Wil, your thread topic headlines always catch my eye!
The Donald is doing an interesting thing in politics. The US needs a rogue voice to inject some honest opinion and direct conversation in the usual pre-scripted political dialogue. It's also interesting to see how his competitors respond. Some rise (yes rise) to that level of honesty and direct approach, most will not. This could lead voters to vote Democrat (i.e., Hillary) if they think that Trump represents the "crazyiness of the Republican party".
The problem I have with Trump (aside from not agreeing with some of his opinions) is that he doesn't appear to understand that he needs to represent the Country, not himself. A guy representing a country can't make off the cuff remarks that are potentially slander to a race of or large group of people.
Penn Jillette has an interesting opinion on the Donald and his candidacy (aside from the personal feud Donald seems to have with him.)
This is so early in the campaign. Who knows how far he will go. He has personal, selfish reasons to make america great again. A booming america is good for the trump universe. He is in love with himself. All politicians are in love with themselves. Trump is very open about it. Not an hypocrite. Also
not a dummy. Politically he is not a hardcore republican, nor was he a hardcore democrat. He is a businessman. Hillary says she is an open book (not an open email server, but that's for another thread of mine). Who's life was more public than trump through all those years?
I believe it is refreshing to have someone who will not cave after the first so called "mistress" will eventually come out of the cornfield, with attorney gloria allred holding her hands. You know he does not give a crap and will sue gloria until she loses her teeth.
The illegal criminals, are problematic. Not until trump talked about it, no other republicans dared talked about it, fearing of losing the hispanic vote.
I even had a thread about that subject already... Very sad situation.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/real-life-in-texas-70-miles-north-of-the-border-720761Even trump can run out of steam. No matter what, hillary represents the democrats and they are stuck with her and will vote for her. He needs to have a clear program.