Trump runs for POTUS/ Trumped Up! Part VII

[pgwenthold]

The thread was beginning to run slowly, so I have split to this part 7. As usual, the split point was arbitrary and members may freely quote from previous iterations of the thread.

Posted By: kmortis

The people Trump is selling this bovine feces to are the same people who thinks Obama started the war in Afghanistan.

I was thinking it was more like the people who think that Obama's parents put the birth announcement in newspaper to make it look like he was born in the US.

 

[uke2se]

I was thinking it was more like the people who think that Obama's parents put the birth announcement in newspaper to make it look like he was born in the US.

I'd say there's considerable overlap between the two types.

The flow of time seems to be an issue with Trump voters.

 

[halleyscomet]

Donald Trump's mail-servers are running Windows 2003

Security researcher Kevin Beaumont had a look at the mail servers operated by the Trump organization and found a veritable dumpster fire: systems running Windows 2003 (!), unpatched, badly configured.

Beaumont didn't attempt to penetrate these systems, but they sound ripe for the picking.

Trump and Clinton have traded barbs about their relative information security nous, with Trump describing information security's alpha and omega as his "10 year old son" and "400 pound guys."

You'd think a guy who is making so much hay from email stolen from a hacked email server would put at least some token effort into his own servers.

 

[Crossbow]

So is Trump going to be able to cash in a few weeks?

After all, even that incredibly stupid, idiotic, liar Sara Palin was able to make millions by sort of writing a book and giving talks on Fox News, but it is looking like Trump will actually lose millions with his horrible foray into politics.

I expect that the Trump Foundation will have to bail out 'the Donald' again.

 

[jimbob]

So is Trump going to be able to cash in a few weeks?

After all, even that incredibly stupid, idiotic, liar Sara Palin was able to make millions by sort of writing a book and giving talks on Fox News, but it is looking like Trump will actually lose millions with his horrible foray into politics.

I expect that the Trump Foundation will have to bail out 'the Donald' again.

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It seems to have paid for his son's scout subscription of $7. I think that might be more hurtful than a lot of other bigger things.

It shows how venal he is in a way that bigger sums don't - after all, at least one can see the purpose in stealing millions of dollars.

 

[Stacko]

So is Trump going to be able to cash in a few weeks?

After all, even that incredibly stupid, idiotic, liar Sara Palin was able to make millions by sort of writing a book and giving talks on Fox News, but it is looking like Trump will actually lose millions with his horrible foray into politics.

I expect that the Trump Foundation will have to bail out 'the Donald' again.

With government agencies looking into the misdeeds of the foundation, I think it's more likely he ends his days as an alt reich version of Emperor Norton.

 

[steve s]

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It seems to have paid for his son's scout subscription of $7. I think that might be more hurtful than a lot of other bigger things.

It shows how venal he is in a way that bigger sums don't - after all, at least one can see the purpose in stealing millions of dollars.

Yeah, that's pretty embarrassing. What kind of billionaire can't find $7 in his pocket? That happened in 1989. Trump was having a lot of financial problems at that time.

Steve S

 

[Segnosaur]

So is Trump going to be able to cash in a few weeks?

After all, even that incredibly stupid, idiotic, liar Sara Palin was able to make millions by sort of writing a book and giving talks on Fox News, but it is looking like Trump will actually lose millions with his horrible foray into politics.

Of course, Trump claims he's a billionaire. For someone with that much wealth, you would think that the money he'd earn from another book (even a successful book) would be chump change.

 

[Foolmewunz]

So is Trump going to be able to cash in a few weeks?

After all, even that incredibly stupid, idiotic, liar Sara Palin was able to make millions by sort of writing a book and giving talks on Fox News, but it is looking like Trump will actually lose millions with his horrible foray into politics.

I expect that the Trump Foundation will have to bail out 'the Donald' again.

Anecdotal research is not my favorite, but at least the NYT put some effort into the first article I've seen on the topic of the impact this is having on their brands.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/politics/donald-trump-brand-reaction.html?_r=0

 

[Garrison]

Ooh prepare for a Twitter storm:

US election 2016: 'Stop whining,' Obama tells Donald Trump

But in a White House Rose Garden news conference alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday, Mr Obama said: "I'd advise Mr Trump to stop whining and try to make his case to get votes."
"By the way," he added, "doesn't really show the kind of leadership and toughness that you want out of a president, if you start whining before the game's even over.

I'm sure Trump will respond in a measured and thoughtful manner to these comments...

 

[Belz...]

"By the way," he added, "doesn't really show the kind of leadership and toughness that you want out of a president, if you start whining before the game's even over."

Game's not even begun, I'd say. Imagine that immature buffoon as a president!

 

[dudalb]

Mr Obama said: "I'd advise Mr Trump to stop whining and try to make his case to get votes."

Irony is a vast majority of GOP leaders would agree with Obama on this......

 

[Crossbow]

Irony is a vast majority of GOP leaders would agree with Obama on this......

Indeed they do, provided that there is no around that could actually hear them say so.

If the Republicans want to win future elections, then they need to develop at least some credibility, and about the best way to start would be for the GOP leadership to dump Trump now and focus on getting things set up for the 2020 race.

 

[Babbylonian]

Anecdotal research is not my favorite, but at least the NYT put some effort into the first article I've seen on the topic of the impact this is having on their brands.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/politics/donald-trump-brand-reaction.html?_r=0

One significant problem with being a brand is that the people who might buy that brand usually have lots of options the minute they think it has no value to them. There are plenty of golf courses, hotels, and neckties in the world that have nothing to do with Donald Trump.

It's going to be fun watching the Trump brand die.

 

[Belz...]

Indeed they do, provided that there is no around that could actually hear them say so.

If the Republicans want to win future elections, then they need to develop at least some credibility, and about the best way to start would be for the GOP leadership to dump Trump now and focus on getting things set up for the 2020 race.

I wonder how Trump's supporters would take that.

 

[dudalb]

Indeed they do, provided that there is no around that could actually hear them say so.

If the Republicans want to win future elections, then they need to develop at least some credibility, and about the best way to start would be for the GOP leadership to dump Trump now and focus on getting things set up for the 2020 race.

People with official positions in the GOP are not going to say that in public;but a lot of prominent GOP leaders and political consultants who don't have official positions are pretty open in their opinion that Trump is running one of the most incompetent political campaigns in modern history.

 

[Stacko]

Ooh prepare for a Twitter storm:

US election 2016: 'Stop whining,' Obama tells Donald Trump



I'm sure Trump will respond in a measured and thoughtful manner to these comments...

Did this come to mind for anyone else?

 

[dudalb]

And for Trump, with his childish longing for attention, this might be the unkindest cut of all:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/opinions/trump-brand-becoming-boring-sable-johnson/index.htm

Rubicon and Young, is, of course, one of the giants of the advertising/marketing industry,and if they say you are becoming boring you had best listen.

And another piece of evidence that Donald is now doing major damage to his brand.

 

[Belz...]

Broken link.

 

[halleyscomet]

And for Trump, with his childish longing for attention, this might be the unkindest cut of all:



Rubicon and Young, is, of course, one of the giants of the advertising/marketing industry,and if they say you are becoming boring you had best listen.

And another piece of evidence that Donald is now doing major damage to his brand.

Fixed link:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/opinions/trump-brand-becoming-boring-sable-johnson/