# Trump's Republican primary campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828 "2015-09-03T18:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 209
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4166 "2016-05-26T15:03:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Trump admits to using aliases two weeks after denying it.](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/donald-trump-publicist-alias-jimmy-kimmel-live) > > So it wasn’t him except when it was, which he denies although he only did it as a joke. > > Honesty! I wonder what his drones on CNN are saying now after swearing it wasn’t his voice on the tape. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4167 "2016-05-26T15:05:39Z")
Is nobody going to mention that Trump has reached his delegate count? [According to the AP, anyway (as reported by BBC)](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36392084) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4168 "2016-05-26T15:10:29Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Is nobody going to mention that Trump has reached his delegate count? [According to the AP, anyway (as reported by BBC)](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36392084) That includes unbound delegates. They could always change their minds later. He needs the bound delegates to absolutely lock it down. Unless the GOP pulls some last minute shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![ATLHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@ATLHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ATLHawk)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4169 "2016-05-26T15:15:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Trump admits to using aliases two weeks after denying it.](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/donald-trump-publicist-alias-jimmy-kimmel-live) > > So it wasn’t him except when it was, which he denies although he only did it as a joke. > > Honesty! Aliases in business deals, which is not uncommon. You’re confusing this with him allegedly masquerading as his own spokesman. Personally, [I think he leaked that on purpose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouO6GONuBYE). Guy is playing the press like a fiddle and they have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4170 "2016-05-26T15:54:26Z")
> [@ATLHawk](#): > > Guy is playing the press like a fiddle and they have no clue. Nobody is being played here. Not the press and not the public. This narcissistic buffoonery has gone on too long for anybody to continue to believe there is anything more to this guy than his shameless attention whoring. What’s more, he’s not the least bit serious about being POTUS. I suspect he’s as shocked as anyone that he’s gotten away with it for as long as he has. That’s why he keeps upping the ante by saying things that are more and more absurd. He’s a circus act barker and as long as people keep attending the show, the show must go on. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4171 "2016-05-26T16:16:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I wonder what his drones on CNN are saying now after swearing it wasn’t his voice on the tape. Trump has a disquieting habit of throwing his chief aides under the bus when convenient. I mean even for simple things - it makes them look like there is no “team” in place and nobody actually knows what the message is day to day. As I posted a few days ago in another thread: J[esus, Trump’s own campaign can’t even keep their stories straight.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/24/four-months-later-donald-trump-says-he-gave-1-million-to-veterans-group/)It seems that after the press was trying to figure out if Trump actually kept his promise to give $1 million of his own money away… Trump finally phoned a charity to tell them that “the cheque is in the mail” His own campaign didn’t have a clue though…Trump and his campaign manager are contradicting themselves… > [@](#): > > When asked Tuesday if he had given the money this week only because reporters had been asking about it, Trump responded: “You know, you’re a nasty guy. You’re really a nasty guy. I gave out millions of dollars that I had no obligation to do.” > > Trump’s call on Monday night stood in contradiction to an account given by campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Friday. “The money is fully spent,” Lewandowski said then. “Mr. Trump’s money is fully spent.” > > On Tuesday, Trump said Lewandowski would not have been in a position to know that. “I don’t know that Corey would even know when I gave it out,” Trump said. Let me replay that for you: > [@](#): > > On Tuesday, Trump said Lewandowski would not have been in a position to know that. “I don’t know that Corey would even know when I gave it out,” Trump said. Trump is not even communicating with his own freakin’ campaign manager, and just threw him under the bus. ---
**Author:** ![ATLHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@ATLHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ATLHawk)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4172 "2016-05-26T16:18:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Nobody is being played here. Not the press and not the public. That’s your opinio… > [@](#): > > He’s a circus act barker and as long as people keep attending the show, the show must go on. Hahahaha, good job. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4173 "2016-05-26T16:23:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump is not even communicating with his own freakin’ campaign manager, and just threw him under the bus. That’s going to leave a mark. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4174 "2016-05-26T17:05:16Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump has a disquieting habit of throwing his chief aides under the bus when convenient. I mean even for simple things - it makes them look like there is no “team” in place and nobody actually knows what the message is day to day. > > As I posted a few days ago in another thread: > > J[esus, Trump’s own campaign can’t even keep their stories straight.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/24/four-months-later-donald-trump-says-he-gave-1-million-to-veterans-group/)It seems that after the press was trying to figure out if Trump actually kept his promise to give $1 million of his own money away… Trump finally phoned a charity to tell them that “the cheque is in the mail” > > His own campaign didn’t have a clue though…Trump and his campaign manager are contradicting themselves… > > Let me replay that for you: > Trump is not even communicating with his own freakin’ campaign manager, and just threw him under the bus. Well, to be fair, Mr Lewandowski may have thought that the cheque could have been a little bomb or something. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4175 "2016-05-26T17:34:53Z")
N/m - already mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4176 "2016-05-26T18:52:15Z")
Chris Matthews demonstrated just how easy it is to lead Trump down a line of questions in order to get him to say something. With very little effort Matthews got Trump to say he thinks women ought to be punished for having abortions which Trump later had to back-pedal to get his foot out of his mouth. His arrogance and unpreparadness is going to get him killed in one-on-one debates with Clinton. It’s going to be like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4177 "2016-05-26T18:54:39Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Chris Matthews demonstrated just how easy it is to lead Trump down a line of questions in order to get him to say something. With very little effort Matthews got Trump to say he thinks women ought to be punished for having abortions which Trump later had to back-pedal to get his foot out of his mouth. > His arrogance and unpreparadness is going to get him killed in one-on-one debates with Clinton. > **It’s going to be like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.** Speaking of which, it’s going to be damned awkward when Clinton gets elected if Nicholson is in the same room with her. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ATLHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@ATLHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ATLHawk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4178 "2016-05-27T12:44:23Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Chris Matthews demonstrated just how easy it is to lead Trump down a line of questions in order to get him to say something. With very little effort Matthews got Trump to say he thinks women ought to be punished for having abortions which Trump later had to back-pedal to get his foot out of his mouth. > His arrogance and unpreparadness is going to get him killed in one-on-one debates with Clinton. > It’s going to be like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. I saw Wolf Blitzer yesterday analyzing a picture of what Donald Trump was eating yesterday. He actually said, “Do you notice the ketchup packets?” He even had a commentator evaluate the picture. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4179 "2016-05-27T12:49:09Z")
> [@ATLHawk](#): > > I saw Wolf Blitzer yesterday analyzing a picture of what Donald Trump was eating yesterday. He actually said, “Do you notice the ketchup packets?” He even had a commentator evaluate the picture. Wolf Blitzer is one of the stupidest people on television, so idiocy is no surprise coming from him. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4180 "2016-05-27T12:56:14Z")
> [@ATLHawk](#): > > I saw Wolf Blitzer yesterday analyzing a picture of what Donald Trump was eating yesterday. He actually said, “Do you notice the ketchup packets?” He even had a commentator evaluate the picture. Remember when CNN was a reputable news agency? Long time ago, it was… ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4181 "2016-05-27T12:58:24Z")
> [@ATLHawk](#): > > I saw Wolf Blitzer yesterday analyzing a picture of what Donald Trump was eating yesterday. He actually said, “Do you notice the ketchup packets?” He even had a commentator evaluate the picture. Was Trump having trouble opening the packets with those stubby little fingers? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4182 "2016-05-27T13:10:22Z")
> [@ATLHawk](#): > > I saw Wolf Blitzer yesterday analyzing a picture of what Donald Trump was eating yesterday. He actually said, “Do you notice the ketchup packets?” He even had a commentator evaluate the picture. That’s important news this election cycle. Was he eating a hamburger? That would show he loves Germans. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4183 "2016-05-27T13:28:20Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > That’s important news this election cycle. Was he eating a hamburger? That would show he loves Germans. That’s just good journalism. I forget which network broke the scandal when Obama wanted Dijon mustard on a burger, but that nearly derailed his candidacy that year. All the networks want to be the first to catch a candidate making a condiment error. Say, hypothetically, Trump liked to spoon mayonnaise on his fries. You couldn’t pass up a scoop like that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4184 "2016-05-27T13:56:39Z")
Be ashamed. Be very ashamed. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4185 "2016-05-27T14:10:39Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > That’s just good journalism. I forget which network broke the scandal when Obama wanted Dijon mustard on a burger, but that nearly derailed his candidacy that year. All the networks want to be the first to catch a candidate making a condiment error. Say, hypothetically, Trump liked to spoon mayonnaise on his fries. You couldn’t pass up a scoop like that. Trump would then claim he likes his fries “Pulp Fiction style.” He’s savvy that way, and #MayoOnFriesGate would be ignored like all the other scandals. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=210)