Posted on 04/29/2011 1:13:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via Mediaite, which has excerpts from last night’s F-bomb cavalcade. One of our commenters in Headlines watched the clip and observed that Trump is basically a leftist caricature of Republicans brought to life. Precisely — but with the caveat that something like 20 percent of the GOP wants to embrace the caricature. (That number might already be slipping.) He knows he’s too compromised on conservative principles to get traction with the base so he overcompensates with tell-it-like-it-is populist bravado aimed at framing himself as the ultimate regular-guy outsider. Calling the Chinese MFers is the logical extension of that; if he can’t address economic anxieties with a serious policy solution, at least he can do it with rhetorical empowerment. That’s why Reagan, who did have a serious Cold War strategy, didn’t have to say “Tear down this motherf***ing wall” instead.
Just to follow up on the point about leftist caricature, though, I’m intrigued by this tidbit from his trip to New Hampshire:
Even as reporters assailed him with questions this week about the president’s birth certificate, Mr. Trump sought to dispel any notion that his candidacy is a public relations gimmick. He dangled the idea that reporters would be “surprised” by what he announces next month, soon after his NBC television show ends for the season on May 22.
“When the show is over, I will be free to announce,” he said. “I think you will be surprised at a number of things, but I think you will be surprised at what my announcement is.”
He’s not dumb, so he surely realizes by now that he has no shot at winning. As much as voters may enjoy this sort of “f*** the world” pandering on the stump, they’re not going to entrust the nuclear arsenal to a guy prone to rhetoric like this. Remember how Howard Dean, another man of righteous rage, was ahead in the polls until the primaries began and he suddenly realized that he was a bit too “much” for most Democrats? Trump will experience that too. So he’s almost certainly not going to run, in which case, what will the “surprising” announcement be? If he walked out and admitted that this has all been a goof aimed at seeing just how far he could get in the GOP polls using lowest-common-denominator populist rhetoric, it’d be one of the great pranks of all time. Liberals would go from loathing him to building statues of him in an instant. I know he’s not going to say that — realistically, he’ll give some excuse about being “better able to influence the process on the outside” or whatever — but still. It’d be epic. Content warning for what follows, if you please.
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO OF HIS SPEECH
Donald, don’t sugar coat it, tell us what you really feel.
I’d swear Trump is a Clinton plant.
Who knows, Soros might be bankrolling the guy. He seems like he could be bought.
And the answer from Beijing is;
“Okay, we won’t buy any more of your debt instruments. Will look for your new address on history’s junk pile.”
Ivanka is quite the something, just the same!
“The Donald”, doing the job Hillary couldn’t do for herself....taking out Zero. Trump is clearing the way for another Hillary run.....stand back and watch cuz its gonna be fun. Trump is going to destroy obama so Hillary doesn’t get her hands dirty....red
IIRC, Richard Nixon was known for cussing like that, although in private rather than in press conferences. Unless Trump has an epiphany and cleans up his language, nobody in the “religious Right” will want him.
Uncle Sam: Are you kidding, China? You run on American IOUs even if you get them in the guise of some other country’s official currency. If we quit ordering products from you your house of cards would meet a total-destruction tornado.
Anything’s possible, but The Donald is no Ross Perot.
He’s a NYer, what do you expect? Some find the plain talk refreshing as well as the courage. All hands on deck to destroy these commies.
Pray for America
Interesting, how we and the communists depend on one another, ain’t it?
/Ivanka is still quite a chunk of awesomeness.
Unfortunately, Trump is a loose cannon and a threat to conservative control of government. He is the worst kind of demagogue, a demagogue with large amounts of financial resources. He could help in the battle for conservative control if he uses his vast resources to effectively attack Democrats. This speech indicates that his attacks will hurt conservatives. He should be blaming Obama, Pelosi, and Reed instead of the Saudis and Chinese. Of course, I have no illusions that the Saudis and Chinese act in their own interests, often not coinciding with their interests. We have little control over policies adopted by the Saudis and Chinese. Across the board tariffs will be devasting to our economy.
He should save his F-ombs for our unholy trinty and their dirty allies. The unholy trinty is destroying our economy.
Maybe China will threaten to stop making Trump’s cheap line of clothing. What a hypocrite.
Oh, and I still hold that the future belongs to India. Both the United States and China are obviously senescent.
GOOD! Then we can start balancing the budget. Trump described them perfectly.
Since I have no control over him, I will enjoy the show since I believe he is not really going to run, for a number of business-related reasons.
If I turn out to be wrong, there will be plenty of time to wail and gnash my teeth.
Yeah, I read about that. I can forgive a clown, but I’ll never tolerate a hypocrite.
China aside, until the parasite/producer ratio is reversed, we’re inevitably doomed.
As people back home say, “There’s too many ticks for the dog.”
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