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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:17 PM Jul 2015

So Donald is already messing up the world. He insults El chapo

'El Chapo' then connects better to the Mexican public by threatening Trump. Smooth move Donald. If 'El Chapo' wasn't a national hero all over Mexico, he is now. This is just a taste of what Trumps foreign policy would be. Totally unprofessional.

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tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
1. I used to want new teeth more than anything.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:20 PM
Jul 2015

Now it's 2nd to the Donald winning the Republican nomination.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. The Donald has 40 years of experience in...
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:25 PM
Jul 2015

getting publicity while running his mouth. He has a phone with extra buttons for speed dialing every media outlet known, and some that aren't.

Unless the American public has been dumbed down even further than the Koch brothers' nastiest wet dream, he's just the biggest show in the earliest parts of the campaign. I suspect he will either flame out or give up by Memorial day. Or, whenever he has to file real financials showing 4 billion of his claimed worth being the assumed value of his name, and then taking all those buildings where he has maybe 2% interest at full value.

Walker is the real threat. He's managed to con a whole state into accepting poverty without a whimper. Imagine what he could do to a country if given a chance.

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
3. I am more afraid of Walker too. Saw him speak for the first time
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:32 PM
Jul 2015

yesterday. Chilling. Trump is chilling in the big old mess he could make. Walker is methodical in his plans.

prayin4rain

(2,065 posts)
5. "con(ned) a whole state into accepting poverty without a whimper"
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:41 PM
Jul 2015

*shudder*

That is frightening. I think that was what joni breadbags speech was about and Jeb is talking about people just needing to work more hours.

The republicans have some hard times in store for all of us if we let them win.

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
6. It is because the right has so bastardised what it means
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:57 PM
Jul 2015

to be a public servant/politician. On the left people yearn for someone as honest as Bernie Sanders. On the right people no longer can tell when they are being played, because they are being played all day every day ( like when they turn on the radio).

Ex Lurker

(3,813 posts)
7. Pretty sure El Chapo isn't a national hero in Mexico, regardless of his spat with The Donald
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:57 PM
Jul 2015

This guy isn't some Robin Hood. He's a killer on par with ISIS.

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
8. Oh I know he is like ISIS. He has killed and tortured many to death He does have sympathy in his
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 07:03 PM
Jul 2015

local state where he does give money to the locals in the form of parties and library books. Trump has just given him the opportunity to bond with all Mexicans for a moment. And that is a really bad thing because 'El chapo' is so evil.

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
9. It's always funny until someone gets hurt.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 07:16 PM
Jul 2015

The Donald may have finally found someone to be afraid of. When you're as rich as he is, you lose touch with reality, and everything seems like a game. Society rules no longer apply to you when you can buy off anyone who annoys you.

This guy doesn't want Trump's money. This guy could really hurt/kill him and his family.

When he decided to nominate himself as a presidential candidate, he got to pretend to be on the presidential level.

Instead, he's promoted himself to the level of a 3rd world druglord. Way to go, DON!!!

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