Hear, hear. I look forward to the bombast. I don't think he has a snowball's chance in... So I'm not worried at all. He will however make the establishment types very uneasy. Priceless!

I must admit that his candor is refreshing.

So he's rich, and he likes to fire people. I really
can't see him as a Hank Rearden. I think Trump
is just a big show-off; he seems like the re-incar-
nation of P.T. Barnum.

Donald is obviously a successful business man. But have to question his thoughts about Oprah as VP? They could combine her show and the Apprentice.

The idea of Oprah as a running mate, right there is enough to send me running in the other direction. She was a huge Obama supporter.
Trump has been close to bankruptcy how many times? Did he pull in his belt, no he let the government declare him "too big to fail." Who took the hit and paid the price - all the small businesses who ate the losses.l
When he wanted land for a casino and could not get the owners of an apartment complex running it successfully to sell, what did he do? He used Agenda 21 tactics to convince the zoning people he was better for the city, and had them condemn the building. It is hard to respect his version of capitalism.

He goes where others fear to tread.

Even though I can't stand Donald as a person I'm hiring the person for a job not friendship. If he or any other fits the job then they get my vote.

I would certainly vote for Trump if he make it through the primary. Whatever he builds he creates jobs. He is greedy. He is out spoken. He doesn't do Political Correctness. I will admit that there is a side show quality to him. But he makes money and BEST OF ALL he is NOT your average Politician!

"Drunkard's Walk", eh?

Jan

Yes! He will open up issues that the other candidates will then have to address.

Jan

Government is not a business. In legitimate business you trade value for value to be successful. In government you extort money and redistribute it to your liking. Government is more like the mafia than a legitimate business.

Trump has created lots of jobs for bankruptcy lawyers.

True, the mob bosses always had ideas.

So you are saying his speech is not representative of his thought process.

He is doomed because he carries the republican brand. It makes no difference how many agree with his assessment of the situation, it will all be for naught.

Like him or not he is getting things done in the environment he has to work with. He is building, making things happen the way he wants them to happen. He is not sitting around crying about unfair practices. Well he may bitch about them but he is not unproductive. You don't build a net worth of nine billion with BS and no ideas. You don't keep a net worth of nine billion with BS and no ideas.

Trump gave a moving speech. Moving that is, to anyone who believes in the Free Market. But then, I remembered others who gave moving speeches that mobilized nations. Most of them were not good guys. However, look at the record. Every time Trump did something outstanding, he did something marginally or outright unethical. He managed, though, to do two steps good (for him) for every step bad. His greatest asset is his belief in himself and his ability to boldly do things that other people are too timid to try.

I saw no contradictions in his ideals. You don't make that much money and stay that long without a rational mind. And as Ayn Rand said the rational mind has no contradictions."

Now that I have thought about it, this is an unprecedented opportunity for America. A real in the flesh business magnate who has been doing battle in the real world. Not the typical politician's token business background or the prodigy of elitists families that has been groomed for politics.

"HIS" ideas? What ideas? Having confidence (and arrogance) to insult anyone with intelligence enough to see through his line of BS? His opinion of his own negotiation skills is certainly unsurpassed.

Yes, part of Rand's ideology is described by the looters of Atlas Shrugged.

Donald Trump has created more jobs than many small nations. He has availed himself of US bankruptcy court a couple of times. Without the provision of the US bankruptcy laws, debtors would still be sent to prison until the debt was made whole. The US bankruptcy laws are the codification of "creative destruction". Either restructuring to create a workable model or liquidation to destroy and start over. There is no sin in bankruptcy.

Second, in "the Art of the Deal", Trump's strongest point is to structure deals with the upside on your side of the table and all or most of the downside on the lender or partner's side of the table. Wouldn't it be refreshing for a President with American interests in mind negotiated agreements that gave us the "Lion's Share" of the upside?

Progressives have an economic model that call for population control, euthanasia, population reduction, etc. The only way to prosper with a static pie chart is to reduce the consumers. Capitalism offers a way to create a larger pie through innovation, productivity gains, and re-employing the idle. IMHO Growth is a better economic plan than population reduction and control.

I still believe government standard time (GST, the slow moving process of legislation) would make Trump crazy.

Don't have a problem with straight talk except when it conflicts with reality and rational thought. Both are problems with trump's speech.

Freedom formal-your position on Trump is well known from previous posts.
I support Trump. We need a person to run our government like a business. We need a businessman not a politician. By self financing the majority of his campaign, he will not be beholden to the so called movers and shakers that have got us into this mess. Unlike all the rest he will tell you like it is and not use PC talk like the politicians do. Why not give the guy a chance to give his ideas on making America great again.