Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a businessman running for President in the November 2016 Election.
While accusations of racism don't seem to be well founded, mostly revolving around his immigration policy and tendency to offend the interests of foreign countries, Donald Trump has failed to demonstrate any understanding of the U. S. Constitution, and has voiced support and admiration for tyrants.[1][2] Combine this with his personal style of lying, bullying, bombasting, and intimidating, and a Donald Trump presidency, sounds like a scary thing, even in spite of his promotion of some positive agenda items.
He has chosen Mike Pence as his running mate.[3]
Unendorsements
One thing that oddly sticks out about Donald Trump, is the very public way in which major party players struggle to endorse him, fail to endorse him, or unendorse him.[4][5]
One of the most famous episodes in the Republican primary was Mitt Romney's plea for Republicans to vote for somebody else, anybody else.[6] Trump responded to a slice of that criticism by infamously trotting out a table full of mostly Trump branded products that you mostly can't get ahold of outside of his hotels (if even there), including a pile of vacuum-sealed steaks with a Bush Brothers logo on them.[7][8] In 2014, Trump told a reporter that Romeny had lost his 2012 bid for the white house because his unusual religion didn't sit well with people.[9]
During the Republican National Convention, Ted Cruz, gave a speech to thunderous boos for failing to heed the call to endorse Trump.[10] Trump initially reacted by saying this lack of endorsement was no big deal and that he had seen the speech two hours earlier.[11][12] Cruz defended his position by saying that he wasn't in the habit of endorsing candidates who attacked his wife and father, following which Trump went before the press to give a speech which focused on attacking Cruz in a very personal and vindictive way, maligning his intelligence, asserting that he changed his speech from the one that he had submitted, returning to imply that Cruz's father was linked to the assassination of JFK, and saying "I think Heidi Cruz is a great person. I think she’s the best thing he’s got going, (that) and his kids." He asserted that he thought Cruz would eventual offer to endorse him, but that he would refuse, and that if Cruz ever sought higher office again, he would set up his own Super PAC to attack him.[13][14]
John Kasich refused to attend the convention, explianing "If I weren't prepared to get up there and endorse the nominee, I thought it was inappropriate to go." Although he has so far refused to offer an endorsement, he has maintained that it is possible.[15][16]
Senator Mike Lee of Utah has refused to endorse Trump, and even helped lead a failed push to change party rules so that delegates would be free to choose someone else.[17][18] This led to one Utah delegate being threatened by Trump supporters in the bathroom.[19][20]
Rep. Mia B. Love, also from Utah was notably absent from the convention as well, initially announcing a plan to join Rep. Jason Chaffetz in Israel to learn more about fighting terorism, but then changing plans to spend that time campaigning in Utah.[21] Regarding her decision to not attend the convention, she stated "I don’t see any upsides to it. I don’t see how this benefits the state."[22] Trump is so unpopular in Utah that his nomination threatens Mia Love's reelection bid this November.[23]
Paul Ryan took his time endorsing Trump, at one point stating "To be perfectly candid, I'm not ready to do that right now". Even now his support has been notably tepid.[24][25] He has specifically repudiated Trump's trade platform.[26]Donald Trump has declined to endorse Paul Ryan, stating "I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I'm just not quite there yet. I'm not quite there yet."[27] Ryan responded that "He’s had a pretty strange run since the convention. You would think that we want to be focusing on Hillary Clinton, on all of her deficiencies. She is such a weak candidate that one would think that we would be on offense against Hillary Clinton, and it is distressing that that’s not what we’re talking about these days."[28]
Gov. Gary R. Herbert of Utah has expressed support for the Trump-Pence ticket as being for the sake of Pence.[29] His Lieutenant Governor, Spencer J. Cox has declared that without major changes, he will not be voting for Trump, stating further that "if there were some major changes to Trump, I think there's a way many of us could support him, but he hasn't shown any inclination toward those changes or doing things differently, so I think it's a long shot that he will change". He has expressed that he is considering Gary Johnson, Evan McMullin, or a write-in.[30]
Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican congressman From New York has declared that he will be voting for Hillary Clinton.[31]
Mark Kirk, an Illinois Senator running for reelection, has made his anti-Trump stance a significant part of his message during his campaign, running one ad that states, "Mark Kirk bucked his party to say Donald Trump is not fit to be commander-in-chief."[32]
Large conservative donors like Meg Whitman, and the Koch Brothers have decided to sit this race out, or even fund Hillary, rather than support Donald Trump.[33]
Evan McMullin, a former CIA operative and former chief policy director for the House Republican Conference has announced an anti-Trump run for the Whitehouse.[34][35]
Conservative media has hammered Trump pretty hard and a pole of anonymous GOP insiders finds that most want Trump to drop out.[36][37]
A group of 50 former security officials have issued a letter rebuking Trump and declaring their intention to not vote for him.[38][39] One of these officials, John Negroponte, has endorsed Hillary Clinton.[40]
A group of former lawmakers and former party staffers have issued a letter urging the GOP to divert all financial support from the Trump campaign to legislative campaigns in order to maintain the majorities that might be useful for countering a Hillary Clinton presidency.[41]
Rape Allegations
Donald Trump is connected to the same Jeffrey Epstein, pedophile to the stars, that has been suggestively linked to Bill Clinton. However, while Clinton's connection is merely scandalous by suggestion (although, we take that suggestion seriously, given his history), Trump was recently sued for raping and threatening a 13-year-old girl named Katie Johnson at a party where she was said to have been held captive by Mr. Epstein. There's even an eyewitness.[42][43] Although, the supporters of Katie Johnson's lawsuit are reported to have had a falling out.[44]
Epstein is alleged to have molested underage girls and procured underage girls for his powerful friends to enjoy. He was given a plea deal in 2008, without input from his victims, which got him 13 months in prison and home detention, with key evidence being left sealed. It is suspected that he may have been aided in receiving this light sentencing by some of his powerful friends seeking to keep their own crimes out from under the public spotlight.[45][46][47][48]
Edwards, a lawyer for one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts, estimate that Trump was not involved in any of Epsteins illegal shenanigans. Trump has denied having any kind of a relationship with Epstein, but there is plenty of evidence to show that this is a false assertion.[49] Regarding Epstein, Trump is reported to have stated: "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life."[50]
In addition, Trump has been accused of raping his ex-wife Ivana Trump, and attempting to rape one Jill Harth. Regarding the allegation that Trump raped his ex-wife, one of his lawyers defended him, claiming “It is true, you cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.”[51][52][53]
First Amendment
"One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected"[54]
Melania's Lawsuit Threat against News Organizations
After the Daily Mail ran a story about Melania Trump reporting the existence of rumors and claims that she had worked as an escort, pointing out issues with her claims regarding her early immigration status, and acknowledging claims that she had begun seeing Trump while he was still married to his previous wife, Melania responded by having her lawyers send letters to various news organizations which had reported on the claims, threatening them with a lawsuit. She was successful in getting a couple of retractions. In most, if not all cases, these threats are directed towards news outlets in the UK, where defamation lawsuits are more easily won.[55][56][57][58][59]
Second Amendment
His official campaign website has Trump defending our second amendment rights. He proposes that concealed carry permits should be made valid across state lines, just like drivers licenses. He also proposes streamlining of background checks and elimination of rules preventing soldiers from carrying weapons on bases and at recruitment centers. In order to reduce the incidents of criminal gun violence he proposes better enforcement of existing laws, and improving our mental health system to get dangerous individuals off the streets.
Trump University
Donald Trump is dealing with a lawsuit in San Diego where Trump University, which he is the principle owner of, has been accused of swindling students out of up to $35,000. Trump has attacked the Judge's character publicly, calling him a "Trump hater" on account of his Mexican heritage. His attacks on the judge's character have been construed as intimidation, and sufficient that he could be found in contempt of court.[60][61] One former sales manager testified, “I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme, and that it preyed upon the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money.”[62]
The Wall
Trump has proposed building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico in order to help control the problem of Mexican gangs freely expanding into the United States. He has proposed to get Mexico to effectively pay for the wall using a combination of tariffs, increased visa fees, and by threatening to block the money transfers of illegal aliens.
One Mexican newspaper has suggested that Mexico should consider building a Trump-style along Mexico's southern border.[63]
Religion
Regarding religion, is is noteworthy that Trump stated, in 2014, that Romeny lost his 2012 bid for the white house because his unusual religion didn't sit well with Americans. In 2015, his spokesperson asserted that the feds had shut down Mormon and Seventh Day Adventist churches, which would serve as precedent for Trump to shut down mosques.[64][65] Trump has principally attacked the rights of Muslims.
Women
In 2011, it has been reported that when an opposing attorney, Elizabeth Beck, requested a break to pump breast milk, that Donald Trump reacted by screaming "You're disgusting, you're disgusting" and running out of the room. It is claimed that Trump had decided that he wanted to skip a pre-planned lunch break, precipitating Beck's Request. Trump, for his part, asserts that Beck had attempted to pump breast milk right in the middle of a deposition.[66]
Donald trump had a notable feud with Megyn Kelly. After a debate in 2015, Donald, upset about a line of questioning, told CNN "you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes; blood coming out of her wherever."[67]
In 2015, Donald Trump famously criticized his rival, Carly Fiorina, by saying "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president."[68]
Michelle Fields
On 8 March 2016, Michelle Fields, working as a reporter for Breitbart News, approached Donald Trump as he was leaving a venue when Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, grabbed her and pulled her away. News of the assault broke when her boyfriend, Jamie Weinstein, himself a senior editor for Daily Caller, complained about the incident over Twitter. He latter explained that he "thought the best way to force an apology or some contrition was by making it public."[69] The Trump campaign responded by claiming that there was no recording or witnesses to suggest that any such event occurred, and that Michelle was "delusional". Trump, himself expressed hi belief that michelle was making it all up. Breitbart published Michelle's account of what happened on 10 Mar 2016.[70]Michelle tweeted out a photo the same day as her story was published, showing apparent bruising on her forearm.[71] Corey Lewandowski responded with a tweet stating "@MichelleFields you are totally delusional. I never touched you. As a matter of fact, I have never even met you." Corey would later claim that he attempted to call her and apologize to her the same night as the incident.[72] An apology not forthcoming, Michelle went to the police who then began an investigation. They found witness verification and surveillance video proving that Corey Lewandowski had assaulted Michelle. Trump, however tried to claim that the surveillance video supported his claim, tweeting out "Look at tapes-nothing there!" His claims of exaggeration would include the assertion that she claimed to have been thrown to the ground, which she never did as can be verified from Michelle's account published on Breitbart.[73] He further, ironically, made claims that Michelle had exaggerated the incident before she became aware of the video evidence, and further, that she had grabbed him, a statement which cannot be supported based on eyewitness accounts, and seems highly unlikely based on the available footage. Lewandowski was able to avoid charges when his lawyers and the campaign started to spin the incident as Lewandowski trying to protect Trump from a potential threat. Trump even made the claim that Michelles pen might have been a knife or a little bomb. [74][75]
Michelle found the investigation, on the whole disappointing. The failed to interview Ben Terris, a Washington Post reporter who was with fields immediately after the assault. Michelle also objected to their using nothing more than an affidavit from a former FBI agent introduced by Lewandowski's lawyers, to vouch for how the Secret Service protects candidates and to substantiate his claim that he acted legitimately in responding to a possible threat. In addition, the investigator's boss, Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg, is known to socialize with Trump. In excusing himself for his involvement, he has downplayed that connection.[76]
Ultimately, Michelle's employer, Breitbart, turned against her, and she left the organization and found a new job with the Huffington Post. Her treatment by Breitbart led three other coworkers to leave the organization as well. One of these resigning coworkers, Jordan Schachtel, stated, "Breitbart News is no longer a journalistic enterprise, but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign. I signed my contract to work as a journalist, not as a member of the Donald J. Trump for President media network."[77] Steven K. Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart was later to be appointed CEO of the Trump campaign.[78] After getting her job at the Huffington Post, one of Michelle's former co-workers, Matt Boyle, wrote to a liberal employee at the Huffington Post, passing himself off as an anti-Trump liberal and impugning her ability to cover Trump because she had worked for Breitbart and was therefore likely to be a Trump supporter. He urged a petition be signed and passed around for signatures in order to get her removed from her new post.[79]
Since the story became media fodder, Michelle has been accused, by conservative personalities, of lobbing false accusations against people on a regular basis in order to gain attention for herself. This smear campaign has been ugly and disgusting.
- While covering the Occupy protest in New York in 2011, it has been reported that police assaulted both Michelle Fields and her videographer, Direna Cousins.[80] There seems to be no reason cast doubt on this incident, nor any evidence that she sought to gain exposure from the incident in any way. Nevertheless, two days after assaulting Michelle Fields, Corey Lewandowski made the claim that this incident was fabricated by Michelle and that it was part of a pattern of attention seeking.[81][82] James Weinstein replied to this accusation by providing a photograph of the assault.[83]
- Conservative personality Mark Dice has put together a video detailing an encounter he had with Michelle Fields at Occupy Bilderberg. He managed to prove that Michelle was socially awkward when she was just out of college, and that he is also incapable of perceiving that he is making somebody feel uncomfortable despite repeated attempts to communicate that fact. While Michelle never accused him, in particular, of harassment, his behavior clearly rises to that level, and despite the fact that he has the privilege of framing his accusation to put himself in the best light, it is easy to see how he might have precipitated her portrayal of events.[84][85]
- In March 2015, gotnews reported that Conservative figure, Allen West, had sexually assaulted and harrassed a number of women, including Michelle Fields, who is reported to have had a breast grabbed by West. Michelle had apparently confirmed that the assault had taken place, but asked that her confirmation be removed from the report. Nevertheless, the report cites independent confirmation of the incident.[86] Corey, on Twitter, cited the incident as an example of Michelle Fields making accusations to seek attention.[87]
Failure to Condemn Oppressive Violence
In 2015, two brother attacked an elderly homeless hispanic man, beating him and urinating on him. The attack was racially motivated, and one of the brothers cited Trump as part of his rational for attacking the man. When informed of the attack, Donald Trump responded by saying "it would be a shame . . . I will say that people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and they want this country to be great again. They are passionate."[88] Around the same time, Trump was interviewed by Hollywood Reporter and was asked about his thoughts on death threats that Megyn Kelly was receiving from his supporters following his criticism of her. Trump responded by saying, "I'm sure they don't mean that. I had heard that had happened. But I have gained such respect for the people that like me and respect me and that like my views, it's incredible."[89]
In February 2016, as Trump's security was removing a protestor from an event, Trump made the statement "The guards are being very gentle with him. I’d like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell you that."[90]
Stephen Bannon
Stephen Bannon was recruited to be the new head of Donald Trump's campaign in August 2016. Stephen Bannon, in July, is reported to have declared "We're the platform for the alt-right", referring to an extreme conservative movement that is largely amorphous, but widely criticized as being racist, and belligerant of social norms. With the way the term "racist" is thrown around so lightly these days, it is hard to really know what to think of the epithet in any particular application. Substantively, however, some analysis of twitter followers substantiates the claim that Breitbart has become medium that has been more successful than competitors in drawing out racists.[91]
Miscellaneous
In November 2015, Donald Trump made headlines by mocking the condition of a disabled reporter.[92]
He has proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $10/hour.[93]
Opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.[94]
On Jul 18 2015, Donald Trump gave an interview in which he impugned John McCain's war record, asserting "he's not a war hero", and then later, "He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured." This was in response to a statement that McCain had made regarding Trump, that "this performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me, because what he did was he fired up the crazies." McCain spent years in North Korea as a prisoner of war being tortured, having his bones broken and rebroken, wasting away on the poor rations afforded him, because he refused to capitulate to the demands of his captors. Rather than apologize, Trump has alternately defended his remarks and deny them.[95][96][97][98][99][100][101]
When asked by the Hollywood Reporter in 2015 about when he had last had occasion to offer an apology, he responded, "it was too many years ago to remember. I have one of the great memories of all time, but it was too long ago."[102]
List of issues to Cover
There are many issues to cover with respect to Donald Trump. The list below is to serve as a stub for future documentation.
- Praise for Tyrants
- Expand on treatment of Megyn Kelly
- Expand on view of Muslims.
- Killing families of terrorists.
External Resources
- Official Campaign Website
- Donald J. Trump - Facebook
- Donald J. Trump - Twitter
- Donald Trump - Wikipedia
- "New York" - Freedom in the 50 States
- "Trump says government can 'work with' illegal immigrants", Fox News, 25 Aug 2016
- "Trump says he's open to 'softening' immigration laws in 'Hannity' town hall", Fox News, 24 Aug 2016
- "Trump camp: 'Loophole' would allow smaller Clinton charities to take foreign cash", Fox News, 23 Aug 2016
- Harvey Day, "Trump slams Hillary for 'Third World' corruption after it emerged that HALF of her meetings as Secretary of State were with Clinton foundation donors", Daily Mail, 23 Aug 2016
- John Santucci, "Donald Trump Says He Would Meet With Mexico's President", ABC News, 23 Aug 2016
- Liz Peek, "Will Trump pivot on immigration? Here are four ways to move the needle and make it work", Fox News, 23 Aug 2016
- "Trump calls for special prosecutor to probe Clinton Foundation", Fox News, 23 Aug 2016
- Salena Zito, "Stumped by Trump’s success? Take a drive outside US cities", New York Post, 22 Aug 2016
- Erica Werner, "Trump says he's not flip-flopping on immigration", KSL, 22 Aug 2016
- "Clinton camp tries to deflect foreign money criticism, points finger at Trump campaign", Fox News, 21 Aug 2016
- Dennis Romboy, "Trump running mate Gov. Mike Pence to attend Sen. Mike Lee event in Utah", KSL, 19 Aug 2016
- "The art of the apology: Trump issues uncharacteristic mea culpa", Fox News, 19 Aug 2016
- "DEVELOPING: Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign", Fox News, 19 Aug 2016
- "Trump, Pence to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana capital Friday", Fox News, 18 Aug 2016
- Howard Kurtz, "Behind the sudden shakeup: Why Trump rebelled against being managed", Fox News, 18 Aug 2016
- "Trump slams Obama, Clinton for 'politically correct' war against ISIS, warns of more attacks", Fox News, 18 Aug 2016
- "Conway becomes first woman to run GOP presidential campaign; networks yawn", Fox News, 17 Aug 2016
- "Christie denies knowledge of settlement that reduced Trump casino debt by millions", Fox News, 17 Aug 2016
- "Trump shakes up campaign, prepares to roll out long-awaited ads", Fox News, 17 Aug 2016
- John R. Lott, "Trump foes miss the mark on Clinton's Second Amendment stand", Fox News, 16 Aug 2016
- "Trump says Clinton, Democrats have 'failed and betrayed' African-Americans after Milwaukee riots", Fox News, 16 Aug 2016
- "Recent polls show Trump gaining on Clinton when 3rd-party candidates considered", Fox News, 16 Aug 2016
- Milo, "Donald Trump Just Overtook The Democrats On Gay Rights", Breitbart, 15 Aug 2016
- Dennis Romboy, "Donald Trump says winning over Utahns a top priority", KSL, 15 Aug 2016
- Donald Trump, "Exclusive: Donald Trump: Utah can help make America great again", Deseret News, 15 Aug 2016
- Howard Kurtz, "Trump calls NY Times 'fiction,' but his advisers' leaks are revealing", Fox News, 15 Aug 2016
- "Trump to deliver foreign policy speech, focusing on fighting ISIS", Fox News, 15 Aug 2016
- Jason Horowitz, "Fred Trump Taught His Son the Essentials of Showboating Self-Promotion", New York Times, 12 Aug 2016
- "Most Want to See Clinton, Trump Tax Returns, Medical Records", Rasmussen Report, 11 Aug 2016
- Elizabeth Koh, "Did the Secret Service talk to Trump campaign about his ‘Second Amendment’ threat?", McClatchy DC, 11 Aug 2016
- Seth Lipsky, "Liberal attacks on Trump are so unhinged, it might get him killed", New York Post, 10 Aug 2016
- Daniel Halper, "Poll shows Trump gaining on Clinton", New York Post, 10 Aug 2016
- "Trump rejects claims he advocated violence against Clinton with ‘2nd Amendment’ comment", Fox News, 10 Aug 2016
- "Trump Voter Shot After Bar Political Debate Turns Violent", CBS Pittsburgh, 8 Aug 2016
- Kevin Cirilli and Jennifer Jacobs, "Trump to Propose Moratorium on New Financial Regulations", Bloomberg, 8 Aug 2016
- Gabby Morrongiello, "Trump: Detroit is 'living, breathing example' of Clinton's economic plans", The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug 2016
- Joseph Watson, "VIDEO: ABC CUTS LIVE STREAM WHEN TRUMP STARTS TALKING ABOUT HILLARY’S SUPPORT FOR ISIS", InfoWars, 8 Aug 2016
- Gabriel Roxas, "Woman’s Home Vandalized Because Of ‘Trump’ Signs", CBS DFW, 7 Aug 2016
- Jim Rutenberg, "Balance, Fairness and a Proudly Provocative Presidential Candidate", New York Times, 7 Aug 2016
- "'No Amish is going to vote for Hillary': Pennsylvania community mostly backs Trump", CBC, 7 Aug 2016
- "Trump to tout economic plan focusing on tax cuts, reduced regulations", Fox News, 8 Aug 2016
- "New York restaurant takes down Donald Trump picture after Yelpers attack", Fox News, 5 Aug 2016
- "Clint Eastwood praises Trump's anti-PC ways", Fox News, 4 Aug 2016
- Matthew Wisner, "Fleischer: Trump is Throwing Out a Winnable Race", Fox Business, 3 Aug 2016
- Howard Kurtz, "Criticize Donald Trump? Sure. Question his sanity? That's nuts.", Fox News, 3 Aug 2016
- Ian Schwartz, "Trump: People Without Identification 'Are Going To Vote 10 Times'", Fox News, 2 Aug 2016
- "O'Reilly: A Lesson for Donald Trump", Fox News, 2 Aug 2016
- "Trump calls Clinton 'devil,' warns of 'rigged' race, makes ISIS charge", Fox News, 2 Aug 2016
- Ian Schwartz, "Trump: "We Are Going To Punch Through The Media"", Real Clear Politics, 1 Aug 2016
- Gabby Morongiello, "Trump accuses fire marshals of getting political at his rallies", Fox News, 1 Aug 2016
- "Donald Trump responds to Melania's newly-surfaced racy photo shoot", Fox News, 1 Aug 2016
- Greg P., Twitchy, "Hilarious New Ad From Trump Campaign: ‘Even Bill Is Tired Of The Lies, SAD!’", Fox News, 30 Jul 2016
- Christoper S. Rugaber, "AP Fact Check: Misfires in Hillary Clinton's speech", KSL, 29 Jul 2016
- "Trump says GOP convention speech was 'optimistic,' not dark", Fox News, 28 Jul 2016
- Caitlin Yilek, "The Secret Service Just Revealed Their Code Name for Melania Trump", Fox News, 27 Jul 2016
- "Trump left out of Google search for presidential candidates", NBC4, 27 Jul 2016
- "Trump accuses convention-going Dems of ignoring ISIS, border security", Fox News, 27 Jul 2016
- Rudy Takala, "Rush Limbaugh: Donald Trump is unhackable", Washington Examiner, 26 Jul 2016
- Adam Shaw, "Trump camp works to peel off Sanders support amid 'Never Hillary' uprising", Fox News, 26 Jul 2016
- Francisco Alvarado, "For 2nd time this month, Trump calls off event with Latino leaders in Miami", Fox News, 26 Jul 2016
- Jennifer Agiesta, "Donald Trump bounces into the lead", CNN, 25 Jul 2016
- Isabel Vincent, "Why Obama’s half-brother says he’ll be voting for Donald Trump", New York Post, 24 Jul 2016
- Scott Whitlock, "Networks on Trump: A ‘Dark Speech’ From a ‘Vengeful’ ‘Demagogue’", mrcNewsBusters, 22 Jul 2016
- "Code Pink demonstration causes disruption during Trump speech", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
- William Whalen, "Trump speaks to America’s ‘forgotten men and women’ in big, bold speech", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
- Douglas E. Schoen, "After Trump’s RNC speech, Hillary and her party should be running scared", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
- "Trump claims GOP nomination, tells struggling Americans 'I am your voice'", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
- Howard Kurtz, "Trump turns serious, rolling the dice on a policy-packed speech", Fox News, 21 Jul 2016
- "Ivanka Trump tells GOP convention her father will fight for working people", Fox News, 21 Jul 2016
- Thomas Beaumont and Steve Peoples, "NO SIGN OF TRUMP ENDORSEMENT, BUT PLENTY OF CRUZ AMBITION", Associated Press, 20 Jul 2016
- Kathleen Hennessey and Calvin Woodward, "United against Clinton, GOP seeks to rebrand Trump", KSL, 20 Jul 2016
- Robert Draper, "How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate", New York Times, 20 Jul 2016
- "Trump closes the deal, becomes Republican nominee for president", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- Dylan Matthews, "Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech?", Vox, 19 Jul 2016
- "Willie Robertson on Donald Trump: He will 'have our backs'", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- "Melania Trump steps into political spotlight at RNC, Giuliani electrifies crowd", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- Howard Kurtz, "The Melania and Michelle Flap: How the Trump campaign is fueling the flames", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- "You decide: Did Melania plagiarize Michelle's '08 speech?", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- "Priebus says he’d ‘probably’ fire Melania Trump speechwriter over similarities to ’08 address", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- Chad Pergram, "Rep who quashed anti-Trump convention bid has history of heavy-handed tactics", Fox News, 19 Jul 2016
- Oliver Darcy, "The man who could have stopped Donald Trump", Business Insider, 18 Jul 2016
- "Melania Trump Bio", Fox News, 18 Jul 2016
- Lauran Neergaard, "PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH: DO WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE CANDIDATES?", Associated Press, 18 Jul 2016
- "After Pence becomes running mate, Trump changes campaign logo -- again", Fox News, 16 Jul 2016
- Tara Golshan, "Best Tweets That Came Out of the Trump-Pence Ticket’s New Logo", Glenn Beck, 15 Jul 2016
- Ian Schwartz, "Trump: Obama Has to Finally Admit Radical Islam Is The Cause; "We Have To Be Very Tight With Our Borders"", Real Clear Politics, 14 Jul 2016
- Patricia Murphy, "Trump to Pick Mike Pence, Says Source", Roll Call, 14 Jul 2016
- "Trump closing the gap with Clinton after FBI email decision, polls show", Fox News, 14 Jul 2016
- "Ginsburg says she regrets comments on Trump", Fox News, 14 Jul 2016
- "Trump Continues Spat With Justice Ginsburg", Fox Business, 13 Jul 2016
- "Ginsburg under fire from both sides over ‘highly inappropriate’ Trump comments", Fox News, 13 Jul 2016
- "Full Transcript of Charles Koch's Interview with Fortune", Fortune, 12 Jul 2016
- "Trump declares himself 'law and order candidate,' calls for anti-police 'hostility' to end", Fox News, 11 Jul 2016
- Dennis Romboy, "Sen. Orrin Hatch tells Trump to focus less on divisive rhetoric, more on policy", KSL, 6 Jul 2016
- "Trump: Saddam killed terrorists 'so good'", KSL, 6 Jul 2016
- "DNC Readies Warning On "Trumpocalypse"", The Smoking Gun, 5 Jul 2016
- Jim Hoft, "Uh-Uh-Uh… Obama Turns Into Stuttering Mess Again While Talking About Trump in North Carolina (VIDEO)", The Gateway Pundit, 5 Jul 2016
- Alan Fram, "Why Dump Trump effort faces likely defeat at GOP convention", KSL, 5 Jul 2016
- Katie Rogers, "Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Calls Donald Trump’s Star of David Tweet Anti-Semitic", , 4 Jul 2016
- David Wright, "Utah Sen. Lee defends not endorsing Trump so far", KSL, 30 Jun 2016
- Clay Waters, "NY TIMES FINDS TRUMP THREAT TO FIRST AMENDMENT, YET DOWNPLAYS ANTI-TRUMP FREE-SPEECH DENIAL IN SAN JOSE", Infowars, 5 Jun 2016
- Adam Liptak, "Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say", New York Times, 3 Jun 2016
- Alan Rappeport and Charlie Savage, "Donald Trump Releases List of Possible Supreme Court Picks", New York Times, 18 May 2016
- David Goldman, "Donald Trump's war on Jeff Bezos, Amazon and the Washington Post", CNN Money, 13 May 2016
- Ramesha Ponnuru, "Maryanne Trump Barry vs. Samuel Alito on Abortion", National Review, 26 Feb 2016
- Jeffrey Lord, "When Trump Fought the Racists", The American Spectator, 13 Nov 2015
References
- ↑ "Trump defends Putin on journo deaths, asks media to 'prove it'", Yahoo News, 20 Dec 2015
- ↑ Donald J. Trump, 4:31 AM - 25 Jul 2016, Twitter
- ↑ Donald J. Trump, 7:50 AM - 15 Jul 2016, Twitter, 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Howard Kurtz, "Trump talks taxes, but media mesmerized by GOP defections", Fox News, 10 Aug 2016
- ↑ Michelle L. Price, Brady McCombs, "Donald Trump rattles Republican consensus in Utah", KSL, 18 Aug 2016
- ↑ "Mitt Romney’s Full Speech Against Donald Trump", New York Times, 3 Mar 2016
- ↑ Tim Carman, "Trump Steaks are so rare, we can’t even find one", Washington Post, 23 Mar 2016
- ↑ Mike Opelka, "Fact Check: Can You Buy Trump Steaks, Trump Water, Trump Wine and Trump Magazine?", The Blaze, 9 Mar 2016
- ↑ "What Trump Told One Reporter What He Thought About Mormons", LDS Living, 19 Jan 2016
- ↑ Ryan Grim, "Here’s The Full Text Of The Ted Cruz Speech At The RNC", Huffington Post, 20 Jul 2016
- ↑ "Trump calls Cruz non-endorsement 'no big deal,' senator defends decision", Fox News, 21 Jul 2016
- ↑ Donald J. Trump, 8:45 PM - 20 Jul 2016, Twitter
- ↑ "Trump buries bitter rival Cruz in farewell to Cleveland", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
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