Donald Trump Fires His Own Presidential Ambitions

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share As promised, the month of May is producing a significant amount of clarity in the developing Republican presidential field. At the beginning of the month, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour announced he would not run for President. This Saturday, former Governor Mike Huckabee declared that he would not be a candidate in 2012, and now we have learned that real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump will not be running for President.

In an early afternoon statement released by the Trump organization, (see the complete press release below this post) The Donald indicated that his real passionand talent is for business and he is not yet willing to give itup for politics.

This announcement has left many ill-advisedTrump enthusiasts at a loss. Trump supporters were looking for a political outsider, with business experience and a say-it-like-is attitude. Now, withTrump definitely out of the running,his supportersjoin with the significant number of Huckabee supporters who have also been left without a candidate. If you believe current polls, Huckabee and Trump accounted for a third of all Republican voters. This third is now up for grabs and as they all look for a corner to run to, the perfect time for a new name to enter the race has been created.

It is fairly obvious that Huckabee and Trump voters are not pleased with any of the existing names in the Republican field. Now that they are unaligned, they are still not likely to be content of these names. However, as they look for a satisfactory alternative, candidates like Pawlenty, Santorum and Herman Cain could begin to appeal to these newly disenfranchised voters and lure them into their camps. That being the case, now is the perfect time for a new name to jump in and scoop up these wayward Huckabee and Trump voters before they align themselves with an another existing candidate.

As for Donald Trump’s decision, it was to be expected. White House 2012 has noted on several occasionsthat while Donald Trump may initiallybe a popular candidate, due to Trump’s nature and character, it would not have translated in to being a popular politician.Hispotential candidacy alsobrought with it an ability to do more harm than good to Republicans. Trump’s antics, unprofessionaluse of vulgarities, and total lack of finesse and diplomacy was arecipefor certain disaster that would have produced a sideshow-like atmosphere within the Republican nominating contests. This side-show would have been a debilitating distraction from the real issues anda from a serious search for a serious presidential candidateto run against President Obama.

In the end,while I have not been very kind to DonaldTrump and his political viability, I must admitthat his decisionnot to run, was a smart one, a smart one for him, for the G.O.P., and the nation.His statement announcing that he wouldnot be a candidate for president in 2012 seemed to be genuine. It reflected Trump’s own acceptance of who he really is and what he is best at.If DonaldTrump is nothing else, he is a personally successful individual. Such personal success does not come by acting impulsively or without an understanding of ones own capabilities. On this decision, Trump demonstratedthat he knows himself well.And while I am sure he truly gave running for president, serious consideration, I firmly believe thathe alsoknows just how serious he can take himself.

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Actual Trump Press Release

For Immediate Release:

New York, New York: May 16, 2011

After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country. I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.

I want to personally thank the millions of Americans who have joined the various Trump grassroots movements and written me letters and e-mails encouraging me to run. My gratitude for your faith and trust in me could never be expressed properly in words. So, I make you this promise: that I will continue to voice my opinions loudly and help to shape our politician’s thoughts.

My ability to bring important economic and foreign policy issues to the forefront of the national dialogue is perhaps my greatest asset and one of the most valuable services I can provide to this country. I will continue to push our President and the country’s policy makers to address the dire challenges arising from our unsustainable debt structure and increasing lack of global competitiveness. Issues, including getting tough on China and other countries that are methodically and systematically taking advantage of the United States, were seldom mentioned before I brought them to the forefront of the country’s conversation.

They are now being debated vigorously. I will also continue to push for job creation, an initiative that should be this country’s top priority and something that I know a lot about. I will not shy away from expressing the opinions that so many of you share yet don’t have a medium through which to articulate.

I look forward to supporting the candidate who is the most qualified to help us tackle our country’s most important issues and am hopeful that, when this person emerges, he or she will have the courage to take on the challenges of the Office and be the agent of change that this country so desperately needs.

Thank you and God Bless America!

Donald J. Trump
Michael Cohen
Executive Vice President and
Special Counsel To Donald J. Trump

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Trump Shrugged: The Donald Addresses South Florida Tea Party

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share On Saturday, sounding like a protagonist hero straight out of Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged, Donald Trump electrified Tea Party enthusiasts at a rally sponsored by the South Florida Tea Party in Boca Raton. (see and hearthe complete speech on video below). Referring to President Obama with phrases like youre fired, and calling him the worst President in history, the reality TV star and real estate magnate drew great ruptures of applause with many one-liners but he spent much of his time boosting his ego and painting himself as the savior of a nation in decline.

Trump told the crowd “I have very high aptitude. I was a great student. I went to the best schools.” and “I’ve come out almost always as the victor, and I have to say that because, you know, I don’t want to be braggadocios, but that’s the kind of a person, whether it’s me or somebody else, the country needs as president.”

As has been the case lately, Trump did not leave out his questioning of President Obamas place of birth. but on policy, Trump did give some positions. He declared himself to be an anti-abortion, anti-gun control, conservative, who can handily win the Republican nomination for President if he decided to run. He described Americas infrastructure as third worldly and in desperate need. Trump also pledged that if he became President, he would not raise taxes, and that he would create “vast numbers of productive jobs” and “get rid of Obamacare”, which he called a total disaster.” At one point the political neophyte stated, “Considering the shape the United States is in right now, we need a competitor and a highly competent person to deal with what’s going on,” He later added: “If I run and win, our country will be respected again.” On foreign policy, Trump offered many criticisms of the U.S. and in a swipe at China he said that the United States should take control of Iraqi oil. He alsoremarked thateven though Japan has been “screwing us for 30 years”, helping them after the earthquake and tsunami was right thing to do and he added that the fact he felt that way demonstrated that he did indeed have a heart.

The crowd ate the entire performance up as Trump spoon fed them all the red meat that they could swallow. And thats fine. So long as somewhere down the road he starts issuing details and not Hollywood scripts. Because methinks Donald Trump is no Dagny Taggert, but his pop culture name recognition and television persona is making many others think that Trump has all the right stuff. Unfortunately for him though, year long political campaigns have a way of changing things and it has yet to be seen if Trumps stuff can withstand the political pressure and invasive public scrutiny that politics brings to the table. You have to remember that while both towns are a bit fake, Hollywood and Washington, D.C. are still worlds apart.

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Trump Stumps in Florida. But How Far Can He Really Go?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share This Saturday, “The Donald”,will speak in Boca Raton, Florida, at an afternoon rally organized by the South Florida Tea Party.

What Trump will say is sure to fly with the anti-establishment crowed and it will certainly help both his television ratings and poll numbers. A recent Public Policy Polling survey already has Trump leading his closest potential rival for the Republican nomination, Mike Huckabee, by 9%. In that poll, following Huckabee who has 19%, are Mitt Romney, 15%, Newt Gingrich, 11%, Sarah Palin, 8%, and Ron Paul with 5%.

Other recent polls have Trump similarly positioned. The problem is that in the end, I suspect that both Trump and Huckabee will not be running. Trump will probably declare that the foolishness of the media makes it not worth running. As for Huckabee, he will most likely decide that his clemency of criminals who after they were released, raped and killed two women and killed 4 police officers, will be too much to overcome in a hotly contested race for President. And he would be right.

Taking Trump and Huckabee out of these polls, and the race, leaves Mitt Romney in the drivers seat.

While Trump is currently the candidate du jour, I am going out on a limb when I tell you that the light will dim on his star. What people are not realizing is that with a lack of a political record, Donald Trump is a blank canvas that people are projecting their hopes on to. They also do not realize that in the pop culture, reality based T.V., society that we live in more people are familiar with the name Donald Trump, than they are with names like Haley Barbour, Gary Johnson, Mitch Daniels, Buddy Roemer or even Tim Pawlenty. More people watch The Apprentice than they do the State of the Union. More people are aware of Snookies every move, than they are of what it is the recent budget that has been passed in the House. But when the focus changes and the spotlight of details comes into focus, people will see Donald Trump in a different light.

Trump will be emaciated in the Republican primary and caucus process. He will be out organized, out managed and out maneuvered. His bankruptcies will become common knowledge and they will than be summed by saying, if he bankrupted his businesses, what will he do with the American treasury? His donations to liberal Democrats will force people to question his political beliefs, sense of conviction and ideology. His divorces will come in to play and most of all, his mouth will be a factor. Donald Trumps mouth is big. Very big. And big mouths mean big trouble in politics, a field in which your every word is exaggerated and intentionally misinterpreted. It is Trumps mouth which will bog Trumps campaign in a perpetual mode of damage control. His campaign will be spending so much time trying to correct the message, that they will have a hard time getting out his message, whatever it may be.

So Donald Trump should enjoy his ratings and poll numbers now, because pretty soon, he will not like where they are.

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Trump to Make Decision on “The Apprentice”. But He Has a Lot to Learn

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share Real estate magnate and pop culture publicity whore Donald Trump, will be making an announcement about an announcement in regards to his decision to run or n0t to run for President, on the season finale of The Apprentice. That final episode airs on May 22nd.So we have more than a month of Trumpitis to deal with.

Meanwhile, if Donald Trumps eventual decision to run for President is in the affirmative, he may want to take that month and use for one, etiquette lessons,two,a few lessons in humility, and three, some civic lessons.

In an interview with Time, when Trump was asked how many members of Congress there are, instead of giving an answer, he replied;

“Well I don’t want to answer your questions because this isn’t a history class. You people, you know you are trying to do the Sarah Palin stuff.

And anytime somebody asks me a question like who is the leader of Abu Dhabi, I say this isn’t a history class, okay? And I actually know. And I know your answer too, but I refuse to answer it. You know why? Because it’s not a history class. And because it’s an irrelevant question. Because you could get some stiff who knows every one of those answers but is incapable of governing.”

Now of course it was a trick question. Right? I mean after all, one could confuse Congress to mean just the House of Representative. Or, it could refer to what it usually isboth the House of Representatives and the Senate combined. So Trump was not going to fall for that and instead of saying 535. 435 in the House and 100 in the Senate, he went off on a rant which you just know he wanted to end by saying, youre fired.

Forgive me for saying this, but if Trump does run for President, please let him do so as a Democrat challenging President Obama for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Let President Obama have to spend some money before he has a Republican opponent. In my opinion, that is the only wayTrump can really be of help right now.

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Trumpitis. Why Many Have Caught It

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Kempite

Trumpitis [Trumpitis] noun: a political condition affecting people dissatisfied with politics and government, causing a yearning for a magical individual who can answer all their frustrations with politics and the way that government works.

Bookmark and Share Even though it is early in the 2012 game of presidential politics, if there is any single name that can be considered a phenomenon at this point in time, it is Donald Trump. His name has most definitely inspired the most widespread, out of the ordinary, curiosity and excitement of any possible candidate from any particular segment of society. The entry of his name in to the 2012 Republican contest has upended polls. A recent CNN polls found Donald Trump tied with Mike Huckabee at 19%, followed by Sarah Palins 12%, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at 11%, Ron Paul at 6%, and Michelle Bachman with 5%. Just inside of one month alone, Trump has jumped from 10% to 19%.

Haley Barbour credits the Trump phenomenon to name ID. Others credit the jump to Trumps very public call for proof that President Obama was born an American. Either way, there exists a large base of Trump supporters who have Type A Trumpitus. This group are not just energized by the possibility of a Trump candidacy, they are vehement in their support of Donald Trump and theyre quite loyal to the idea of his potential candidacy.

If you dont believe me, let me give you a random sampling of comments about The Donald that have been made by voters here, on White House 2012.

Beth Avery writes;

Donald Trump needs to run for president, he is the only one that could win this race. He would even have Democrats and Independence besides a strong support from his own party, the Republican Party. He has a no fear policy and knows what we need and will do it.

Robert Conley writes;

It has been many years since I have been excited about a presidential candidate. Mr Trump has the experience needed to run a country in this global business climate that we find ourselves in and the nerve and backbone necessary to accomplish what no president has done since Teddy Roosevelt. That is to show the world that we are a strong and dominant force in the world and not an apologetic scapegoat and third world ATM machine.

Jim Rutkowski send us this message.

TRUMP WILL TELL OBAMA youre fired. I believe Donald Trump has what it takes to defeat Obama in 2012. He even has the Hollywood Star power to win the former Obama MTV Twitter/Facebook generation vote, he is a shoe-in in my view. We must be aggressive and inventive, and Donald Trump is in the In-Crowd right now, a crowd we need SO badly, hes a bit hip, and believe me, WE NEED HIP TO BEAT THESE liberal hipsters. Its a new world now, with a new kind of voter, lets face this election with the power and relative youth we need in an ALREADY popular Republican candidate. Please contact me if Mr Trump decides to run for President, I would like to vigorously campaign for this American winner

Other statements sent in to WH12 include remarks like;

The Republican party should be begging you [Donald Trump] to run and I am supporting you because you will not only have strong support from the Republican party you, will have Democrats and Independents voting for you. Your campaign slogan should be ‘Believe in America!’

There are many gems, just from this website, but in general those who have become diehard supporters of Trump, all profess that Trump can win and that he will tell it like it is and do what needs to be done.

But why exactly are a growing number of voters feeling this way? What accounts for this Trump phenomenon?

Call it Trumpitis.

Trumpitis , by definition, is the only thing that can account for Trumps popularity in politics.

Trumpitis is spreading because of a large number of anti-political contagions. People are steadily unhappy with politics and politicians. This is nothing new. Ancient Romans were often unhappy with their leadership. They just couldnt always do much about it. But this anti-establishment sentiment tends to reach a fevered pitch when the proverbial waste hits the fan and problems, such as our national debt, reach crisis levels. It is also the result of President Obamas famous presidential campaign for hope and change. More than two years after that effort, people do not feel a great deal of hope or see very much change.

Another contagion is the continued existence of broken promises in politics.

Perhaps more than any other President, President Obama has broken more promises than a used car salesman. Instead of ending wars, he gets us into a new one. Instead of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, he fills it. And the list goes on.

Another aspect of Trumpitis is the fact that there is no one single establishment candidate that has a lock on support. With the more than two dozen names circulating, each of them have their own small and limited base of support, be it regional, ideological or issue based. This void allows for the populism of Donald Trump to overshadow the splintered base of all the rest.

But other reasons for Trumpitis include the fact that Donald Trump is a clean political slate. He has no political record for people to hate. As such, people are projecting their hopes on Trump. These hopes are further buoyed by Trumps bluntness. Many people find this refreshing in politics. They are tired of politicians saying what they dont mean or not coming right out and saying what they mean. Trump currently trumps others on that front.

Trumpitis and Donald Trumps seemingly growing political popularity is essentially based on a type of hope and change that President Obama failed to deliver. The American people hope for a President who puts America first. They dont want Americas positions on terrorism moderated because jihadists dont like our no tolerance on terrorism position. Americans hope for a Mideast policy that helps lower the cost of a barrel of oil rather than raise it. And Americans want a process that is changed by political leadership that does what is says, and says what it means.

In a perfect world, Donald Trump fits that build. In a perfect world, saying youre fired solves the problem. But the problem is this is not a perfect world and Donald Trump is not the perfect candidate that Trumpitis infected voters think he is.

For one thing, while the thought of running government like a business is very attractive, government is not a business. If it were, more of us would be involved. The fact is that government needs to be cut. Yet we have not heard where Donald Trump or if Trump intends on cutting government. And if he does begin to articulate such cuts, you can bet that a small percentage of those infected with Trumpitis will be cured of it.

The fact is that there are thousands of positions that we have not yet heard about from Donald Trump but rest assured that as soon as we start hearing them, many people will getting vaccinated for Trumpitis.

So before too many people jump on the Trump bandwagon and place the hope of the GOP and the nation on Donald Trumps shoulders, let us realize he is not Atlas and let us realize that his shoulders are not the issue. The real issue is what will come out of his mouth regarding the issues of the day. Once we start hearing those words of detail, how popular Donald Trump remains, will be like a crapshoot at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Its anyones guess.

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Trump in the Hunt in New Hampshire

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share According to a new Public Policy Polling survey, Mitt Romney maintains his wide lead in New Hampshire but if Donald Trump were to be among the candidates he competes he against, Romneys wide lead becomes a small lead. The PPP poll finds that 27% of Granite State voters would support Romney but 21% support Donald Trump.

The polls findings show that Trumps close showing to Romney comes from support that he gets from the 42% of primary voters who do not believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. Trump also gets a big boost from TEA movement members.

With Trump out of the contest, PPP calls the contest as follows:

  • Romney – 31%,
  • Mike Huckabee -15%
  • Newt Gingrich – 13%
  • Sarah Palin -10%
  • Ron Paul -10%
  • Michele Bachmann – 4%
  • Tim Pawlenty – 4%
  • Haley Barbour – 2%.
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Monday Mornings with Trump. As Trump Prepares to Run for President, Fox Makes Him A Weekly Guest

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Kempite
Bookmark and Share While Fox news contributors like Newt Gingrich and Rick Santroum are being suspended until their presidential campaigns are over, Donald Trump who is seemingly begun to run his own campaign for President, is joining the Fox News team but not as a contributor.as a guest. Trump will be appearing regularly on Monday mornings during a segment being billed as Monday Mornings with Trump.

FEC rules prohibit presidential candidates from having paid ties to media outlets which give them ink or air time that is not regulated by campaign election laws. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum recently had to suspend their ties to Fox because they were paid contributors. Thats not the case with Trump who will not be receiving any financial money from Fox. According to a Fox spokesperson, that fact will allow The Donald to keep appearing on his segment even if he becomes a declared candidate for President.

It is my experience that such is not the case though. Although Trump would not being getting paid, his regular segment still provides him with regular airtime. That means a regularly scheduled opportunity for free air time. This amounts to an in-kind contribution and such campaign contributions from any one entity are limited by election law which define in-kind contributions as “contributions other than cash.

So if this segment continues after Trump declares a candidacy for President, you can bet that someone will be filing a complaint with the FEC and the FCC.

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