Posted on 09/16/2015 3:40:00 AM PDT by markomalley
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that he speaks for Americans exasperated by a government that ignores their needs and tarnishes their nation’s prestige.
Trump issued his rallying cry from the deck of the USS Iowa, a retired battleship, during a wide-ranging national security address that spent little time on national security.
“This is a movement,” the outspoken billionaire told listeners at the port of Los Angeles. “I love you all.” “I want you people to look around and look at one another because this is going to be a special day,” he said. “People aren’t silent anymore.”
“They are disgusted with our politicians,” Trump argued. “They are disgusted with the people giving our nation away. They are disgusted when a woman who is nine months comes across the border and has a baby, and then they have to take care of that baby for the next 85 years.”
In a speech aimed at America’s current and retired military personnel, Trump claimed that there is no greater travesty than the Veterans Administration’s healthcare system.
“What’s going on is incredible,” he said. “I am with the veterans 100 percent. They are our greatest people [and] they are being treated terribly.”
“Right now, we have illegal immigrants that are treated better, by far, than our veterans,” Trump said.
“That’s not going to happen anymore,” the real estate tycoon added. “You are going to get the greatest service of any veterans in any country because you deserve it.”
Illegal immigration again served as one of Trump’s favorite targets, as he repeated arguments that it brings a tidal wave of narcotics and violent crimes into the U.S.
“There are tremendous drugs pouring across our border,” he said. “Drugs pour in, money pours out. Not a good deal. The drug cartels are running wild.”
Trump delivered his remarks with the USS Iowa’s three artillery cannons aiming at viewers from behind his podium.
Following the speech, he tossed the crowd hats bearing his now-famous campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”
On Wednesday evening, Trump will join 10 other Republican White House hopefuls in the second GOP debate, airing live on CNN from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
Trump’s presence has left the rest of the Republican contenders — currently 16 in number — scrambling for attention amid his outsized media persona and surging polling numbers.
The business magnate said on Tuesday evening that he is ready for the competition.
“I’m here for a certain reason — it’s called tomorrow night,” Trump joked during his rally’s opening moments.
Trump argued he is going to restore American authority on the world stage by instilling new respect in other global leaders.
“The leaders of Mexico, China, Japan and all the other countries that we do business with are smarter, more cunning and sharper than our leaders,” he said. “We are going to have a president who is respected by Putin and who is respected by Iran.”
Trump ranks first nationally out of the GOP field with 29.8 percent, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average.
You might be exaggerating with "all" but you certainly have a valid point.
” our leaders are stupid and make bad deals. Nonsense. They make exactly the deals they want, serving there financial sector and corporate masters.”............
Not “nonsense”, they ARE BAD DEALS that work against the rest of us. Bastards, all of them.
Now that is funny!
I do like the sound of "Trump Wall".
We need a candidate who is saying what you just said.
He hit the nail on the head. Of course it’s a pretty big nail.
As a retired business man, I understand and appreciate your view.
As the author of 'The Art of the Deal' and head of a $10 billion dollar company, I think Trump has an understanding of how to close 'THE DEAL'.
He said yesterday, "We need a closer".
AMEN.
True.
But put this in business terms.
You want to have a contractor build a four car garage for your house. You listen to the radio ads and go to the websites for various general contractors in the area. They all spout how they are the best value for you and so on.
When it comes time to select the contractor, I hope that you don't look only at the price and the generalities.
I would imagine that you will look at past work that the contractor has done and look at the contractor's references. ("Past Performance")
Suppose you have a contractor who promises that his work will be above and beyond what everybody else does...he throws in features and benefits that are just unbelievable and promises to do all of this for a price that beats all of the competition.
Sounds great, right? Suppose he doesn't have any references to prove that he can actually accomplish what he promises...what then?
If he doesn't have the references, I don't know about you, but I would be really skeptical. Maybe I'd still allow him to do the work (after all, he may just be moving in the area and needs to establish a record), but the only way I'd do so is to carefully review every other aspect of his proposal with a fine-toothed comb. I'd examine all of the drawings with a microscope, look at his bill of materials and sources, his subcontracting plan, maybe his staffing plan, and I would insist upon a quality assurance plan that would make sure that I am not out a single thin dime before an in-process inspection was done at each stage (including paying for any materials).
In other words, I would place a contractor without relevant past performance under an incredible amount of scrutiny not only before signing a contract, but afterwards too.
Is it that much different with politicians?
I can tell that Rubio or Bush would be open-borders guys. Why? I can look at their past performance. Same with Bush. I can tell that Cruz will be a fighter on Obamacare...as would Paul. Why? Look at their past history. I can tell that Huckabee and Christie and see that they'd be big government GOP types. Why? Their past history. But I can't do that with Fiorina, Carson, or Trump. They don't have a past voting record. Sure, I can look at their words, but talk is cheap. The only thing I can do with them is look at their "technical proposal" to make sure it will do what they promise (and, yes, I can review their past statements, but, again, talk is cheap and talk can be taken out of context and so on).
Well said.
I agree with your sentiments.
Where are the other candidates’ statements of policy on immigration? I don’t hear Bush, Rubio, et al telling the public when their military and income tax policy statements will be made public.
Tonight would be a great night for Trump to start talking policy specifics.
I think a better comparison is when a commercial building owner is looking at 3 contractors to do tenant improvement. The first 2 are commercial contractors that take kickbacks, uses illegals as subcontractors, performs shoddy work, but both talk a good talk. The third contractor is new to commercial construction as he was previous residential contractor. All his previous customers love the guy because he delivers on time and uses quality product and qualified sub contractors. His business acumen is sharp and people trust him.
So tell me who do you prefer, commerciial contractors, who are known to perform shoddy work, or a residential contractor who everyone loves and trusts, and everyone knows, he is qualified to compete in the commercial contracting world?
I'm not saying anything against Trump, here. But he needs to close the deal...and broad marketing by itself won't do it.
Sure, yes.... but I want to hear the others positions as well.
He is addressing the issues at 30,000 ft and I like what he is saying as opposed to the others like Bush talking Spanglish.
Given time, his specifics will be outlined.
Yes, but you couldn't be a "professional politician"...unless you kept running and never won.
We don’t want a POTUS to cast votes. We want a POTUS with actual accomplishments. Trump’s accomplishments are not political, but they are out there for all to see. The vote casters got us into this mess. A businessman is likely our last best chance to get us out.
Agreed, but Trump calling them out as traitors would please only us on FR.
Tonight...in front of the entire American public and nation, Donald Trump should publicly & openly challenge, Hillary Clinton to an open, unrestricted debate, anytime, anyplace, anywhere...and he will certainly be there ready to debate...across the board. There should be two moderators, Rush Limbaugh & Paul Begala!!! Donald....do it!!!
We don’t want a POTUS to cast votes. We want a POTUS with actual accomplishments. Trump’s accomplishments are not political, but they are out there for all to see. The vote casters got us into this mess. A businessman is likely our last best chance to get us out.
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I totally agree.
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