That was the near-unanimous view of some of the nation’s wealthiest and most influential Republicans Saturday night as they gathered for a political briefing at billionaire Wilbur Ross’ Southampton estate with national GOP Chairman Reince Priebus.
Trump’s rise as the front-running GOP candidate for president was expected to dominate talk at the gathering of about 60 Republican bigwigs and high rollers, including builder/developer Earl Mack, Gristedes owner and biofuels magnate John Catsimatidis, the Tiger Fund’s Julian Robertson, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and state GOP Chairman Ed Cox.
But it became clear early on that that wasn’t going to be the case because so many of those at the event see Trump as a fatally flawed candidate, much as they’ve seen him as a flawed and often off-putting businessman over the past three decades, a source who was present told The Post.
“These are people who know Trump well, people who have known Trump for years as part of the social and financial fabric of the city,” the source said. (Read more from “GOP Big Shots Aren’t Taking Donald Trump Seriously” HERE)
By B. Christopher Agee. Owen Wilson, a predominantly comedic actor showing off his dramatic chops in the new film No Escape, ventured into the political realm recently when describing Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
In an interview with The Daily Beast, Wilson – described as a “staunch liberal” – acknowledged he is at least intrigued by Trump’s brash approach to politics.
“You can’t help but get a kick out of him,” he admitted, “and I think part of it is we’re so used to politicians on both sides sounding like actors at press junkets. It’s sort of by rote, and they say all the right things.”
Trump, by comparison, does not follow “that script,” Wilson said.
“It’s like when Charlie Sheen was doing that stuff,” he continued, apparently referring to the actor’s infamous public meltdown in 2011. “Like, wow! He’s answering a question completely honestly, and in an entertaining way.”
When it comes to Trump’s ideology, however, Wilson is less compelled. Either way, he said it is far too early in the process to declare Trump the Republican nominee – much less a general election winner. (Read more from “Hollywood Megastar Owen Wilson Just Sounded off on Trump – and What He Said Was Shocking” HERE)
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Donald Trump Trounces GOP Field, Biden Leads General Election Match-Ups
By Theodore Schleifer. Vice President Joe Biden fares better against top GOP candidates in hypothetical general election match-ups than Hillary Clinton, according to a new national survey.
The Quinnipiac University poll, released Thursday, also shows Donald Trump smashing the GOP presidential competition garnering 28% support from registered Republican voters in the 17-member field. The real estate mogul’s closest competitor is retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who tallies 12%.
Just 7% said they would vote for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a record low since November 2013.
Those results show just how far both Trump — now the Republican front-runner — and Bush — the old one — have come. Bush led national polls for much of the first half of 2015, but was quickly dislodged by Trump, after he announced his presidential ambitions this June.
Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida both are tied with Bush at 7%, the polls shows, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 6% and former tech CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tied at 5%. (Read more from this story HERE)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may not be as much of the political outsider as purported in interviews and campaign stomps. He is actually related to royalty – and is a distant cousin of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
As it turns out, both are related to John of Gaunt, a 14th century royal. Gaunt, who was the 1st Duke of Lancaster, was the son of King Edward III. According to MyHeritage, Trump is related through his mother, Mary Anne Macleod, back to his 17th great-grandfather, John Beaufort, while Clinton is related through her father and the Rodham family, back to her 17th great-grandmother, Joan Beaufort. The two candidates are 19th cousins. Neither has commented on this fact . . .
Having two presidential candidates who are related isn’t new. The website We Are All Related shows that all of the U.S. presidents, except for one, are related. The common ancestor was John “Lackland” Plantagenet, who was the King of England in 1166. The project, completed by 10-year-old BridgeAnne d’Avignon, showed the only president who does not share the royal ancestry with the other presidents was President Martin Van Buren. (Read more from “Trump Has a Very Surprising Distant Relative Who Happens to Be a Presidential Candidate” HERE)
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Fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tried to steal Donald Trump’s thunder in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, but the move proved to be full of hot air.
As Trump electrified the largest crowd of the presidential campaign season to date, the pro-Bush Right to Rise super-PAC launched a banner message to fly over the event on a small plane.
The message read “Trump 4 Higher Taxes, Jeb 4 Prez.”
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Presidential candidate Donald Trump declined to name his favorite Bible verse during a Wednesday interview, despite being pressed by Bloomberg Managing Editor Mark Halperin . . .
“You have been talking about how it’s your favorite book,” Halperin said. “I’m wondering what one or two of your most favorite Bible verses are.”
“Well, I wouldn’t want to get into it,” Trump replied. “Because that’s very personal. You know, when I talk about the Bible it’s vey personal. So I don’t want to get into it.”
Halperin pressed, again asking if he would name a favorite verse or two.
“No, I don’t want to do that,” Trump said. (Read more from “Reporter Presses Donald Trump to Name His Favorite Bible Verse — Take a Look at How He Responds” HERE)
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With the rapid decline of the stock market over the last few days–down nearly 10 percent, or over 1700 pts, since Thursday–investors are looking for a safe harbor for their funds.
Some, like presidential candidate Donald Trump, are arguing that America is being punished for China’s economic sins due to poor planning and trade policies by the federal government. His solution, of course, is to “Vote Trump”.
Markets are crashing – all caused by poor planning and allowing China and Asia to dictate the agenda. This could get very messy! Vote Trump.
Other experts have been arguing for a long time that the stock market, which reached historic highs in June (over 18,000), was due for a correction.
Whether it is poor China policy or an overdue correction, something drastic definitely happened.
Peter Reagan, a financial market strategist at precious metals dealer Birch Gold Group, points a finger at the Federal Reserve Bank: “For the past seven years, the Fed’s loose monetary policies have flooded the market with artificial liquidity. This desperate attempt to prop up the economy seems to have helped in the short term, but now it’s contributing to the enormous level of volatility we’re seeing in the stock market these past few weeks.”
Former congressman Ron Paul predicted a steep decline for the stock market in June. “I think [the crash] is going to be much greater [than 10 percent] and it will probably go a lot lower than people say it should,” said Paul. “I don’t think it’s going to be just a correction,” he told CNBC. (Read more from “Trump Identifies Cause of Market Crash, Delivers This 2-Word Solution” HERE)
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By Eric Bradner. Sen. Lindsey Graham says Donald Trump is a “complete idiot” and if the two face off in the Republican primary in Graham’s home state of South Carolina, “I’ll beat his brains out.”
Graham, the South Carolina senator, attacked Trump in a Tuesday morning interview on CNN.
Trump had taunted Graham earlier in the day, highlighting a poll of South Carolina GOP primary voters that showed the real estate mogul leading the pack with 30% support and Graham much further back at 4%.
“Congrats,” Trump sarcastically tweeted at Graham, noting that those four percentage points are “far better than zero nationally.” (Read more from “Graham on Trump: ‘I’ll Beat His Brains out'” HERE)
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Roger: Trump Is Unelectable
By Breitbart News. From Gabriel Sherman writing for New York Magazine:
When it comes to dealing with rogue states, Fox News has a firm editorial philosophy: You don’t negotiate. Roger Ailes is learning that the same logic applies to a rogue candidate. Last night, Donald Trump took to Twitter and blew up the uneasy truce Ailes had brokered with him two weeks ago following Trump’s attacks on Fox star Megyn Kelly after the first GOP debate. “I liked The Kelly File much better without @megynkelly. Perhaps she could take another eleven day unscheduled vacation! ”Trump tweeted as Kelly began her broadcast. Moments later, Trump retweeted tasteless comments from his followers. “The bimbo is back in town,” one read. “She has come back looking like Nancy Grace,” said another . . .
It’s now harder to see an end to the Trump-Fox war soon. As I reported this week, Trump’s poll numbers remain strong and he’s building a robust campaign operation, which is a threat to Ailes’s political project: “Roger says Trump is unelectable. His goal here is to save the country,” a source close to Ailes told me.
(Read more from “Roger: Trump Is Unelectable” HERE)
By Jesse Byrnes. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is dominating the crowded GOP field in the early-voting state of New Hampshire, holding a 24-point lead over his nearest rival, according to a new poll.
Trump is supported by 35 percent of GOP primary voters in the state, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich (11 percent) and businesswoman Carly Fiorina (10 percent), according to the survey released Tuesday from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker each take 7 percent, followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 6 percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio each have 4 percent, while Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has dropped to 3 percent.
The new poll has found a drop in support for several candidates, including a major drop for Walker (17 points), who has similarly seen his Trump recently steal his lead in Iowa, another early-voting state.
Bush and Trump duked it out in New Hampshire last week, before the latest figures were recorded showing only 38 percent of primary voters have a favorable opinion of Bush compared to 41 percent with a negative one. (Read more from “Trump, Sanders Ahead in New Hampshire Poll” HERE)
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Trump Catches Attention of CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral
By Jon Rappoport. The powerful Globalist players at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberg Group, and the Trilateral Commission are certainly watching the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
Trump has already made statements about immigration they find troubling. They may or may not be taking Trump’s presidential run seriously. They may or may not view him as an inconsequential blowhard, a shoot-from-the-hip cowboy who forgets today what he said yesterday—but today the New York Times has made reference to Trump in a way that will make these Globalist heavy hitters pause and blink while drinking their morning coffee (Here in “As Stock Market Plunges, Donald Trump Takes a Worldview” by Alan Rappeport):
“Mr. Trump has said that bad trade deals with China and Mexico are to blame for a sluggish American economy and weak job creation. He has promised to make ‘great’ deals with other countries to protect American workers and has threatened to raise taxes on imports to the United States to bolster domestic production.”
By Grabien. At a press conference this evening, Donald Trump had Jorge Ramos forcibly removed. The skirmish came as the 2016 Republican front-runner began taking questions; after calling on a reporter, Ramos attempted asking a question.
“Excuse me, sit down,” Trump said. “You weren’t called. Sit down. Sit down!” . . .
“You haven’t been called,” Trump again said. “Go back to Univision.”
After Ramos continued, Trumped looked toward his security guard and instructed him, “Go ahead.” (Read more from “Trump Tosses out Journalist Jorge Ramos: ‘Go Back to Univison'” HERE)
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Trump vs. Jorge Ramos on Birthright Citizenship, Wall, Deportation: “We’re Going to Start With the Gangs”
By Real Clear Politics. Univision anchor Jorge Ramos took on Donald Trump at a press conference held by the Republican presidential candidate in Dubuque, Iowa on Tuesday evening. The two went head to head for five minutes over birthright citizenship, how Trump would build a wall, how he would deport illegal immigrants and more. Trump fought back against Ramos and attempted to get him to acknowledge crime committed by illegal immigrants.
Earlier, Ramos was ejected from the presser for stepping out of turn . . .
DONALD TRUMP: Well, a lot of people think — no, no, excuse me. a lot of people, no, no, but a lot of people think that’s not right, that an act of congress can do it. but it’s possibly going to have to be tested in courts. but
A lot of people think that if you come and you’re on the other side of the border — I’m not talking about Mexicans. Somebody on the other side of the border. A woman is getting ready to have a baby, she crosses the border for one day, has the baby, all of a sudden for the next 80 years, hopefully longer, but for the next 80 years we have to take care of the people . . .
RAMOS INTERRUPTION: No, I am answering. If you come across for one day and you have a baby, now the baby is going to be an American citizen. There are great — excuse me. There are great legal scholars, the top, that say that’s absolutely wrong. It’s going to be tested. Okay?
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By Alex Isenstadt. Amid mounting concerns about Donald Trump’s candidacy from the GOP establishment, Republican leaders in at least two states have found a way to make life a lot harder for him.
The Virginia and North Carolina parties are in discussions about implementing a new requirement for candidates to qualify for their primary ballots: that they pledge to support the Republican presidential nominee — and not run as a third-party candidate — in the general election.
The procedural moves are clearly aimed at Trump, who pointedly refused to rule out a third-party run during the first GOP debate.
They come amid Republican fears that the real estate mogul is gaining strength in the primary contest, and that his jeremiads against undocumented immigrants will alienate Hispanic voters. Despite coming under a hail of criticism in recent weeks, Trump has held steady atop state and national polls.
John Whitbeck, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, said the proposal was among many that the organization was considering as it sketches out its ballot access requirements for the 2016 GOP primary. The ultimate decision, he said, would be made by the 84 members who make up the state party’s central committee, which is slated to meet on Sept. 19. The requirements must be submitted to the Republican National Committee by Oct. 1. (Read more from “State GOP Leaders Plot to Tie Donald Trump’s Hands” HERE)
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Poll: Majority of Republican Voters Think Trump Will Receive Presidential Nomination
By Amanda Andrade-Rhoades. There was once a point where the idea of Donald Trump being a serious presidential candidate was considered laughable, but that time has apparently passed.
According to Rasmussen Reports, a public polling company, 57 percent of people who will probably vote Republican in 2016 now think Trump is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee next year — another 25 percent of respondents said it’s very likely. Just two months ago, when Trump announced his candidacy, 27 percent of people said they thought a nomination would be likely and 9 percent said it would be very likely.
Despite the growing possibility of Trump receiving the Republican nomination, the prospect does not come without significant contention from within the GOP. Trump was famously, or infamously, uninvited from a major Republican event put on by RedState after he made comments about the blood flow of debate moderator Megyn Kelly, who openly questioned his behavior and attitude towards women.
His comments on immigration have also divided Republicans. Though many candidates have toughened their stance on the issue or outright advocated for changing the 14th Amendment, which deals with birthright citizenship, some believe Trump’s hard-line approach may alienate voters — possibly costing Republicans the election. (Read more from this story HERE)
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“It WON’T be Donald Trump.”
