr. Trump called former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates “a nasty guy” and “an absolute clown”. Also:[ > [@](#): > > The Republican nominee suggests that Gates “probably has a problem we don’t know about” and claims that he would be “so much better at what he’s doing” than Gates. ]([http://elections.ap.org/content/latest-trump-calls-former-pentagon-chief-clown](http://elections.ap.org/content/latest-trump-calls-former-pentagon-chief-clown)) Sec. Gates worked for both Republican and Democratic presidents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=334)