# What's with the extreme reactions in Donald Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907 "2016-03-04T08:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/61 "2016-03-04T17:37:47Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Donald Trump does not represent the influence peddlers who back political candidates Donald Drumpf _is_ an influence peddler who’s backed political candidates and has confessed/claimed on live TV during a debate to paying them to do whatever he wants them to. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/62 "2016-03-04T17:53:18Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Donald Trump does not represent the influence peddlers who back political candidates That’s because Trump _is_ one of the influence peddlers. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/63 "2016-03-04T17:55:29Z")
The OP is so disingenuous as to not warrant further direct address. As for whether or not Trump deserves ridicule and scorn: > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Fortunately, Trump is proving himself such an idiot and alienating so many moderates and undecideds that, while he may win the nomination, he has absolutely no chance of winning in the general election. Mark my words: people will come to the polls just to vote against him. Given his previous loyalties to the Clintons, it would not surprise me one bit to learn his actual plan is to shatter the Republican party while simultaneously locking up the significant lunatic fringe of their electorate. He knows he’s being a cow–FFS he makes Andrew Dice-Clay seem presidential–and that people will vote _against_ him. That’s the point. The other half of the plan is for Clinton to clinch the Democratic nomination–which seemed so easy when her competition was Professor Milquetoast and some unknown rabid Jewish commie. Should she do that, and the race narrow to Trump v. Clinton, Ms. Clinton can rest assured she will be the next president, and Mr. Trump can enjoy elevated notoriety while he does business as usual. He is many things, but Trump is not a fool. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/64 "2016-03-04T18:01:36Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Was he really talking, unprompted, about the size of his penis in a debate for the party nomination to stand for President? > > How is the world to take the USA seriously. Now, now, Trump was just practicing for his first meeting with Putin. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/65 "2016-03-04T18:03:57Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Given his previous loyalties to the Clintons, it would not surprise me one bit to learn his actual plan is to shatter the Republican party while simultaneously locking up the significant lunatic fringe of their electorate. He knows he’s being a cow–FFS he makes Andrew Dice-Clay seem presidential–and that people will vote _against_ him. That’s the point. The other half of the plan is for Clinton to clinch the Democratic nomination–which seemed so easy when her competition was Professor Milquetoast and some unknown rabid Jewish commie. Should she do that, and the race narrow to Trump v. Clinton, Ms. Clinton can rest assured she will be the next president, and Mr. Trump can enjoy elevated notoriety while he does business as usual. He is many things, but Trump is not a fool. Or, alternatively, Trump really does believe that he’s the smartest person in the room and that if he were in charge he could just roll up his sleeves and Get Things Done. We’re not looking at a master manipulator here - we’re looking at a vain, petty man who holds 30-year grudges over the size of his fingers, constantly speaks before thinking about what he means to say and doesn’t bother to make sure anything he’s saying is based on any source than his own status as smartest person in the room, and is constantly taking every available opportunity to remind everyone around him that he’s very rich, very smart, and everybody loves him. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/66 "2016-03-04T18:25:04Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Ridicule is a standard tactic of the Democrat collective. And by “Democrat collective,” you mean Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Mitt Romney? I don’t think I’ve ever heard Hillary use Trump’s name. Except when talking about the campaign contributions she got from him, of course. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/67 "2016-03-04T18:26:54Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > And by “Democrat collective,” you mean Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Mitt Romney? > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard Hillary use Trump’s name. Except when talking about the campaign contributions she got from him, of course. What about when she attacked him for being sexist, and then he mentioned her husband and she never brought it up again. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/68 "2016-03-04T18:34:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The question here is: Can The Powers That Be get the Republican base to hate Trump more than they hate Clinton in this short amount of time? I’m not convinces that said Powers actually be. They can throw some money around, but money ain’t what it used to be what with social media and the internet. Their powers have been greatly diminished from what they be a generation ago. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/69 "2016-03-04T18:36:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Or, alternatively, Trump really does believe that he’s the smartest person in the room … In all deference to the rest of your post, have you seen who’s been in the room with him lately? Not sure I’d be eager to disagree with him on that point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/70 "2016-03-04T18:37:45Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > …Given his previous loyalties to the Clintons… > > He is many things, but Trump is not a fool. (post shortened) As a businessman, Trump donated to many politicians, including Romney and the Clintons. It was good for business. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/71 "2016-03-04T18:50:41Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Who is America to arm rebels? Just listen to Assad on YouTube. He seems more rational than most US president, vastly more than Obama. He and Alawites, Christians and other minorities are fighting a war for survival against the terrorists. Assad is as much a terrorist as the people he’s fighting. And he’s nuts. He’s stayed in power so long by killing everyone who opposes him and sucking up to Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/72 "2016-03-04T18:53:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > What about when she attacked him for being sexist, and then he mentioned her husband and she never brought it up again. Why should she bring it up again now? Hillary Clinton wants Trump to get the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/73 "2016-03-04T19:04:05Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I do think that some reactions to Donald Trump are over the top. He _is_ an amoral scumbag unfit to be President, but some of the cures people have suggested are far worse than the disease. And how exactly is this different than most politicians? As far as I can tell, Trump is just honest about it while the rest of the pols try to hide it. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/74 "2016-03-04T19:34:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > What about when she attacked him for being sexist, and then he mentioned her husband and she never brought it up again. Something she said a few weeks back pales in comparison to the daily Republican pile-on of how Trump is a walking disaster. “My party has gone batshit crazy,” isn’t that what Lindsey Graham just recently said? ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/75 "2016-03-04T19:52:11Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Something she said a few weeks back pales in comparison to the daily Republican pile-on of how Trump is a walking disaster. “My party has gone batshit crazy,” isn’t that what Lindsey Graham just recently said? Lindsey Graham? Isn’t he one of the former GOP candidates for President? He may think that the guy(s) who beat him aren’t good enough to have beaten him but they did beat him. The voters have spoken. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/76 "2016-03-04T19:53:20Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Lindsey Graham? Isn’t he one of the former GOP candidates for President? He may think that the guy(s) who beat him aren’t good enough to have beaten him but they did beat him. The voters have spoken. The voters are batshit insane. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/77 "2016-03-04T19:58:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Why should she bring it up again now? Hillary Clinton wants Trump to get the nomination. The Clintons took a poke at Trump and they both turned tail and ran when Trump counter-poked. Yep, Hillary really wants Trump to get the nomination so they can go face-to-face from the convention to the general. :smack: And the Democrats really wanted to lose control of both houses of Congress during Obama’s reign. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/78 "2016-03-04T20:37:14Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Was he really talking, unprompted, about the size of his penis in a debate for the party nomination to stand for President? > > How is the world to take the USA seriously. As if there aren’t lunatics in every country in the world. Or deluded religious fundamentalists. Or inveterate liars who believe every word that they say regardless of its actual truth. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/79 "2016-03-04T20:42:40Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > I don’t know about all that. > > But, I do think that people that have been labeling him racist, sexist, a clown, Hitler, etc are really just discrediting themselves. Criticize his lack of detail, his repetitive statements that don’t mean anything, his way of doing business, his plans that you disagree with, fine, but as soon as you label him you’ve lost. But, people who are anti-Trump can’t seem to help themselves and that’s a big part of what’s propelling him. Let’s not try to twist things too much. People who have been labeling him racist, sexist, a clown, a liar, and SIMILAR to Hitler have only to quote his multitude of comments along these lines to have credibility. Your unsubstantiated claims are the ones which lack it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907/80 "2016-03-04T20:48:50Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Ridicule is a standard tactic of the Democrat collective. If you can’t beat 'em, make fun of 'em. Unfortunately for them, the tactic has lost it’s sting. The voters have decided that it doesn’t matter what lame-assed tactic the other side uses because the other side does not have their best interests at heart. The other side is provideing smoke, mirrors, and horseshit. Really? Have you been watching anything of what Trump says? He is the one who started with the ridicule. So tell me…do you seriously and realistically believe Donald Trump has your “best interests at heart?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-extreme-reactions-in-donald-trump/747907.md?page=5)