Trump talks tough about China and about a possible run in 2012.

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Could Donald Trump be the GOP candidate in 2012 -- he's talking about it?

Here is some of his tough talk from the article
"Trump: Mideast Explosion Could Destroy OPEC, Lower Oil Prices
By Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter

Trump quote:

"{China} cheated at the Olympics with their gymnasts, they’re cheating us with their manipulation of the currency. They’re not our friends. I know them very well. I do business with them. I’m not angry at them. I just can’t believe that they can get away with it."

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-opec-oil-egypt/2011/01/30/id/384427
 
DOC said:
So you believe Trump, who's had a successful TV show for several years, couldn't beat Palin.
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I believe that Trump, whose company has filed for bankruptcy three times, would not be a decent nominee for running the country.
 
A Laughing Baby said:
I believe that Trump, whose company has filed for bankruptcy three times, would not be a decent nominee for running the country.
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Yes, his Atlantic City company has had problems but that is not his only company:

From Wiki on Trump:

In its October 7, 2007 Forbes 400 issue, "Acreage Aces," Forbes valued Trump's wealth to $3.0 billion.[2] Trump is known for his many properties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
 
So...why is he qualified for president? He owns a lot of things and had a reality TV show?
 
DOC said:
So you believe Trump, who's had a successful TV show for several years, couldn't beat Palin.
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The ability to fart makes me more qualified that Palin.

As far as Trump, he is about as good as my fart.
 
DOC said:
So you believe Trump, who's had a successful TV show for several years, couldn't beat Palin.
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Isn't there some fundamentalist Christian you'd rather vote for? I've never heard Trump denounce evolution, but Governor Brownback, ex-Governor Huckabee, and ex-Representative Tancredo all have.
 
DOC said:
Who knows more about business and the economy than Donald Trump?
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thaiboxerken said:
These are very minor factors when it comes to running a country.
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Maybe that's true when things are going great and the unemployment rate is 4 % but not when people are talking about the country going bankrupt and 11% of all homes in the US are vacant.
 
DOC said:
So you believe Trump, who's had a successful TV show for several years, couldn't beat Palin.
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He might be able to beat Palin in a primary. But he'd have to beat (at minimum) Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich and Santorum, too. And that's about as realistic as Basil Marceaux winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.
 
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DOC said:
Who knows more about business and the economy than Donald Trump?
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I would think (and hope) an awful lot of people know more about business and the economy and that doesn't necessarily make them qualified to be president.

What does Donald Trump know about the economy anyway? Running a business does not translate to being an economist.

Trump will never run for president. He wants people to ask him about it so he hints at it. It's just an ego trip for him.
 
One of the unspoken requirements for the presidency is good hair, or a dignified baldness. Trump's not qualified.
 
DOC said:
Who knows more about business and the economy than Donald Trump?
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Literally almost everyone.

He's a guy that started with a ton of money, leveraged more, and figured out how to be a media sensation.

In terms of actual business acumen, he's not that impressive. You might as well argue that Paris Hilton has great business sense because she's rich.
 
Only the most credulous fools think that Trump would ever actually run for president, thus this thread exists.
 
hgc said:
Only the most credulous fools think that Trump would ever actually run for president, thus this thread exists.
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I don't think he will run either, but now that campaigns can essentially have a corporate sponsor, it's the sort of publicity stunt that wouldn't surprise me.

He won't go through the Republican primary, or anything like that, but he might try a third party run on the narcissism ticket.
 
hgc said:
Only the most credulous fools think that Trump would ever actually run for president, thus this thread exists.
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Why wouldn't he run, explain? Did it ever occur to you that he might really love this country and hate to see it become bankrupt. Look what's happening in Tunisia and Egypt when the unemployment rate gets around 20%.

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I just reread some of the article cited in post #1 and here what he says"

"“I love the country and I hate what’s happening to the country. In 12 years China will take over as the world’s leading economic power, if not sooner, and the way we’re going this country will not be a great country as it was anymore. That’s so very very sad to me.”
 
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DOC said:
Why wouldn't he run, explain? Did it ever occur to you that he might really love this country and hate to see it become bankrupt. Look what's happening in Tunisia and Egypt when the unemployment rate gets around 20%.
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...and the state suspends communications, doesn't hold actual free elections, and so on.

He wouldn't run because it would be an inordinately expensive venture that he would have no chance of winning.
 
DOC said:
Why wouldn't he run, explain?
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It would be a massive waste of money, as he wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.

Did it ever occur to you that he might really love this country and hate to see it become bankrupt. Look what's happening in Tunisia and Egypt when the unemployment rate gets around 20%.
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Because the situation in the US is identical to Tunisia and Egypt. :rolleyes:
 
TraneWreck said:
He won't go through the Republican primary, or anything like that, but he might try a third party run on the narcissism ticket.
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Actually he said in the article that he won't run as a 3rd party candidate.
 
Cleon said:
It would be a massive waste of money, as he wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
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Isn't that what some people said about George W. Bush the 1st time he ran.

And do you really think Sarah Palin has a better chance than Donald Trump?
 
DOC said:
Maybe that's true when things are going great and the unemployment rate is 4 % but not when people are talking about the country going bankrupt and 11% of all homes in the US are vacant.
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If empty homes are a concern, why not just hold a visa lottery and have immigrants buy all those homes?

DOC said:
I just reread some of the article cited in post #1 and hear what he says"

"“I love the country and I hate what’s happening to the country. In 12 years China will take over as the world’s leading economic power, if not sooner, and the way we’re going this country will not be a great country as it was anymore. That’s so very very sad to me.”
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DOC, are you old enough to remember the 80's? Back then everyone was worried that the Japanese were going to overtake us as the leading economic power. College kids were studying the language, movies made them villians, etc. Didn't happen. China is bigger, yes, but let's relax for a bit.

Anyway, Trump isn't going to run because he won't want loony-toons asking about his DNA and "long form" birth certificate.
 
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DOC said:
Isn't that what some people said about George W. Bush the 1st time he ran.

And do you really think Sarah Palin has a better chance than Donald Trump?
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Yes, yes I do. However, I don't think she has much of a chance, so take that into consideration.
 
DOC said:
Isn't that what some people said about George W. Bush the 1st time he ran.
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Some people might have, I suppose. They would have been wrong.

Why are you still, after all of these years, unable to locate the question mark on your keyboard?

And do you really think Sarah Palin has a better chance than Donald Trump?
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Yes--but Palin's chance is really, really, really small.
 
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DOC said:
Why wouldn't he run, explain?
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Because running for political office is not the type of activity that he enjoys filling his time with. He does, however, enjoy talking about stuff like he knows what he's talking about, and having people pay attention. To that end, talking about the possibility of running gets him that sliver more of hype that he thirsts for.


Did it ever occur to you that he might really love this country and hate to see it become bankrupt.
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Why, no! I hadn't thought of that. Now that you mention it though, I still don't see what bearing it has on the question at hand.


"“I love the country and I hate what’s happening to the country. In 12 years China will take over as the world’s leading economic power, if not sooner, and the way we’re going this country will not be a great country as it was anymore. That’s so very very sad to me.”
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Have you some reason to believe that he knows what to do about this? I've heard him talking about these issues on teevee. He has no idea what he's talking about.

Of all the varied and interesting things that Donald Trump has done in his long career, I think he's best suited to disciplining and forgiving wayward beauty queens for their transgressions. That's really where he shines.
 
TraneWreck said:
I don't think he will run either, but now that campaigns can essentially have a corporate sponsor, it's the sort of publicity stunt that wouldn't surprise me.

He won't go through the Republican primary, or anything like that, but he might try a third party run on the narcissism ticket.
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You've just blown my mind. I can't stop think what the national convention for the Narcissism Party would be like. Opening Prayer by Joel Osteen. Introductory remarks by Rush Limbaugh. Candidates such as Barbara Streisand, Jessie Jackson, Fred Phelps, evangelist Franklin Graham. How could I not watch such a train wreck?
 
DOC said:
Isn't that what some people said about George W. Bush the 1st time he ran.
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George Bush entered the campaign as one of the favorites. The party-money establishment was already solidly lined up behind him, and he had only to promote rumors about McCain's "black child" to seal the deal.
 
DOC said:
Actually he said in the article that he won't run as a 3rd party candidate.
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He's also one of the nation's biggest BSers. The primaries are tough. They require actual discipline and actual work, ask Fred Thompson. There is no way Trump would put up with all of that.

He's either going 3rd party publicity stunt or not at all.

Ladewig said:
You've just blown my mind. I can't stop think what the national convention for the Narcissism Party would be like. Opening Prayer by Joel Osteen. Introductory remarks by Rush Limbaugh. Candidates such as Barbara Streisand, Jessie Jackson, Fred Phelps, evangelist Franklin Graham. How could I not watch such a train wreck?
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Believe me, some tv exec has changed the relevant pronoun and is considering the same thing.
 
TraneWreck said:
...The primaries are tough. They require actual discipline and actual work, ask Fred Thompson. There is no way Trump would put up with all of that.
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So you can own property worth 3 billion by being undisciplined and lazy?
 
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