För att kunna vinna 2016 års presidentval så måste republikanerna göra bättre ifrån sig bland USA:s Latinamerikaner. Så när den 69:årige miljardären Donald Trump ställer upp som republikansk presidentkandat med en helt okontrollerad salva mot Mexico och USA:s latinamerikaner så är det inte en överdrift att säga att republikanerna blir allt mer oroliga.
Philip Rucker skriver i Washington Post: As Donald Trump surges in polls, Democrats cheer
With the Republican Party on an urgent mission to woo Latino voters, one of its leading presidential candidates has been enmeshed for two weeks in a nasty feud over his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants.
“They’re bringing drugs,” Trump said in his campaign announcement speech. “They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.”
The comments — and many more since — have prompted an uproar among Latino groups and a series of acrimonious break-ups between Trump and various corporate partners. His outlandish rhetoric and skill at occupying the national spotlight is also proving to be dangerously toxic for the GOP brand, which remains in the rehabilitation stage after losing the 2012 presidential race.
Univision said it would not air his Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants; Trump sued the Spanish-language television network for $500 million. NBC Universal severed all ties to him this week, including his “Apprentice” reality series; he called the network “so weak and so foolish.
And on Wednesday, the Macy’s department store chain dumped him, saying it would no longer sell his menswear line. Trump said the retail chain had “totally caved.”
Despite — or perhaps because of — such antics, the flashy real estate mogul with a big bank account and an even bigger ego has rocketed into second place in recent national polls and in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
Nu är det långt, mycket långt kvar till presidentvalet den 8:e november nästa år, och Donald Trump kommer att falna långt innan dess. Men under tiden är han onekligen underhållande och manna från himlen för Hillary Clinton och demokraterna.
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Dilberts skapare Scott Adams har en blogg som jag börjat följa, han har också skrivit om detta, men med en lite annan vinkling: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/123031431246/outragists-attack-trump-and-win
Donald Trump har räddat hela valrörelsen, utan honom hade det bara varit vanliga stentråkiga floskel maskiner kvar som arbetar för sina sponsorers intressen och inte gör ett smack för det amerikanska folket. Donald Trump har USD10 miljarder och säger vad han vill och skiter fullkomligt i alla politiskt korrekta rövslickare som ängsligt vaktar sin tunga för att inte säga något som kan uppröra någon. Vill amerikanska folket uppnå någon form av förbättring så är Donald Trump enda alternativet, alla andra är bara “more of the same” som leder rakt ner i avgrunden. Det skall bli underbart kul att följa honom i valrörelsen.
Paul Craig Roberts är inne på samma linje: “America is like the last days of Rome when contenting factions fought to put their puppet on the throne. There is no known politician in America who measures up to Vladimir Putin’s ankle, or to the knee of China’s leaders. In the US, “leadership” positions depend on financial support from the ruling economic interests. American presidents and politicians represent about six powerful private interest groups and no one else. In actual fact, Trump might be our best candidate to date. By all accounts, he is very rich. Thus, he doesn’t need the office in order to become rich by selling out America to interest groups. By all accounts, Trump has a healthy ego. Thus, he could be capable of standing up to the powerful interest groups that generally determine the governance of the American serfs.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/06/20/trump-president-paul-craig-roberts/