# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1741 "2016-06-22T06:24:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Trump fools a bunch of evangelicals.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-kenneth-copeland_us_5769880de4b065534f47fb24) > > Talk about awkward. Wonder when they will figure out that he really belongs to a faith that summons dementors. > **[Trump aide denies that recording reveals Trump posing as nonexistent spokesman](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/trump-aide-denies-that-recording-reveals-trump-posing-as-nonexistent-spokesman/)** > > A top aide to Donald Trump said on Sunday he did not believe the Republican presidential front-runner posed as his own spokesman to brag about his personal life, a controversy that came as Democrats sharpen their attacks on the billionaire's... 😃 Oh and the article under the picture refers to how prone Trump is to become a false witness, you would think the evangelicals would have a problem with that… ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1742 "2016-06-22T08:26:50Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > The Guardian article is pretty solid in its assessment. I think they’re overlooking the racism in some parts of the country, like the Deep South, but I do think that a large part of the appeal is the fact that he’s just a rich guy who fucks with people without consequence. It’s a good point: northern Cali might not be the most representative, or relevant, place. But then neither is the Deep South. I kind of wish he had reported from a rally in Ohio or Florida. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1743 "2016-06-22T12:44:20Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Is Merck three guys and a phony advertising agency? No. And? The point and the only point is that is that a company trying to develop a new product may not be publishing data and the fact that they are not does not mean much. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1744 "2016-06-22T13:06:46Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > No. > > And? > > The point and the only point is that is that a company trying to develop a new product may not be publishing data and the fact that they are not does not mean much. But this Xenotherapeutics supposedly is not a “company,” it is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1745 "2016-06-22T13:44:37Z")
The Fortune article I linked above mentions that they structured it that way because there’s not enough money in burn treatments to attract venture capitalists. Also > [@](#): > > Upon returning to the U.S., Holzer worked as a pre-doctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, where one of the doctors was working on a technology related to a genetically-modified line of pigs, in which the goal was to enable big solid organ transplant tolerance without a lifetime regimen of immunosuppressants. One byproduct was that the skin could act as temporary wound coverage, and Holzer and his Mass General boss—Dr. Curt Cetrulo, who recently helped complete the first-ever penis transplant for a cancer survivor—published some related research, and then chose to launch XenoTherapeutics (where Cetrulo serves as chief medical officer). So I’m not sure what IP they may or may not have - they are taking from existing research and trying to make a product out of it. But this is a little silly. It really has nothing to do with the political work Draper Sterling might have done. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1746 "2016-06-22T13:57:19Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > The Fortune article I linked above mentions that they structured it that way because there’s not enough money in burn treatments to attract venture capitalists. Also > > So I’m not sure what IP they may or may not have - they are taking from existing research and trying to make a product out of it. > > But this is a little silly. It really has nothing to do with the political work Draper Sterling might have done. It’s simple. They’re trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1747 "2016-06-22T14:59:49Z")
This speech is funny. “Hillary Clinton gave China our jobs. Our best jobs!” The applause lines crack me up - what, he’s got 13 people in the audience or something? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1748 "2016-06-22T15:06:38Z")
“Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Islam is now the dominating ideology in the Middle East.” ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1749 "2016-06-22T15:07:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This speech is funny. “Hillary Clinton gave China our jobs. Our best jobs!” > > The applause lines crack me up - what, he’s got 13 people in the audience or something? Trump’s been trying to bring his clothing line back here from China since 2011. He’s promising to bring back millions of jobs but he can’t even manage a few hundred? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1750 "2016-06-22T15:09:21Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Islam is now the dominating ideology in the Middle East.” Hillary Clinton is a really amazing person. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1751 "2016-06-22T15:09:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Islam is now the dominating ideology in the Middle East.” Ok, that’s it, if he really said that a team of angry historians are going to take him out with a tome or two of Toynbee’s “A Study of History”. The republicans should start looking for a replacement. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1752 "2016-06-22T15:12:00Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Islam is now the dominating ideology in the Middle East.” Seriously, he said that? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1753 "2016-06-22T15:13:48Z")
Just reviewed it, sorry, I misquoted. “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant power in the Middle East.” My bad. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1754 "2016-06-22T15:17:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This speech is funny. Basically, it seems to boil down to two talking points: 1. I’m a genius because I made lots of money. 2. Hillary is a crook because she made lots of money. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1755 "2016-06-22T15:17:56Z")
So does that mean we should say “peace be upon her” every time we say Hillary’s name? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1756 "2016-06-22T15:19:33Z")
The Donald is not known for fact-checking before he spouts things that appear in his brain only milliseconds before he says them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1757 "2016-06-22T15:19:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Just reviewed it, sorry, I misquoted. “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant power in the Middle East.” > > My bad. ☹ I thought it was Bush that took down Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1758 "2016-06-22T15:21:12Z")
Interesting article in [the National Review.](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/436890/did-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-rape-13-year-old-girl) Did Trump rape a 13 year old in 1993? Is this just someone trying to make a quick buck in a law suit long after the statute of limitations expired? I don’t expect much to come of the suit, but could this get any traction? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1759 "2016-06-22T15:23:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Just reviewed it, sorry, I misquoted. “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant power in the Middle East.” > > My bad. ☹ > [@running\_coach](#): > > I thought it was Bush that took down Iraq. Yeah, exactly. Blaming Clinton for Iran’s dominance is almost as stupid as blaming her for Islam. Is Trump reading this speech or just giving us another of his famous improv routines? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1760 "2016-06-22T15:26:32Z")
“Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant Islamic power in the Middle East, and on the road to nuclear weapons.” This is the quote [from Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/transcript-trump-speech-on-the-stakes-of-the-election-224654). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=89)