Uninteresting, as a candidate.

You'll find out if he really is a democrat if he loses the republican primary (likely) and then runs as an independent. I'm sure Hillary will reimburse him.

Well said. immigration should in my humble opinion be only by legal means. But if you are in central America and your children are starving what would you do?

But we all know the rest of them lie. At least trump tells it like it is. No one else has the guts to speak up. Maybe Rand Paul or Ron Paul, but they dont seem to have a chance of winning. Our country cant stand another stint of deficit spending and multiple wars. I am very concerned that this is about IT for the USA.

There are several primary candidates who are better than Trump in terms of knowledge, understanding, consistency and with at least some emphasis on limiting government power as opposed to open-ended "deals". There isn't anything I would trust Trump not to sell out, with or without knowing what he is doing.

While I rather like what Trump is harping at the moment, on both illegals and McCain (yes I am an Arizonan, and see the need to oust BOTH our senators, I greatly fear that Trump might be a real tyrant as President. That appears to be his "thing".

My comment was that of the field out there, is Trump such a bad choice? I dont think we could stand another socialist who will destroy our US dollar, and on foreign relations we have been really decimated by Obama and his crew. Personally, I dont think Trump has a snowball's chance in hell of being actually elected- he just doesnt offer the "takers" enough in this environment. Someone else will come up and steal the show by offering goodies to the 51%. If he actually gets to the ballot box, given the rest of the candidates that are out there now, I would vote for him.

I'm in Arizona and attended the Trump "rally" in Phoenix. I thought twice about going because I was concerned about running into "crazies". Little did I know I would be considered one of them simply by attending. The room did have some Trump fans, the curious like me but what struck me the most were the number of working class and small business people. The press jumped all over the immigration issue but Trump has also brought up the outsourcing of jobs. My wife has had her job outsourced to India 3 times in the last 10 years. I am a small painting contractor. I understand both sides of the immigration coin. As a painter I could no longer make a living because the immigrants came in in such huge volumes that they swamped the labor pool. Wages were driven down so low it looked the 1930's depression in the paint store parking lots when the contractors showed up looking for labor. I am not exaggerating. As a business owner it is difficult to compete using American labor. But I still do. As far as amnesty is concerned I think these people are being sold a bill of goods. If they were to become citizens they would immediately expect to make a higher wage. It defeats the purpose of what the big corporations want which is cheap labor. So then the next step would be open borders to insure a free flow of cheap labor and the swamping of the American "culture". McCain has been a huge disappointment and is simply a shill for the big building contractors in this state as well as one of the largest military contractors in the U.S. While keeping these "people" happy keeps some jobs here, many more jobs will be given to people from Mexico and in India and China. I must applaud Trump for bringing these subjects out in the open whether he is a Democrat plant by the Clintons or a somewhat nutty Republican. He does not appear to fear being labeled and really doesn't have much to lose. Anybody else would have been shouted down as racist and shamed into silence. I am sick unto death of political correctness and look forward to some true debate for however a short period it may last.

Trump is showing us the truth of the saying:
"When Peter talks about Paul, you learn more about Peter than you do about Paul."
The reactions of the {candidates, pundits, talking heads, etc.} to Trump saying {The emperor has no clothes} regarding subjects the elites down want to address or acknowledge is, in my opinion, the best public service he has ever performed to date. For that I thank him for throwing his hat into the ring.

of course I would prefer him to BHO. . or to HRC. . but might we not
do better with Scott Walker? . maybe a Walker / Jindal or a
Walker / Fiorina ticket to win the general? -- j
.

Yessir! . I was nearly ready to jump on the harley and ride to D.C.
to point out a thing or two, over Sarah. . bastards. -- j
.

I would vote for Howdy Doody before I'd vote for her. -- j
.

When Rand dropped dad Ron at the RNC, turning to Romney, bad news indeed. He doesn't hold a candle to his Dad, and he lost me forever.

With all his said and done in the past, the only logical conclusion is that Trump is an opportunist first and foremost. He works toward his own financial gain. This type of character is certainly something this country, and government, could use, particularly now. If this country were his "company" I have no doubt he would make it profitable and immune from hostile takeover. The only issues i have with Trump is 1) Is he sincere in his pursuit of the white house? 2) Will he set aside his own desire for personal profit to do whats solely in the best interest, financial and otherwise, for the US.

my own un-educated guess is that Trump doesn't want that thankless job any more than he wants to visit with Obama. He will hopefully be an irritant in the comfort zone of the mealy mouth Republicans who have gotten way to close to religion to be of much use. Any candidate for elected office in America should be obligated to take the oath of office on the Constitution not some biased, superstitious writing by unknowns...You can see an original signed copy of the Declaration and Constitution.

As opposed to the truther Mrs. William Clinton????

No, of course, President Zero is undignified. There are enough candidates for president that you would think we could find one who is suitable, but in the last couple of elections, the Republican primaries narrowed down the selections down to the point where I couldn't vote for the one nominated for president.

I think that the best that he's done is to expose how the conservative message is resonating with the average Republican and how if the Republicans want to be invigorated, they need to come back to conservative principles. We need to go back to our roots if we want to bring this country back to the integrity and strength it once had.

Ron Paul. “Swords Into Plowshares A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity.” Paul, Ron (2015-07-17). Kindle Edition.

These two books should be on your read now list: Paul’s book and “Organized Crime The Unvarnished Truth About Government” by DiLorenzo, Thomas J. (2012-07-20). Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government . Kindle Edition.

Yes, but I'm not sure whether he's serious about being President or if he is trying to weaken establishment Republicans or if he really wants to be a Ross Perot spoiler.
One thing I've not been able to figure out is why or how the RINO Republicans have as much support as they do.

I hope you participate in this post, Justin. I appreciated your moderation in the panel at Freedomfest with Keith Weiner. Now to your question. I think Trump is walking the bases to bring Hilary in to home plate. From the other day at Politico:"Trump said he’s honored by Clinton mentioning his rhetoric, if not his name, during her interview."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06...

Thanks for noticing. ;)

Do you think he is doing that on purpose? I wondered the last go around

Trump is a typical real estate hustler. Plays fast and loose with valuations and representations. With that said, while he's currently hitting on conservative hot buttons, many of his other positions are decidedly democratic (Universal health care).
The one good thing is that he is bringing up issues that the RINOs in charge of the Republican party would rather be kept quiet and low key (immigration) and forcing candidates to explicitly stake out their RINO or conservative positions.
So, if the establishment wants to run another non-conservative like McCain or Romney (ie. Jeb) I fully expect Trump to play spoiler as a third party option and we'll end up with Hillary.

Trump shoots from the hip, or should I say, from the lip? Yet, with all the negativity spread about him, he has hit a nerve with the people. He tells the truth as he sees it. It may not be the way you see it, or the Washington insiders see it, but there is no doubt that he strongly believes everything he says and he will not easily back down. He is refreshing, compared to most other politicians who seem to wiggle and writhe their way into their presentations. Whether they are dirty or not, Trump seems squeaky clean by comparison. That being said, I think we can do better. But if it comes right down to it, we could do worse.

Thank you. I'm never sure with Mr. Trump if it is "evolution" or just "revolution", but I enjoy the stir he is causing. Even lib media gives him more exposure than they do Mrs. William Clinton. They hate him almost as much as they did Sarah, but he is a more formidable foe because of his finances.