So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

[Stavros]

Donald Trump has been given an opportunity to respond to the DNC and this is what he produces:

Donald Trump is living up to his reputation as thin-skinned bully.

At a Davenport, Iowa, rally on Thursday, Trump threatened to attack several of the Democratic National Convention’s speakers for their remarks against him.
“I was gonna hit one guy in particular, a very little guy,” Trump said at his rally. “I was gonna hit this guy so hard, his head would spin, he wouldn’t know what the hell happened.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...icle-1.2730295

Apparently the Daily News thinks he is referring to Michael Bloomberg. And I think the Trump camp have already had to issue a press release to say Donald was just joking, just as they had to 'confirm' the invitation to Russia to hack US government emails was 'sarcasm'. Whatever. It does at least confirm that any TV debates between these two will either be compelling viewing, or just an embarrassment.

And who knows, there may even be a debate on policy...

[trish]

Apparently the Daily News thinks he is referring to Michael Bloomberg. And I think the Trump camp have already had to issue a press release to say Donald was just joking...

Of course, everything The Donald says is a joke.

[peejaye]

Most of us grow older as each day goes by. This idiot Trump seems go get more stupid each day! I've never come across anything or anyone like it!

[buttslinger]

I think this coming October 31st I will trick or treat as Paul Manafort.
(the real monster is BEHIND the mask!

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[Stavros]

I think this coming October 31st I will trick or treat as Paul Manafort.

Buttslinger, Is that to protect your Russian investments or to re-install your buddy Yanukovych in Kiev? Or both? Do you pay taxes on the profits? Innocent question..

[buttslinger]

Buttslinger, Is that to protect your Russian investments or to re-install your buddy Yanukovych in Kiev? Or both? Do you pay taxes on the profits? Innocent question..

I'm taking all of my money out of Russian Rubles and the Stock Market to bet them on Trump to win in November.
Under the table of course, no taxes.
Paul may be a no-good-nik, but he wears the nicest suits you ever saw. ...........
and he's guaranteed me a Trump win this Fall.

They say Putin may be worth 200 billion dollars.
And as we all know, 200 billion dollars CAN'T be wrong!!

[Stavros]

It would be easy to dismiss the latest rant from Donald Trump- referring to Hillary Clinton as 'the Devil' (and I assume, with a capital D), claiming the General Election will be rigged- as a desperate attempt to get past the row over the 'Gold Star' parents Mr and Mrs Khan, not to mention his inept remarks about Vladimir Putin and Russian involvement in Ukraine. The problem is the language and tone matter, just as a 'Gold Star' mother was booed at a Pence rally, and just as there have been Americans who shared Trump's views on Obama and already believe elections are rigged, so the persistent use of this kind of language and argument, in the tone that it is delivered, must over time devalue the democratic process, which thrives on honest and open debate about real issues. We saw these tactics being used in the EU referendum campaign in the UK, where real debate was replaced by accusation and counter-accusation.
But, taken to its logical conclusion, where people believe 'we do not live in a democracy', that 'elections are rigged', and that politicians are 'only in it for themselves', you may find that 240 years of democracy is destroyed in two months, by someone and some people, it must be said, who really do not care about it, or what happens next.

[broncofan]

But, taken to its logical conclusion, where people believe 'we do not live in a democracy', that 'elections are rigged', and that politicians are 'only in it for themselves', you may find that 240 years of democracy is destroyed in two months, by someone and some people, it must be said, who really do not care about it, or what happens next.

True. And if he is capable of winning the election by making such comments, then the system was not functioning very well to begin with and we have only been lucky in past cycles that our parties have not nominated such demagogues. We have not encouraged enough civic responsibility, popular participation in the vetting process of our leaders, or attention to policy detail to elect minimally competent leaders.

Donald and the Republican's trick has been to vilify the media which acts to vet the sensibility of the policies proposed by respective candidates. When people believe that no criticism by the media, no matter how well documented or argued, is made in good faith or worth listening to, they become insensitive to common sense. They adopt thinking along the lines of, "well CNN, which is in the pockets of the Democrats, argues that Donald made a racist statement, but that just means he is speaking the truth. The New York Times thinks Donald did not know that Putin invaded Crimea, but they've always had it in for him. It's time to do away with the elites." The elites, of course, end up being anyone who has paid attention to domestic and foreign policy and obeys the norms of civilized discourse. It is the reflexive popular protest movement against anything deemed "establishment" that can lead people to wildly insensible positions.

[martin48]

Look - the election will be rigged, the other contender is The Devil and greatest sacrifice anyone can make is to "earn" millions on the backs of immigrants. Doomsday is coming to the USA.

Behold the Head of a Traitor

[buttslinger]

The Donald figured out early that by calling Mexicans rapists and murderists, you could keep playing that pied piper tune and they'd follow you anywhere, but I don't think he understands that even the most hardcore of racists well up a bit when they hear the story of a Muslim son killed in the service to this Country.
The Donald is getting away with his crimes because he's destroyed THE EVIDENCE, and the evidence in this case is a Library Card.
Obamacare and a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage is going to upset the applecart for a while, but 15 bucks an hour is going to put more money into the Community Chest, and less money into the off-shore accounts of One Percent Ivory Tower builders. White Middle Class working men are EXACTLY the ones who should be voting for Hillary, half their paychecks are ending up in the pockets of the guys who sign their patchecks.
The American Political Process was insane WAAAAAAAY before Donald Trump.
The fact that we are arguing over Democrat vs Republican, and not the 99% vs the 01% just proves how much power they have.