Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign

[Leaper]

Bet Hillary can’t wait for the foreign policy debate…

[SlackerInc]

@Boyo_Jim

Is sounded to me more like Trump would re-write the deals and decide whether any particular country was paying “enough”. I think Trump USA would be far more likely the country that would end up not honoring already existing agreements.

Don’t we owe the UN a shitload of dough?

I agree that substantively, this is one of the worst things he’s ever said. But it’s too dry and wonky to get the attention of most voters, alas.

@Lord_Feldon

And Trump is relying on the party apparatus much more heavily than previous candidates since he has such a bare-bones campaign. Guess who controls the Republican Party in Ohio?

Good call: Trump’s Feud with Kasich Backfires In Ohio

[Leaper]

@SlackerInc

Good call: https://politicalwire.com/2016/07/21/trumps-feud-with-kasich-backfires-in-ohio/

I thought Manafort was the experienced political operator?

[running_coach]

@Leaper

I thought Manafort was the experienced political operator?

He is.
Scary, isn’t it?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Here’s Jeffrey Goldberg’s excellent analysis in The Atlantic of how three key Republicans have abdicated their responsibility to stand up to Trump: Jeffrey Goldberg on the Republican Party's Hollow Men - The Atlantic

[Northern_Piper]

I first heard of Chris Christie when he defended the Muslim judge and came out with the line “This is crazy! I’m tired of the crazies!”

I thought that maybe, just maybe, there was a senior Republican politician standing up for principles of equality and good judgment.

Now he’s Aide-de-Camp to the King of the Crazies, at Ground Zero in Crazy-Town.

«Le sigh.»

[coremelt]

@SlackerInc

Don’t we owe the UN a shitload of dough?

Yep, the US is the only member of the permanent security council to be behind on it’s payments.
http://untribune.com/as-obama-heads-to-general-assembly-us-debt-to-un-balloons-to-3-billion/

Of course republicans seem to think the UN is a worthless institution and waste of money.

[Rick_Kitchen]

Paul Manafort:

Women in this country feel they can’t afford their lives,*** their husbands*** can’t afford to pay for the family bills. Hillary Clinton is guilty of being a part of the establishment that created that problem. They’re going to hear the message and as they hear the message that’s how we’re going to appeal to them.

[adaher]

It’s not a bad strategy. Trump needs to settle on one message: the political class has failed, The political class has failed. The political class has failed. It’s the only effective thing about his candidacy.

[running_coach]

@coremelt

Yep, the US is the only member of the permanent security council to be behind on it’s payments.
http://untribune.com/as-obama-heads-to-general-assembly-us-debt-to-un-balloons-to-3-billion/

Of course republicans seem to think the UN is a worthless institution and waste of money.

This way, the U.N. can’t afford to take over the USA.

[elucidator]

They can’t afford not to, with all those trillions and trillions of dollars pouring in to the US.

[SlackerInc]

@Leaper

I thought Manafort was the experienced political operator?

Right? But this week, he has not shown it.

[adaher]

Look what he has to work with. Professional politicians know to just let the handlers feed them their lines and handle the messaging.

[Mighty_Girl]

@Bridget_Burke

If you start throwing small countries to the wolves, it just encourages the wolves…

It’s just Poland, after all. Anyway, have you ever tried chopped liver? It sucks. No loss here.

[Siam_Sam]

The Secret Service is investigating an informal Trump aide after he calls for Hillary’s execution for treason.

[VinylTurnip]

@adaher

It’s not a bad strategy. Trump needs to settle on one message: the political class has failed, The political class has failed. The political class has failed. It’s the only effective thing about his candidacy.

TrumpOn! Apply directly to the forehead!

[jsc1953]

We now have a clearer picture of Republican strategy in the general.

1. Attack Hillary on 2 fronts. Negate her experience by pinning all the chaos in the Middle East on her (unfairly, but never mind). Negate her judgment with email/Benghazi. This can be effective.

2. Our nation is a dark apocalyptic hellscape of ISIS-trained Mexican immigrants swarming over the border and taking our jobs and shooting cops, and only Donald can stop it. This is pure fantasy, but seems to resonate with some sizable portion of the electorate.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Not a majority of the Electoral College, far from it, I think. But Trump has surprised me (always to my chagrin) before.

[elucidator]

Well, then, lets have this fight. The Forces of Darkness appear to be convinced beyond all reason that they are the Americans, the vast, silent majority. Lets draw the lines stark and clear, and then vote. If the truth is dark and terrible, at least we will know.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@elucidator

Well, then, lets have this fight. The Forces of Darkness appear to be convinced beyond all reason that they are the Americans, the vast, silent majority. Lets draw the lines stark and clear, and then vote. If the truth is dark and terrible, at least we will know.

I can picture the outcome of a straight-up Trump victory, and it’s bad.
I can picture the outcome of a straight-up Clinton victory, and it’s good.
I can picture 2000-In-Reverse, where Trump gets more votes but Clinton wins.

That last one would be . . . is interesting the right word? Yeah, let’s say “interesting”.