# The Omnibus Trump Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543 "2015-07-18T20:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/141 "2015-07-29T17:07:19Z")
You gotta admit, the guy knows how to troll. Some of the SDMB trolls could learn a thing or two from him. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/142 "2015-07-29T17:56:40Z")
Didn’t he just call a breastfeeding woman disgusting? Give him credit, he doesn’t hold back on giving you his opinion of you. I’m picturing him shaking hands with supporters. “Hey, how are you? I don’t care. You’re ugly.” ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/143 "2015-07-29T20:10:10Z")
Hey, you gotta admire someone for having strong opinions and stating them, right? Right…? Okay, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/144 "2015-07-29T20:17:43Z")
I’m watching his act right now and he says he’s not sure if Hillary will even be able to run, because “what she did is a criminal act. She _burned up_ the emails! She got rid of her hard-drive!” Sorry, Amy Schumer. The real “Trainwreck” will be the coming debates. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/145 "2015-07-30T01:50:42Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Hey, you gotta admire someone for having strong opinions and stating them, right? > > Right…? > > Okay, not so much. You mean like Hitler? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/146 "2015-07-30T04:06:38Z")
[http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/kochs-freeze-out-trump-120752.html](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/kochs-freeze-out-trump-120752.html) \*\* The Kochs freeze out Donald Trump\*\* Continued stiff-arming by the powerful Koch network could limit Trump’s ability to build a professional campaign operation. > [@](#): > > …The Koch brothers are freezing out Donald Trump from their influential political operation — denying him access to their state-of-the-art data and refusing to let him speak to their gatherings of grass-roots activists or major donors…Koch-backed policy and political outfits is using behind-the-scenes influence to challenge Trump more forcefully than the Republican Party establishment — by limiting his access to the support and data that would help him translate his lead in the polls into a sustainable White House campaign… OK, its Politico. So, grain of salt, minimum. Still… Trump Vs Koch, Tag Team Steel Cage Death Match…Sunday, Sunday…SUNDAY!! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/147 "2015-07-30T04:49:15Z")
Some of these are old, and some are more recent. > [@](#): > > The Collected Quotes of Donald Trump on “the Blacks” [http://gawker.com/the-collected-quotes-of-donald-trump-on-the-blacks-1719961925](http://gawker.com/the-collected-quotes-of-donald-trump-on-the-blacks-1719961925) A few samples > [@](#): > > “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don’t have an advantage or this and that… I’ve said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.’’ > … > “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/148 "2015-07-30T05:21:12Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Hey, you gotta admire someone for having strong opinions and stating them, right? > > Right…? > > Okay, not so much. Actually, you do. All politicians should speak like Trump. I’d just like to think that’s what’s inside their heads isn’t so alarming. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/149 "2015-07-30T05:36:20Z")
Sorry, but I can’t admire stupid opinions or, even worse, evil and destructive opinions. How sincerely they’re held and how honestly they’re stated doesn’t matter. ETA: In any case, I’m not convinced of Trump’s sincerity. He supported Hillary Clinton in the past and donated to Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/150 "2015-07-30T06:06:02Z")
Trump’s unusually awful though. Most people are quite reasonable and thoughtful, with just a few weird or untenable ideas. Although given the mental illness that seems to be common among political professionals, probably all of them think like Trump, they just listen to their handlers better. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/151 "2015-07-30T06:13:53Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Didn’t he just call a breastfeeding woman disgusting? Give him credit, he doesn’t hold back on giving you his opinion of you. I’m picturing him shaking hands with supporters. “Hey, how are you? I don’t care. You’re ugly.” I just saw an article about this. [Trump to Breastfeeding Mom: ‘You’re Disgusting’](https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/trump-to-breastfeeding-mom-youre-disgusting-125350815777.html), Rachel Bertsche, Yahoo Parenting News, July 29, 2015. > [@](#): > > Presidential candidate Donald Trump called a lawyer and breastfeeding mother “disgusting” after she requested a break from a deposition in order to pump, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday. > > According to the paper, lawyer Elizabeth Beck was questioning Trump in 2011 about a failed Florida real estate project. Beck, with her husband, represented clients who claimed to lose thousands of dollars in the deal. At one point, Beck, who had a 3-month-old daughter, requested a medical break which was contested by Trump and his lawyers, who wanted to continue, the Times says. That’s when Beck took out her breast pump to show that her request was urgent — she needed to pump for her infant. “You’re disgusting,” Trump told Beck before leaving the room. Note the incident happened in 2011 but is just being reported today. Article includes link to alleged NYT article that seems to be a broken or defunct link. Googling for it, this might be it: [Donald Trump Calls Lawyer in Breastfeeding Incident ‘A Horrible Person’](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/29/donald-trump-calls-lawyer-in-breast-pump-incident-a-horrible-person/), reported yesterday. The incident may be old, but Trump stood by it when questioned about it yesterday (July 28 apparently). Nobody denies the incident happened, although the parties tell it a little differently. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/152 "2015-07-30T06:19:24Z")
More recently though, Trump made clear that he isn’t hustling after the kiddie vote, nor apparently the mommy vote either: > [@](#): > > Trump hasn’t spoken publicly much about his views on breastfeeding, working mothers, or working families in general. He did, however, congratulate himself in Iowa in April after he withheld from screaming at a crying baby. During a speech, he called out an infant who was crying, as well as the little one’s parents. “And did you notice that baby was crying through half of the speech and I didn’t get angry?,” he said, according to Raw Story. “Not once. Did you notice that? That baby was driving me crazy. I didn’t get angry once because I didn’t want to insult the parents for not taking the kid out of the room!” > > Later, he pointed out, “I have great restraint.” [From same Yahoo article mentioned just above.](https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/trump-to-breastfeeding-mom-youre-disgusting-125350815777.html) He certainly doesn’t have great restraint when it comes to congratulating himself for not being such a magnificent jackass. Damning himself with faint praise much? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/153 "2015-07-30T06:25:27Z")
Has he actually even articulated any real policy proposals yet, or is he just saying a bunch of random stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/154 "2015-07-30T06:30:21Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Has he actually even articulated any real policy proposals yet, or is he just saying a bunch of random stuff? He’s gonna build a wall, remember? Create lot of jobs for the stonemasons. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/155 "2015-07-30T06:31:32Z")
It’s already the law to build a wall. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/156 "2015-07-30T07:21:16Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > He’s gonna build a wall, remember? Create lot of jobs for the stonemasons. Probably Latino crews from behind Home Depot, ironically. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/157 "2015-07-30T11:36:09Z")
Here’s a video of a NH focus group on why they like Trump. The focus group is about 2:30 into the video. Unfortunately you can’t skip ahead and have to play it from the beginning (at least that’s how it works for me). Among other things they think that a Trump presidency would be “classy”. > **[NH focus group finds the positives in Trump](https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/nh-focus-group-finds-the-positives-in-trump-494070851605)** > > Top Talkers: New Hampshire voters got a chance to weigh in on Donald Trump during a focus group, and the majority seemed in support of him for president. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/158 "2015-07-30T11:41:13Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Among other things they think that a Trump presidency would be “classy”. Trump could be an antonym for classy… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/159 "2015-07-30T11:51:34Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Trump could be an antonym for classy… Right. That video is a real jaw dropper. It’s scary. The people in that video are obviously not exactly Wall Street CEOs, but they say that Trump is “one of us”. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543/160 "2015-07-30T11:52:13Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Probably Latino crews from behind Home Depot, ironically. If the Mexicans are going to pay for the wall they might as well get the jobs, too. I can just imaging President Trump turning the East Room into an indoor pool with swim-up bar. It’s gonna be HUGE! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-trump-pit-thread/725543.md?page=9)