wow. trump's comments to, and about, the khan family are pretty shocking even for trump...
alasdair
alasdair
^^^^lol nobody that will vote for Trump cares, nothing Trump does will cost him a single vote
^^^^https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...irector-said-her-email-answers-were-truthful/
you can say a lot of things about trump but quiet is definitely not one of them.Trump is following a new republican campaign model, it is lean and it is quiet, until October.
Why denigrate the parents of a soldier who died serving his country in Iraq? And why keep it going for four days? Why assail the record of a decorated general who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan? Why make fun of the stature of a popular former mayor of New York? Surely Trump must know that at any convention, including his own, people get up and criticize the opposition party’s nominee. They get their shots in, just as your party got its shots in. And then you move on to the next phase of the campaign. You don’t take a crack at every single person who criticized you. And you especially don’t pick fights that you can’t possibly win, such as against a grieving Gold Star mother or a general. It’s simply not in your interest to do so.
The fact that Trump could not help himself, that he clearly did, as he said, want to “hit” everyone who spoke against him at the Democratic convention, suggests that there really is something wrong with the man. It is not just that he is incapable of empathy. It is not just that he feels he must respond to every criticism he receives by attacking and denigrating the critic, no matter how small or inconsequential. If you are a Republican, the real problem, and the thing that ought to keep you up nights as we head into the final 100 days of this campaign, is that the man cannot control himself.
trump is slipping fast in the last 5 days. he just doesn't know when to stop and i think it's starting to hurt him with undecideds.
alasdair
I hate to say this, but I believe it's 100% truth.... all it takes is another terrorist attack, another police officer shot, and every bad thing that Donald has said instantly becomes forgotten and his poll numbers go up. If a terrorist attack ends up happening on US soil before the election, a trump presidency is almost guaranteed.
This isn't what I want to happen, but I'm almost sure is going to happen.
I also believe he is sabotaging himself and that it is on purpose. It is bizarre. The things he is in trouble for saying are easily avoided. With his life experience, he could be even be charming if he wanted. He would be far ahead in the polls and would easily win the election if wanted.Trump appears to have been on a blatant self-sabotage trip for at least the last month or two.
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indeed.Talking shit about dead US soldiers - and their families - would have to rank amongst the most career-destroying paths any Presidential candidate could take, especially in the US. I've never been to a country that has such reverence - at least in the way people who have served are spoken of.
If Bernie was the dem nominee this election would already be over
Not sure why the DNC rigged the primaries for a woman with nearly 70% of people believing she isn't honest or trustworthy