Donald Trump: A History of Violence

Let's not mince words. Would we truly benefit from having a sneering, thin-skinned, petulant man-child to lead and represent America as our President? To give this narcissistic reality-TV tycoon with a penchant for petty tantrums access to the full might and power of our US military? This is a man who has built his campaign on intolerence, ignorance and bigotry, all the while serving it up on a plate disguised as patriotism. This is beyond politics. This is about basic human decency. Integrity, loyalty, honesty. Trump has misrepresented and attacked the poor, Latinos, African-Americans, Asians, immigrants and other minorities. He has openly mocked the disabled. He has mocked veterans and POWs (http://cnn.it/1RrL2u3). He has called women "fat pigs", "dogs", "slobs" and "disgusting animals." (http://usat.ly/259RC2x). He's praised for "telling it like it is," except that Trump rarely says anything rooted in actual truth (http://bit.ly/1TXnWBP). Yet Trump acts shocked and self-righteously indignant, coyly playing himself a victim of mistreatment whenever people rightfully stand up against him. Instead of quelling the unrest, Trump chooses to egg his own supporters on, too arrogant and inept to even make an effort to take the moral high road. Instead, he revels in sneering mockery. "Go home to mommy!" (http://abcn.ws/22tdaEV) Is this the example a President should set? Fifth-grade insults and chest-thumping?"Knock the crap out of 'em, would you? Seriously. Just knock the hell— I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees, I promise." —Donald Trump at his campaign rally on 2/1/16 (http://bit.ly/1RrNRv0)Trump is the only presidential candidate to have openly encouraged violence against protesters at rallies while flippantly offering to pay their legal bills. No other Republican or Democratic candidate has engaged in such openly hostile rhetoric. Does Trump really think he'll "Make America Great Again" by denigrating and dehumanizing the very people who helped make this country great? None of the other candidates from either party have used their podium at rallies to openly encourage their supporters to "rough up" protesters. Despite all the bravado and bluster, this is a man who thinks he can dish out the insults like a schoolyard brat, but is apparently so thin-skinned he can't take any criticism himself, throwing tantrums, launching petty insults, and starting late night Twitter feuds with journalists and celebrities, playing the victim when he is rightfully being criticized by the press. Trump is apparently so insecure about people mentioning the "size of his hands" that he felt the need to address this on a nationally-televised presidential debate, to literally "guarantee" the American public that there was "no problem" with his dick size. At a PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. (http://youtu.be/nALb4lEbSbA)Should a man notorious for his petty tantrums have access to the nuclear codes and the full might of our US military? What can go wrong? Would our economy be helped by a reality-TV star with a litany of failed businesses ventures all based on a shitty lifestyle brand? He'd be a more fitting president of a frat house than The White House. But Trump is hardly a stupid person. He is savvy enough to know exactly what the gullible want to hear and knows exactly how to manipulate them. Trump inherited millions from his father. NEVER ONCE in his life has Donald Trump known how it is to be an ordinary, working-class American -- nor does he care to understand.Even his family's inheritance which granted Donald Trump such a great advantage, was itself enabled and buffered by governmental aid and financing programs. These are what his supporters today would disingenuously call "government handouts". Trump is not a self-made man, he is just a lifelong con-man. A reality-TV star playing out his nasty, sneering infomercial for the American populace. And THE WALL? The head of the command charged with protecting America's southern border says Donald Trump's proposed wall won't solve anything. (http://bit.ly/1RrPs47)In addition, more immigrants from Mexico are leaving the United States than coming into the country, according to a 2015 report published by the Pew Research Center. "Last year, the number of Mexicans caught crossing the border illegally — an imperfect but still widely used indicator of overall illegal crossings — dropped to 230,000, according to official figures, the lowest since 1971." New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1RrQ2Ph and http://bit.ly/1RrQ5uu)If Trump is going to be praised for "telling it like it is" he should at least be truthful and accurate and not merely passing off his misguided opinions as facts. Over 75% of Trump's 77 statements fact-checked by the Pulitzer-prize winning Politifact were determined to be false or misleading, an unprecedented amount for any politican they've previously researched. Read the reports, follow the cited sources and make your own conclusions.http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/dec/21/2015-lie-year-donald-trump-campaign-misstatements/http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/One lie every five minutes. POLITICO fact-checked hours of Trump's most recent stump speeches and press conferences and found five dozen statements deemed mischaracterizations, exaggerations, or simply false. It equates to roughly one misstatement every five minutes on average. (http://politi.co/1RrQJYV)Want to start a conversation? This link displays your list of friends who are "fans" of Donald Trump's Facebook Page.https://facebook.com/search/153080620724/likers/me/friends/intersect"You can't con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don't deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on." —Donald J. Trump, The Art of the DealYoutube Linkhttps://youtu.be/bTz7DlhlZiE#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain #Trump #Republican #Politics #GOP

Posted by KnowPolitical on Tuesday, March 15, 2016