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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents 2
Background 7
Top Narratives ..................................................................................................................................7
Top Narratives Backup ...................................................................................................................11
Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself ................................................................................................11
Trump Is A Liar ...........................................................................................................................16
Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims ..................................................................................18
Trumps Campaign Is Defined By Offensive And Extreme Immigration Rhetoric .................22
Trump Has Repeatedly Offended Minorities With Demeaning Comments .............................26
Bad Businessman ........................................................................................................................29
Trumps Business Have Gone Into Bankruptcy Multiple Times ..............................................31
Trumps Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off ................................................33
Trump Has Repeatedly Proven To Be Clueless On Key Foreign Policy Issues .......................33
Trumps Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World .................................35
Trumps Gun Policy: More Guns.................................................................................................39
Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care ....................................................................................41
Climate Change Denier ...............................................................................................................42
Trump Has Supported The GOPs Reckless Approach To Governing ......................................42
Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career ...............44
Trump On Military Sexual Assaults .......................................................................................47
Out of Touch/Hand-Outs For The Wealthy At The Expense Of The Middle Class .................48
Trumps Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape.....................................................................................50
Trump Timeline 53
Trumps Career Overview 57
Early Life .........................................................................................................................................57
Family and Upbringing ...............................................................................................................57
Childhood .....................................................................................................................................58
Education .....................................................................................................................................59
Draft Deferments .........................................................................................................................60
Business Ventures...........................................................................................................................61
Employees and Contractors ........................................................................................................61
Rent-Controlled Housing ............................................................................................................63
Licensing Agreements .................................................................................................................63
Casinos .........................................................................................................................................65
Golf Courses .................................................................................................................................66
Hotels ...........................................................................................................................................68
Trump University ........................................................................................................................68
Development and Land Deals .....................................................................................................68
Beauty Pageants ..........................................................................................................................69
Business Associates .....................................................................................................................69
Bankruptcies and Debts .................................................................................................................70
Bankruptcy: A Great Deal and a Business Tool...................................................................70
Bankruptcy Filings ......................................................................................................................71
Debts ............................................................................................................................................71
Lawsuits ..........................................................................................................................................72
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Unions/Right-To-Work ..............................................................................................................155
LGBT..............................................................................................................................................156
Religious and Racial Minorities ...................................................................................................156
Affirmative Action And Quotas ................................................................................................156
Black Lives Matter (BLM) ........................................................................................................157
Muslim Surveillance and Database Proposal ..........................................................................157
Offensive and Insensitive Comments on Minority Groups .....................................................161
Support from White Supremacists ...........................................................................................164
Taxes ..............................................................................................................................................165
2016 Tax Plan ............................................................................................................................165
Tax Burden ................................................................................................................................168
Deductions and Incentives ........................................................................................................170
Flat Tax and Fair Tax ...............................................................................................................171
Bush Tax Cuts ...........................................................................................................................173
Net Worth Tax ...........................................................................................................................173
Corporate Taxes .........................................................................................................................174
Capital Gains and Carried Interest..........................................................................................175
Estate Tax ..................................................................................................................................176
IRS ..............................................................................................................................................176
Miscellaneous.............................................................................................................................177
Trade ..............................................................................................................................................178
TPP .............................................................................................................................................178
Free and Fair Trade ..................................................................................................................178
Trade Wars ................................................................................................................................179
NAFTA and WTO ......................................................................................................................179
Tariffs .........................................................................................................................................180
Trade with China and Currency Devaluation .........................................................................181
Transportation and Infrastructure ..............................................................................................184
Women and Families ....................................................................................................................184
Abortion......................................................................................................................................184
Planned Parenthood and Womens Health Care .....................................................................185
Equal Pay ...................................................................................................................................188
Employer-Provided Child Care .................................................................................................188
Sexual Assaults .........................................................................................................................189
Offensive Comments..................................................................................................................191
Working for Trump ....................................................................................................................196
Working Families ..........................................................................................................................196
Comments on Contributors to American Society.....................................................................196
Minimum Wage .........................................................................................................................197
SNAP Benefits ...........................................................................................................................197
Free Stuff ................................................................................................................................197
Veterans .........................................................................................................................................198
Plan for the VA ..........................................................................................................................198
Trumps Politics 200
2016 ................................................................................................................................................200
GOP Loyalty Pledge ..................................................................................................................200
Campaign Finance .....................................................................................................................201
Going Negative ..........................................................................................................................204
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BACKGROUND
TOP NARRATIVES
TRU M P H AS N O CORE
One thing is clear about Donald Trump, there is only one person he has ever looked out for and thats
himself. Whether its American workers, the Republican Party, or his wives, Trumps only fidelity has
been to himself and with that he has shown that he has no problem lying to the American people. Trump
will say anything and do anything to get what he wants without regard for those he harms.
Trum p Is Loyal Only To H im self. Trump has repeatedly proven that he is only loyal to himself.
Trump has switched his policy positions and political party affiliations multiple times over the course of
the last few decades, most often latching on to whatever set of ideas or party is in power or whichever
reactionary bandwagon he could jump on to keep his name in the headlines. And despite his rants against
outsourcing, China, and free trade deals, Trump has eagerly invested abroad and showed little loyalty to
America in allowing his clothing line to import clothes from China. Hes laid off American workers and
even complained that American wages are too high. Even in his personal life, Trump has openly
discussed his view that fidelity is the right thing to do unless a marriage is going poorly, and described
his relationship with women as a game.
Trum p Is A Liar. While Trumps campaign speeches and commentary have grabbed attention for
being outrageous and often offensive, they have also been marked by a consistent theme: dishonesty.
Trump has repeatedly used dishonesty and straight-up lies to back up his extremist rhetoric. Trump
repeatedly defended a bold-faced lie that he watched thousands of Muslims celebrating the attack on
the World Trade Center in New Jersey on 9/11. Trump falsely claimed that President Obama was not
born in the United States, and when challenged on the facts, simply resorts to polling evidence showing
the popularity of the issue among the GOP base. What is clear is that Trump will say anything no
matter how untrue and ugly it may be to advance his position in the presidential race.
DIVISIVE AN D OFFEN SIVE CAM PAIGN
Theres no nice way of saying it Donald Trump is running a campaign built on fear-mongering,
divisiveness, and racism. His major policy announcements have included banning all Muslims from
entering the U.S., and calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers while proposing a U.S.Mexico border wall. And Trumps campaign rallies have become a reflection of the hateful tone of his
campaign, with protestors being roughed up and audience members loudly calling for violence.
Trum p Proposed Banning All M uslim s From Entering The U .S. In December 2015, Donald
Trump called for a total and complete ban on all Muslims entering the United States. Trumps
spokeswoman said under his plan, even American citizens traveling abroad would be prohibited from
reentering the United States and Trump defiantly told his supporters he didnt care if his plan was
politically incorrect. Trump claimed his plan was common sense, citing two polls for support; however,
one of the polls was published by a group the Southern Poverty Law Center called an extremist think
tank and was widely discredited. The other polls publisher the highly respected, nonpartisan Pew
Research Center said it could not even determine what polls Trump was referring to. Trumps call to
ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. was widely condemned one of his rivals for the Republican
nomination likened it to Nazism, and even former Vice President Dick Cheney denounced it, saying it
goes against everything we stand for and believe in. Trumps plan was supported by some groups,
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however. White Supremacists and neo-Nazis are thrilled about Trumps call to ban all Muslims from
entering the U.S. and see it as an energizing force for their movement.
Trum ps Cam paign Is Defined By Offensive And Extrem e Im m igration Rhetoric. Trumps
campaign is fueled by extreme, xenophobic and sometimes dangerous rhetoric about immigration. Trump
doesnt just oppose comprehensive immigration reform like his fellow GOPers, he vilifies immigrants for
political gain and proposes outrageous solutions based on absurd and false information. One of the
centerpieces of Trumps campaign is his pledge to build a great wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to
keep out the druggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers coming up from Mexico. As if his promise to
rescind President Obamas executive actions on immigration, deport American citizens whose family
members lack proper documentation, and end birthright citizenship for children he proudly derides as
anchor babies werent bad enough on their own, Trumps declared he will use a deportation force to
execute the mass deportation of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants based on the model
of Dwight Eisenhower's brutal and deadly mass deportation of the mid-1950s.
Trum p Says H e W ould Build A Border W all To Keep Druggies, Drug Dealers,
Rapists, And Killers Out Of The U .S. One of the centerpieces of Trumps campaign is his
pledge to build a great wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out the druggies, drug dealers,
rapists and killers coming up from Mexico. Trump then repeatedly stood by his assertion after it
created considerable controversy.
Trum p H as Banned U nivision From Events And Kicked Its Reporters Out Of Press
Conferences. Donald Trumps disrespectful behavior towards Univision and its reporters is
unlike anything weve seen from a presidential candidate in recent memory. Trump has barred
Univision from covering his rallies, and removed a Univision reported from a press conference
after getting angry at questions regarding his broad mischaracterizations about immigrants being
criminals.
Trum p H as Repeatedly Offended M inorities W ith Dem eaning Com m ents. From the start of
his campaign, and well before it, Donald Trump has repeatedly made demeaning and offensive comments
about minority groups in the U.S. In June 2015, Trump said Black youths are at a point where theyve
just about never done more poorly, theres no spirit, theres killings on an hourly basis, virtually, in places
like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places. And his comments pre-date his presidential
campaign by decades: in 1991, he was quoted as saying laziness is a trait in blacks.
BAD BU SIN ESSM AN
Despite Trumps continual boasting about his business success, he has repeatedly run into serious
financial crises in his career and his record raises serious questions about whether he is qualified to
manage the fiscal challenges facing this country. Trumps business resume includes a long list of
troubling issues, including his companys record of forcing people from their homes to make room for
developments and outsourcing the manufacturing of his clothing line to take advantage of lower-wage
countries like China and Mexico. His insight about the marketplace has proven wrong many times,
including in the run-up to the Great Recession. And Trumps record of irresponsible and reckless
borrowing to build his empire behavior that sent his companies into bankruptcy four times is just one
indication of how out-of-touch he is with the way regular Americans behave and make a living, and it
casts doubt on whether he has the right mindset to tackle the countrys budget problems.
Trum ps Business H ave Gone Into Bankruptcy M ultiple Tim es. Donald Trump likes to brag
that he is very smart, tout his ivy league education and exaggerate his net worth, but in reality, Trump
is not the master businessman he claims to be. Donald Trumps businesses have gone bankrupt four times
and he only barely was able to avoid personal bankruptcy himself. Finally, and most ironically, Donald
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Trump and would actually have become more wealthy by simply putting his inheritance in a boring
mutual fund than he became by making deals.
Trum ps Predictions On The 2007 Downturn W ere W ildly Off. Despite his false claims later on,
Trump also failed to foresee the economic crisis, which he blamed, at least in part, on ordinary Americans
who got mortgages that eventually went underwater.
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Trum ps Gun Policy: M ore Guns. Trump doesnt just oppose gun control like most of his GOP
colleagues; he has actively pushed the idea that more guns are the answer to gun violence. Trump claims
that fewer people would be killed by guns if more people carried guns and could thus fight back if
attacked. Trump has also bragged repeatedly that he has a concealed carry license and sometimes
carries a handgun, despite his own admission that Im not such a great shot. Like he has on most issues,
Trump has positioned himself as far to the right as possible on gun control. Trump opposes nearly all gun
control measures and has frequently claimed that had the victims of recent attacks such as those in
Paris and San Bernardino, California been armed, fewer people would have died. Trump opposed
expanding background checks, opposed regulations on the number of rounds allowed in magazines, and
even opposed a ban on military-style assault weapons designed to kill people. Trump also said he would
get rid of gun-free zones in public places, because, he claims, Gun free zones are like meat to these
animals.
Repeal W ithout A Plan On H ealth Care. Like every member of the current Republican presidential
field, Trump has called for the repeal of Obamacare. He called it a total catastrophe, despite the fact
that it has provided more than 17 million Americans with quality, affordable health care. When asked
what he would do in the ACAs place, Trump said he would replace it with something terrific.
Clim ate Change Denier. Donald Trump seems to be on a mission to out-do his fellow GOP candidates
when it comes to denying the scientific reality of climate change and has repeatedly called climate change
a hoax. Like on every issue, Trump uses over-the-top language to get attention, like when he declared,
This very expensive global warming bullshit has got to stop. However, Trumps bombast doesnt stand
up to reality. Just two weeks after he told a South Carolina crowd you cant get hurt by extreme
weather, he tweeted his thoughts and prayers to the people of South Carolina after 12 people were
killed by historic flooding.
Trum p H as Supported The GOPs Reckless Approach To Governing. Trump has expressed
support for the GOPs reckless and irresponsible threats to shut down the government over politicallycharged and divisive issues. Trump has expressed support for the shutdown that occurred over
Obamacare, has said he agreed with playing chicken with the debt ceiling, and officially blessed a
strategy that would force Congress to defund Planned Parenthood or face a government shutdown.
M ISOGYN IST IN CH IEF
Through both his words and actions, Trump has made clear he thinks womens primary role is to please men. Trumps derogatory and degrading comments to and about women, as well as his tumultuous
marriages, have been well publicized. And as a presidential candidate, Trump has adopted many of the
backwards GOP policies that weve come to expect from his party.
Trum p H as Devalued And Dem eaned W om en Repeatedly Throughout H is Career.Trump has
said men need support at homenot someone who is always griping and bitching, and once told Esquire
that as long as youve got a nice and young piece of ass, it didnt matter what the media wrote. Among
other things, hes called women pigs, slobs and dogs. He has frequently made disparaging comments
about womens weight. Hes complained about being asked legitimate questions during a debate by
speculating about a news anchors menstrual cycle, and once said of the high rate of sexual assaults in the
military: What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?
Trump On Military Sexual Assaults: What Did These Geniuses Expect When They Put Men &
Women Together? In 2013, Trump weighed in on the high rate of sexual assault and rape in the
militaryand in doing so, pinned the blame on women who volunteered to fight for their country.
Referring to the increase in the number of reported sexual assaults in the military, Trump asked
rhetorically, What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?
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OU T OF TOU CH
Trumps policies clearly reflect his life as a 1-percenter. His plans would slash taxes for the rich and
corporations while shifting more of the burden to the shoulders of working families. He stands with
Republicans in opposing Wall Street reform and opposing the minimum wage. Trump clearly has no
conception of the everyday lives of middle class Americans. His description of the small $1 million loan
that his father gave him to launch his career is proof enough that his worldview is not grounded in
reality.
H and-Outs For The W ealthy At The Expense Of The M iddle Class. Trumps policies put him
and those like him ahead of hardworking American families. Like Bush and Rubio, Trump's tax plan
would give the rich a tax cut by slashing top marginal rates, the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the
estate tax. All told, Trump's tax plan will give the wealthiest 1% of Americans 34% of the benefit. He also
stands with fellow Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in opposing
Wall Street Reform, which was passed to help protect our economy from another Bush-like recession.
Further, Trump opposes raising the federal minimum wage, which could lift millions of American families
above the poverty line.
Trum ps Tax Plan W ould Save H im M illions Each Year. According to analyses of Donald
Trumps tax plan, his proposals would cost in the area of $12 trillion while saving him millions in
personal taxes each year. The plan would represent the lowest tax rate since World War II but would
shift more of the tax burden onto middle class families while creating windfalls for Trump and his fellow
1-percenters. The plan would dramatically lower the tax rate for the top income earners in America, lower
the capital gains rate, eliminate the estate tax, and cut the corporate tax rate to 15%.
PERSON AL H ISTORY
Trum ps Ex-W ife Accused H im Of Rape. Ivana trump once accused the real-estate tycoon of
rape, although she later clarified: not in the criminal sense.Not only does the current front-runner for
the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks about sexual assault, but
as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used the word rape to describe an incident between them in
1989. She later said she felt violated by the experience.Ivana Trumps assertion of rape came in a
deposition in her early 1990s divorce case. The episode was described as a violent assault.
Trum ps Organization Responded By Claim ing You Cant Rape Your W ife. Michael
Cohen, special counsel at The Trump Organization, defended Trump, saying, Youre talking about
the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never
raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you cant rape your
spouseYou cannot rape your spouse. And theres very clear case law. Of course, that is not true,
but it is not surprising coming from the mouth of one of Donalds yes men.
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Trump Was A Registered With The Republican Party, The Independence Party,
The Democratic Party, And Was Unaffiliated. Mr. Trump registered in New York as a
Republican in 1987, switched to the Independence Party in 1999, became a Democrat in 2001,
returned to the Republican Party in 2009, gave up his party affiliation in 2011 and came back to
the GOP in 2012. [Wall Street Journal, 12/10/15]
TRUMP SWITCHES HIS POLICY POSITIONS AND LATCHES ON TO THE IDEAS
OF THE MOMENT
ON GAY MARRIAGE
In 2005, Trump Suggested He Was In Favor Of Marriage Equality. TRUMP: Well,
there's nothing like family. And there's nothing like a great marriage. I mean, having a great
marriage is a very important thing and a very good thing, if you find the right person. Male,
female, I don't care. I mean, having a great marriage and a great family to me is ultimately the
most important thing. [Canada AM, CTV Television, 9/7/05]
But In 2015, Trump Said He Was Against Gay Marriage Because Of Religious
Teachings. TRUMP: Ive gone to gay weddings. Ive been at gay weddings. I have been against
[gay marriage] from the standpoint of [the] Bible, from the standpoint of my teachings as
growing up and going to Sunday school and going to church and Ive been opposed to it and well
just see how it all comes out. [With All Due Respect, BloombergPolitics, 8/26/15]
ON TAX POLICY
Trump On Tax Policy: High-Income People Should Pay High Percentages.
TRUMP: Well, what they did is they just kept cutting the tax rates, cutting the tax rates. And
I'm not talking about for the middle income or the poor. Leave 'em. Keep 'em low. And I
shouldn't say this, but high-income people should pay high percentages, but have the ability to
spend vast amounts of money on bringing their tax rates down to nothing. If a man is in the 50
or 60 percent bracket, he's going to invest. If a man's in the 25 percent bracket or the 30 percent
bracket, which is what you have now, there's no real reason for him to invest. He'll say, 'Hey,
look, I'll pay the tax and that's it.' So what's happened. KING: So you're saying the rich are
under-taxed? TRUMP: I'm saying the rich should be taxed at a much higher rate and should
have the incentive that, if they want to spend some money by investing in housing, investing in
other things, they can get their tax rate down to nothing, if need be. [Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]
2015: Trump Proposed Lowering The Top Individual Tax Rate From 39.6% To 25%.
All other Americans will get a simpler tax code with four brackets 0%, 10%, 20% and 25%
instead of the current seven. This new tax code eliminates the marriage penalty and the
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) while providing the lowest tax rate since before World War II.
[Trump Tax Plan, Donald J. Trump For President, Released 9/28/15]
ON HEALTH CARE
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Trump In 1999: I'm Very Liberal When It Comes To Health Care. I Believe In
Universal Health Care. KING: Patients' Bill of Rights: You mentioned health care as one of
the social issues; you for it? TRUMP: I think you have to have it, and, again, I said I'm
conservative, generally speaking, I'm conservative, and even very conservative. But I'm quite
liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things. I really say: What's the
purpose of a country if you're not going to have defensive and health care? If you can't take care
of your sick in the country, forget it, it's all over. I mean, it's no good. So I'm very liberal when it
comes to health care. I believe in universal health care. I believe in whatever it takes to make
people well and better. [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
Trump On Obamas 2009 Health Care Plan: I Love The Idea. VAN SUSTEREN:
What is your thought about the health care reform that is being at least proposed, at this
point? TRUMP: Well, I think it's noble, except I just don't know how a country that's in such
debt -- we are really a debtor nation right now, and I just don't know how a country in this kind
of trouble can afford it. It's very -- I love the idea, but can this country afford it? Will it destroy
the country? Will it destroy other people that have been paying into health care for years? I
mean, will that destroy other people? It's a very, very tough situation. I love it from many
standpoints, but can this country afford it? And maybe this isn't the right time. [On The Record
With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 6/29/09]
2015: Donald Trump Called For Obamacare To Be Repealed. Theres no question.
Obamacare is a catastrophe, and it has to be repealed and replaced. And it was only approved
because President the different provisions kick in over the next few years, individual deductibles
are going to continue to rise. People will have to get hit by a truck to be eligible for coverage
because those deductibles are going to be so high. [Trump, Crippled America, 68]
ON ABORTION
Trump: I Used To Not Be Pro-Life. I Have Become Pro-Life. O'REILLY: Ok. Real
quick, social issues. AbortionYou favor it? TRUMP: No, I'm as you know, I'm pro-life.
O'REILLY: Ok, so you're pro-life on abortion. But would you outlaw abortion? TRUMP: Well,
I'd -- I'd go a step -- I'd go a pretty strong step. Something I don't like, I used to not be pro-life. I
have become pro-life. I have seen friends that had children that they didn't want. And now they
have children and they are the apple of the eye. So I really have changed in my views over the
years but I am pro-life. I would -- I would really -- I'm forming an opinion, I'm forming a very
strong opinion but I'll let you know in about three or four weeks if I decided it. [The OReilly
Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]
ON GUNS
Donald Trump Played Up His Support For Nearly Unrestricted Gun Rights
Despite Having Supported The Assault Weapons Ban And Longer Background
Checks In The Past. Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports allowing Americans to legally
buy and own assault weapons. Trump has played up his support for nearly unrestricted gun
rights throughout the campaign as he has looked to bolster his conservative credentials,
especially given his past support for some gun control measures. I generally oppose gun control,
but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to
purchase a gun, Trump wrote in his 2000 book The America We Deserve. [CNN, 10/6/15]
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hired away from rival Claridge Casino Hotel earlier this month to cut costs at Trump Castle,
said the layoffs of 190 workers came across the board at the management and executive levels.
The layoffs leave the casino with about 3,400 employees, Wagner said. Wagner said the declining
economy and flat gaming market prompted the need to cut costs. [Associated Press, 1/29/91]
4/6/11: Trump Entertainment Resorts, Of Which Donald Trump Owned 10 Percent,
Laid Off 600 Workers. Marc Lasry, chairman and CEO of Avenue Capital Group, was given
final approval Wednesday by New Jersey casino regulators to control the Atlantic City casino
company that was founded by Donald Trump. Avenue, which specializes in distressed
investments, won the company in a bankruptcy battle last year, and is the largest shareholder at
nearly 22 percent. Trump, the real estate magnate and reality television star, owns 10 percent.
The company has been paying down debt and cutting jobs since the new owners took over last
July. The sale next month of Trump Marina Hotel Casino to a Texas firm will bring its debt to
near $300 million from its current level of $332 million, Griffin said. Trump Entertainment
Resorts has cut 600 jobs since last fall and now has a work force for their three casinos of about
8,000 employees, Griffin said. [Associated Press, 4/6/11]
Donald Trump Opposed Raising The Minimum Wage, Saying American Wages
Were Too High And That Workers, Have To Work Really Hard. The Fox Business
Republican Debate kicked off Tuesday night with a question about raising the minimum wage,
as protesters across the country call for the floor to be raised to $15-an-hour. Donald Trump was
the first candidate to answer. Taxes too high, wages too high, said Trump, arguing it would
damage the United States ability to compete internationally. Were not going to be able to
compete against the world, he said. I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. People
have to go out, they have to work really hard, and they have to get into that upper stratum. But
we cannot do this if we are going to compete with the rest of the world, we just cant do it.
[Boston Globe, 11/10/15]
TRUMP ONLY BELIEVES IN FIDELITY WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL
Trump: I'm An Absolute Believer In Fidelity. But If A Marriage Isn't Working,
That's A Different Ball Game. WALTERS: Do you believe in fidelity in marriage?
TRUMP: Yes, absolutely I do. Absolutely. I think that there's nothing better than a good
marriage. There is nothing worse than a bad marriage. I'm absolutely a believer in marriage, I'm
an absolute believer in fidelity. But if a marriage isn't working, that's a different ball game.
[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
TRUMP THINKS RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN ARE A GAME
Trump: I Think The Hunt Is Always Fun, Whether It's Deals, Whether It's
Women, Whether It's Anything. WALTERS: I want to clear something up. In your book,
the new book, you say, The fun is in the getting, not the having. Does that include women? No
kidding. TRUMP: Interesting question. I think the hunt is always fun, whether it's deals,
whether it's women, whether it's anything. I think, however, that with respect to women, there
would be nothing that would make me happier than having a great marriage. An absolutely
great marriage, and that would certainly supersede the hunt.[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
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Trump Is A Liar
TRUMP HAS HABITUALLY LIED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT MATTERS
OF POLICY
Drezner: Trump Will Continue To Lie As Long As It Works For Him. To sum up:
Trump has lied so many times about so many things during the past week that its difficult to
keep track of all of them. But it doesnt matter whether one focuses on Trumps attitudes about
crime or American Muslims or trade policy. He lies about all of these issues. And he will continue
to lie as long as it works for him. [Post Everything, Washington Post, 11/23/15]
USA Today: Trump Claimed That Economic Growth Has Never Been Below Zero
Until Last Quarter's Drop, Which Is Far From True. It Has Been Below Zero 42
Times Since 1946. [USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Said There Are No Jobs To Be Had. In Fact, There Were
5.4 Million Job Openings Recorded At The End Of April, The Most In 15 Years.
[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Said The Real Unemployment Rate Is Anywhere From 18
To 20% And Maybe Even 21%. We See No Factual Basis For This Opinion.[USA
Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico
By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And
Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would
Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: Trump Claimed The Five Taliban Leaders Exchanged For Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl Are Now Back On The Battlefield Trying To Kill Us. But All Five
Remain In Qatar, Where They Continue To Be Monitored And Are Subject To A
Travel Ban, According To The State Department.[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Also Made The Misleading Claim That Health Care
Premium Costs Are Going Up 29, 39, 49 And Even 55%. He's Talking About Some
Proposed Rate Increases On The Individual Market That Still Need Regulatory
Approval. There Are Also Proposed Rate Decreases Or Single-Digit Increases That
Did Not Have To Be Submitted For Review. [USA Today, 6/16/15]
Trump Pushed Falsehoods About Syrian Refugees, Claiming They Were Flooding
The United States And Could Be Affiliated With ISIS. Trump said: Refugees are
pouring into our great country from Syria. We dont even know who they are. They could be ISIS.
They could be anybody In fact, the U.S. has resettled fewer than 2,000 refugees from Syria,
out of the millions of people displaced by a civil war that started more than four years ago. In a
country of 322 million people, 500 refugees a year is better described as a trickle. Trump actually
hit the daily double of falsehood in this claim that refugees are flooding into the U.S[Trump
was also on Laura Ingrahams talk show talking] about Syrian refugee resettlement. Not only
are Syrian refugees pouring into the country, according to Trump, they are also being directed
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exclusively to states with Republican governors. This one also go the pants on fire treatment
from Politifact, for several reasons. Trump also used the show to restate the 250,000 refugee
number, and the host pushed back. You know when Laura Ingraham is trying to get you to dial
back the anti-immigrant rhetoric, you may be crossing a line. [Fiscal Times, 11/24/15]
TRUMP INSISTED HE WITNESSED PEOPLE CHEERING IN THE STREETS OF
JERSEY CITY AS THE TWIN TOWERS FELL BUT THERES NO EVIDENCE IT
EVER HAPPENED
Trump Said That On 9/11, He Watched Thousands And Thousands Of People
Cheering In Jersey City As The World Trade Center Came Down. TRUMP: Hey, I
watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New
Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming
down. Thousands of people were cheering. [Campaign Rally, Trump For President, Birmingham
AL, 11/21/15]
On 9/11/01, The New Jersey Attorney General Ordered An Investigation Of
Reports That Muslims Were Dancing In The Streets Of Jersey City And Paterson
To Celebrate The Destruction Of The World Trade Center, And That Investigation
Found Those Reports To Be Bogus. How alarmed were New Jersey officials by reports of
Muslims dancing in the streets of Jersey City and Paterson on Sept. 11, 2001, to celebrate the
destruction of the World Trade Center? They feared riots would break out and were ready to
send in the National Guard and the State Police to preserve order. But John J. Farmer Jr., then
the New Jersey attorney general and the states chief law enforcement officer, said on Tuesday
that he ordered an investigation that very day and found the reports to be bogus, [just] more wild
stories born in the stricken hours after the attacks. [New York Times, 11/24/15]
Politifact Gave Donald Trump A Pants On Fire Rating For His Claim That
Thousands In New Jersey Cheered When The World Trade Center Fell On
September 11, 2001. Trump said he watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and
thousands of people were cheering as the World Trade Center collapsed. This defies basic logic.
If thousands and thousands of people were celebrating the 9/11 attacks on American soil, many
people beyond Trump would remember it. And in the 21st century, there would be video or visual
evidence. Instead, all we found were a couple of news articles that described rumors of
celebrations that were either debunked or unproven. Trumps recollection of events in New
Jersey in the hours after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks flies in the face of all the evidence
we could find. We rate this statement Pants on Fire. [Politifact, 11/22/15]
Donald Trump Told A Reporter He Was Sure He Saw Thousands In The Streets Of
Jersey City, New Jersey Celebrating The Destruction Of The World Trade Center
Because He Had The Worlds Greatest Memory. KATY TUR: Now Donald Trump will
be speaking here [in Columbus, Ohio] in just a few minutes. He called me late today to once
again defend his claims [he saw thousands of people in the streets of Jersey City, New Jersey
celebrating the destruction of the World Trade Center]. Telling me that although he doesnt
remember where exactly he saw that video, he does know that he saw it because he has, quote,
the worlds greatest memory. [NBC Nightly News, NBC, 11/23/15]
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TRUMP CLAIMED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOT BORN IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND CITED OPINION POLLING AS HIS EVIDENCE
2011: Trump Floated Idea That Obama May Be A Muslim And Mounted Campaign
To Release Long-Form Birth Certificate. Four years ago, Trump mounted a campaign to
pressure Obama to release his long-form birth certificate, even saying he would send
investigators to Hawaii to find out the truth. The effort helped fuel the so-called "birther"
conspiracy theory that held that Obama was born in Kenya -- and Trump also floated the idea
that Obama's birth documents may label him a Muslim. [CNN, 9/18/15]
Trump Said The Birther Issue Was Very Popular. TRUMP: Well, I think it's a very
popular issue, and I think that nobody has solved anything. A lot of people are calling my office.
They just did a poll, 75 percent of the Republicans think there really could be something to it and
about 30 percent of the Republicans don't think that Obama was born in this country. He hasn't
provided a birth certificate. It's a certificate of live birth, which is totally, totally different. He
hasn't -- I mean, there's so many different things that he hasn't done. He's spending a fortune in
legal fees to try and get away from the issue. [On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, Fox
News, 4/11/11]
Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims
DECEMBER 2015: TRUMP PROPOSED A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BAN ON
ALL MUSLIMS ENTERING THE U.S.
Donald Trump Called For The United States To Bar All Muslims From Entering
The U.S. Until The Nations Leaders Could Figure Out Whats Going On. A
prohibition of Muslims an unprecedented proposal by a leading American presidential
candidate, and an idea more typically associated with hate groups reflects a progression of
mistrust that is rooted in ideology as much as politics. Saying that hatred among many
Muslims for Americans is beyond comprehension, Mr. Trump said in a statement that the
United States needed to confront where this hatred comes from and why. Until we are able to
determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be
the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of
reason or respect for human life, Mr. Trump said. [New York Times, 12/7/15]
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Donald Trump Said He Did Not Care If His Call To Ban All Muslims From
Entering The United States Was Politically Incorrect; We Have No Choice. We
Have. No. Choice. The billionaire developer and reality television star released a statement
Monday calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until
our country's representatives can figure out what is going on. Later Monday, Trump, 69, read
the statement out loud at a rally in Charleston, S.C., where an enthusiastic crowd greeted him
with cheers and chants of Trump! Trump! and U.S.A.! U.S.A.! We have no choice. We have. No.
Choice, Trump said, with a shake of his head. His statement may be politically incorrect, he
said, but I dont care! [Washington Post, 12/8/15]
TRUMPS SPOKESWOMAN: EVEN MUSLIM AMERICANS ABROAD WOULD BE
PROHIBITED FROM RE-ENTERING THE COUNTRY
Trump Spokeswoman Said His Call To Ban Muslims From Entering The U.S.
Applied To Everyone, Including American Muslims Who Happened To Be Abroad
At The Time His Plan Was Implemented. Trump, in a formal statement from his
campaign, urged a total and complete shutdown of all federal processes allowing followers of
Islam into the country until elected leaders can figure out what is going on. Asked by The Hill
whether that would include American Muslims currently abroad, Trump spokeswoman Hope
Hicks replied over email: Mr. Trump says, everyone. During a Tuesday morning interview with
ABC's Good Morning America, however, Trump clarified that American Muslims would still be
able to travel freely under his plan. [The Hill, 12/8/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED HIS MUSLIM BAN WAS COMMON SENSE, THEN CITED A
POLL FROM A DISCREDITED EXTREMIST THINK TANK AS PROOF
Donald Trump Said His Call For Banning All Muslims From Entering In U.S. Was
A Common Sense Approach. Trump said his policy preventing Muslims from coming to
the U.S. is a common sense approach to preventing a Paris-like attack on the U.S. I have
common sense. I know what has to be done, and we don't want to have a situation like Paris. And
we don't want to have another World Trade Center, he said. We don't want that. We need
intelligence in this country. We need a certain toughness in this country or we're going to end up
like a lot of the other places and we're not going to have a country left. [CNN, 12/8/15]
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Left To Help You. Later in the day, Kasichs campaign held yet another media availability
with Rep. Steve Stivers, Shaker Heights Councilman James Brady, and retired Col. Tom Moe,
who the Kasich campaign noted was shot down during combat duty in Vietnam and spent the
next five years alongside U.S. Sen. John McCain. You might not care if Donald Trump says
Muslims must register with their government because youre not one. And you might not care
that Donald Trump says he's going to round up all the Hispanic immigrants because you're not
one. And you might not care that Donald Trump says its OK to rough up black protesters
because you're not one, Moe said. And you might not care if Donald Trump wants to suppress
journalists because youre not one. But think about this: If he keeps going and he actually
becomes president, he might just get around to you, and you better hope that theres someone
left to help you. [Politico, 11/23/15]
Former Vice President Dick Cheney Said Donald Trumps Call To Ban All Muslims
Goes Against Everything We Stand For And Believe In. Former Vice President Dick
Cheney shot down GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump's latest proposal to ban all
Muslims from entering the country, saying it goes against the country's principles. I think this
whole notion that we can just say, 'No more Muslims,' just ban a whole religion, goes against
everything we stand for and believe in, Cheney said Monday on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. My
ancestors got here because they were Puritans, Cheney said. [Newsmax, 12/7/15; Hugh Hewitt
Radio Show, 12/7/15]
WHILE WHITE SUPREMACIST AND NEO-NAZI GROUPS WELCOMED
TRUMPS IDEA
Donald Trump Was A Boon For White Supremacists, Who Used His Candidacy As
A Tool To Expand Their Movement. The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a
talking point in its outreach efforts. Stormfront, the most prominent American white
supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike. And
former Louisiana Rep. David Duke reports that the businessman has given more Americans
cover to speak out loud about white nationalism than at any time since his own political
campaigns in the 1990s. As hate group monitors at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the
Anti-Defamation League warn that Trumps rhetoric is conducive to anti-Muslim violence, white
nationalist leaders are capitalizing on his candidacy to invigorate and expand their movement.
[Politico, 12/10/15]
Politico: The Ku Klux Klan Is Using Donald Trump As A Talking Point In Its Outreach Efforts.[Politico,
12/10/15]
Experts From The Anti-Defamation League And Southern Poverty Law Center
Said Donald Trumps Rhetoric was Likely To Inspire Violence Against Muslims.
According to experts at the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center who
monitor hate groups and anti-Muslim sentiment, Trumps call on Monday to halt the entrance of
Muslims to the United States is driving online chatter among white supremacists and is likely to
inspire violence against Muslims. When well-known public figures make these kind of
statements in the public square, they are taken as a permission-giving by criminal elements who
go out and act on their words. said Mark Potok of the SPLC. Is it energizing the groups? Yeah.
Theyre thrilled. [Politico, 12/10/15]
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disappoint people. I produce. Together were going to make America great again. [Make America
Great Again Radio Spot 2, Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, 11/5/15
IN ORDER TOSTOP THE FLOW OF DRUGGIES, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS
AND KILLERS FROM MEXICO
Trump: Druggies, Drug Dealers, Rapists And Killers Are Coming Across The
Southern Border. When Will The U.S. Get Smart And Stop This Travesty?
[@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 6/19/15]
Trump On Immigrants Crossing The Border From Mexico: They Are Bringing
Drugs And They Are Bringing Crime, Theyre Rapists. When Mexico sends its people,
they are not sending their best. They are not sending you. They are not sending you. They are
sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems with us, they
are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some are good people, and I
speak to border guards and they tell us what we are getting. It only makes common sense. It only
makes common sense. Theyre sending us not the right people. It's coming all over south and
Latin America and it's coming probably, probably from the Middle East, but we don't know
because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don't know what is happening
and it has got to stop and it has to stop fast. [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign
Announcement, 6/16/15]
Trump Issued A Lengthy Statement Refusing To Back Off Comments Referring To
Mexican Immigrants As Criminals. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
stood firm Monday on his description of Mexican immigrants as criminals. The businessman,
under fire from critics in and out of his party, issued a lengthy statement refusing to back off
comments he made in the speech launching his presidential bid last month. In it, he called
Mexican immigrant criminals and rapists, prompting several businesses, including NBC,
Univision and Macy's, to cut ties with Trump. [Associated Press, 7/6/15]
TRUMP VOWED TO RESCIND PRESIDENT OBAMAS EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON
IMMIGRATION
Trump Would Rescind Pres. Obamas Executive Actions On Immigration.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants more than a wall to keep out
immigrants living in the country illegally. He also wants to end birthright citizenship for their
children, he said Sunday. And he would rescind Obama administration executive orders on
immigration and toughen deportation, allowing in only the good ones. [Associated Press,
8/16/15]
Trump On Deporting Undocumented Immigrants: We're Going To Keep The
Families Together, But They Have To Go. Trump told NBC News' Meet the Press
today, We're going to keep the families together, but they have to go, referring to the illegal
immigrants he would deport. [ABC News, 8/16/15]
Donald Trump Said He Would Rescind The Dream Act Executive Order And Deport Entire Families Of
Immigrants, Even If Some Family Members Were Legally Documented. CHUCK TODD: What do you do about
the DACA order now? The Dream Act, however you want to refer to it. The executive order that is DONALD
TRUMP: The executive order gets rescinded. One good thing about One good thing about TODD: You'll
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rescind the Dream Act executive order TRUMP: You're going to have to. We have to make a whole new set of
standards. And when people come in, they have to come in legally TODD: So you're going to split up families?
You're going to deport children TRUMP: Chuck. No, no. We're going to keep the families together. We have to
keep the families together. TODD: But you're going to keep them together out TRUMP: But they have to go. But
they have to go. They have to go. Chuck, we either have a country or we don't have a country. [Meet The Press,
NBC, 8/16/15]
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does it work? Are you going to have cops going door-to-door? Trump interjected: Did you like
Eisenhower? Did you like Dwight Eisenhower as a president at all? He did this, the presidential
candidate said. He did this in the 1950s with over a million people, and a lot of people dont
know thatand it worked. [Washington Post, 9/30/15]
Donald Trump Touted His Plan To Deport 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants
And Cited Dwight Eisenhowers Deportation Program But Failed To Mention That
Program Was Named Operation Wetback. GOP frontrunner Donald Trumps plan to
deport 11 million undocumented immigrants from the United States has been criticized, even by
some fellow immigration hawks, as highly unrealistic. But at Tuesday nights Fox Business
debate, he cited a historical precedent: Let me just tell you that Dwight Eisenhower, good
president, great president, people liked him. Moved a million and a half illegal immigrants out
of this country, moved them just beyond the border. They came back. Moved them again, beyond
the border, they came back. Didnt like it. Moved them way south. They never came back. Dwight
Eisenhower. You dont get nicer, you dont get friendlier. He did not mention the name of that
program: Operation Wetback. [Slate, 11/10/15]
TRUMP BOOTED AND BANNED UNIVISION FROM HIS EVENTS AND
ESTABLISHMENTS
Trump Banned All Univision Officers And Representatives From One Of His Golf
Courses. Donald Trump sent a letter to Univision CEO and president Randy Falco on Friday
informing him that no Univision officer or representative is allowed to use his Trump National
Doral, the resort and golf club immediately adjacent to Univision offices in Miami, the On Media
blog has learned. The move is the latest in a public dispute that started Thursday when
Univision announced it would end its business relationship with the Miss Universe
Organization, which is co-owned by Trump and NBCUniversal, based on what it described as
Trump's insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants during the launch of his presidential
campaign. Trump later announced that he would sue Univision for breach of contract and
defamation, and accused Univision of defaulting on an iron-clad $13.5 million contract, which he
said it had no right to terminate. In the letter, Trump writes to Falco, Please be advised that
under no circumstances is any officer or representative of Univision allowed to use Trump
National Doral, Miamiits golf courses or any of its facilities. Also, please immediately stop
work and close the gate which is being constructed between our respective properties. If this is
not done within one week, we will close it. [Politico, 6/26/15]
HEADLINE: Donald Trump Kicks Univision Out of Florida Rally, Campaign
Confirms. [Hollywood Reporter, 10/26/15]
Donald Trump Barred Univision From Covering His Event At The Trump National
Doral In Miami. He made no mention about Univision the Spanish-language broadcaster
whose studios are next door to Trump National Doral which wasnt allowed into the rally on
account of Trumps lawsuit against the company for canceling his Miss Universe pageant. He
dismissed the pro-immigration protesters, first with a friendly Dont hurt em to security guards
physically escorting them out of the room, and then with a more impatient, The fourth group, Ill
say, Get the hell out of here! [Miami Herald, 10/23/15]
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Donald Trump Had Univision News Anchor Jorge Ramos Ejected From His News
Conference You Havent Been Called On, Go Back To Univision. Separately, Mr
Trump had a journalist ejected from a news conference. Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos was
trying to question Mr Trump about his call to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants from
the US and build a wall the length of the Mexican border. But Mr Trump insisted that he had
not been invited to submit a question. You haven't been called, go back to Univision, Mr Trump
said, before Mr Ramos was ejected from the news conference. As security officers approached the
Mexican-American journalist, he said: I am a reporter. Don't touch me. I have a right to ask the
question. [BBC, 8/26/15]
After Ramos Was Removed From The Trump Press Conference, A Trump Supporter Yelled At Ramos To Get
Out Of My Country. Just when we thought there was no more controversy to add, Univision posted footage of
Ramos out in the hall at which time an apparent Trump supporter whether hes a staffer or security personnel was
unknown at the time of this writing clearly tells the Mexican-born (and U.S. citizen, by the way) journalist to Get out
of my country [Latino Rebels, 8/26/15; Univision Noticias/Fusion, 8/25/15]
Obama would be a great cheerleader for the country. And hes really become very divisive. [The
Root, 6/25/15]
Trump: And When Obama Gets 95 Percent Of The Black Vote, Is That Racist?
HANNITY: But isn't it a danger on his part, class warfare, and more importantly, the
Democratic Party has been attacking the Tea Party conservatives as racist, you know, Maxine
Waters, the consecutive Tea Party movement can go straight to hell. One congressman says that
conservatives want black people hanging from trees. They double down on insane rhetoric. The
president has wrapped his arms twice now around the Occupy Wall Street crowd? And is there a
danger. TRUMP: I think the race card is such a horrible thing. And I've been watching it more
and more lately. And I think it's disgraceful. And when Obama gets 95 percent of the black vote,
is that racist? I mean, you know, does anybody have ever mention that? He gets 95 percent of the
vote. And I see your compatriots, your announcers saying yes, he got 95 percent of the black vote
but this wasn't a racial thing. They like his policy. That's a lot of crap. But he's creating a racial
divide and I think he's doing it on purpose and I think it's a very unfair thing and it's a very bad
thing. [Hannity, Fox News, 10/18/11]
When Asked If He Was Perpetuating African- American Stereotypes, Trump Said
I Don't Know What You Mean By Stereotypes. TRUMP: Well, I really have to go, but I
want to tell you I am the least racist. I am a wonderful person as far as you would be concerned
as to race. And I think everybody that knows me knows that. LEMON: Are you aware of the
stereotypes about African-Americans? Are you? TRUMP: Well, I don't know what you mean by
stereotypes. Why don't you define that a little bit in greater detail? LEMON: The stereotypes
that take place in America about African- Americans, one is that they are not as smart as whites.
And when you talk about someone like the President and you challenge whether or not he has an
education or deserve to go to Ivy League schools, you're talking -- you're bringing up, you're
promoting one of those stereotypes about African-Americans. [Newsroom, CNN, 5/1/11]
Trump Often Used The Phrase Silent Majority Which Historically Was Seen As
A Racial Dog Whistle. In a press conference after a rally in South Carolina on Thursday,
Donald Trump insisted that there is a silent majority [who] wants this country to have victories
again. It's not the first time Trump has used that phrase -- silent majority. As far back as
July, Trump was using the phrase. The country is fed up with what's going on, he said at the
time. You know, in the old days they used the term 'silent majority.' We have the silent majority
back, folks. Trump's use of that term is 1) 100 percent on purpose and 2) decidedly controversial.
For many, the silent majority is a not-so-subtle reference to white people who need/want to take
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their culture and country back. And, the argument goes, they would be taking it back from those
who aren't white. [Washington Post, 8/27/15]
Donald Trump Was Criticized For Retweeting In Response To A Twitter Thread
About His Support From White Supremacists A Graphic Containing Statistics
Purporting To Show That The Vast Majority Of Murdered Black People Are Killed
By Other Black People. Donald Trump is taking heat on social media for a Sunday
afternoon tweet of statistics purporting to show that the vast majority of murdered black people
in the U.S. are killed by other black people. The tweet was apparently Trumps response to a
Twitter thread about support from white supremacists for the GOP front-runner. The image
Trump posted includes a list of USA Crime Statistics ~ 2015. The two that are highlighted are
Blacks Killed by Police ~~ 1% and Blacks Killed by Blacks ~~ 97%. A drawing of a black man
wielding a sideways pistol and wearing army pants, military boots and a bandana and mask
accompanies the statistics, which are sourced to the Crime Statistics Bureau in San Francisco.
Indeed, an initial search to confirm the numbers couldnt turn up a Crime Statistic Bureau in
San Francisco. [The Hill, 11/22/15]
Donald Trump Said That The Black Lives Matter Protester Who Interrupted His
Rally Was So Obnoxious And So Loud That Maybe He Should Have Been
Roughed Up. Donald Trump said Sunday that the protester who interrupted his rally at a
convention center here on Saturday morning was so obnoxious and so loud that maybe he
should have been roughed up. Mercutio Southall Jr. a well-known local activist who has been
repeatedly arrested while fighting what he says is unfair treatment of blacks interrupted
Trumps rally and could be heard shouting, Black lives matter! Get him the hell out of here,
will you, please? Trump said on Saturday morning. Get him out of here. Throw him out!
[Washington Post, 11/22/15]
ON NATIVE AMERICANS
Donald Trump Did Not Find The Washington Redskins Team Name Offensive,
And Said He Knew Indians That Are Extremely Proud Of That Name. After
months of name-calling, Jeb Bush and Donald J. Trump have finally found a name that they can
agree on: the Washington Redskins. But in this case, Mr. Trump says he thinks that Mr. Bush
is right. Honestly, I dont think they should change the name, unless the owner wanted to, Mr.
Trump said in an interview. Mr. Trump. who has made bluntness a hallmark of his presidential
bid, said that the Redskins moniker was yet another issue of unnecessary political correctness.
The name has been that way for years, he said, and not everyone considers it to be a slur. I know
Indians that are extremely proud of that name, he said. They think its a positive. [New York
Times, 10/5/15]
The Oneida Indian Nation Criticized Donald Trump For His Opposition To
Changing The Name Of The Washington Redskins. The Oneida Indian Nation on
Monday blasted Donald Trump after the GOP presidential candidate said he knows Indians
who are proud of the Washington Redskins football team name, and he sees no reason to
change it.It is hardly surprising that a candidate who labeled Mexican immigrants rapists
and calls women 'pigs' now says he wants the NFL to continue slurring Native Americans,
the statement said. Donald Trump joins some of the NFL's ignoble fraternity of billionaires
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who sit in their office suites and owner's boxes happily spending their fortunes denigrating
people of color. [Syracuse Post-Standard, 10/5/15]
Trump On Indian Casinos: You Have To Check And See Whether Or Not They're
The Real Indians. KING: Because they have gambling casinos in which they don't have to
pay tax, right? Indian's property? TRUMP: They have gambling casinos where they're paying
no tax and every politician knows it's not appropriate or not right, but they haven't done
anything about it yet. KING: But don't you think we owe them something? TRUMP: I think
we do. I think to a certain extent, we do, if they're real Indians. I mean, you have to check and
see whether or not they're the real Indians. You know, you have-- KING: You're questioning
that, Donald? TRUMP: No, no, you have to see who's running the casinos. And you know, I
made a statement, they don't look like Indians to me. And everyone said, oh, what a terrible
statement. I said, what's wrong? They don't. If you take a look at these folks, they don't like
Indians to me. And then, actually, a number of shows did a story that my statement was 100
percent correct. I never liked to apologize and there's no reason to apologize. But I think the
Indian casinos are -- you know, they're being looked at very seriously. [Larry King Live, CNN,
7/23/97]
ON ASIAN AMERICANS
Trump Assumed A Young Asian Man At A Campaign Event Was From South
Korea, When He Was Really An American-Born Citizen. Finally, a young Asian man
attempted to correct Trump on his incorrect claim that South Korea takes advantage of the
United States in defense spending. Are you from South Korea? Trump asked. Im not. I was
born in Texas, raised in Colorado, the man responded as Trump literally shrugged. I just want
to say that no matter where Im from, I like to get my facts straight and I want to tell you that
thats not true. South Korea paid $861 million Then, Trump interrupts him permanently and
says the phrase, Its peanuts around ten times. [The Slot Blog, Jezebel, 10/12/15]
Bad Businessman
TRUMP BUSINESS CAREER IS FULL OF TROUBLING DECISIONS, LIKE
FORCING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES
Trump Forced A Widow To Sell Him Her House So He Could Expand The
Limousine Parking Lot Outside One Of His Casinos. JOHN STOSSELL: When Donald
Trump wanted a bigger parking lot for limousines outside one of his casinos, he tried to get this
widow to sell him her house for $1 million. She said no. So Trump then got his allies in
government to condemn her house and force her to sell it for a quarter of his original offer.
WIDOW, FEMALE: He doesn't have no heart, that man. STOSSELL: You're bullying these
people out because TRUMP: I'm not, excuse me, that's wrong. For you to use the word bully,
John, is very unfair. STOSSELL: Well, that's not what's happening here? TRUMP: No,
absolutely not. Not at all. And I think it's a pretty sick assumption. STOSSELL: In the old
days, big developers came in with thugs with clubs. Now you use lawyers, you go to court, and
you force people out. TRUMP: Excuse me. Other people maybe use thugs today, okay? I don't.
[20/20, ABC News, 3/29/04]
OR OUTSOURCING WORK TO OTHER COUNTRIES
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Trumps Clothing Brand Imports Clothes From China. Perry notes Trump has
imported clothing from China and Mexico produced for his brand. For Trump to operate,
outsource and invest globally while criticizing companies like Ford for doing the same is the
ultimate hypocrisy. To be fair to Ford, Trump should either agree to impose a 35% tax on Trump
Collection clothing and agree to stop investing overseas, or he should stop his threats against
Ford for operating as a global carmaker. [Forbes, 8/17/15]
Donald Trump Used Mexican Workers To Produce Is Donald J. Trump Signature
Collection Menswear Line. Not much gets past the Internet. Donald Trump is currently
embroiled in a steaming pot of controversy after making derogatory comments about Latin
American immigrants, claiming criminals and rapists are coming to the United States from
Mexico and advocating for "a great wall" at the border to keep people out. However, he seemed to
forget that he uses Mexican workers to produce his Donald J. Trump Signature Collection
menswear line. Adrian Carrasquillo, a political reporter and editor of Latino coverage at
BuzzFeed, decided to remind him. [Huffington Post, 7/2/15]
Headline: People Are Really Enjoying This Image Showing Donald Trumps
Clothing Made In Mexico. [BuzzFeed, 7/2/15; IMAGES]
TRUMP HAS PROVEN TO BE A POOR PREDICTOR OF ECONOMIC TRENDS
3/19/07: Donald Trump Said The 2007 Real Estate Collapse Would Be Very
Minor And That He Was Poised To Take Advantage Of Falling Real Estate
Values. Donald Trump almost lost his shirt 15 years ago when the North American real estate
bubble burst. The 2007 version of that disaster will be much more benign, the real estate
magnate predicts, although there is softness in some urban markets, such as Toronto and San
Francisco. We're talking very minor [problems] compared with the depression of the early
1990s, Mr. Trump said yesterday in a phone interview from Los Angeles. Mr. Trump said he is
poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. People
have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is, he said. I've
always made more money in bad markets than in good markets. [Globe and Mail, 3/20/07]
TRUMPS POOR DECISION MAKING SKILLS HAVE SENT HIS COMPANIES
INTO BANKRUPTCY FOUR TIMES, AND HE HAS BARELY AVOIDED IT
HIMSELF
Since 1991, Trump-Related Companies Have Filed For Corporate Bankruptcy Four
Separate Times. But just once for good measure: Donald Trump, personally, never declared
bankruptcy. Still, since 1991, Trump-related companies have filed for corporate bankruptcy
four separate times. Filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a corporationwhich is legally
distinct of its shareholders, owners, board, and C.E.O.to stay in business while it re-structures
and attempts to reduce its debt. So, while hes been able to keep his personal finances in order,
the businesses that so proudly trumpet his billion-dollar name are something of a different
story. [Vanity Fair, 6/29/15]
10/29/15: MSNBC: Donald Trumps Claim That He Never Filed For Bankruptcy
Was A Little Misleading Four Of His Businesses Have Declared Bankruptcy.
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As NBC News points out, Trump has never personally filed for bankruptcy. But its a little
misleading, as four of his businesses have. That includes the Trump Taj Mahal in 1991, Trump
Plaza Hotel in 1992, Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts in 2004 and Trump Entertainment
Resorts in 2009. [MSNBC, 10/29/15]
TRUMP WOULD HAVE MADE MORE MONEY BY INVESTING HIS
INHERITANCE IN A MUTUAL FUND, BUT INSTEAD DECIDED TO MAKE A
LIFE OUT OF MAKING DEALS
Donald Trump Would Have Made More Money By Simply Investing His Money In
A Mutual Fund Indexed To The Stock Market Than He Made Through His Real
Estate And Other Business Ventures. As really rich as Donald Trump is today, he might
have been even richer if, instead of dabbling in skyscrapers and casinos, hed simply taken his
eight-figure inheritance decades ago and sunk it into the stock market. Had the celebrity
businessman and Republican presidential candidate invested his eventual share of fathers real
estate company into a mutual fund of S&P 500 stocks in 1974, it would be worth nearly $3 billion
today, thanks to the markets performance over the past four decades. If hed invested the $200
million that Forbes magazine determined he was worth in 1982 into that index fund, it would
have grown to more than $8 billion today. [National Journal, 9/2/15]
of profligate borrowing, Trump lacked the cash to make his loan payments. Although he owned
hotels, skyscrapers, casinos and an airline, his debts exceeded the value of his properties by
hundreds of millions of dollars. Trump's lenders could have forced him into personal bankruptcy
and stripped him of almost every-thing. But that didn't happen. Instead, the bankers and
investors to whom Trump owed money made a series of deals that left him wealthy. They let him
keep some properties and took control of others, and they reduced Trump's personal debt by
about $ 750 million, more than four-fifths of the total. They didn't do it out of charity. Rather, the
lenders were reluctant to confront Trump in bankruptcy court, where they would face years of
delay and massive legal expenses. In the end, lenders said, they feared they would recover less
money in bankruptcy than they could get by striking compromises with Trump. [Washington
Post, 11/29/92]
Donald Trump Was On The Brink Of Bankruptcy Following The 1990 Real Estate
Collapse But Was Able To Avoid Personal Bankruptcy By Selling Off Some Of His
Cherished Possessions. ZAHN: If the 1980s were the greed is good era, then Donald Trump
was the decade's poster boy. But by 1990, the real estate mogul nearly lost it all due to a
collapsing real estate market. He was on the brink of bankruptcy. To make matters worse,
Trump was going through a personal crisis. His marriage was falling apart. With a failed
marriage behind him, Trump now focused on trying to rebuild his business. He was able to avoid
bankruptcy by selling off some of his cherished possessions. [CNN People In The News, CNN,
5/21/05]
Donald Trump Appeared Upbeat During Negotiations With His Creditors But Was
Personally Worried About Avoiding Bankruptcy. Donald managed to weather the slings
and arrows of doubters during these lean years and hunkered down with his bankers and with
his debts. As the negotiations progressed, Donald's bankers looked for every alternative they
could find to bankruptcy, because none of the banks wanted to contend with the mess that would
ensue if the talks collapsed. And the Trumpster kept singing a happy tune. He was always
upbeat, recalled Harvey Miller, a lawyer representing Citibank. One thing I'll say about Donald,
he was never depressed. Unbeknownst to his creditors, Donald was just as worried about a
bankruptcy as they were. He later told me that he wanted to avoid bankruptcy at all costs
because he felt that it would permanently taint him as a failure or a quitter. [New York Times,
10/23/05]
Donald Trump Took Two Of The Trump Casinos Public In 1995 And 1996,
Enabling Him To Unload Personal Debt Onto The New Company. In a tribute to the
sucker-born-every-minute theorem, Donald managed to take two of the Trump casinos public in
1995 and 1996, at a time when he was unable to make his bank payments and was heading
toward personal bankruptcy. The stock sales allowed Donald to buy the casinos back from the
banks and to unload huge amounts of debt. The offering also yanked Donald out of the financial
graveyard and left him with a 25 percent stake in a company he once owned entirely. Trump
Hotels and Casino Resorts traded at $14 a share initially and, along with a fresh bond offering,
the new company raised about $295 million. [New York Times, 10/23/05]
TRUMP VIEWS BANKRUPTCY AS A GREAT DEAL
Trump Called Bankruptcy A Great Deal. TRUMP: I'm going to be selling a piece of my
stake for a tremendous infusion of cash that comes into the company. You know, it's been a
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great company to me over the years, but it's a very small portion of my net worth, less than 2
percent. MASON: And you don't mind having the word 'bankruptcy' attached to your name?
TRUMP: Well, I don't love it, but I feel that this is a great deal. [CBS Evening News, CBS,
8/10/04]
Trump Bragged About Taking Personal Advantage Of The Bankruptcy Laws.
Washington Post on the first 2015 GOP debate: That appeared to be the case on Thursday.
Trump committed no major mistakes. If he was overbearing at times, well, that has been part of
his appeal. If he was impolitic at other times bragging about buying access to politicians or
taking personal advantage of the bankruptcy laws he has done that before [Washington Post,
8/6/15]
Donald Trump Bragged About Taking Companies With Bad Records, Chaptering
Them, And Ending Up With A Nice Little Asset. Ive inherited a lot of bad contracts
over the years, you know, where I buy a company cheap. Because the poor guy didnt know what
he was doing and he made a bad deal. So you buy it cheap, you throw it into a chapter, you beat
up everybody, and you have a nice little asset. Right. You know. You do it. I do it professionally.
Theres always a clause. [Donald Trump Rally, Sparks, NV, 10/29/15]
Trumps Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off
3/19/07: Donald Trump Said The 2007 Real Estate Collapse Would Be Very
Minor And That He Was Poised To Take Advantage Of Falling Real Estate
Values. Donald Trump almost lost his shirt 15 years ago when the North American real estate
bubble burst. The 2007 version of that disaster will be much more benign, the real estate
magnate predicts, although there is softness in some urban markets, such as Toronto and San
Francisco. We're talking very minor [problems] compared with the depression of the early
1990s, Mr. Trump said yesterday in a phone interview from Los Angeles. Mr. Trump said he is
poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. People
have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is, he said. I've
always made more money in bad markets than in good markets. [Globe and Mail, 3/20/07]
3/19/07: Donald Trump Advised Investors To Purchase Subprime Mortgages And
Repossessed Houses At Low Prices. Mr. Trump shrugged off concerns that a crisis in U.S.
subprime mortgage lending, which caters to poor credit risks, would spread to the wider property
market, including Mr. Trump's luxury buildings. "I don't see the subprime problems affecting
the higher-end stuff," he said. In fact, he is advising investors that there are now great deals in
buying subprime mortgages at a discount and repossessed houses at low prices. [Globe and
Mail, 3/20/07]
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recover from the live, on-air tutorial. Yes, yes, he said. He added, Oh, I thought you said Kurds,
Kurds. [New York Times, 9/3/15]
Donald Trump Appeared To Not Know The Difference Between The Iranian Quds
Forces And The Kurds. HUGH HEWITT: Are you familiar with General Soleimani?
DONALD TRUMP: Yes, but go ahead, give me a little, go ahead, tell me. HUGH HEWITT: He
runs the Quds Forces. DONALD TRUMP: Yes, okay, right. HUGH HEWITT: Do you expect
his behavior DONALD TRUMP: The Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by
HUGH HEWITT: No, not the Kurds, the Quds Forces, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds
Forces. DONALD TRUMP: Yes, yes. HUGH HEWITT: is the bad guys. DONALD TRUMP:
Right. HUGH HEWITT: Do you expect his behavior to change as a result DONALD
TRUMP: Oh, I thought you said Kurds, Kurds. HUGH HEWITT: No, Quds. DONALD
TRUMP: Oh, Im sorry, I thought you said Kurds, because I think the Kurds have been poorly
treated by us, Hugh. Go ahead. HUGH HEWITT: Agreed. So Soleimani runs the Quds Forces.
Do you expect his behavior is going to change as a result of this deal with Iran? DONALD
TRUMP: I think that Iran right now is in the drivers seat to do whatever they want to do. I
think whats happening with Iran is, I think its one of the, and I covered it very well. I assume
you saw the news conference. I think Iran is, its one of the great deals ever made for them. I
think its one of the most incompetent contracts Ive even seen. Im not just talking about
defense. Im not talking about a contract with another country. Ive never seen more of a onesided deal, I think, in my life, absolutely. HUGH HEWITT: Well, Soleimani is to terrorism sort
of what Trump is to real estate. DONALD TRUMP: Okay. HUGH HEWITT: Many people
would say hes the most dangerous man in the world, and he runs the Quds Forces, which is
their Navy SEALs. DONALD TRUMP: Is he the gentleman that was going back and forth with
Russia and meeting with Putin? I read something, and that seems to be also where hes at.
HUGH HEWITT: Thats the guy. DONALD TRUMP: Hes going back and forth meeting with
other countries, etc., etc. HUGH HEWITT: Thats the guy. DONALD TRUMP: Not good.
HUGH HEWITT: And so do you think DONALD TRUMP: Not good for us. And what it
shows is a total lack of respect, I mean, that the other countries would even be entertaining him,
and theyre entertaining him big league, big league. [Hugh Hewitt Radio Show, 9/3/15]
ASKED WHO ADVISES HIM ON THE MILITARY, TRUMP SAID HE GETS A LOT
OF ADVICE FROM THE WEEKEND SHOWS
Donald Trump Said He Got Military Advice From The Shows. CHUCK TODD: Who
do you talk to for military advice right now? DONALD TRUMP: Well, I watch the shows. I
mean, I really see a lot of great -- you know, when you watch your show and all of the other
shows and you have the generals. [Washington Post, 8/17/15; Meet The Press, NBC News,
8/16/15]
Trumps Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World
TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY BOASTED OF HIS INTENT TO USE EXTREME
FORCE
TRUMP CLAIMS TO BE THE MOST MILITARISTIC PERSON IN THE WORLD
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Donald Trump: Im The Most Militaristic Person Here, But You Have To Know
When To Use The Military. [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Rally, Norfolk, VA,
10/31/15]
Donald Trump: I Am The Most Militaristic Person Have You Ever Had On Your
Show, Believe Me, OK? [Fox Business News, 11/6/15]
Donald Trump: I'm The Most Military-Based And The Most Militaristic Person
On Your Show. [Face The Nation, CBS News, 10/11/15]
Donald Trump: Look. I Am The Most Militaristic Person. I Will Make Our
Military So Strong And So Powerful, Nobody's Going To Mess With Us. [20/20, ABC
News, 11/20/15]
Donald Trump: I Mean, There's Something Going On. I'm Most Militaristic
Person On The Stage But You Have To Know Who To Attack And When. [OReilly
Factor, Fox News, 11/25/15]
TRUMP FREQUENTLY ANTAGONIZES OTHER COUNTRIES
Donald Trump Said France Was "The Worst Partner That This Country Has Ever
Had" And Would Sell A Nuclear Weapon To Anybody Giving Them 10 Cents More
Than The Next Guy. Mr. Trump used his appearance on Fox to criticize a number of U.S.
allies and trading partners. He denounced France as the worst partner that this country has
ever had. They'll sell a nuclear weapon to anybody giving them 10 cents more than the next
guy, he said. They are a very disloyal group in terms of their government, and I think they have
to be taught respect, Mr. Trump said. [Washington Times, 11/1/99]
10/31/99: Donald Trump: France Has To Be The Worst Partner That This
Country Has Ever Had. They Have Been A Very Disloyal Partner To The
United States And Virtually Anybody Else They Deal With. If you look
throughout the world, France has to be the worst partner that this country has ever had.
They'll sell a nuclear weapon to anybody giving them 10 cents more to the next guy. It's
terrible. I think France just doesn't respect this country. France is a terrible partner.
They've been a terrible partner over the years. They are a very disloyal group in terms of
their government, and I think they have to be taught respect. I'm not saying what I'm doing
to them, I just think France and I think one thing I'm doing I'm exposing them, because I've
never heard this before. But anybody that knows anything about government, knows that
France has been a very disloyal partner to the United States and virtually anybody else they
deal with. [Fox News Sunday, Fox News, 10/31/99]
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Arabia in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. They should pay us, Trump
said of the oil rich nation. Like it or dont like it, people have backed Saudi Arabia. What I really
mind, though, is we back it at tremendous expense. We get nothing for it. Trump portrayed the
U.S. financial relationship with Saudi Arabia as outdated. The primary reason we're with Saudi
Arabia is because we need the oil, Trump said. Now we don't need the oil so much, and if we let
our people really go, we wouldn't need the oil at all and we could let everybody else fight it out.
The U.S. currently imports more than one million barrels of Saudi Arabian oil each day,
according to the U.S. State Department's website.Saudi Arabia, if it werent for us, they
wouldnt be here, Trump said. They wouldnt exist. [Bloomberg, 8/16/15]
Trump Said That The Chinese Were Enemies. MORGAN: There are towns in China that
sell 95 percent of the world's duvets. You know, they manufacture 85 percent of the world's
buttons. Now I don't think that's the enemy. I think it's a potential business friend. Isn't it? Can't
we work with them? TRUMP: I don't think they're friends. I think they're enemies. I deal with
Chinese. I just sold an apartment to a Chinese person for $33 million a short while ago -- a
couple of months ago. I mean I'm supposed to like the Chinese but I understand the Chinese and
I deal with them all the time. Now this is before they thought I might run for president. They
consider our leaders extremely stupid people. They cannot believe what they get away with.
Whether it's the Olympics where they put people under age and they say, no, no, no, and then we
find out it was true and they say, oh, we just didn't know. Or whether they have the beautiful
girl singing the national anthem, their national anthem, but it wasn't her singing. So many
different things. I mean the Chinese are looking to put us under and believe me they are not our
friends. I'm surprised at you because you're not somebody that's easily misled or misguided
They are not our friend. [Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News, 2/9/11]
In Response To China Devaluing Their Currency, Trump Said He Would Put A
Tariff On Chinese Products And Claimed We Have To Have A Trade War With
China. Challenged by host Bill O'Reilly, the celebrity real estate tycoon doubled down on what
has become a main issue in his campaign, criticizing the U.S. government for allowing China to
devalue its currency. Trump said he would put a tariff on Chinese products, saying you have to
have a trade war. Their leaders are intelligent, ours aren't, Trump said Monday. [The Hill,
8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
Trump Said He Would Start A Trade War With China, Stating You Have To Do That ... You Have No Choice.
Trump, who has made a similar call with Mexico, said Monday that he would initiate a trade war with China, saying
you have to do that ... you have no choice.: [CNN, 8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
CNN Money: Trump Massive Tariffs Would Start An Immediate Trade War That Would Likely Hurt American
Jobs And Exports. Trump's big claim is that he will bring back American jobs -- from China, from Mexico, from
Japan, from so many places. If you listen closely, Trump has proposed doing this two ways: slapping tariffs on foreign
goods and negotiating better trade deals. In his campaign announcement speech, he threatened a 35% tax on Ford
(F) vehicles made in Mexico that are brought back to the U.S. to be sold, and in 2011, he has made headlines for
suggesting a 25% tariff on goods coming from China to the U.S. At face value, what Trump has proposed would start
an immediate trade war that would likely hurt American jobs and exports. [CNN Money, 7/28/15]
Trump: I Will Build The Best Wall, The Biggest, The Strongest, Not Penetrable.
They Wont Be Crawling Over It Like Give It A Little Jump And They Are Over
The Wall Because Theyre Australians And Ill Have Mexico Pay For That Wall.
[Donald Trump at Tuscan Kitchen restaurant, 4/27/15]
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10,000, 20,000? Do you have a number?... So -- I want to get specific with you like I will with Ted
Cruz and everybody else because I think people need to start giving us specifics on how we get
there. TRUMP: Well, I've been specific. SCARBOROUGH: So 10,000 troops?... I'm talking
specifically about ground troops So would you support taking it, say, ten thousand ground
troops as part of an international force?... Would you support 10,000 ground troops? TRUMP: I
would. Yes, I would. [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 12/8/15]
Trumps Gun Policy: More Guns
TRUMP BELIEVES THAT MORE GUNS CAN LIMIT CASUALTIES DURING
MASS SHOOTINGS
Trump Said If He Were At The Paris Or San Bernardino Shooting, And If I Had A
Gun, I'm -- We're Going Down Shooting. We're Going To Knock Them Out, OK,
One Way Or The Other. TRUMP: What's too far? What's too far? They're killing people,
whether it's what we just saw in California or in Paris. They're killing people, innocent people,
people without guns. You look at Paris, no guns, nothing. You look at California, no guns. I can
tell you one thing. If I'm in there and if I had a gun, I'm -- we're going down shooting. We're going
to knock them out, OK, one way or the other. And if a couple of guns are in that room, you talk
about Second Amendment, which I'm a big believer in the Second Amendment. In Paris, they
had no guns. In California, they had no guns. Only the bad guys had the guns. So, they were like
sitting ducks, every one of them. [Face The Nation, CBS, 12/6/15]
1/7/15: Donald Trump Tweeted About French Gun Control Laws After The
Shootings At The French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo. As such, it was no
surprise that after shootings at the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris this
week, some Americans began to wonder about gun control laws. Isn't it interesting that the
tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world? American
reality television star Donald Trump wrote on Twitter shortly after the news broke. The tweet
prompted both praise (over a thousand retweets) and scorn (Trump was labelled a moron and an
idiot by other tweeters). [Washington Post, 1/9/15]
1/7/15: Donald Trump: Isnt It Interesting That The Tragedy In Paris Took Place In One Of The Toughest Gun
Control Countries In The World? [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 1/7/15]
11/18/15: Donald Trump Said, If You Had A Guy Like You Or Me, Or Some Other
Guys In That Room That Had Guns, The Terrorist Attacks In Paris Would Have
Been Mitigated. Donald Trump said on Wednesday that, if he or somebody else with a gun
had been present during last Fridays attacks in Paris, things would have gone differently. So
they were just shooting people: Next! Next! the former reality TV star told Boston radio host
Jeff Kuhner. Just people were totally defenseless. If you had a guy like you or me, or some other
guys in that room that had guns, it wouldnt have been that way, Jeff. You know. It wouldnt
have been that way. Trump made the comments after saying that, because of French gun laws,
nobody had a gun to shoot the attackers, adding that the only ones that had the guns are the
bad guys. [Buzzfeed, 11/18/15]
TRUMP OCCASIONALLY CARRIES A GUN, BUT ADMITS HES NOT SUCH A
GREAT SHOT
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2015: Donald Trump Supported Allowing Americans To Buy And Own Assault
Weapons And Called For An End To Gun-Free Zones. Donald Trump said Tuesday
he supports allowing Americans to legally buy and own assault weapons. You have to be
because the bad guys are going to have them anyway, Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo on
New Day. What happens when the bad guys have the assault weapons and you don't in a
confrontation? Trump suggested overturning gun-free zones and said civilians with guns
could have stopped the mass shooting at a community college last week in Oregon. [CNN,
10/6/15]
2000: Donald Trump Supported The Assault Weapons Ban And Longer Waiting
Periods. I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I
also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun, Trump wrote in his 2000
book The America We Deserve." [CNN, 10/6/15]
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should be able to, because it's going to be lot safer. Look at what's going on. We're going into
these gun-free areas. How about the school few months ago? Gun-free school, gun-free area, and
you look at what happened. It was a disgrace. If people had guns, how about the -- how about the
soldiers that were killed, six soldiers killed, champion marksmen on a military base? They're not
allowed to carry their guns. [Face The Nation, CBS, 12/6/15]
Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care
TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CATASTROPHE KNOWN AS
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
Trump Called The Affordable Care Act A Total Catastrophe. Trump presented
himself as a conservative, very conservative and as a Republican, but admitted that he is very
disappointed with Republican politicians. The crowd shared the sentiment and gave The
Donald a huge round of applause. Trump says the GOP has let the president get away with
absolute murder. He pointed to Obamacare as a total catastrophe. [Breitbart, 1/24/15]
YET HE HAS FAILED TO OFFER ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD
REPLACE IT WITH
In Crippled America, Donald Trump Laid Out His Plan To Replace The
Affordable Care Act: Ill Hire Smart People And Theyll Come Up With Something.
My approach is completely different. I approach complicated problems such as how to provide
health care for most Americans at a price we can afford the same way I solve the toughest
business problems. We should hire the most knowledgeable people in the world on this subject
and lock them in a roomand not unlock the door until theyve agreed on the steps we need to
take. A lot of times when I speak, people say I dont provide specific policies that some pollster
has determined are what people want to hear. I know thats not the way the professional
politicians do itthey seem to poll and focus-group every word. But theres nobody like me.
[Trump, Crippled America, 70, 11/3/15]
Donald Trump: Obamacares Going To Be Repealed And Replaced, And I Am Going To Take Care Of
Everybody And The Governments Gonna Pay For It. TRUMP: Obamacare's going to be repealed and
replaced. Obamacare is a disaster if you look at what's going on with premiums where they're up 45, 50, 55 percent.
Everybody's got to be covered. I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not.
[The uninsured are] going to be taken care of. The government's gonna pay for it. But we're going to save so much
money on the other side. But for the most it's going to be a private plan and people are going to be able to go out and
negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies and they can
have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything. [60 Minutes, CBS, 9/27/15]
Donald Trump Said He Would Repeal The Affordable Care Act And Replace It
With Something Terrific. Trump once supported the liberal plan to create a national,
single-payer health care system similar to the one in Canada, a position he explained in his 2000
book The America We Deserve. But as a Republican presidential candidate, Trump's plan is
now simpler: Repeal Obamacare. And then? Replace with something terrific, Trump said,
explaining that the terrific would be handled by private companies competing in the private
market. But Trump suggested an alternative system for lower-income individuals -- describing
what, in the broad strokes, appears to sound similar to Medicaid. [CNN, 7/30/15]
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same thing with Obamacare. I would [support a government shutdown], and I was also in
support if the Republicans stuck together you could have done it with Obamacare also, but the
Republicans decided not to stick together and they left a few people out there like Ted Cruz,
Trump said on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Monday. [Politico, 8/4/15]
Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career
from Jared Beck, Elizabeth's co-counsel and husband, obtained by CNN and first reported
Tuesday by the New York Times. Trump's attorney Allen Garten, who was present for the
deposition, does not dispute that Trump called Beck disgusting. Trump slammed Beck's
interview in a tweet to CNN Politics on Wednesday morning: Lawyer Elizabeth Beck did a
terrible job against me, she lost (I even got legal fees). I loved beating her,she was easy, he
tweeted. [CNN, 7/29/15]
Alan Garten, Executive Vice President And General Counsel At The Trump
Organization, Did Not Dispute Trumps Remarks And Said That The Lawyer
Was Disgusting. Alan Garten, executive vice president and general counsel at The
Trump Organization, did not dispute the remark, but said Trump called Beck disgusting
because she was about to use her breast pump in the middle of the deposition room. She was
disgusting, Garten said in a phone interview with CNN. She was attempting to breast feed -to pump in the middle of a deposition, in a deposition room with five lawyers and was not
excusing herself. [CNN, 7/29/15]
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Trump: Doesnt Matter What Media Say About You As Long As Youve Got A
Young And Beautiful Piece Of Ass. In 1991, Trump told Esquire, "You know, it doesn't
really matter what (the media) write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass.
[Des Moines Register, 9/13/15]
Trump On His Daughter: She Does Have A Very Nice Figure ... If [She] Werent
My Daughter, Perhaps Id Be Dating Her. She was replaced by Trumps eldest
daughter, Ivanka, of whom Trump once said, She does have a very nice figure ... if [she] werent
my daughter, perhaps Id be dating her. [Anna Holmes, Washington Post, 4/30/11]
ON THE HUNT FOR WOMEN
Trump: I Think The Hunt Is Always Fun, Whether It's Deals, Whether It's
Women, Whether It's Anything. WALTERS: I want to clear something up. In your book,
the new book, you say, The fun is in the getting, not the having. Does that include women? No
kidding. TRUMP: Interesting question. I think the hunt is always fun, whether it's deals,
whether it's women, whether it's anything. I think, however, that with respect to women, there
would be nothing that would make me happier than having a great marriage. An absolutely
great marriage, and that would certainly supersede the hunt.[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
Trump On Not Having A First Lady: We Could Have One In 24 Hours If
Necessary. KING: We will not have a first lady. Who will be? I'm thinking ahead. Who's in
charge of social affairs? TRUMP: Well, we could have one in 24 hours. We actually -- it would
be very interesting. KING: There's a line out there? TRUMP: But we could have one quickly.
KING: Are you telling us something? TRUMP: No, not all. But I'm saying, if there was a, you
know, prerequisite, 24 hours, it's done. [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
ON A WIFES ROLE IN THE HOME
Trump: I Don't Want To Sound Too Much Like A Chauvinist, But When I Come
Home And Dinner's Not Ready, I'll Go Through The Roof.NANCY COLLINS: Well,
you now are married to a woman, and you- who would like to continue her career. Marla says she
does want to have a career.You have said you don't want Marla to work. TRUMP: I think
I'm probably mixed. I have days where I think it's great and then I have days where if I come
home and- you know, I don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist, but when I come home
and dinner's not ready, I'll go through the roof, okay?[Primetime Live, ABC News, 3/10/94]
Trump: Men Need Support At HomeNot Someone Who Is Always Griping and
Bitching. "Often, I will tell friends whose wives are constantly nagging them about this or that
that they're better off leaving and cutting their losses. I'm not a great believer in always trying to
work things out, because it just doesn't happen that way. For a man to be successful he needs
support at home, just like my father had from my mother, not someone who is always griping
and bitching." [Des Moines Register, 9/13/15]
ON THE INTELLIGENCE OF WOMEN AND GETTING AHEAD
Trump: It Is Rare That Women Are Both Very Beautiful And Have High IQs.
ZAHN: Let's go back to the women for a moment. Because TIME magazine calls them, either
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the hottest women in your office hot to super model hot, and they say that there is more leg and
naval flashed in most staff meetings outside of Hooters. TRUMP: And they know how to use
their looks. Many of the women are very beautiful, super model beautiful but they have 200 IQs,
which is rather rare. [Paula Zahn Now, 1/7/04]
Trump Said That Women Using Sexuality To Get Ahead Is Part Of Life. KING:
Do you think that some complaining about women use their gender to advantage in this, or is
that also part of life? TRUMP: Women? I mean, do women use sex? Absolutely not. You've
never known a woman to use sex, right? On my show, I get criticized when they use sex. The
rest of the world, nobody gets criticized. You know, amazingly, these people were chosen. They're
young people, and they were chosen for their brain, but they happen to be attractive. I mean, the
women, some of the women, happen to be very attractive. And they have used their sexuality to
win certain tasks, as we call them. And hey, that's part of life, I guess. In real life, that
happens, too. I've known it. I've seen it happen. It's actually happened to me a couple of times,
Larry. [Larry King Live, CNN, 2/27/04]
ON HIS CREATION PROCESS ADMITTEDLY, ITS PRETTY SAD AND
LEAVING FOR A PIECE OF ASS
Trump On His Marriages: I've Really Given A Lot Of Women Great Opportunity.
Unfortunately, After They're A Star, The Fun Is Over For Me. It's Like A Creation
Process. NANCY COLLINS: You know what's interesting, Donald, is you take these women,
these two particular women in your life, and you help them become very well-known. And then,
when they want to act on that appeal, you seem to get upset about it. TRUMP: I create stars. I
love creating stars. And, to a certain extent, I've done that with Ivana. To a certain extent, I've
done that with Marla. And I like that. I mean, I've really given a lot of women great opportunity.
Unfortunately, after they're a star, the fun is over for me. It's like a creation process. It's almost
like creating a building. It's pretty sad.[Primetime Live, ABC News, 3/10/94]
Trump On His Divorce From Ivana: When A Man Leaves A Woman, Especially
When It Was Perceived That He Has Left For A Piece Of Ass--A Good One-- There
Are 50 Percent Of The Population Who Will Love The Woman Who Was Left.
WALTERS: The author, Marie Brenner, quotes you as saying to her, When a man leaves a
woman, especially when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of ass- a good one- there are
50 percent of the population who will love the woman who was left. TRUMP: I do remember
saying that. I don't remember having used those words. That's possible. But I believe that if a
man leaves a woman for almost any reason, that that particular person, the man, is going to be
at a major disadvantage in terms of the public eye, there's no question about it.[20/20, ABC
News, 8/17/90]
Trump On Military Sexual Assaults
DONALD TRUMP INSINUATED THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY
WAS THE RESULT OF POLITICIANS WANTING TO BE POLITICALLY
CORRECT
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Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Eliminate The Estate Tax. No family will have to
pay the death tax. You earned and saved that money for your family, not the government. You
paid taxes on it when you earned it.... The death tax punishes families for achieving the
American dream. Therefore, the Trump plan eliminates the death tax. [Donald J. Trump For
President, Tax Reform That Will Make America Great Again, 9/28/15]
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cut The Corporate Tax Rate To 15%. No business
of any size, from a Fortune 500 to a mom and pop shop to a freelancer living job to job, will pay
more than 15% of their business income in taxes. Under the Trump plan, America will compete
with the world and win by cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%, taking our rate from one of the
worst to one of the best. [Donald J. Trump For President, Tax Reform That Will Make America
Great Again, 9/28/15]
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cut Taxes On Capital Gains. The top capital gains
rate would be cut to 20 percent from 23.8 percent, through the elimination of Obamacare's 3.8
percent surtax. The first 15 percent capital gains rate would kick in at $100,000 for couples, not
the current $74,900. But the 20 percent rate would kick in a little earlier: $300,000, not
$464,850. [Vox, 9/28/15]
Citizens For Tax Justice: The Top 1% Wealthiest Americans Would Get 34 Percent
Of Trumps Tax Cuts. Now, there are three things to know about Trump's tax plan. The
second is, well, did I mention it would help the rich the most? The liberal Citizens for Tax Justice
calculates that the top 1 percent would get 34 percent of Trump's total tax cut. That is actually
what passes for egalitarian among RepublicansJeb would give 53 percent of his tax cuts to our
country's most exclusive centilebut it's still a bigger giveaway than anybody else's because
Trump's tax cuts are bigger too. [Wonkblog, Washington Post, 10/2/15]
Politicos Danny Vinik: Who Would Be The Winners Of The Trump Tax Plan? The
Rich. Who would be the winners of the Trump tax plan? The rich. The top tax rate falling
from 39.6 percent to 25 percent will give them a huge windfall, as will eliminating the AMT, the
estate tax for their heirs, and the Obamacare surtax on capital gains and dividends. The huge
cut in the corporate income tax will also benefit the well-off. [Danny Vinik, Politico, 9/28/15]
TRUMPS TAX PLAN WOULD BENEFIT PEOPLE JUST LIKE HIM
Headline: Trumps Tax Plan Could Cost $12 Trillion, And Save Him Millions In
Taxes Each Year. [Time, 9/29/15]
Citizens For Tax Justice: The Top 1% Wealthiest Americans Would Get 34 Percent
Of Trumps Tax Cuts. Now, there are three things to know about Trump's tax plan. The
second is, well, did I mention it would help the rich the most? The liberal Citizens for Tax Justice
calculates that the top 1 percent would get 34 percent of Trump's total tax cut. That is actually
what passes for egalitarian among RepublicansJeb would give 53 percent of his tax cuts to our
country's most exclusive centilebut it's still a bigger giveaway than anybody else's because
Trump's tax cuts are bigger too. [Wonkblog, Washington Post, 10/2/15]
Politicos Danny Vinik: Under Trumps Tax Plan, The Weather Get A Huge
Windfall. Who would be the winners of the Trump tax plan? The rich. The top tax rate
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falling from 39.6 percent to 25 percent will give them a huge windfall, as will eliminating the
AMT, the estate tax for their heirs, and the Obamacare surtax on capital gains and dividends.
The huge cut in the corporate income tax will also benefit the well-off. [Danny Vinik, Politico,
9/28/15]
TRUMP OPPOSED LAWS REFORMING WALL STREET
Trump Opposed Wall Street Reform And Claimed The Reforms Created A Very
Bad Situation. TRUMP: Well, I have to speak two ways. Selfishly, as a developer, I love
cheap money, and I have always loved cheap money, and who wouldn't. Now, I'm not speaking as
somebody that is a great citizen of this country -- and I hope I am and I love this country very
dearly -- but as a developer, I love cheap money. They're giving me cheap money. They -- I will
say this, that the only people that get money are people like me that don't need it. If I don't -- if I
want to make a deal on buying something, I get very, very inexpensive money. If somebody
wants to put together a deal that does -- that is very qualified, and very good, but doesn't have a
lot of money, it's impossible for that person to borrow, even at higher rates, because the
regulators -- you mentioned Dodd-Frank just a minute ago. The regulators under Dodd-Frank
have made it virtually impossible for the banks to lend money to those people, which is a very
bad situation to be in. [Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 9/19/13]
Trump Claimed Wall Street Reforms Were Very Bad For The Country. TRUMP:
The legislation that has been passed over the past years Dodd- Frank has been very bad for the
country. [On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 11/24/11]
TRUMP OPPOSES RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE
Trump Did Not Support An Increase In The Minimum Wage. Trump is one of the few
Republicans in the 2016 field who isn't skeptical of the usefulness of a federal minimum wage,
but he doesn't think it should be increased from the current rate of $7.25 an hour. Wages are a
hot issue for many Americans. While the country has been adding jobs in the recovery, wages
have barely moved. Trump argues that raising the minimum wage would make U.S. employees
less competitive with foreign workers and thus make it harder to keep jobs in America. [CNN
Money, 7/28/15]
Trump Said He Would Not Increase The Minimum Wage. Trump said he would not
increase the minimum wage, adding that the U.S. needs to bring back jobs from places like
Mexico, China and India. [Politico, 6/18/15]
Trump: I Dont Want To Raise The Minimum Wage. He wouldnt go into specifics, but
promised he would create jobs if elected president. I dont want to raise the minimum wage. I
want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the
minimum wage is, said Trump. [The Hill, 7/23/15]
Trumps Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape
DONALD TRUMPS EX-WIFE IVANA HAS USED THE WORDS VIOLATED AND
RAPE TO DESCRIBE A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP
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HEADLINE: Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel Violated During Sex [Daily
Beast, 7/27/15]
Trumps Ex-Wife Wife Ivana Trump Accused Trump Of Raping Her In 1989. It was
an unfortunate turn of phrase for Trumpin more ways than one. Not only does the current
front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks
about sexual assault, but as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used rape to describe an
incident between them in 1989. She later said she felt violated by the experience. [Daily Beast,
7/27/15]
Ivana Trumps Rape Assertion Originally Appeared In A Deposition As A Part Of
The Early 1990s Divorce Case Between The Trumps And Was Described As A
Violent Assault In The 1993 Book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J.
Trump. Ivana Trumps assertion of rape came in a depositionpart of the early 90s divorce
case between the Trumps, and revealed in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald
J. Trump. The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described
a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump
confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon. Your fucking doctor
has ruined me! Trump cried. What followed was a violent assault, according to Lost Tycoon.
[Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
IN RESPONSE TO A STORY ABOUT IVANAS RAPE ALLEGATIONS, DONALD TRUMPS
SPECIAL COUNSEL SAID YOU CANT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE AND TOLD THE REPORTER
HE WOULD MESS YOUR LIFE UP
Michael Cohen, Special Counsel At The Trump Organization: Understand That
By The Very Definition, You Cant Rape Your Spouse. Michael Cohen, special counsel
at The Trump Organization, defended his boss, saying, Youre talking about the front-runner for
the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never raped anybody. And, of
course, understand that by the very definition, you cant rape your spouse. It is true, Cohen
added. You cannot rape your spouse. And theres very clear case law. Ivana Trumps assertion of
rape came in a depositionpart of the early 90s divorce case between the Trumps, and revealed
in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump.That is not true. In New
York, there used to be a so-called marital rape exemption to the law. It was struck down in
1984. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Trump Special Counsel: So Im Warning You, Tread Very Fucking Lightly,
Because What Im Going To Do To You Is Going To Be Fucking Disgusting. You
Write A Story That Has Mr. Trumps Name In It, With The Word Rape, And Im
Going To Mess Your Life Up. Trumps lawyer then changed tactics, lobbing insults and
threatening a lawsuit if a story was published. I will make sure that you and I meet one day
while were in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still dont have. And I will
come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know, Cohen said. So Im
warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what Im going to do to you is going to be
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fucking disgusting. You understand me? You write a story that has Mr. Trumps name in it,
with the word rape, and Im going to mess your life upfor as long as youre on this frickin
planetyoure going to have judgments against you, so much money, youll never know how to
get out from underneath it, he added. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
COHEN APOLOGIZED FOR SAYING YOU CANNOT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE
Michael Cohen, Special Counsel To Trump, Apologized For Saying You Cannot
Rape Your Spouse. Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump. Cohen has been a long-time
aide to Trump, but he found himself facing the national media glare last month when he
defended his boss to a Daily Beast reporter in a story about rebuffed allegations of sexual
misconduct against Trump. Cohen has since publicly apologized for telling the Daily Beast that
you cannot rape your spouse and has repeatedly said that he does not believe that statement.
As an attorney, husband and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more
than charges of rape or racism. They hit me at my core, Cohen said in an apology statement to
CNN. Cohen has served as a media liaison to Trump, helping to coordinate interviews. And he
has also appeared on television defending Trump's campaign, but his public appearances have
dwindled following the controversy. The Hill, 8/14/15]
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TRUMP TIMELINE
Donald Trump was born to Fred and Mary Trump on June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York.
Trump was the second of five siblings, including an older brother Fred Jr., two younger sisters Elizabeth and
Maryanne, and a younger brother Robert. His father was a New York City real estate developer and his mother was
originally from Scotland.
Trumps sister Maryanne Trump Barry is a senior United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit. She was nominated and confirmed in September 1999.
Trump lived with his family from 1946 to 1959 in Jamaica Estates in Queens, New York where
his family owned a mock Tudor-style home on Wareham Place.
The neighborhood Trump grew up in was predominantly inhabited by Caucasian, upper-middle class individuals and
families
Trumps father was chauffeured to work every day in a blue Cadillac limousine.
Trump as a child was poorly-behavedhe was expelled from Kew Forest School in second grade
for punching his music teacherand in 1959 his parents sent him to New York Military
Academy.
In 1964, Trump graduated from New York Military Academy and began attending Fordham
University in the Bronx, New York during which he received the first of four educational
deferments from the draft.
In 1968, Trump graduated from Wharton School of Finance at University of Pennsylvania and
joined his fathers development projects in Brooklyn and Queens.
Prior to enrolling at University of Pennsylvania Trump had aspirations to attend USC School of Cinema in order to
pursue a career as a movie producer, but decided instead after graduation to follow his father into real estate as it was
the more stable option.
In 1971, Trump moved to Manhattan to pursue real estate ventures there and was given control
of his fathers real estate company.
On October 15, 1973, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the Trump Management Corporation
for frequently violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against potential AfricanAmerican buyers in Brooklyn, Queens and on Staten Island.
Two years later, on June 11, 1975 Trump reached a settlement with the Department of Justice agreeing not to
discriminate against minorities and send a list of apartment vacancies to a civil rights group for which applicants would
be given priority.
On April 4, 1977, Trump married his first wife, Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr, a model from
Czechoslovakia.
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On December 31, 1977, Donald and Ivanas first son, Donald John Trump Jr. was born.
On October 30, 1981, Donald and Ivanas second child, but first daughter, Ivanka Marie Trump was born.
On January 1, 1984, Donald and Ivanas second son, Eric Frederic Trump was born.
In 1980, Trump finished renovating the Commodore Hotel near Grand Central Station, which he
bought in 1975 after obtaining a 40-year tax abatement. He reopened it with a new name, the
Grand Hyatt New York.
In 1981, Trumps brother, Fred Trump, Jr., died as a result of alcoholism. Trump frequently
refers to his brothers death as his reason for abstaining from alcohol and tobacco.
In 1985, Trump bought the Mar-A-Lago Estate, a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida
The Mar-A-Lago Club has sought to bring in the most foreign workers on temporary H-2B visas than any of Trumps
other businesses.
For its inaugural season in 1983, Trump bought the New Jersey Generals United States Football
League team, only to sell them in the same year to J. Walter Duncan and then repurchase the
team in 1984.
Trump attempted to recruit the NFL Dolphins coach Don Shula with a five-year, one-million dollar contract to coach
the New Jersey Generals, but was unsuccessful.
On July 29, 1986, the United States Football League won nominal damages equaling $3.76 (including interest) in an
antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and subsequently folded.
In 1986, Trump was asked to take over renovations of the Wollman Ice Rink in Central Park,
which was $12 million over budget. He finished renovations within two-months and $750,000
under the $2.2 million budget given to him by the city of New York.
During renovations, Mayor Edward Kochs office did not require Trump to adhere to Executive Order 50, which
mandated city-funded construction projects to include a certain number of minorities and women in their workforce.
Though a firm spokesman at the time stated the company was unaware of the exemption.
On November 1, 1987, Trump published The Art of the Deal, which stayed on the New York
Times bestseller list for 51 weeks.
On May 27, 1988, Ivana Trump became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1988, through a transaction with Merv Griffin, Trump acquired the Taj Mahal Casino and the
company Resorts International. Trump also purchased the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Trump first appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine in January 1989, the same year Trump:
The Game was released.
In 1989, Trump purchased the Northeast Shuttle form Eastern Airlines claiming he could
increase its market share percentage from 55 to 75 percent and renaming it the Trump Shuttle.
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The union that represented Eastern Airlines employees fought the sale of the Northeast Shuttle to Trump because
they believed it would precipitate the downfall of Eastern Airlines.
In 1990, Trump missed a $1.1 million loan payment on the shuttle and asked bankers to defer $245 million of future
loan payments.
In 1992, Trump defaulted on his loans and the Trump Shuttle was turned over to creditors.
In 1990, Marvin Roffman, a securities analyst, published an unfavorable analysis of Trumps Taj
Mahal Casino for which Trump demanded he be fired. Roffman later filed a $2 million
defamation lawsuit against Trump for allegedly prompting his job loss.
Trumps financial troubles prompted Forbes Magazine to remove him from its Forbes 400 List
in 1990. The same year Trump separated from Ivana amidst reports of an affair with former
beauty queen Maria Maples. After two years of rancorous litigation and tabloid intrigue, Donald
and Ivana finalized their divorce with Ivana reportedly receiving $20 million in the divorce
settlement.
In 1991, the Taj Mahal Casino filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This is the first of Trumps
corporate bankruptcies. Trump was $50 million behind in contract obligations and laid off 500
casino employees before filing for bankruptcy. It emerged on October 5, 1991 after Trump ceded
50 percent of ownership to bondholders.
On March 9, 1992, The Trump Castle and The Trump Plaza filed for bankruptcy, but were able
to avoid a lengthy and costly endeavor in a bankruptcy court through a pre-packaged debt
restructuring deal that was approved by the court and a majority of the casinos bondholders.
This was the second of Trumps corporate bankruptcies.
On October 13, 1993, Trump and Marla Maples had their first daughter Tiffany, Trumps second
daughter and fourth child. Three months later Trump married Marla on December 20, 1993.
Only four years later, in 1997, Trump filed for divorce from Marla. They were officially divorced in 1999.
In 1995, Trump formed Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. and took it public. Trump converted
the residence at Mar-a-Lago into the Mar-a-Lago Club, a social club with $100,000 membership
fees. Trump also purchased 40 Wall Street in 1995, which he renamed The Trump Building.
Between 1996 and 1997, Trump bought the Miss Universe Organization and opened the Trump
International Hotel and Tower at One Central Park West.
In 1999, Trump began construction the 90-story Trump World Tower next to the United Nations
and won a lawsuit in 2000 that was filed by the towers neighbors over potential lost property
values due to obscured views and sightlines.
The building was completed in 2001 and named the Trump World Tower.
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In 1999, Trump also founded Trump Model Management, which in conjunction with Trump
Management Group, LLC has sought temporary visas for approximately 250 foreign fashion
models since 2000
In 1999, Trumps father passed away.
On October 7, 1999, Trump formed an Exploratory Committee to consider seeking the Reform
Partys presidential nomination.
In 1990, Trump was affiliated with the Republican Party despite voting for democratic Governor Mario Cuomo, but
switched his affiliation to the Reform Party in 1999 saying he had conservative inclinations, but disliked being
categorized.
Beginning in 1999, Trump returned to Forbes Magazines List of 400 Wealthiest Americans
ranking 145th, then 167th in 2000, 110th in 2001 and 74th in 2004.
On January 8, 2004, the first season of Trumps reality show The Apprentice aired.
On October 21, 2004, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
His casino properties were nearly $2 billion in debt before filing for bankruptcy. This was
Trumps third corporate bankruptcy.
As a result, Trump was forced to resign as CEO, but remained in his role as Chairman of the Board.
In 2005, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, renamed Trump Entertainment Resorts and Holdings
emerged from bankruptcy.
In 2005, Trump opened Trump University and purchased the former headquarters of the
Chicago Sun Times in order to demolish the building and build Trump International Tower
Chicago.
On January 1, 2008, Trump opened Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.
On January 22, 2005, Trump married his third wife, the 35-year-old Melania Knauss.
On March 20, 2006, Donald and Melanias first son, Trumps third son and fifth child, Barron Trump was born.
On October 3, 2006, Trump raised a 20 foot by 30 foot American flag on an 80 feet tall flagpole at
Mar-a-Lago, which caused a six-month zoning dispute with the town.
Since 2006, Trump attempted to bring in 787 foreign workers on temporary visas to work on the resort rather than hire
local workers.
Between 2006 and 2012, Trump licensed his name to a number of endeavors including
TrumpMortgage, an online travel website called GoTrump, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, and
Trump Steaks and Steakhouse, which was shut down in 2012 for 51 health code violations.
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On February 13, 2009, Trump resigned from the board of Trump Entertainment Resorts, and on
February 17, 2009 Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
This was Trumps fourth corporate bankruptcy.
In 2010, Trump University changed its name to The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.
On August 24, 2013, New York State filed a $40 million lawsuit against The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative
On October 15, 2014, Trump was held personally liable for The Trump Entrepreneur Initiatives violations of New York
state education laws.
On April 30, 2011, Trump attended the White House Correspondents Dinner where he was
repeatedly skewered by both President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers on multiple
topics including especially Trumps calls for President Obama to release his long-form birth
certificate.
On January 16, 2013, Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a
television ad.
In 2014 Trump purchased the Turnberry hotel and golf resort in Ayrshire, Scotland, and on
February 11, he purchased the Doonbeg Golf Club in Ireland.
Trumps ambitions to build a luxury golf resort off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland were previously blocked by a
local council in 2007 after a Scottish fisherman refused to sell him his land.
On August 5, 2014, Trump sued Trump Entertainment Resorts in an attempt to remove his
name from Trump Plaza and Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, and then Trump Entertainment
Resorts filed for bankruptcy for a second time on September 9, the fourth time one of Trumps
companies filed for bankruptcy.
On June 16, 2015, Trump announced his bid he was seeking the Republican Party nomination
for President of the United States.
On June 29, 2015, NBC cut all business ties with Trump over his controversial statements on
immigration issues.
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Trumps Father Was One Of The Richest Men In America With $200 In Assets.
His father was, with $200 million in assets, one of the richest men in America. I don't think that
Donald had to struggle that much. [Who Is Donald Trump?, A&E, 12/16/15]
TRUMPS BOYHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NEARLY ALL WHITE
Donald Trumps Boyhood Was An Exclusive And Nearly All White Place. While
his detractors charge that his language on the campaign trail is infected with an Archie Bunkerera nativism, Mr. Trump points in his defense to his formative years in one of the most diverse
counties in the country. But the Jamaica Estates of Mr. Trumps boyhood was an exclusive and
nearly all white place, resistant to outsiders and largely impenetrable to minorities. [New York
Times, 9/22/15]
Residents Of Donald Trumps Old Boyhood Neighborhood Were Disgusted By Trumps Capitalization Of
Fear Among White Voters. But some residents of his old neighborhood, and the more diverse areas that
surround it, do not think he understands what the city, and the country, are all about. Hispanics, Trinidadians, Haitians
and South Asians who walked in front of fried chicken joints, halal butchers and roti shops on Hillside Avenue, down
the road from Mr. Trumps old house this month, expressed disgust with his blunt vision of an America besieged by
rapist immigrants who are in the country illegally and black activists who he has said are looking for trouble. They
considered him a camera-hungry candidate who is capitalizing on the fear among white voters that the America they
grew up in is fading. [New York Times, 9/22/15]
Trumps Boyhood Neighbor: Trump Grew Up In White America. I think hes spot
on, said Fred Quint, Mr. Trumps 52-year-old former next-door neighbor. He recalled watching
Mr. Trumps father, Fred, leave for work every day in his chauffeured blue Cadillac limousine
and seeing Donald return home for visits in a red convertible with his first wife, Ivana. He
explained that racially speaking, both he and Mr. Trump grew up in white America. Today, he
added, its a much more racially mixed neighborhood, much more diverse, with people who are
Hindu, Muslim and Chinese. Its the way of the world; white America is a thing of the past, he
said with a shrug. The white mans gone. [New York Times, 9/22/15]
Trump Threatened To Tell His Father And Call The Police When A Neighbors
Ball Bounced Into The Trumps Yard. Young Donald treated his home as a fortress. Laura
Manuelidis, who lived behind Mr. Trump on Wareham Place, recalled that when a ball bounced
into the Trumps grassy yard, he would not throw the ball back but instead would yell, Im going
to tell my dad; Im going to call the police. [New York Times, 9/22/15]
CHILDHOOD
TRUMP WAS SENT TO A MILITARY ACADEMY
Trump Admitted He Wasnt The Most Well-Behaved Person Growing Up, And
Was Sent To A Military Academy.TRUMP: I really grew up pretty normal. I mean, I lived
in an upper middle-income area. And it was -- it was nice. ZAHN: But Trump was an
aggressive and rebellious child. He was almost expelled from Kew-Forest school in the second
grade for punching his music teacher. Trump had said, I didn't think he knew anything about
music. TRUMP: I wasn't the most well-behaved person in the world. And my parents had no
idea what to do with me. And they heard about this school that was a tough place. They sent me
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up to New York Military Academy and it was really a great experience for me.[CNN People In
The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
TRUMP WANTED TO BE A FILMMAKER
Trump Said That He Wanted To Be A Filmmaker When He Was Younger. TRUMP:
When I was young, younger, or whatever, I wanted to go to USC, the school of cinema. And I
applied and was accepted, and I ventured into- I was going to make movies. I mean, I really
wanted to be filmmaker. At 18 and 19, and even before that, I wanted to make movies. Then, I
started seeing that it wasn't that good of a business. It's a very risky business and, in theory,
compared to real estate, it wasn't a good business. Now, my father was in real estate in the
boroughs outside of Manhattan, and it was convenient for me. It wasn't the kind of the real
estate I wanted to do, but it was convenient for me to do it, and I knew it well, because I grew up
with a teacher, a great teacher and a friend, who was my father, and I watched and I learned
and I listened, maybe just through osmosis, and I really did learn a lot, and it was very second
nature to me. But I actually wanted to, at the age of 17, 18, I wanted to be a motion picture
producer.[Larry King Live, CNN, 7/27/90]
Trump Applied To The USC School Of Cinema To Be A Movie Producer. TRUMP: I
was going to be a movie producer. In fact, I applied at one point, I remember, to the USC School
of Cinema. But then I decided that the movie business wasn't as good as the real estate
business. ZAHN: So Trump enrolled in the prestigious Wharton School of Business in
Philadelphia. He graduated in 1968 and joined his father, working on developments in Brooklyn
and in Queens. But Donald was daydreaming of a future on the other side of the East
River.[CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
EDUCATION
CITING HIS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, TRUMPS PARENTS SENT HIM TO THE NY
MILITARY ACADEMY
Trump Attended The New York Military Academy.TRUMP: I really grew up pretty
normal. I mean, I lived in an upper middle-income area. And it was -- it was nice. ZAHN: But
Trump was an aggressive and rebellious child. He was almost expelled from Kew-Forest school
in the second grade for punching his music teacher. Trump had said, I didn't think he knew
anything about music. TRUMP: I wasn't the most well-behaved person in the world. And my
parents had no idea what to do with me. And they heard about this school that was a tough
place. They sent me up to New York Military Academy and it was really a great experience for
me.[CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
FOR UNDERGRAD, TRUMP ATTENDED FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FOR TWO
YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO UPENN
Donald Trump Attended Fordham University In The Bronx For Two Years Before
Transferring To, And Graduating From, The University Of Pennsylvania. [Donald
Trump] did well [at the New York Military Academy], and then went to Fordham University, a
Jesuit school in the Bronx, for two years, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania
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and studied economics for two years, graduating in 1968 with a bachelors degree. [Washington
Post, 7/17/15]
Donald Trump Attended The University Of Pennsylvania, An Ivy League School.
[Donald Trump] did well [at the New York Military Academy], and then went to Fordham
University, a Jesuit school in the Bronx, for two years, before transferring to the University of
Pennsylvania and studied economics for two years, graduating in 1968 with a bachelors degree.
The University of Pennsylvania is one of the eight private colleges and universities in the
vaunted Ivy League, known for accepting unusually smart students, great test takers, legacies,
and the sons and daughters of famous and/or very wealthy people. [Washington Post, 7/17/15]
Donald Trump: I Went To The Wharton School Of Business. Im, Like, A Really Smart Person. [The
Economist, 9/5/15]
DRAFT DEFERMENTS
TRUMP RECEIVED FIVE DRAFT DEFERMENTS FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Trump Received Four Student Deferments From Military Service Between 1964
And 1968 And One Medical Deferment. Trump received four student deferments from
military service between 1964 and 1968. In Ames, he told reporters another medical deferment
he received after graduating was for a bone spur in his foot. When asked which foot, Trump told
reporters to look up the records. [Politico, 7/18/15]
Trump On Not Being Drafted: I Was Fortunate, In A Sense, Because I Was Not A
Believer In The Vietnam War. That Was Another War That Was A Disaster For
This Country. Trump said he had student deferments during the Vietnam War, as well as a
minor medical deferment for a bone spur of the foot. I was then entered into the draft because if
I would have gotten a different number, I could have been drafted, he said. I was fortunate, in a
sense, because I was not a believer in the Vietnam War. That was another war that was a
disaster for this country. Lives and money and its disgraceful what happened with the Vietnam
War. I was not a fan of the Vietnam War. But I was entered into the draft and I got a very, very
high draft number. [The Hill, 7/19/15]
Donald Trump Said He Always Felt A Little Guilty For Not Serving In The Vietnam War. Donald Trump got
personal with New Hampshire voters Tuesday night, telling them of the guilt he sometimes feels for not serving in the
Vietnam War and advising young people to stay away from drugs and alcohol. I always felt a little guilty, frankly, like
other people who didn't serve, Trump said. I had friends that served, and they're very proud and some are no longer
with us because of the fact that they served. [WMUR, 12/1/15]
The Republican front-runner started to explain: I love the country, he said. I have seen what it
can do. But Trump quickly acknowledged that he never served in the military. During the
Vietnam War he received numerous deferments because he was enrolled in college and had a
disqualifying foot thing. Meanwhile, Trump said some of his friends did serve and some died. I
always felt a little guilty, Trump said. [Washington Post, 12/2/15]
2015: TRUMP COULD NOT RECALL THE SPECIFICS OF THE BONE SPUR THAT
PROMPTED HIS MEDICAL DEFERMENT
While Trump Received A Medical Deferment From The Draft Due To A Bone Spur
In His Foot, He Could Not Recall Which Foot Had The Problem. Asked about his own
military draft status, Mr. Trump, 69, said that he received medical deferments from the Vietnam
War because of a bone spur in his foot. Mr. Trump could not recall which foot was afflicted. Yet
Mr. Trumps awkward and ill-suited remarks about religion and marriage here may have done
more damage to his candidacy, at least with Christian conservatives. [New York Times, 7/19/15]
BUSINESS VENTURES
NOTE: The business research is being handled by an outside consultant. The following is only
representative of some of the business-related research that the DNC has come across naturally
in monitoring Trumps campaign.
Trumps Mar-A-Lago Resort Tried To Bring In 787 Workers Foreign Workers Since 2006. The Mar-a-Lago, a
luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, has sought the most foreign workers of the nine Trump businesses: 787 workers
since 2006, according to the data. [Reuters, 7/31/15]
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time vendors got less than a penny on the dollar for their claims against Trump
Entertainment Resorts (Trump resigned as chairman four days before the bankruptcy filing).
[Press of Atlantic City, 8/10/15]
Building Contractors Claimed Trump Was Notorious For Stringing People Out
And Not Paying. Contractors, who often bear the brunt of corporate bankruptcy, regarded
Trump as a jerk and a bum, said Dave Farragut, president of United States Roofing Corp., a
large roofing firm based in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Trump was a chronic haggler notorious
for stringing people out and not paying, according to Farragut, who said he experienced that
firsthand on a $600,000 roofing job at Trump Taj Mahal. It was a joke among all the subs that
youd tack on an extra 10 percent onto your bids to hedge against delayed payments, he said. He
was slow pay, everybody knew. [Press of Atlantic City, 8/10/15]
WOMEN WHO HAVE WORKED FOR TRUMP HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON THEIR
EXPERIENCES
Women Who Worked For Donald Trump Said That While He Could Be Boorish,
They Appreciated How Trump Provided Them With Opportunities For Career
Advancement In A Male-Dominated Industry. In the five months that the billionaire
businessman has spent on the presidential campaign trail, his inflammatory missiles toward
women have prompted charges of sexism, even misogyny. But many women who have worked
closely with Trump say he was a corporate executive ahead of his time in providing career
advancement for women. While some say he could be boorish, his companies nurtured and
promoted women in an otherwise male-dominated industry. Several women said they
appreciated how Trump granted them entry to a new playing field. [Washington Post, 11/24/15]
Several Women, Including The Woman Trump Put In Charge Of Constructing
Trump Tower, Who Are Longtime Trump Employees And Supporters Do Not
Support His Presidential Campaign. But several women who are longtime Trump
supporters say the provocative outbursts that served Trump well in business and entertainment
dont belong in politics. I dont like the fact the worlds are merging, said [former Apprentice
contestant] Ereka Vetrini, a TV host and lifestyle expert. Fiorina and Kelly? she said. I cant
disregard those comments. Nor can [Barbara] Res [who Trump put in charge of the construction
of Trump Tower], who also disagrees with her former bosss political stance: From his anti-choice
position to his opposition to the Affordable Care Act, his policies, the things he says he believes
in, are very anti-women. Im voting for Hillary, Res said. [Washington Post, 11/24/15]
Two Former Contestants On The Apprentice Claimed Trump Often Made
Inappropriate Remarks About The Women Contestants. Two contestants recently axed
from The Apprentice television show are complaining that host Donald Trump frequently makes
inappropriate remarks about the reality-shows women contestants saying his boorish
behavior has no place in a corporate boardroom. Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, a former Brooklyn
assistant district attorney who was fired from NBCs business game show last Thursday after
first being forced out of her day job for not disclosing her stint on the NBC program charged
that Trump lavishes attention on the women contestants he finds attractive, makes sexist
remarks, and asks the male contestants to rate the women. [New York Post, 11/2/10]
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RENT-CONTROLLED HOUSING
Donald Trump Attempted To Evict Tenants From Rent-Controlled Housing."Donald
Trump is an extremely charming man. He has the ability to turn on the charm, says New York
lawyer Richard S. Fischbein, who fought off Mr. Trump's attempt to evict tenants living in rentcontrolled suites on Central Park South. But if you talk about ultimately liking him, well, I
wouldn't like my children to be spoiled brats, and the only way we could really describe Donald,
he falls into that category. And when he loses, he throws a tantrum. If my son had that kind of
tantrum, I'd whack him on the rear end." [Washington Times, 7/24/89]
LICENSING AGREEMENTS
TRUMP: I STAND BEHIND PRODUCTS WITH MY NAME ON THEM
Donald Trump: I Put My Own Name On My Buildings And On My Products, And I
Stand Behind Them. Ive successfully built one of the most respected brands in the world by
representing it in everything that I do. I realized a long time ago that if Im not proud of what
Im selling, then there is no reason for anybody else to feel that pride. I put my own name on my
buildings and on my products, and I stand behind them. People have come to expect top quality
from anything that carries my name. [Trump, Crippled America, 11/3/15]
CORPORATE BACKLASH: A NUMBER OF SPONSORS OF TRUMP PRODUCTS
DROPPED THEIR AFFILIATION FOLLOWING HIS OFFENSIVE REMARKS
ABOUT MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS
Politico: Amid Mounting Public Pressure, NBCUniversal Announced Monday That
It Will Cut Business Ties With Donald Trump Due To Recent Derogatory
Statements The Republican Presidential Hopeful Made Regarding Mexican
Immigrants. Amid mounting public pressure, NBCUniversal announced Monday that it will
cut business ties with Donald Trump due to recent derogatory statements the Republican
presidential hopeful made regarding Mexican immigrants. At NBC, respect and dignity for all
people are cornerstones of our values, the network's statement reads. Due to the recent
derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its
business relationship with Mr. Trump. To that end, the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe
Pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC and Trump, will no longer air on NBC,
the statement continues. In addition, as Mr. Trump has already indicated, he will not be
participating in 'The Apprentice' on NBC.[Politico, 6/29/15]
A Television Company Controlled By Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Canceled A
Project With Donald Trump After His Comments Insulting Mexicans. A television
company controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has canceled a project with real estate
developer and TV personality Donald Trump after his comments insulting Mexicans, Slim's
spokesman said on Monday. This is the third company to cut ties with Trump, who is seeking the
Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election. NBC said earlier on
Monday that it would no longer air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants due to his
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to open the flagship restaurant at an upcoming Trump hotel in Washington. And even the
Federal Aviation Administration got in on the act, announcing Thursday that its renaming three
aerial navigation posts that had Trump-related monickers. That Trumps remarks arent
registering outside of North America doesnt surprise Nick Andrews, a London-based senior
partner and crisis management expert at public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
[Bloomberg, 7/10/15]
CASINOS
Press Of Atlantic City: Trumps Atlantic City Record Was Marked By
Questionable Casino Management And Episodic Corporate Bankruptcy. But as
voters examine his Atlantic City tenure to decide whether he has the economic chops to be
president, theyll find a record marked by questionable casino management and episodic
corporate bankruptcy the legacy of a fractious know-it-all who brought publicity, tax dollars
and thousands of decent jobs to South Jersey, but whose manic and myopic dealmaking
ultimately yielded a moribund casino empire, mined into exhaustion and left to wither. [Press of
Atlantic City, 8/10/15]
Trumps Casinos Went Into Bankruptcy So Regularly That Fitch Ratings Called
Them Serial Filers. Trump, the man, never did go bankrupt. But the Trump casinos did,
cyclically, and with disturbing regularity. Serial filers, Fitch Ratings called them. [Press of
Atlantic City, 8/10/15]
All Of Donald Trumps Atlantic City Casinos Had Filed For Bankruptcy Before, In 1992, When They Were More
Than $1 Billion In Debt. This will be the second time the Trump casinos have filed for bankruptcy. In 1992, the
three casinos he then owned, the Taj Mahal, Castle, and Plaza, all in Atlantic City, ended up in Chapter 11, burdened
by more than $1 billion in debt.At the time, Trump himself was at brink of bankruptcy, but later regained control of the
casinos and wrote a book about his experience in 1997 called Trump: The Art of the Comeback. [Wolf Blitzer
Reports, CNN, 8/10/04]
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Entertainment Resorts (Trump resigned as chairman four days before the bankruptcy filing).
[Press of Atlantic City, 8/10/15]
TRUMP DIDNT BELIEVE HIS CASINO BUSINESSWOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON HIS 2000 CANDIDACY
Trump Did Not Think That Being In The Casino Business Would Be A Liability To
His 2000 Presidential Run. KING: Do you think being in gaming could hurt you? TRUMP:
No, I own casinos. I'm the largest, by far the largest person in Atlantic City, which is actually
doing more business now than the entire Las Vegas strip, which surprises people when they here
it. We are actually doing more business. And I have a big percentage of that market.KING:
But do you think the term gaming, which is gambling, will hurt you? TRUMP: No, I don't
think so at all. And certainly, my business, again, in New York I'm very large, to put it mildly,
and in Atlantic City I'm very large. And I'd obviously have to do something with a trust where I
put my businesses into a trust at least during this term.[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
GOLF COURSES
2009: TRUMP PAID $13 MILLION FOR A LOWES ISLAND GOLF COURSE,
CHOPPED DOWN 400 TREES AND INSTALLED A HISTORICALLYINACCURATE PLAQUE COMMEMORATING A NONEXISTENT CIVIL WAR
BATTLE
In 2009, Donald Trump Bought A Golf Club On Lowes Island In Virginia Where He Chopped Down Over 400 Trees
And Renamed The Club After Himself. When Donald J. Trump bought a fixer-upper golf club on Lowes Island here for
$13 million in 2009, he poured millions more into reconfiguring its two courses. He angered conservationists by chopping
down more than 400 trees to open up views of the Potomac River. And he shocked no one by renaming the club after
himself. [New York Times, 11/24/15]
Donald Trump Installed A Plaque On His Golf Course Denoting The Purported Location Of The River Of Blood
WhereMany Great American Soldiers, Both Of The North And South, Died During The Civil War, But Civil War
Historians Said Trumps Description Of The Locations Historical Significance Was Wrong. Between the 14th hole
and the 15th tee of one of the clubs two courses, Mr. Trump installed a flagpole on a stone pedestal overlooking the
Potomac, to which he affixed a plaque purportedly designating The River of Blood.Many great American soldiers, both of
the North and South, died at this spot, the inscription reads. The casualties were so great that the water would turn red
and thus became known as The River of Blood. No. Uh-uh. No way. Nothing like that ever happened there, said
Richard Gillespie, the executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, a historical preservation and education
group devoted to an 1,800-square-mile section of the Northern Virginia Piedmont, including the Lowes Island site. The
only thing that was remotely close to that, Mr. Gillespie said, was 11 miles up the river at the Battle of Balls Bluff in 1861,
a rout of Union forces in which several hundred were killed. The River of Blood? he added. Nope, not there. Mr.
Gillespies contradiction of the plaques account was seconded by Alana Blumenthal, the curator of the Loudoun Museum
in nearby Leesburg. (A third local expert, who said he had written to Mr. Trumps company about the inscriptions
falsehoods and offered to provide historically valid replacement text, insisted on anonymity because he did not want to
cross the Trump Organization by disclosing a private exchange.) [New York Times, 11/24/15]
Donald Trump Disputed Historians Contentions That A Plaque He Placed On His Golf Course Contained
Factually Inaccurate Claims About Civil War Events At That Location How Would They Know That?
Were They There? In a phone interview, Mr. Trump called himself asa big history fan but deflected, played down
and then simply disputed the local historians assertions of historical fact. That was a prime site for river crossings,
Mr. Trump said. So, if people are crossing the river, and you happen to be in a civil war, I would say that people were
shot a lot of them. How would they know that? Mr. Trump asked when told that local historians had called his
plaque a fiction. Were they there? Mr. Trump repeatedly said that numerous historians had told him that the golf
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club site was known as the River of Blood. But he said he did not remember their names. Write your story the way
you want to write it, Mr. Trump said finally, when pressed unsuccessfully for anything that could corroborate his claim.
You dont have to talk to anybody. It doesnt make any difference. But many people were shot. It makes sense.[New
York Times, 11/24/15]
The Fixs Philip Bump: Donald Trumps Support Of The Wind Industry Was A
Stunning Bit Of Pandering, Given How Trump Went To War Against Wind
Farms In Scotland When He Wanted To Build A Golf Course Near A Proposed
Offshore Wind Farm Location. Fine. Trump supports subsidies for the wind industry.
For anyone familiar with Trump's history, though, even that is a stunning bit of pandering.
Trump, in fact, does know a lot about wind. A few years ago, Donald Trump wanted to build a
golf course in Scotland. There was just one problem: The Scottish government had licensed an
off-shore wind farm near the course, which Trump worried would ruin the views. He went to
war, using all of the tools at his disposal: money, lawyers, and Twitter. He sued to block the
wind farm, pushing legal challenges all the way to the Scottish Supreme Court. He attacked
then-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, saying that Salmond was a man whose obsession
with obsolete wind technology will destroy the magnificence and beauty of Scotland. [Philip
Bump, The Fix, Washington Post, 11/19/15]
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HOTELS
Trumps Line Of Luxury Hotels May Have Been The Victim Of A Credit Card Data
Breach. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumps line of luxury hotels may be the
latest victim of a credit card data breach, security news journalist Brian Krebs reported on
Wednesday. Banks have spotted a trend of fraudulent charges tied to credit and debit cards that
have all been used at Trump hotels, according to Krebs. Trump Hotel Collection has not yet
confirmed the breach, but financial industry sources told Krebs they have little doubt a breach
has occurred. There is speculation that the compromise spans back to at least February of this
year. Like virtually every other company these days, we have been alerted to potential
suspicious credit card activity and are in the midst of a thorough investigation to determine
whether it involves any of our properties, Eric Trump, executive vice president of development
and acquisitions at the Trump Organization, said in a statement. We are committed to
safeguarding all guests personal information. The hack could put tens of thousands of peoples
payment card data at risk. Trump has hotel properties in a number of U.S. cities, including
Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Washington, D.C. [The Hill,
7/1/15]
TRUMP UNIVERSITY
Trump University Charged $35,000 For Seminars And Was Sued By Some Of Its
Students. ISIKOFF: Then there's Trump University--no actual campus or degrees--but
students, some of whom are now suing, plunked down up to $35,000 for seminars. TRUMP:
Ninety-seven percent approval rating from the people that went there. ISIKOFF: But last year
New York state regulators demanded Trump stop calling it a university, and he did. And the
Texas attorney general's office opened an investigation into possible deceptive trade practices,
which was dropped after the school stopped doing business in the state. Why did you call it a
university? TRUMP: Because we didn't know there was any rules or regulations about using
the name university.[Nightly News, NBC, 4/19/11]
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BEAUTY PAGEANTS
Trump Said He Got Into The Pageant Business Because He Really Had Nothing
Else To Do. McEWEN: Why did you get into the pageant business? How did you get into the
pageant business? TRUMP: Well, I really had nothing else to do. I mean, you know, it's one of
those things. We--we just had this opportunity. ITT was selling the pageant. I guess I was
somebody that was interested in it. I watched Marla perform so nicely at the Miss Universe
Pageant and I said, 'This is a great event.' And this could really be a great event, so I bought it
and then I made a deal with CBS. And they are terrific people. Peter Lund and--and Les
Moonves who's--who's incredible and doing an incredible job. And so we made the deal, and I
have a fantastic partner and we're really happy about it. [This Morning, CBS, 1/28/97]
Trump On Miss Universe Pageant Winner: She Weighed 118 Pounds, Or 117
Pounds, And She Went Up To 160 Or 170. So This Is Somebody That Likes To
Eat. COOPER: Enter the man Alisa calls her new boss. You got it, The Donald. Trumpand his
wife, Marla, purchased the Miss Universe pageant earlier this month. And Trump decided this
investment needed a little extra attention. TRUMP: She weighed 118 pounds, or 117 pounds,
and she went up to 160 or 170. So this is somebody that likes to eat. COOPER: Now instead of
steaks and French fries, it's medicine balls and jump ropes for Alisa; that is, when there's room
enough to exercise. [This Morning, CBS, 1/29/97]
Trump: I Happen To Have Very Good Taste When It Comes To Beauty, And I Do
Pick People. ANDERSON: In her book, Donald, she says, and I quote, It became clear that
the point of the whole exercise was for him to divide the room between the girls he personally
found attractive and those he did not. Is that true? TRUMP: Its all very simple. First of all, it
is not factual, but its all very simple. I happen to have very good taste when it comes to beauty,
and I do pick people. However, with all of that being said, I shake hands with the girls. Im nice
to them. Im nice to everybody. [Showbiz Tonight, CNN, 11/12/09]
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
Donald Trump Stated, Under Oath, That He Did Not Know Felix Sater, A TwiceConvicted Felon With Ties To The Mafia, But Trump Named Sater A Senior
Business Adviser In 2010 And Appeared In Numerous Photos With Him. A newlyrevealed video deposition shows real-estate mogul Donald Trump confused when asked under
oath about his relationship to a twice-convicted felon with ties to the Mafia. Trump has long
faced allegations of connections to the mob, but his relationship with Felix Sater who pleaded
guilty in 1998 to racketeering in a fraud scheme involving the Genovese and Bonanno crime
families represents a more direct link between the presidential candidate and organized
crime. If he were sitting in the room right now, I really wouldn't know what he looked like,
Trump testified in the video deposition, which was obtained by ABC News. But Trump
reportedly named Sater as a senior business adviser in 2010. The Russian migr carried a
Trump Organization business card with the title Senior Advisor to Donald Trump and appeared
in numerous photos with Trump. [New York Daily News, 12/10/15]
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Trump: Almost Every Major Dealmaker Has Used The Bankruptcy Laws As A
Business Tool. Icahn, Black, ZellBut Nobody Says They Went Bankrupt!
[@realDOnaldTrump, twitter, 6/19/15]
Trump: Out Of Hundreds Of Deals & Transactions, I Have Used The Bankruptcy
Laws A Few Times To Make Deals Better. Nothing Personal, Just Business.
[@realDOnaldTrump, twitter, 6/19/15]
Donald Trump Bragged About Taking Companies With Bad Companies,
Chaptering Them, And Ending Up With A Nice Little Asset. Ive inherited a lot of
bad contracts over the years, you know, where I buy a company cheap. Because the poor guy
didnt know what he was doing and he made a bad deal. So you buy it cheap, you throw it into a
chapter, you beat up everybody, and you have a nice little asset. Right. You know. You do it. I do
it professionally. Theres always a clause. [Donald Trump Rally, Sparks, NV, 10/29/15]
Donald Trump Bragged About An Instance In Which He Bought A Company And
Immediately Threw It Into A Chapter And Beat The Hell Out Of The Banks
Thats Called Good Business. TRUMP: I've used the laws of the country to make good
deals for myself and also, I've had hundreds and hundreds of companies. Three or four
sometimes I've restructured so people could keep their jobs among other things. ... I did one deal
where I bought the accompany, it was a terrible accompany, the guy made a terrible deal, and
I bought it, immediately threw it into a chapter and beat the hell out of the banks, the poor
banks and made a good deal out of it. That's called good business, now Im a different world, but
thats called good business. And you do those things. You use the laws of the country, the laws of
the land and I did. So have ,and I could go one, two, three, name the top ten business people you
know, I can tell you most of them have done the same thing. [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 11/11/15]
BANKRUPTCY FILINGS
All Of Donald Trumps Atlantic City Casinos Had Filed For Bankruptcy Before, In
1992, When They Were More Than $1 Billion In Debt. This will be the second time the
Trump casinos have filed for bankruptcy. In 1992, the three casinos he then owned, the Taj
Mahal, Castle, and Plaza, all in Atlantic City, ended up in Chapter 11, burdened by more than
$1 billion in debt.At the time, Trump himself was at brink of bankruptcy, but later regained
control of the casinos and wrote a book about his experience in 1997 called Trump: The Art of
the Comeback. [Wolf Blitzer Reports, CNN, 8/10/04]
DEBTS
Trump On His Debt: I Wish It Were Only $900 Million. I Actually Had Many
Billions Of Dollars Of Debt, And Actually $975 Million Was Personally
Guaranteed.QUESTION: Donald Trump, most Americans are having trouble getting rid of
couple thousand dollars of credit card debt, you got rid of $900 million of debt. How in the world
did you do that? TRUMP: Well I wish it were only $900 million. I actually had many billions of
dollars of debt, and actually $975 million was personally guaranteed. So it was more
catastrophic than even your beautiful introduction, which I appreciate very much.I really went
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back to work and focused. I have great assets. And as you know the banking industry was a
disaster, the credit crunch wasunbelievable. The beginning of the '90s were absolutely total
disaster in every way. And I guess I had a choice. I could take a nice and easy way out, which I
sort of did toward the end of the 80s. I though everything came -- everything really came sort of
easy for me. Everything just seemed to be a homerun or a grand slam homerun.What happened,
I went back to work, I focused. Probably never worked as hard as I did. And now the company is
doing better than it ever did before by far. Nothing -- I mean, it's not even a comparison with
how well I did in the '80's. [Evans & Novak, CNN, 12/27/97]
LAWSUITS
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
1983: A NYC UNION SUED TRUMP FOR CHEATING THEM BY HIRING
UNDOCUMENTED POLISH IMMIGRANTS
Trump Was Sued By Local 95 Of The House Wreckers Union Because They
Claimed Trump Conspired To Cheat The House Wreckers Out Of Pension And
Welfare Contributions By Hiring Non-Union Laborers. The lawsuit involving literal
demolitionCase 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Courtwas brought by Harry Diduck, a
now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers Union. His lawyer, Wendy
Sloan, says he was one of a group of like-minded workers who simply wanted a real union.
They had stood to gain nothing at all for themselves as they sought to prove that Trump and his
partner, along with the general contractor, conspired to cheat the House Wreckers out of pension
and welfare contributions by hiring these non-union laborers. Judge Stewart initially tossed out
the complaint against Trump and his partner on the grounds that the contractor was the
responsible party regarding the workers. The plaintiffs appealed, and the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit reinstated the complaint, returning the case to Judge Stewart. [Daily
Beast, 7/8/15]
A Federal Judge Found That 200 Workers Who Cleared The Land For Trump
Tower Were Undocumented And Worked Off The Books And That No Records
Were Kept, No Social Security Or Other Taxes Were Withheld. The 200 demolition
workersnicknamed the Polish Brigade because of their home countryworked 12-hour shifts,
seven days a week with no overtime to knock down the old Bonwit Teller building and make
room for Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. According to testimony in a protracted
civil suit in federal court, the laborers were paid $5 an hour or less when they were paid at all.
Some went unpaid after the contractor had financial troubles. A few never received even the
paltry sum that was owed them for their dirty and hazardous efforts preceding the construction
of Trumps monument to his own wealth. They were undocumented and worked off the books,
Manhattan federal Judge Charles Stewart said of the workers after they became the subject of a
1983 lawsuit. No records were kept, no Social Security or other taxes were withheld. The
lawsuit involving literal demolitionCase 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Courtwas
brought by Harry Diduck, a now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers
Union. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
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Polish Workers Testified Against Trump Claiming They Approached Him About The Issues And Were
Threatened With Deportation By His Underlings. During the 16-day non-jury trial, a number of the Polish workers
testified that Trump underlings had threatened them with deportation if they caused trouble. They walked in to the job
from Brooklyn when a transit strike hit the city. Some of them slept at the site. Two workers further testified that they
had approached Trump in person to demand overdue wages. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
The Lawyer Representing The Undocumented Immigrants Was Threatened By Somebody Claiming To Be
Named John Baron, A Pseudonym Trump Admitted To Using. The lawyer representing the Polish Brigade had
reported receiving a call from someone who identified himself as John Baron and said Trump was ready to hit the
lawyer with a $100 million lawsuit if he kept causing trouble. Trump now acknowledged on the stand that he had used
the pseudonym John Baron, as had one of his assistants. But Trump insisted that his use of it was only long after the
completion of the Fifth Avenue tower, which became the first of many properties on which he so rapturously bestowed
his real surname. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
TRUMP AS PLAINTIFF
2005: TRUMP SOUGHT $5 BILLION IN DAMAGES FROM AUTHOR TIMOTHY
OBRIEN, CLAIMING HE UNDERESTIMATED HIS NET WORTH
A New Jersey Judge Dismissed Donald Trumps $5 Billion Libel Lawsuit Against
Author Timothy OBrien For His Estimation That Trumps Net Worth Was Only
Between $150 Million And $250 Million. A New Jersey judge said Donald Trump failed
to convince her an author's estimate of his net worth at under $250 million was done out of
malice. Author Timothy O'Brien's book, Trump Nation: The Art of Being Donald, estimated
Trump was worth between $150 million and $250 million, The New York Times reported
Thursday. Trump sued, asking for $5 billion in damages. Publicly, Trump has claimed his is
worth a far greater than a quarter of a billion dollars. Superior Court Judge Michele Fox in
Camden, N.J., dismissed the case, saying Trump did not present clear and convincing evidence
to establish malice. Trump complained that the libel laws in this country have never been fair.
We proved our case 100 percent. He said he would appeal. [UPI, 7/16/09]
New York Times Timothy OBrien In 2005: Three People With Direct Knowledge Of Trumps Finances
Estimate His Net Worth At Somewhere Between $150 Million And $250 Million. Three people with direct
knowledge of Donald's finances, people who had worked closely with him for years, told me that they thought his net
worth was somewhere between $150 million and $250 million. (Donald's casino holdings have recently rebounded in
value, perhaps adding as much as $135 million to these estimates.) By anyone's standards, this still qualified Donald
as comfortably wealthy, but none of these people thought that he was remotely close to being a billionaire. [Timothy
OBrien, Business Day, New York Times, 10/23/05]
New York Times Timothy OBrien: Donald Trump Hyper-Inflated The Values Of His Golf Course Deals.
Donald's recent golf course ventures have produced some sterling new properties, but the values he assigns those
deals appear to be hyper-inflated. Donald's Palm Beach course, for example, has about 285 members who paid
$250,000 for memberships, for a total of $71.25 million. Donald borrowed about $47 million to build the course and a
new clubhouse. So he banked about $24 million on the deal, before other costs. He leases the land beneath the
course from Palm Beach County; he doesn't own it. But Donald carries the course on his books as an asset worth
$200 million. [Timothy OBrien, Business Day, New York Times, 10/23/05]
New York Times Timothy OBrien: Donald Trump Dismissed Claims He Was Worth Less Than $250 Million As
Naysaying By Guys Who Have 400-Pound Wives At Home Who Are Jealous Of Me. Three people with direct
knowledge of Donald's finances, people who had worked closely with him for years, told me that they thought his net
worth was somewhere between $150 million and $250 million. Donald dismissed this as naysaying. You can go
ahead and speak to guys who have 400-pound wives at home who are jealous of me, but the guys who really know
me know I'm a great builder, he told me. [Timothy OBrien, Business Day, New York Times, 10/23/05]
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out of her Atlantic City rooming house to make way for a Trump Plaza Hotel parking lot and limo waiting area. She refused
to sell, even when the magnate offered her $1 million, and Trump spent several years working with local government to
pry away the property. In 1998, he lost when a court threw out the case. Sixteen years later, the hotel permanently closed
its doors. [The Daily Beast, 10/8/15]
The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Sought Help From The State Of Connecticut To
Condemn Five Private Bridgeport Businesses So That He Could Build An
Amusement Park. In the early 90s, Trump sought the help of the state of Connecticut to
condemn five private Bridgeport-area businesses so that he could build a $350 million complex
that included an amusement park (with the worlds biggest roller coaster, of course), a shipping
terminal, a seaport village, and an office complex. Its going to be a great thing, Trump promised
during a press event that, according to The Hartford Courant, included repeated references to
the world class nature of the proposal. It eventually fell through. [The Daily Beast, 10/8/15]
Club For Growth: Trumps Support Of Eminent Domain Is Proof That Trump Is
Not A Conservative. At least theres a crucial issue that Trump hasnt flip-flopped on, said
Doug Sachtleben, spokesman for the Club for Growth, the conservative group Trump has been
warring with for months. Trump hasnt wavered in his support of the terrible Kelo decision, and
he still applauds the idea of developers getting rich while private property owners are forced out
of their homes and businesses. Its just continued proof that Trump is not a conservative. [The
Atlantic, 10/7/15]
NEGOTIATIONS
Trump: I Don't Bill Myself As A Top Negotiator. TRUMP: Well, first of all, I don't bill
myself as a top negotiator. You're calling me, I don't call you, you know what I mean? I don't
know if I'm a good negotiator or not, but I never billed myself as a great negotiator. I don't like to
talk that way. [Newsroom, CNN, 8/1/11]
ABC News: In His Campaign Kickoff On Tuesday, Donald Trump Blasted Cheap Chinese Goods But He
Has No Problem Putting His Name On Them And Selling Them. In his campaign kickoff on Tuesday, Donald
Trump blasted cheap Chinese goods but he has no problem putting his name on them and selling them. The day
after his tirade, the Trump Store inside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York boasted an array of imported
goods, including teddy bears and T-shirts from China alongside products from Haiti, Nicaragua and Lesotho. Trump
mentioned China two-dozen times in the opener to his 2016 presidential bid, accusing that country and Mexico of
putting Americans out of work. They cant get jobs, because there are no jobs, because China has our jobs and
Mexico has our jobs, Trump said. [ABC News, 6/17/15]
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Trump Said That He Buys Chinese Products Because They Are Cheaper.KING: Do
you know your wife sells a jewelry line on QVC? TRUMP: That's true. And you know what else
-- can I give you-- KING: Do you know every piece of jewelry -- every piece of jewelry is made in
China? TRUMP: Can I tell you what else? I build my buildings, unfortunately, because
companies can't compete because they manipulate their currency. So China makes jewelry and
they make curtain walls and they make lots of other things and it shouldn't be that way, John.
We should be making it.KING: People will ask, is this guy a hypocrite? He's out there beating
up on the Chinese and his wife is making money selling products made in China. TRUMP:
Because of the fact that China manipulates their currency. And they really manipulate it big
league. And our people aren't smart enough to know what's going on. When I order curtain walls
for a big beautiful building, when I order other things, you know what happened with the
sheetrock, because the good news is we make better products than they make in China. But
when I order -- can I talk? When I order various elements for building a big building, many of
them come from China. Many other industries, the same thing. These -- it comes from China.
You know why? Because they manipulate the hell out of their currency. [John King USA, CNN,
4/27/11]
Trump Said He Often Cant Buy American Products Because No One Makes Them In The U.S. TRUMP: When I
order curtain walls, when I order other things -- I order thousands of television sets for a building, thousands. I said,
Let's buy it from the United States. I want America. I want United States. There's no place that makes them. We don't
have television companies in this country. I mean, of any consequence. So, I end up getting LGs made in South
Korea, thousands of them. Now, why -- excuse me, why aren't we -- why aren't we making them in this country?
Why? [John King USA, CNN, 4/27/11]
the subsidies are an example of government interference in the free market. With the ethanol,
really, he's got to come a long way, 'cause right now he's for the oil, Trump said at the beginning
of his remarks, unprompted. But then he gave him an out: But I understand it, oil pays him a lot
of money. He's got to be for oil, right? But I'm with you, he added. I'm self-funding. I have no oil
company. I have no special interest. [CNN, 12/11/15; Donald Trump Campaign Rally, Des
Moines, Iowa, 12/11/15]
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country, as the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has done, noting different police
departments feel different ways. [The Guardian, 10/13/15]
DEATH PENALTY
1989: Donald Trump Took Out Full Page Ads In Four New York Newspapers
Titled: ''Bring Back The Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!'' The full-page
advertisements placed in four New York newspapers today by Donald J. Trump calling for
reinstatement of the death penalty grew out of the real-estate developer's deep-seated feeling
that what's happening in society today has to be stopped, Mr. Trump said in a telephone
interview Saturday. The $85,000 worth of ads, in The New York Times, The Daily News, The
New York Post and New York Newsday, refer to the attack by a gang of youths on a woman
jogger and others in Central Park on April 19. The 600-word appeal, signed Donald J. Trump, is
titled Bring Back the Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police! The advertisement appears today
on page A13 of The Times. I want to hate these muggers and murderers, Mr. Trump wrote.
They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes.
[New York Times, 5/1/89]
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
April 1990: Donald Trump Said You Have To Legalize Drugs To Win The War On
Drugs. Trump who says he doesn't drink or smoke tobacco, let alone experiment with drugs
has taken a variety of stances on drug control. In April 1990, Trump said at a luncheon in
Florida that the United States should legalize drugs and use the money collected to educate the
public on the dangers of drug use. We're losing badly the war on drugs, Trump said at the time,
according to an article in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. You have to legalize drugs to win that
war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars. [Washington Post, 10/29/15]
10/29/15: Donald Trump Said States Should Be Allowed To Legalize Marijuana If
They Choose To Do So, But Said That Colorados Experience Has Not Been
Exactly Trouble-Free. So I Really Think That We Should Study Colorado, See
What's Happening." Donald Trump softened his tone on marijuana legalization on Thursday,
saying at a political rally that states should be allowed to legalize marijuana if they chose to do
so. Trump reaffirmed that he supports making medical marijuana available to patients who are
very sick. In terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-bystate, Trump said while taking a handful of questions during a political rally at a casino outside
Reno on Thursday afternoon. And of course you have Colorado, Trump said. And I love
Colorado and the people are great, but there's a question as to how it's all working out there, you
know? That's not going exactly trouble-free. So I really think that we should study Colorado, see
what's happening. [Washington Post, 10/29/15]
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who was moderating the forum, then asked Trump if legalization is a states' rights issue or
not. If they vote for it, they vote for it, Trump said. But, you know, they have got a lot of
problems going on right now in Colorado. Some big problems. [Washington Post, 10/29/15]
Trump On The Immigrant Who Killed The Woman In San Francisco: Look At That Guy, Look At What He Did,
Killing That Beautiful Girl. [Expletive] Animal. When a picture of the Mexican laborer accused of killing a San
Francisco woman is put on screen, Trump said: Look at that guy, look at what he did, killing that beautiful girl.
[Expletive] animal. He returned several minutes later to continue the interview.] [Washington Post, 7/12/15]
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Trump Would Tap American Businessmen Carl Icahn And Henry Kravis As Top
International Negotiators. Trump says his administration would tap American
businessmen Carl Icahn and Henry Kravis as top international negotiators -- pledging they could
do a better job than the diplomats currently in office. He also predicted he would be the greatest
jobs president that God ever created, and get tough on countries like China, Mexico and Japan.
[CNN, 8/19/15]
HAWKISH TENDENCIES
Trump: I'm The Worst Hawk In The World. TRUMP: Now, I'm the worst hawk in the
world, OK? I am a total hawk And yet, we shouldn't have gone into Iraq. And the minute we
leave, you know, they say we're out. We have 50,000, 60,000 soldiers there right now. We're out?
I don't think 60,000 soldiers -- the other thing is, if you look at what countries like China are
doing to this country, they are eating our lunch. We're building China. We are really building
China because everything we make is made in China or other countries. [The Situation Room,
CNN, 9/22/10]
Donald Trump Criticized President Obama For Tipping Off The Enemy Before
Attacking, Instead You Shoot First, You Talk About It Later. Trump got his biggest
cheers -- and the crowd began chanting Trump! Trump! Trump! -- when he said of ISIS: I'm
going to bomb the s--- out of them. At another point during his hour-long stemwinder, Trump
pointed his fingers like a gun and began mock shooting. You know the movies. Shoot first, talk
later. Right? Right? Right? You shoot first, you talk about it later. Trump said Obama does too
much talking and continually tips off the enemy before he shoots. The Tennessee crowd went
wild. [The Hill, 11/16/15; Donald Trump Campaign Rally, Knoxville, Tennessee, 11/16/15]
Donald Trump: If We Are Going To Continue To Be Stupid And Go Into Syria (Watch Russia), As They Say In
The Movies, SHOOT FIRST AND TALK LATER! [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 8/29/15]
DEFENSE SPENDING
2011: Trump Said He Wanted To Increase Defense Spending. TRUMP: I've never
been a fan because, look, I am the most militant person there is. I'm a big war guy in terms of I
want total defense. I want perhaps an increase in defense spending, OK? But you don't attack
the wrong country. Iraq did not knock down the World Trade Center. As it turned out he did
attack the wrong country and frankly they used to kill terrorists in Iraq. You could not be a
terrorist and last a day in Iraq. Now it's the Harvard -- it's the breeding ground for terrorists. I
mean everybody that wants to be a terrorist they go to Iraq, they go to Afghanistan, they go to
the places where we are.[Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News, 2/9/11]
FOREIGN AID
Trump Said He Would Cut Off Aid To Egypt And Pakistan. CAVUTO: But would you
stop all aid to the region? We have given hundreds of billions over these many decades dating
back to Mubarak Would you stop that as president? TRUMP: I would certainly stop a lot of
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it and I would certainly stop it if they are not our friends. I mean, look at Pakistan. We give
them $150 billion. We give them so much money, nobody even has any idea what is happening
to it, and they don't give us Osama bin Laden? And he is, according to all sources, in Pakistan,
and you don't think the leaders of that country know where he is? Of course they do.[Your
World With Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 3/7/11]
MILITARY
DONALD TRUMP ON MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT: WHAT DID THESE
GENIUSES EXPECT WHEN THEY PUT MEN & WOMEN TOGETHER?
Trump: 26,000 Unreported Sexual [Assaults] In The MilitaryOnly 238
Convictions. What Did These Geniuses Expect When They Put Men & Women
Together? Two years ago, Trump weighed in on the alarming rate of sexual assault and rape
in the militaryand in doing so, pinned the blame on the presence of women. 26,000 unreported
sexual [assaults] in the militaryonly 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when
they put men & women together? he tweeted in 2013. The Generals and top military brass
never wanted a mixer but were forced to do it by very dumb politicians who wanted to be
politically [correct]! he continued. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Donald Trump: 26,000 Unreported Sexual Assults In The Military-Only 238 Convictions. What Did These
Geniuses Expect When They Put Men & Women Together? [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/7/13]
Trump: The Generals And Top Military Brass Never Wanted A Mixer But Were
Forced To Do It By Very Dumb Politicians Who Wanted To Be Politically
[Correct]! Two years ago, Trump weighed in on the alarming rate of sexual assault and rape
in the militaryand in doing so, pinned the blame on the presence of women. 26,000 unreported
sexual [assaults] in the militaryonly 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when
they put men & women together? he tweeted in 2013. The Generals and top military brass
never wanted a mixer but were forced to do it by very dumb politicians who wanted to be
politically [correct]! he continued. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Donald Trump: "The Generals And Top Military Brass Never Wanted A Mixer But Were Forced To Do It By
Very Dumb Politicians Who Wanted To Be Politically C! [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/7/13]
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11/5/15: Donald Trump, Who Claims To Be The The Best In Terms Of The Military, Confused The F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter With The B-3 Long Range Strike Bomber. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who
claims to be the the best in terms of the military, confused the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program with the B-3 Long
Range Strike Bomber program. Radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if America needs a strategic bomber or should
we just stick with submarines and missiles? Trump then criticized the beleaguered F-35 program. [Daily Caller,
11/5/15]
11/5/15: Donald Trump Continued To Confuse The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter With The B-3 Long Range Strike
Bomber, Even After Hugh Hewitt Attempted To Correct Him. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump,
who claims to be the the best in terms of the military, confused the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program with the B-3
Long Range Strike Bomber program. Radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if America needs a strategic bomber or
should we just stick with submarines and missiles? Trump then criticized the beleaguered F-35 program. Hewitt
asked, Last week the Pentagon announced, they gave the B-3, the strategic bomber contract to Northrop Grumman.
Do we need a strategic bomber, Donald Trump, or should we just stick with submarines and missiles? [Trump
responded,] When you talked about the bomber, heres what I dont like. I have been reading, and I read one article
in particular, where the pilots, and these are great test pilots and pilots generally. But pilots in testing it, said our old
planes are better, explained Trump. They perform better, they handle better. Every aspect, they were saying, theyre
better. So Im saying wait a minute, if theyre better, why are we ordering these unbelievably expensive planes? So I
would have some real problems because of cost, and I know I could get the cost down. But what bothers me
tremendously is the fact that I heard test pilots saying that the old planes maneuver better, work better, and they like
them better. That bothers me, insisted Trump. Hewitt responded, A lot of people like the F-18 Super Hornet more
than the F-35. But this B-3, the strategic bomber, I think we have to have a bomber. Trump responded, We do,
and its got to be reasonable. But you check this out. The pilots that were testing it did not like it as much as the old
equipment. Thats not good. And I think you would agree with that, Hugh. [Daily Caller, 11/5/15]
10/22/15: Donald Trump Said He Heard From A Test Pilot That The F-35 Doesnt Perform As Well As Our
Existing Equipment. TRUMP: Well, I do want briefings, but I do hear that its not very good. Im hearing that our
existing planes are better [than the F-35]. And one of the pilots came out of the plane, one of the test pilots, and said
this isnt as good as what we already have. And to spend billions and billions of dollars on something that maybe isnt
as good, but, and I dont know if youve heard that. Yeah, well, I mean, big problems. Theyre saying it doesnt
perform as well as our existing equipment, which is much less expensive. So when I hear that, immediately I say we
have to do something, because you know, theyre spending billions. This is a plane. Theres never been anything like
it in terms of cost. And how about, you know, were retooling with planes that arent as good as the ones we have, and
the test pilots are amazing people. They know better than anybody, okay, and I think you would accept that. [Hugh
Hewitt Radio Show, 10/22/15]
NUCLEAR TRIAD
12/16/15: Donald Trump Appeared No Not Understand The Concept Of Americas
Nuclear Weapons Triad But Said, For Me, Nuclear The Power, The
Devastation Is Very Important To Me. When Donald Trump could not answer Hugh
Hewitts question on the nuclear triad during the fifth GOP debate Tuesday night, Sen. Marco
Rubio (R., Fla.) was kind enough to take the time to explain what the nuclear triad was to him
and any other Americans who may not have known. Trump was asked to offer his opinion on
which leg of the nuclear triad, decried by many as outdated, he believed was most crucial to
update. The Republican frontrunner did not appear to understand the topic. In his original
answer, Trump said it was important to have a strong leader with sound judgment during
perilous times. He then trailed off to talking about opposing the Iraq War and how important
limiting nuclear proliferation is. The response did not touch on Hewitts question, so he asked
again. I think for me nuclear the power, the devastation is very important to me, Trump said
in his second attempt. [Free Beacon, 12/15/15]
Trump Did Not Answer What His Priority Was Among The Nuclear Triad. HEWITT:
Dr. Carson just referenced the single most important job of the president, the command, the
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control and the care of our nuclear forces. And he mentioned the triad. The B-52s are older than I
am. The missiles are old. The submarines are aging out. Its an executive order. Its a
commander-in-chief decision. Whats your priority among our nuclear triad? TRUMP: Well,
first of all, I think we need somebody absolutely that we can trust, who is totally responsible;
who really knows what he or she is doing. That is so powerful and so important. And one of the
things that Im frankly most proud of is that in 2003, 2004, I was totally against going into Iraq
because youre going to destabilize the Middle East. I called it. I called it very strongly. And it
was very important. [Republican Presidential Debate, Las Vegas NV, 12/15/15]
AFGHANISTAN
2011: Trump Said Withdrawing From Afghanistan Was Not A Problem Because
The Taliban Was All In Pakistan. O'REILLY: Afghanistan. Do you pull out of Afghanistan
and let the Taliban take over? TRUMP: I don't know that Afghanistan is much -- as much of a
problem as Pakistan. Because everyone is telling me they're all in Pakistan. They're not in
Afghanistan.O'REILLY: But they're going to come back. TRUMP: Well, they may. I mean,
they may. That's Pakistan. If Usama bin Laden is in Pakistan, why are we paying them
hundreds of billions of dollars a year? [The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 4/1/11]
2011: Trump Called Karzai A Crook. DOOCY: Do you think Karzai -- is Karzai a crook?
TRUMP: Well, he's a crook and he's mocking us. He's laughing at us and he's -- and the
diplomat that just left was saying how horrible and how embarrassing it is. The horrible things
he says and how our soldiers react to his statements that we're an occupier.[Fox & Friends, Fox
News, 6/13/11]
TRUMP SUGGESTED THAT GOING INTO AFGHANISTAN WAS A MISTAKE,
THEN WALKED BACK HIS COMMENTS
10/6/15: Donald Trump Believed Entering Afghanistan Was A Mistake And
Worried About U.S. Forces Getting Stuck There. Trump told CNN's "New Day" on
October 6 that he believed entering Afghanistan was a mistake and worried about U.S. forces
getting stuck there. At some point, are they going to be there for the next 200 years? At some
point what's going on? It's going to be a long time, Trump said, when asked about Afghanistan.
We made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. We had real brilliant
thinkers that didn't know what the hell they were doing. And it's a mess. It's a mess. And at this
point, you probably have to (stay) because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they
leave. Just as I said that Iraq was going to collapse after we leave." [CNN, 10/20/15]
Headline: Donald Trump Backtracks On Afghanistan War: Not A Mistake. [CNN,
10/20/15]
10/20/15: Donald Trump: I've Never Said We Made A Mistake Going Into Afghanistan." Donald Trump said
Tuesday the U.S. was right to invade Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- a reversal of his position
earlier this month when he called the war a mistake. We made a mistake going into Iraq. I've never said we made a
mistake going into Afghanistan, Trump told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on New Day, when pressed about his comments
earlier this month. Trump told CNN's New Day on October 6 that he believed entering Afghanistan was a mistake
and worried about U.S. forces getting stuck there. [CNN, 10/20/15]
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10/20/15: Donald Trump Said It Was Important To Keep Troops In Afghanistan. But when pressed on that
answer Tuesday, Trump denied that he had characterized U.S. entry into Afghanistan as a mistake and said he had
only talked about Iraq. I never said that. OK, wouldn't matter, I never said it. Afghanistan is a different kettle.
Afghanistan is next to Pakistan, it's an entry in. You have to be careful with the nuclear weapons. It's all about the
nuclear weapons. By the way, without the nukes, it's a whole different ballgame, Trump said. Trump has long bashed
the Iraq War, saying again Tuesday that the decision to go there destabilized the Middle East and created an opening
for Iran. But he said Tuesday that the Afghanistan War was necessary and said he supported keeping a limited
number of troops there. Do I love anything about it? No. I think it's important, number one, that we keep a presence
there and ideally a presence of pretty much what they're talking about -- 5,000 soldiers, Trump said Tuesday. [CNN,
10/20/15]
CHINA
TRUMP ON CHINA IN 2011 I THINK THEYRE ENEMIES
Trump Said That The Chinese Were Enemies. MORGAN: There are towns in China that
sell 95 percent of the world's duvets. You know, they manufacture 85 percent of the world's
buttons. Now I don't think that's the enemy. I think it's a potential business friend. Isn't it? Can't
we work with them? TRUMP: I don't think they're friends. I think they're enemies. I deal with
Chinese. I just sold an apartment to a Chinese person for $33 million a short while ago -- a
couple of months ago. I mean I'm supposed to like the Chinese but I understand the Chinese and
I deal with them all the time. Now this is before they thought I might run for president. They
consider our leaders extremely stupid people. They cannot believe what they get away with.
Whether it's the Olympics where they put people under age and they say, no, no, no, and then we
find out it was true and they say, oh, we just didn't know. Or whether they have the beautiful
girl singing the national anthem, their national anthem, but it wasn't her singing. So many
different things. I mean the Chinese are looking to put us under and believe me they are not our
friends. I'm surprised at you because you're not somebody that's easily misled or misguided
They are not our friend. [Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News, 2/9/11]
TRUMP VOWED NOT TO THROW CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING A STATE
DINNER, AND WOULD INSTEAD HAVING A WORKING DINNER OVER A
DOUBLE SIZE BIG MAC
Trump Said He Would Give The Chinese President A A Double Size Big Mac
Instead Of A State Dinner. Trump vowed Monday not to throw Chinese President Xi
Jinping a lavish state dinner as the Chinese leader will enjoy in September when he visits the
U.S. for meetings with President Barack Obama, a little over a year after Jinping hosted Obama
in China. I'd get him a McDonald's hamburger and I'd say we gotta get down to work, because
you can't continue to devalue (the Chinese currency), Trump said Monday night on Fox News. I
would give him a very, yeah, but I would give him a double, probably a double size Big Mac.
[CNN, 8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
TRUMP: THERES NO CHOICE BUT TO START A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA
In Response To China Devaluing Their Currency, Trump Said He Would Put A
Tariff On Chinese Products And Claimed We Have To Have A Trade War With
China. Challenged by host Bill O'Reilly, the celebrity real estate tycoon doubled down on what
has become a main issue in his campaign, criticizing the U.S. government for allowing China to
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devalue its currency. Trump said he would put a tariff on Chinese products, saying you have to
have a trade war. Their leaders are intelligent, ours aren't, Trump said Monday. [The Hill,
8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
Trump Said He Would Start A Trade War With China, Stating You Have To Do
That ... You Have No Choice. Trump, who has made a similar call with Mexico, said
Monday that he would initiate a trade war with China, saying you have to do that ... you have no
choice.: [CNN, 8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
Trump Said He Would Impose Import Tariffs Of Up To 12 Percent On China. As for
China, Trump said he would play hardball with Beijing on trade. He accused China of devaluing
its currency and said he would hit the Chinese with import tariffs of up to 12 percent. [Public
Radio International, 9/7/15]
The Economists David Rennie: If [Donald Trump] Did One-Tenth Of What Hes Planning, He Would Trigger A
Global Trade War, Which Would Cause A Kind Of Global Recession And Cost Lots Of Jobs. The editors at
The Economist looked at the overall implications of Trumps policy ideas and were less than impressed. Americans
are waking up to the possibility that a man whose hobby is naming things after himself might conceivably be the
nominee of the party of Lincoln and Reagan. It is worth spelling out why that would be a terrible thing, they write in
the latest issue of the magazine. From an economics point-of-view, we think that if he did one-tenth of what hes
planning, he would trigger a global trade war, which would cause a kind of global recession and cost lots of jobs,
[David] Rennie [Washington bureau chief for The Economist] says. [Public Radio International, 9/7/15]
CUBA
TRUMP IN 1999: CASTRO IS A MURDERER, HES A KILLER AND THE
EMBARGO MUST STAND
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Trump On Cuba Embargo: Fidel Castro Is A Murderer, He's A Killer, He's A Bad
Guy In Every Respect, And, Frankly, The Embargo Against Cuba Must Stand.
TRUMP: It goes into the pockets of Fidel Castro. He's a murderer, he's a killer, he's a bad guy in
every respect, and, frankly, the embargo against Cuba must stand if for no other reason than, if
it does stand, he will come down. He will tumble down, and it will finally happen. What a waste
of energy and time and effort if this government opens up Cuba before Castro is gone. It's going
to line his pockets, the country will become wealthy again, and it will have the same regime it's
had for so many years, and that's a regime headed by Fidel Castro. And it's inconceivable to me
when I see the weak stance taken by our current administration, inconceivable that this can
happen, especially with the spirit in this room because the spirit of the Cuban people is beyond
any spirit that I've seen by any people, and I've been watching it for a long time. Things can
change.[Donald Trump Speech, Cuban-American National Foundation, Miami FL, 11/22/99]
Trump Said That He Had Rejected Business Deals In Cuba Because The Money Would Flow To Fidel Castro.
TRUMP: I've had a lot of offers -- and sadly it's all been very recently -- to go into Cuba on deals, business deals, real
estate and other deals, and I've rejected them on the basis that I will go when Cuba is free. As you know -- and the
people in this room know better than anyone -- putting money and investing money in Cuba right now doesn't go to
the people of Cuba. It goes into the pockets of Fidel Castro. [Donald Trump Speech, Cuban-American National
Foundation, Miami FL, 11/22/99]
EGYPT
Trump Praised Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak And Criticized The U.S. For
Allowing Him To Be Deposed. TRUMP: I mean, if you look at what happened in Egypt -look what we did to our wonderful leader of Egypt, who really was at least outwardly -- and you
know, whether he loved Israel or not behind the scenes -- let's assume he didn't. But at least he
was somewhat of an ally to Israel. He helped Israel. Look what's going to happen with respect to
Egypt and Israel. You can already see it, the level of hatred, the level of animosity that Egypt
now has for Israel. Unbelievable. So instead of helping them to keep their power, we make it
possible for him to be overthrown. And now he's sitting in a cage in a courthouse. He'll probably
be sentenced to death. And our other allies watch that and they say, What kind of an ally is the
United States? Why should we go with the United States, when they look at what happened in
Egypt?[On The Record, Fox News, 8/31/11]
FRANCE
Donald Trump Said France Was "The Worst Partner That This Country Has Ever
Had" And Would Sell A Nuclear Weapon To Anybody Giving Them 10 Cents More
Than The Next Guy. Mr. Trump used his appearance on Fox to criticize a number of U.S.
allies and trading partners. He denounced France as the worst partner that this country has
ever had. They'll sell a nuclear weapon to anybody giving them 10 cents more than the next
guy, he said. They are a very disloyal group in terms of their government, and I think they have
to be taught respect, Mr. Trump said. [Washington Times, 11/1/99]
10/31/99: Donald Trump: France Has To Be The Worst Partner That This
Country Has Ever Had. They Have Been A Very Disloyal Partner To The
United States And Virtually Anybody Else They Deal With. If you look
throughout the world, France has to be the worst partner that this country has ever had.
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They'll sell a nuclear weapon to anybody giving them 10 cents more to the next guy. It's
terrible. I think France just doesn't respect this country. France is a terrible partner.
They've been a terrible partner over the years. They are a very disloyal group in terms of
their government, and I think they have to be taught respect. I'm not saying what I'm doing
to them, I just think France and I think one thing I'm doing I'm exposing them, because I've
never heard this before. But anybody that knows anything about government, knows that
France has been a very disloyal partner to the United States and virtually anybody else they
deal with. [Fox News Sunday, Fox News, 10/31/99]
GERMANY
Donald Trump Accused Germany Of Wanting To Take Over The World
Economically. Mr. Trump used his appearance on Fox to criticize a number of U.S. allies and
trading partners. He accused Germany of wanting to take over the world economically, even
though they failed militarily. [Washington Times, 11/1/99]
IRAN
TRUMP OPPOSED THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, SAYING IT WAS BAD FOR
ISRAEL
Trump On The Iran Deal: I Think The Deal Is Absolutely Horrible For Us, But
It's Really, Really Bad For Israel. GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on
Tuesday blasted the White House for failing to include American prisoners in its deal on Irans
nuclear program. We have four people over there, prisoners that they're keeping hostages,
whatever you want to call them that's not part of the deal. Why isn't that part of the deal?
Trump asked during an interview on Fox Business Network, questioning the terms of the
agreement lifting sanctions on Tehran. Families of a Washington Post journalist, a former
Marine, a pastor and a former FBI agent have voiced a desire for U.S. negotiators to continue
pushing for their release. I think the deal is absolutely horrible for us, but it's really, really bad
for Israel, Trump said. [The Hill, 7/14/15; Fox Business, 7/14/15, VIDEO]
TRUMP DECLARED HE WOULDNT ADDRESS AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BY HIS
TITLE, BUT WOULD INSTEAD SAY HEY BABY, HOW YA DOING?
Donald Trump Said He Would Never Address Ayatollah Khamenei Of Iran As
Supreme Leader, And Would Instead Greet Him By Saying Hey Baby, How Ya
Doing? Donald Trump held forth on his approach to foreign policy on Monday morning in New
Hampshire, starting with what he'd call the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It wouldn't be, he told a
boisterous audience of about 1,200, the customary Supreme Leader. I'll say, 'Hey baby, how ya
doing?' I will never call him the Supreme Leader, Trump said. And I'll get along with him
probably. And maybe not. And if he doesn't get along with me, they got problems. We don't.
[CBS News, 10/26/15]
TRUMP CALLED FOR ENACTING HARSH MEASURES TO PROTECT ANTIAHMADINEJAD PROTESTORS IN IRAN
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their Navy SEALs. DONALD TRUMP: Is he the gentleman that was going back and forth with
Russia and meeting with Putin? I read something, and that seems to be also where hes at.
HUGH HEWITT: Thats the guy. DONALD TRUMP: Hes going back and forth meeting with
other countries, etc., etc. HUGH HEWITT: Thats the guy. DONALD TRUMP: Not good.
HUGH HEWITT: And so do you think DONALD TRUMP: Not good for us. And what it
shows is a total lack of respect, I mean, that the other countries would even be entertaining him,
and theyre entertaining him big league, big league. [Hugh Hewitt Radio Show, 9/3/15]
IRAQ
TRUMP SAID HE OPPOSED THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS DECISION TO
INVADE IRAQ
2004: Trump Stated That He Wanted To Fire The Bush Administration For Its
Decision To Invade Iraq And That All Of The Reasons For The War Were
Blatantly Wrong. Billionaire Donald Trump, America's toughest employer, would like to fire
the Bush Administration for its decision to invade Iraq, according to an interview in the August
edition Esquire, due to be released on Friday. Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're
in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a
wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in
their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country?, said the host of
NBC's The Apprentice, whose hallmark line is You're fired. C'mon. Two minutes after we
leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will
take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have, Trump said
in excerpts of the interview released in advance to Reuters. The Apprentice was one of NBC's
biggest hits last season, making the real estate mogul a well-known entity to TV viewing
audiences. What was the purpose of the whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people
killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and no legs? Not to mention the
other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the
reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!, Trump said. [Reuters, 7/14/04]
Trumps Plan For Ending The Iraq War: Declare Victory And Leave. BLITZER:
How does the United States get out of this situation? Is there a way? TRUMP: You know how
they get out? They get out. That's how they get out. Declare victory and leave, because I'll tell
you, this country is just going to get further bogged down. They're in a civil war over there, Wolf.
There's nothing that we're going to be able to do with a civil war. They are in a major civil war.
[The Situation Room, CNN, 3/16/07]
Donald Trump Said George W. Bush Was A Disaster And That The Invasion Of
Iraq Was One Of The Worst Decisions Ever Made. BAIER: Two, you stand by the
statement back in '08 and '07 that you would impeach George W. Bush for getting into the Iraq
war? TRUMP: I think he was a disaster. And I think it was one of the worst decisions ever
made. He has totally destabilized the Middle East. Had Saddam Hussein still been in charge,
you wouldn't have the problems that you have right now. I mean if you had Gadhafi, if you had
Saddam Hussein -- look at the migration. [Special Report with Bret Baier, 10/6/15]
TRUMP BELIEVES WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF HUSSEIN WAS STILL IN POWER
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Donald Trump: World Would Be '100%' Better With Saddam Hussein, Moammar
Gadhafi Still In Power. Donald Trump believes the world would be much better off if
ruthless dictators like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi were still in power. 100%,
Trump replied when asked that question in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired
Sunday on State of the Union. I mean, look at Libya. Look at Iraq. Iraq used to be no
terrorists. He (Hussein) would kill the terrorists immediately, which is like now it's the Harvard
of terrorism, Trump said. If you look at Iraq from years ago, I'm not saying he was a nice guy,
he was a horrible guy, but it was a lot better than it is right now. Right now, Iraq is a training
ground for terrorists. Right now Libya, nobody even knows Libya, frankly there is no Iraq and
there is no Libya. It's all broken up. They have no control. Nobody knows what's going on.
[CNN, 10/25/15]
Donald Trump Said Human Rights Abuses In Iraq And Libya Are Worse Today
Than Under Saddam Hussein And Moammar Gadhafi. Both Gadhafi and Hussein
committed atrocities against their own people and were among the world's worst human rights
abusers. NATO decided to intervene in Libya as Gadhafi appeared poised to commit a genocidallike massacre. But Trump said human rights abuses continue to plague Libya and Iraq and
claimed, They're worse than they ever were. People are getting their heads chopped off, they're
being drowned. Right now, they are far worse than they were, ever, under Saddam Hussein or
Gadhafi, he said. [CNN, 10/25/15]
TRUMP ADVOCATED CONFISCATING IRAQI OIL TO PAY FOR THE WAR
Trump Said The United States Should Take $1.5 Trillion Worth Of Oil From
Iraq To Pay For The Cost Of The War. Mr. Trump also said that the United States should
take $1.5 trillion worth of oil from Iraq to pay for the cost of the war and give $1 million to each
of the families that lost someone in the effort sparking applause from the thousands gathered
Friday for the American Conservative Unions 40th annual Conservative Political Action
Conference (CPAC). [Washington Times, 3/15/13]
Trump Wanted To Keep American Troops In Iraq To Take Their Oil And Prevent
Iran From Taking Over. TRUMP: And no, I very simply said that Iran is going to take over
Iraq and if that's going to happen, we should just stay there and take the oil. KILMEADE:
Stay. TRUMP: They want the oil and why should we? We denuded Iraq, Iran is going to walk
in, take it over, take over the second largest oil fields in the world. That's going to happen. That
would mean that all of those soldiers that have died and been wounded and everything else
would have died in vain and I don't want that to happen. I want them to be -- I want their
parents and their families to be proud. The last thing I want to see happen is for Iran to go in
and take over Iraq and the oil fields of Iraq because we weakened that country to a point where
they can just walk in. So I say, we take the oil. You know in the old days, when you won a war,
to the victor belongs the spoils. You kept it. [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 4/4/11]
ISIS
TRUMP INITIALLY REFUSED TO COMMIT TO SENDING GROUND FORCES TO
SYRIA, BUT LATER SUPPORTED 10,000 GROUND TROOPS
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Donald Trump Refused To Commit To Sending Ground Forces To Syria And Called
The Middle East One Big, Fat Quagmire. [Donald Trump] said the Russian plane crash
that ISIS has claimed responsibility for poses a new threat to American interests. Trump
would not commit to sending group forces into Syria, calling the Middle East one big, fat
quagmire for which the U.S. should not be exclusively responsible. He said the lessons of history,
such as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, caution against becoming entangled in the
Middle East. [The Hill, 11/8/15]
Trump Supported Putting 10,000 Ground Troops In Syria To Defeat ISIS. SCARBOROUGH: Right. But you need
ground troops to do that? TRUMP: Yes, you'll need some ground troops. Yeah. You'll need ground troops.
SCARBOROUGH: What do you think? 10,000, 20,000? Do you have a number?... So -- I want to get specific with you
like I will with Ted Cruz and everybody else because I think people need to start giving us specifics on how we get there.
TRUMP: Well, I've been specific. SCARBOROUGH: So 10,000 troops?... I'm talking specifically about ground troops
So would you support taking it, say, ten thousand ground troops as part of an international force?... Would you support
10,000 ground troops? TRUMP: I would. Yes, I would. [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 12/8/15]
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Hill, 11/8/15]
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER CLOSING MOSQUES TO FIGHT ISIS
Headline: Donald Trump Says He Would Be Open To Closing U.S. Mosques To
Fight ISIS. [New York Times, 10/22/15]
Donald Trump Would Absolutely Close Certain Mosques In Order To Fight ISIS,
But Was Unsure If Doing So Would Be Legal. This week, he [Donald Trump] has put
American Muslims on edge by suggesting that he would be open to shutting down mosques as
president. Asked on Fox Business Network if the United States should take action to close
certain mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, as has happened in Britain, Mr.
Trump said, I would do that, absolutely. Mr. Trump then said that he was not sure about the
legality of closing mosques, but that it was certainly something that should be looked at. It
depends if the mosque is, you know, loaded for bear, he said. [New York Times, 10/22/15]
TRUMP: ISIS HAS DESIGNS ON THE VATICAN
Trump: You Know That ISIS Wants To Go In And Take Over The Vatican? You
Have Heard That. You Know, Thats A Dream Of Theirs, To Go Into Italy. The
comment came when CNNs Chris Cuomo presented Trump with a hypothetical situation during
an interview Wednesday. What if, Cuomo said, Trump met the pope, and through a translator
the pope expressed a belief that capitalism can be a real avenue to greed, it can be really toxic
and corrupt. How would Trump respond, Cuomo asked. Id say ISIS wants to get you, Trump
said. You know that ISIS wants to go in and take over the Vatican? You have heard that. You
know, thats a dream of theirs, to go into Italy. He talks to you about capitalism, you scare the
pope? Cuomo asked. Im gonna have to scare the Pope because its the only thing, Trump said.
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. But the truth is you know, if you look at whats
going on they better hope that capitalism works, because its the only thing we have right
now. And its a great thing when it works properly. [Washington Post, 8/20/15]
ISRAEL
Trump Said He Thinks President Obama Hates Israel And Vowed To Keep Israel
Safe. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks President
Obama hates Israel. I heard the beautiful name of Israel Israel is safe with this one, Mr.
Trump told supporters in Nevada. Safe. Safe. So many friends in Israel. They dont know what
happened. They have a president who they actually think Obama hates Israel, he said. I
think he does. Mr. Trump slammed the recently brokered Iran nuclear deal as so bad for Israel
and so dangerous. Honestly, I think Israels in such a massive amount of trouble because of the
agreement, he said. We will save Israel. Nothing nothing bad is [going to] happen to Israel.
[Washington Times, 10/30/15]
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Trump Said That The U.S. Should Have Made Kuwait Reimburse The U.S. For
Liberating It In 1991. BLITZER: On Kuwait, so what you're saying is after the U.S.
liberated Kuwait back in 1991, we should have done what? TRUMP: We should have told them
that we want them to at least reimburse us for the cost of this liberation. What did we do? We
liberated it for some a few very wealthy people. And those wealthy people aren't investing in the
United States right now. You know, they don't even like the United States. We handed them, if
you go to the Kuwaiti fund, they're not investing big money in the United States. [The Situation
Room, CNN, 9/22/10]
LIBYA
TRUMP: NO INTEREST IN LIBYA UNLESS IT GIVES US OIL
Trump: Unless We Take The Oil From Libya, I Have No Interest In Libya.
TRUMP: I want to rebuild the United States. And in rebuilding the United States, you know,
Libya is -- whether it's Gadhafi, or the rebels -- they make the rebels sound like they're from
Gone With the Wind, very glamorous. I hear they're controlled by Iran. I hear they're controlled
by al Qaeda. And I would say this -- unless we take the oil from Libya, I have no interest in
Libya And Libya is only good as far I'm concerned for one thing -- this country takes the oil. If
we're not taking the oil, no interest.[Newsroom, CNN, 4/7/11]
2011: TRUMP SAID THE ARAB LEAGUE SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE
INTERVENTION IN LIBYA
Trump Argued That The Arab League Should Pay For The Intervention In Libya.
TRUMP: Well, I think he's been very late. I mean I thought of it as really a humanitarian thing,
let's save some of these people, and you know two, three weeks later, thousands and thousands of
people have been killed and if he would have done this two weeks ago, 2 1/2 weeks ago, you
might have stopped the whole thing and frankly, I also think they've been pretty dissipated. I
don't think they have the power to take over anymore. So something bad is going to happen. So if
you're going to do it, you really should have done it earlier. Now the other thing -- I can't say kick
out of, but I just -- I'm amazed, the Arab League wants us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it?
This is Saudi Arabia, this is -- Why aren't they paying for it? You know they say go in and do it,
go in and do it, we don't like that guy very much. You know he's not nice to us. Go in and do it.
Why aren't they paying us? [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 3/21/11]
TRUMP BRAGGED HE HAD DEALT WITH QADDAFI AND SCREWED HIM IN A
LAND DEAL
Trump Bragged That He Screwed Qaddafi On A Land Lease In New Jersey.
TRUMP: I've been interacting with leaders of countries and leaders of business all over the
world, all of my life. And I think you guys know that probably better than anybody. I think I
probably have more experience than anybody, whether I sell them real estate for tremendous
amounts of money -- I mean, I've dealt with everybody. I dealt with Qaddafi. DOOCY: You
buried the lead. What did you do? TRUMP: Excuse me. I rented him a piece of land. He paid
me more for one night than the land was worth but the whole year, for two years, and then I
didn't let him use the land. That's what we should be doing. DOOCY: Was that over in New
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Jersey? TRUMP: I don't want to use the word screw but I screwed him. That's what we should
be doing. I rented him a piece of land in Bedford, New York. I rented him a piece of land. He
paid me a fortune and then I didn't let him use the land.[Fox & Friends, Fox News, 3/21/11]
BUT NOW SAYS WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF HE WAS STILL IN POWER
Donald Trump: World Would Be '100%' Better With Saddam Hussein, Moammar
Gadhafi Still In Power. Donald Trump believes the world would be much better off if
ruthless dictators like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi were still in power. 100%,
Trump replied when asked that question in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired
Sunday on State of the Union. I mean, look at Libya. Look at Iraq. Iraq used to be no
terrorists. He (Hussein) would kill the terrorists immediately, which is like now it's the Harvard
of terrorism, Trump said. If you look at Iraq from years ago, I'm not saying he was a nice guy,
he was a horrible guy, but it was a lot better than it is right now. Right now, Iraq is a training
ground for terrorists. Right now Libya, nobody even knows Libya, frankly there is no Iraq and
there is no Libya. It's all broken up. They have no control. Nobody knows what's going on.
[CNN, 10/25/15]
Donald Trump Said Human Rights Abuses In Iraq And Libya Are Worse Today
Than Under Saddam Hussein And Moammar Gadhafi. Both Gadhafi and Hussein
committed atrocities against their own people and were among the world's worst human rights
abusers. NATO decided to intervene in Libya as Gadhafi appeared poised to commit a genocidallike massacre. But Trump said human rights abuses continue to plague Libya and Iraq and
claimed, They're worse than they ever were. People are getting their heads chopped off, they're
being drowned. Right now, they are far worse than they were, ever, under Saddam Hussein or
Gadhafi, he said. [CNN, 10/25/15]
TRUMP RELEASED A VIDEO SUGGESTING HILLARY CLINTON LAUGHED AT
THE BENGHAZI ATTACKS
Donald Trump Released A Video That Portrayed Hillary Clinton Laughing Over
Flaming Images Of The Benghazi Attack. GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's
latest video, posted online Monday, portrays Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary
Clinton laughing over flaming images of the Benghazi attack. Hillary has been having a laugh
at our expense for years, reads text at the beginning of the video, followed immediately with a
series of video clips of the former secretary of State chuckling. Clinton's laughter can be heard
while several news clips fly across the screen highlighting several controversies, from
Whitewater to the recent federal investigation into her private email arrangement while at
State. [The Hill, 11/23/15]
Donald Trump: Hillary, There Is Nothing To Laugh About [realDonaldTrump,
Instagram, 11/23/15]
BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THE PARTISAN NATURE OF THE HOUSE BENGHAZI
COMMITTEE
Donald Trump Said Benghazi Committees Hearing Featuring Hillary Clinton
Was Very Partisan, And It Looked Quite Partisan. Donald Trump said in an
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interview broadcast Sunday that the Benghazi committee's hearing featuring former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton was very partisan, adding that the hatred displayed was unbelievable. It
was very partisan, and it looked quite partisan, Trump said on CNNs State of the Union. The
level of hatred between Republicans and Democrats was unbelievable. Youve never seen
anything like this. Trump said the partisanship hurts both parties and hurts the country
because it prevents the government from accomplishing anything. [The Hill, 10/25/15]
MEXICO
COMPARING IT TO CASTROS CUBA, TRUMP SAID MEXICO MADE A
CONCERTED EFFORT TO SEND ITS CRIMINALS TO THE U.S.
Trump Claimed Mexico Was Sending Criminals Over The Border In A More
Sophisticated Version Of When Castro Opened Up His Prisons And Sent His
Prisoners To The United States. Trump also tried to make a historical comparison,
noting, [Former Cuban leader Fidel] Castro, many years ago, opened up his prisons and sent his
prisoners to the United States, which the candidate called a disaster for the America, before
adding, In a much more sophisticated manner, Mexico is [now] doing the same thing. According
to Trump, Mexico calls the shots at Univision as well, which explains why the network canceled
their business arrangements with him. [New York Magazine, 6/12/15]
Trump On Those Protesting Him Over His Immigration Comments: They Were So
Sophisticated. I Guarantee You That The Country Of Mexico Had Those People
[Sent There]. Trump proposed that protesters and critics were being sent by the government
of Mexico to oppose him. They were so sophisticated. I guarantee you that the country of Mexico
had those people [sent there], Trump said. [Business Insider, 7/11/15]
MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: TRUMPS PROPOSALS WOULD BE
DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF BOTH SOCIETIES
Mexico On Trumps Immigration Plan: Anyone Who Understands The Depth Of
The U.S.-Mexico Relationship Realizes That Those Proposals Are Not Only
Prejudiced And Absurd, But Would Be Detrimental To The Well-Being Of Both
Societies. The Mexican Foreign ministry on Wednesday slammed Donald Trump for his plan
to deport the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Anyone who
understands the depth of the U.S.-Mexico relationship realizes that those proposals are not only
prejudiced and absurd, but would be detrimental to the well-being of both societies, the Mexican
Foreign Ministry said Wednesday in a statement to Reuters. The foreign ministry also slammed
the Republican presidential front-runner for his comments about undocumented immigrants who
come into the U.S. from Mexico, whom Trump called rapists and killers when he launched his
presidential bid in June. The Mexican foreign minister had previously called out Trump for those
remarks. We continue to stand by our position that these comments reflect prejudice, racism or
plain ignorance, Mexico's foreign ministry said in the statement Wednesday. [CNN, 8/20/15]
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TRUMP CLAIMED HE WOULD GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH PUTIN AND
SAID HE WAS A GOOD LEADER
Donald Trump Said Russian President Vladimir Putin Is Getting An A For His
Leadership. During their interview Tuesday night, OReilly pressed Trump on his recently
released tax plan and about Russian President Vladimir Putin supporting Syrian President
Bashar al Assad. I think in terms of leadership, hes getting an A and our president is not doing
so wellthey did not look good together, Trump said before adding that theres very little
downside to Putin fighting ISIS in Syria. [Politico, 9/29/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News,
9/19/15]
Trump Said He And Putin Would Get Along Very Well. Putin who I would get
along with very well he cant stand Obama, Trump said, commenting on his ability to get
along very well with people. [Breitbart, 8/11/15; Genesee and Saginaw Republican Party's
Lincoln Day dinner, 8/11/15]
Trump: Putin Is Doing A Great Job. TRUMP: If you look at what's happened with this
country in terms of the prestige and all of the other great things that we -- we're losing it rapidly.
Now, they're talking about China. They're talking about Russia. They're talking about India.
Look at Putin -- what he's doing with Russia -- I mean, you know, what's going on over there. I
mean this guy has done -- whether you like him or don't like him -- he's doing a great job.[Larry
King Live, CNN, 10/15/07]
TRUMP ON PUTINS MILITARY DECISIONS: HE DOES WHAT HE HAS TO DO
Donald Trump: When Vladimir Putin Rolls In Soldiers To Cause Destruction And Shoots Down Airplanes, Well,
He Does What He Has To Do. TRUMP: [Putin] is not representing us. He is representing Russia. So, I mean, you
know, if he can make a deal because we have stupid leadership, I would say it's the right thing to do for Russia. BILL
OREILLY: But he doesnt make deals he just rolls soldiers in to cause destruction and shoots down airplanes. What did
you think when Rubio said TRUMP: Well, he does what he has to do. [The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 11/11/15]
SAUDI ARABIA
Trump Wanted Saudi Arabia To Pay The U.S. For Their Support. Trump, who has
repeatedly portrayed Mexico, Japan, and China as ripping us off, shifted his focus to Saudi
Arabia in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. They should pay us, Trump
said of the oil rich nation. Like it or dont like it, people have backed Saudi Arabia. What I really
mind, though, is we back it at tremendous expense. We get nothing for it. Trump portrayed the
U.S. financial relationship with Saudi Arabia as outdated. The primary reason we're with Saudi
Arabia is because we need the oil, Trump said. Now we don't need the oil so much, and if we let
our people really go, we wouldn't need the oil at all and we could let everybody else fight it out.
The U.S. currently imports more than one million barrels of Saudi Arabian oil each day,
according to the U.S. State Department's website.Saudi Arabia, if it werent for us, they
wouldnt be here, Trump said. They wouldnt exist. [Bloomberg, 8/16/15]
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Trump Complained That South Korea Should Be Paying The U.S. For Security.
TRUMP: First of all, South Korea isn't even signing a trade pact with us. They make hundreds
of billions of dollars of let's call it profit on the United States. The president goes over there
recently and they embarrass him by saying we want more. You wouldn't believe me. This deal
that we're making is so bad and they won't even sign it. Then they get bombed and we send over
-- I say two things. Why aren't they paying us? They make a fortune. Why aren't they paying us
for security? Why are we doing this for nothing? We are the dumbest people. [Fox & Friends,
Fox News, 12/2/10]
SYRIA
In March 2011, Trump Questioned Getting Involved In Syria Saying Its A
Slippery Slope. CARLSON: So what do you think about -- Donald, what do you think about
people are saying, well, now the same situation is happening in Syria, so maybe the United
States should get involved there. Do you think it's a slippery slope and what would you do?
TRUMP: Well, it is a slippery slope and more and more, you realize that we're over there
fighting wars to open up these governments and they would have opened up themselves because
it's a mess. It's a total mess. You know it's that whole part of the world. You just wonder -should we be there at all because it is a total mess. [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 3/28/11]
Donald Trump Said The Fools Advocating More Direct Military Action In Syria
Basically Want To Start World War 3. The strife in Syria has become a staple of
Trumps stump speech and it is an area where he has begun to differentiate himself from others
in his party with a stance that sounds decidedly more cautious. In the interview, he questioned
those who are advocating more direct military intervention by the United States. They basically
want to start World War 3 over Syria, he said. If were going to have World War 3, its not going
to be over Syria. ... I wont even call them hawks. I call them the fools. [Washington Post,
10/7/15]
Trump: We Have To Do One Thing At A Time. We Cant Be Fighting ISIS And
Fighting Assad. BLITZER: And its, you are OK with Mr. Assad staying in power, but you
are also in favor of winning. If he stays in power, Iran is winning, Hezbollah is winning. Iran is
winning in Yemen. They are winning everywhere. If they are winning how can we be winning?
TRUMP: I think Assad is a bad guy, a very bad guy, all right? Lots of people killed. I think we
are backing people we have no idea who they are. The rebels, we call them the rebels, the
patriotic rebels. We have no idea. A lot of people think, Hugh, that they are ISIS. We have to do
one thing at a time. We cant be fighting ISIS and fighting Assad. Assad is fighting ISIS. He is
fighting ISIS. Russia is fighting now ISIS. And Iran is fighting ISIS. [Republican Presidential
Debate, Las Vegas NV, 12/15/15]
Donald Trump Said He Might Have Used Military Force In Syria When Bashal
Al-Assad Used Chemical Weapons Against His Own People. I am the most militarybased and the most militaristic person on your show. I want to have a much stronger military. I
want it to be so strong that nobody's going to mess with us, Trump said when asked whether he
would only use military force if attacked. Dickerson followed up by asking whether he would
have used military force when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against
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his own people. The time to have done it would have been when he drew the line in the sand, he
said. I might have gone in. [CBS News, 10/11/15]
Donald Trump Said He Would Send Syrian Refugees Back To Syria If He Were
Elected. Mr. Trump also said he was skeptical of the refugees who are fleeing war-torn Syria
in droves. Now I hear we want to take in 200,000 Syrians, Mr. Trump said, to some boos in the
crowd. They could be ISIS. Mr. Trump said he would not want those refugees to remain in the
United States if they are admitted here. If I win, he said, theyre going back. [New York
Times, 9/30/15]
VIETNAM
TRUMP WAS NOT A BELIEVER IN THE VIETNAM WAR
Trump On Not Being Drafted: I Was Fortunate, In A Sense, Because I Was Not A
Believer In The Vietnam War. That Was Another War That Was A Disaster For
This Country. Trump said he had student deferments during the Vietnam War, as well as a
minor medical deferment for a bone spur of the foot. I was then entered into the draft because if
I would have gotten a different number, I could have been drafted, he said. I was fortunate, in a
sense, because I was not a believer in the Vietnam War. That was another war that was a
disaster for this country. Lives and money and its disgraceful what happened with the Vietnam
War. I was not a fan of the Vietnam War. But I was entered into the draft and I got a very, very
high draft number. [The Hill, 7/19/15]
ECONOMIC ISSUES
GREAT RECESSION
MARCH 2007: DONALD TRUMP SAID THE 2007 REAL ESTATE COLLAPSE
WOULD BE VERY MINOR AND ENCOURAGED INVESTOR TO PURCHASE
SUBPRIME MORTGAGES
3/19/07: Donald Trump Said The 2007 Real Estate Collapse Would Be Very
Minor And That He Was Poised To Take Advantage Of Falling Real Estate
Values. Donald Trump almost lost his shirt 15 years ago when the North American real estate
bubble burst. The 2007 version of that disaster will be much more benign, the real estate
magnate predicts, although there is softness in some urban markets, such as Toronto and San
Francisco. We're talking very minor [problems] compared with the depression of the early
1990s, Mr. Trump said yesterday in a phone interview from Los Angeles. Mr. Trump said he is
poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. People
have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is, he said. I've
always made more money in bad markets than in good markets. [Globe and Mail, 3/20/07]
3/19/07: Donald Trump Advised Investors To Purchase Subprime Mortgages And
Repossessed Houses At Low Prices. Mr. Trump shrugged off concerns that a crisis in U.S.
subprime mortgage lending, which caters to poor credit risks, would spread to the wider property
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market, including Mr. Trump's luxury buildings. "I don't see the subprime problems affecting
the higher-end stuff," he said. In fact, he is advising investors that there are now great deals in
buying subprime mortgages at a discount and repossessed houses at low prices. [Globe and
Mail, 3/20/07]
7/24/07: New York Times: The Stock Markets Biggest Worry Was The Slumping Housing Market Because Of
Its Potential To Impact The Broader Economy And Financial System. Countrywide Financial, the nations
largest mortgage lender, said yesterday that more borrowers with good credit were falling behind on their loans and
that the housing market might not begin recovering until 2009 because of a decline in house prices that goes beyond
anything experienced in decades.The slumping housing market has become the biggest worry for the stock market,
which just four days ago set records, because of its potential impact on the broader economy and financial system.
[New York Times, 7/25/07]
TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA INHERITED A MESS AND PREDICTED HE WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL
3/17/09: Donald Trump Said President Obama Inherited A Mess And That He
Was Doing As Well As Could Be Expected And That Ultimately, He Will Be
Successful. LARRY KING: What's your read on how the president is doing? DONALD
TRUMP: I think he's really trying. He inherited a mess. Mr. Bush gave him a total mess. But
he's really trying hard. And I think he's doing as well as can be expected thus far. And I think,
ultimately, he will be successful.[Larry King Live, CNN, 3/17/09]
3/6/09: Donald Trump Said The U.S. Was In A Terrible, Terrible Period Of Time
Worse Than Anything Since The Great Depression, And That Unemployment
Would Reach Above 10 Percent. DONALD TRUMP: We are in a terrible, terrible period of
time, not since the Great Depression has there been anything like this. So I-- I think,
probably, it gets worse. Eventually, itll get better. The question is when. HARRY SMITH: How
high do you think unemployment might get? DONALD TRUMP: I think itll go over ten
percent, eventually. Thats very high. If you lose a half a million jobs in like a month, its
unheard of. [This Morning, CBS News, 3/6/09]
SEPTEMBER, 2009: TRUMP SAID THE FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY BE WORST
SINCE 1929 AND SUPPORTED THE AIG BAILOUT
Donald Trump Said The 2008 Financial Crisis Had The Chance To Be The Worse
Period Of Time Since 1929, And That The Government Actually Made A Great
Deal And Was Right To Bailout AIG.DONALD TRUMP, TRUMP ORGANIZATION:
Well, I think it has the chance to be the worst period of time since 1929. This is a really
devastating period. When you look at AIG, when you look at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
and so many others that are potentially great companies, are great companies and they're just
down the tubes. It's an incredible period. As far as was the government right with respect to
AIG? I believe so. And in a sense, they bought 80 percent of the company for a guarantee. They
may have actually made a great deal. So I really believe they were right. [Larry King Live,
CNN, 9/21/08]
3/17/09: Donald Trump: I Was One Of The First Ones That Said Depression And
Used The Word Depression A Couple Years Ago. Well, you know, I was one of the first
ones that said depression and used the word depression a couple years ago, because I have a lot
of experience with banks and I see how incompetent some of the banks were. And I was very,
very strong on -- you know, on your show and other shows, to be honest with you. Now what's
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happened is the government really has stuffed the banks with money. The banks have taken
all of this money -- billions and billions. They don't loan 10 cents. But the fact is because of that
and some other moves, I don't believe you'll have a depression, but it could get a little bit worse
before it gets better. [Larry King Live, CNN, 3/17/09]
TRUMP BLAMED REGULAR CONSUMERS FOR THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Trump: Regular Consumers Who Bought Houses With Unaffordable Mortgages
Share The Blame For The 2008 Financial Crisis. LARRY KING: Donald Trump is with
us, the chairman and president of the Trump Organization. Who do we blame for this, Donald?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, there's a lot of greed on Wall Street. And a lot of people are making
crazy deals and you can blame everybody, even the regular consumer that went out and bought a
house and got a mortgage that was ridiculous. You know, we call them exploding mortgages. But
you can really blame a lot of people. And I guess you can maybe just blame the times.[Larry
King Live, CNN, 9/17/08]
IN 2011, TRUMP THOUGHT THE U.S. ECONOMY MIGHT SINK INTO A
SECOND RECESSION
In September 2011, Trump Predicted There Was A 50% Chance Of A Second
Recession. TRUMP: Well, I think that we could have -- I dont think a meltdown, but I think
we could have really another recession and it could be a fairly deep recession. Nobody really
knows. It looks like it is 50/50. I think it is just sort of going along a straight line right
now.[Your World With Neil Cavuto, Fox Business, 9/26/11]
IN 1990, TRUMP THOUGHT THE U.S. WAS IN A DEPRESSION
Trump In August 1990: Were Not In A Recession. Were In A Depression.
TRUMP: The deal I worked out is in the process. The deal I worked out is something that I
think is good for everybody. The economy is down the tubes. Nobody knows how bad the economy
is. I listen to the people on Wall Street, talking about the possibility of a recession. We're not in a
recession. We're in a depression. Now, when you're in a depression, you have to sort of go with
the punches. You have to go see your banks, you have to deal with people, you have to work
things out. And there are a lot of people- unfortunately, I'm the only one people write about. I
mean, they don't write about other people. [20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
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wants to put together a deal that does -- that is very qualified, and very good, but doesn't have a
lot of money, it's impossible for that person to borrow, even at higher rates, because the
regulators -- you mentioned Dodd-Frank just a minute ago. The regulators under Dodd-Frank
have made it virtually impossible for the banks to lend money to those people, which is a very
bad situation to be in. [Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 9/19/13]
Trump Claimed Wall Street Reforms Were Very Bad For The Country. TRUMP:
The legislation that has been passed over the past years Dodd- Frank has been very bad for the
country. [On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 11/24/11]
TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY RAILED AGAINST DODD-FRANK AND CALLED
FOR ITS REPEAL
Trump Claimed Dodd-Frank Stifles Business And Is Probably Not A Very Good
Thing. TRUMP: Well Dodd Frank is probably not a very good thing. There are aspects of it
you could leave. But generally speaking Dodd Frank stifles business. It just totally stifles
business. [TIME, 8/20/15]
Donald Trump: Regulators Are Making It Absolutely Impossible For The Banks
To Loan Money, And Generally Speaking, Dodd-Frank Stifles Business. Were in
a bubble again, okay. Its not and Ill tell you the problem with the banks, if youre really rich,
like with me, if I want to borrow money I can buy all the money I want. But if theres a young
Donald Trump that needs some money to do a couple of really good deals cant get it because the
regulators are making it absolutely impossible for the banks to loan money. Well Dodd Frank
is probably not a very good thing. There are aspects of it you could leave. But generally speaking
Dodd Frank stifles business. It just totally stifles business. [Time, 8/18/15]
Donald Trump: We Have To Get Rid Of Dodd-Frank. TRUMP: I disagree but I also
think we have to get rid of Dodd-Frank. The banks aren't loaning money to people who need it.
The banks will give me all the money I need because I don't need the money. Anybody that
doesn't need money is a great candidate today to get money. If you need money to create jobs, to
build something, whether it's buildings or a company, the banks aren't there. The regulators are
running the banks. And that's why our country -- I mean people can't borrow money today.
[Varney & Co., Fox Business News,10/20/15]
2008: TRUMP HOPED THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS WOULDNT RESULT IN
MORE REGULATIONS LIKE SARBANES-OXLEY
Donald Trump Hoped There Would Not Be More Regulation Of The Financial
Industry After The 2008 Crisis Theres So Much Regulations. LARRY KING: Do
we need more regulation? DONALD TRUMP: I would hope not, Larry. There's so much
regulations. If you look at Sarbanes-Oxley, I know companies that don't move because of
Sarbanes-Oxley. They can't get out of their own way. And you go to other companies and they
don't have the regulation. And we're in a tremendous disadvantage in this country. You go to
other countries and there isn't that same regulation. So, it really puts this country at a
competitive disadvantage. So hopefully, there'll be some type of minor regulation. But it's the
times and it's greed and I'm not sure you can ever do anything about pure greed.[Larry King
Live, CNN, 9/17/08]
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GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Trump: Government Should Help Business In This Country. KING: Senator Kerry
says that we should adopt some of the Japanese concepts of government helping business.
TRUMP: I think that's a great idea - great idea. Not even a question. KING: Weren't you
opposed to it once? TRUMP: No. I think government should always help business.
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Government should help business in this country. This country isn't able to compete fairly with
Japan and Korea and so many other countries. You look at West Germany. I mean, West
Germany is making mincemeat out of this country and wait till you see what happens in the
years to come. And I'm not saying that in a derogatory sense. I say it with great respect for
these countries, because they're doing the right thing. For themselves, they're doing the right
thing.[Larry King Live, CNN, 11/19/91]
TRUMP SUPPORTED THE AUTO BAILOUT IN 2008, THEN LATER SAID IT
DIDNT MATTER EITHER WAY
Trump In 2008: The Government Should Stand Behind [The Auto Industry] 100
Percent. That answer, not ideal in Michigan, actually contrasted one of Trump's prior stances.
I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent, Trump told to Fox News Neil
Cavuto in 2008. You cannot lose the auto companies. Theyre great. They make wonderful
products. [Washington Post, 8/11/15]
Trump In 2015: You Would Have Wound Up In The Same PlaceWhether Or Not
The U.S. Stepped In To Bail Out The Auto Industry. Trump's glancing interest in local
politics made it into in a pre-speech press conference. Asked if President Obama showed
leadership in the 2008/2009 bailout of the major auto companies, Trump meandered through an
answer that left him without a position. You could have let it go, and rebuilt itself, through the
free enterprise system, said Trump. You could have let it go bankrupt, frankly, and rebuilt
itself, and a lot of people felt it should happen. Or you could have done it the way it went. I could
have done it either way. Either way would have been acceptable. I think you would have wound
up in the same place. [Washington Post, 8/11/15; Donald Trump press conference, Birch Run
MI, 8/11/15]
DEBT CEILING
TRUMP OPPOSED RAISING THE DEBT CEILING AND BELIEVED THE
DEADLINE FOR HITTING IT WAS ARTIFICIAL
Trump: What Do Economists Know? Most Of Them Are Not Very Smart I Would
Not Raise The Debt Ceiling. GUTHRIE: The debt ceiling vote. Republicans are saying
they dont think the debt ceiling should be raised. Businesses have warned there could be dire
consequences. TRUMP: I dont care. I wouldnt raise it. GUTHRIE: And you know most
economists say that would send the U.S. economy back into recession. TRUMP: What do
economists know? Most of them are not very smart, and if you look at their predictions over the
last 20 years, most of them are wrong most of the time. I would not raise the debt ceiling. Ill tell
you why.[MSNBC, 4/19/11]
Trump Said He Would Not Raise The Debt Ceiling: Id Force Them To The Fire. VAN SUSTEREN: What's
your position on the debt ceiling? TRUMP: Well, unless they come up with some really good ideas and come up with
them fast, I wouldn't do it. I'd force them to the fire. I'd make sure that they come out and straighten out this mess that
we have because our country is a financial mess. And unless you're going to straighten it out, and you have to do it
quickly -- because we're going to end up being like some of the worst countries in Europe.[On The Record With
Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 4/11/11]
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Trump Believed The Date For Hitting The Debt Ceiling Was An Artificial
Deadline Set By Tim Geithner. VAN SUSTEREN: At the risk, though, of putting us into
passing that ceiling because the Republicans and Democrats were at each other's throats,
essentially, and if there were no agreement, we would have gone past the deadline for the debt
ceiling. TRUMP: Well, that was an artificial date. That was a date -- That was a date set by
Geithner, and I think it was totally artificial. But I don't think the president would have allowed
that to happen. If they asked for a tougher deal -- you know, I heard on your show, and many
other shows, frankly, $4 trillion, $5 trillion. Well, it's nowhere those numbers. And those are the
kind of numbers you needed. [On The Record, Fox News, 8/3/11]
Donald Trump Said That Instead Of Raising The Debt Ceiling, He Would Like To
Cut Government Waste, Make Better Trade Deals, And Not Rebuild China.
TRUMP: I would like to see them [Republicans] not have to do it [raise the debt ceiling]. I think
there is so much waste, and there is so much actually scandalous waste in Washington that you
should haven't to do it. If they had people that knew how to cut and knew how to make deals
with others -- if you look at what's going on our trade deficits with all of these countries that
we're actually rebuilding, we're rebuilding the world. We're rebuilding China. You look at what's
happening there. But short-term, maybe it's going to happen [raising the debt ceiling]. I would
not be a very easy one to do it, however. [Interview CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, 8/26/15]
TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY ADVOCATED USING THE DEBT CEILING AS A
WEAPON IN NEGOTIATION
Trump Said He Would Have Included Obamacare As Part Of A Debt Ceiling Deal. TRUMP: I would have done a
much different deal. First of all, I would have had Obama care as a part of it. I would have gotten rid of Obama care.
And if they didn't want to do that -- because that is going to be very destructive for our country. Obama care is a disaster.
I have people that are going to close up their businesses, friends of mine. So I would have gotten rid of that. And I would
have gotten much bigger cutting. [On The Record, Fox News, 8/3/11]
Trump Said He Would Support Fighting The President Over The Debt Ceiling
Increase. While Trump's position on taxing hedge fund managers at a higher rate is similar to
the views expressed by Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, his stance on whether
Congressional Republicans should battle President Obama over raising the nation's debt ceiling
is anything but. I would say that it's worth the fight, because honestly there's so much fat in
Washington, that if you had the right people in there you could cut it and there would be no
problem, Trump said. Still, Trump acknowledged that while he believed that Republicans should
attempt to stand their ground, the reality is that the ceiling would once again be lifted. Short
term, maybe it's going to happen, Trump said. [Bloomberg, 8/26/15; WADR, Bloomberg TV,
8/26/15]
Donald Trump Said The Vote To Raise The Debts Ceiling Was A Tremendously
Powerful Weapon, But That Republicans Were Terrible Negotiators. TRUMP:
Well, John, if you go back and check, I have been saying this for three years. All right? That`s a
tremendously powerful weapon, if they knew how to use it. The problem is, you will have 70
percent of the Republicans saying, we`re not closing government. Now, when you say that -- you
know, I wrote The Art of the Deal. When you say that, and the other side says, well, we got 70
percent of the people say it`s not going to happen, the other 30 percent are -- essentially, they`re
rendered useless. It`s really very unfair to them, because they`re left out there hanging. So you
need somebody that can unify, can be tough and can win against the Democrats and against
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others, I mean, in all fairness, against the world, essentially. But they really do have a
tremendously powerful weapon, but they don`t use it and they don`t use it properly. They`re
terrible negotiators. [Face The Nation, CBS News, 10/11/15]
Trump: Republicans Shouldnt Agree To Raise Debt Ceiling Unless They Get 100% Of What They Want.
TRUMP: And he can't get elected. If this happens -- for instance, if this stuff is going on prior to an election, he can't get
elected. He possibly can't get elected anyway if they choose the right candidate which is a big if. The fact is, unless the
Republicans get 100 percent of what they want and that may include getting rid of Obamacare which is a total disaster,
then they should not make a deal other than a minor extension which would take you before the election which would
assure that Obama doesn't get elected which would be a great thing.[Fox & Friends, Fox News, 7/25/11]
Donald Trump Said Congress Should Use The Debt Limit As A Strong
Negotiating Tactic. TRUMP: Congress should negotiate the debt limit. They should
negotiate and use it as a strong negotiating tactic, because theyre not doing that. I heard last
night, speaker Boehner: We will never violate the debt limit. Now its one thing if you believe
that, but you dont say that because the other side now knows that youre not going to do
anything with the debt limit and you have given up such leverage by saying that, and I just dont
understand why would he say that. You have given up such leverage to the Obama side, to the
Democrats, because he said We will not violate, and Im saying to myself, Boy, thats why so
many people are so angry. So many Republicans, on the other side, the smaller group, but a
tough group, theyre not happy about it. So I would use the debt limit to negotiate a great deal. I
just dont know if theyre going to do that. How can you do that when youve already announced
that youre not going to violate the debt? [Capital Download, USA Today, 10/22/15; VIDEO]
Trump: Its Worth The Fight To Use The Debt Ceiling As Leverage To Get
Spending Cuts Because If You Had The Right People There You Could Cut It And
You Would Have No Problem Whatsoever. HALPERIN: So do you think it's worth
playing a game of chicken with President Obama, and not raising the debt ceiling and dealing
with the market (INAUDIBLE)? TRUMP: I would say that it's worth the fight, because honestly,
there is so much fat in Washington that if you had the right people there you could cut it and you
would have no problem whatsoever. And you wouldn't miss a thing. [Interview CNBC/Dow
Jones Business Video, 8/26/15]
Donald Trump Said Republicans Should Force President Obama To Compromise
On The Budget By Refusing To Raise The Debt Ceiling. HALPERIN: So, again, just to
clarify. So you agree with those Republicans who say, Don't necessarily raise the debt ceiling.
Take the risk. Make President Obama make a compromise on the budget. TRUMP: I do. I do.
[Interview CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video, 8/26/15]
TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE FAILURE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING WOULD
BE FAIRLY CATASTROPHIC, AND SAID THATS WHY ITS SUCH A POWERFUL
NEGOTIATION TOOL
Donald Trump Argued That Congressional Republicans Should Threaten To Refuse To Raise The Debt Ceiling,
Even Through Its Fairly Catastrophic If It Happens. But Some People Are Willing To Go Through That In Order
To Win.JOHN DICKERSON: But let me ask you about that question of the debt ceiling. Do you think that, if it's
breached, that that is an economic problem, leaving aside the question of negotiation? Do you -- because there's a
debate about that. DONALD TRUMP: Well, I don't want to say. And I'll tell you why. We should use it as negotiation. And
the problem we have in this country, we're so predictable, whether it's with ISIS or with Iraq or with the negotiation of a
debt limit. Boehner should not be saying we will not close, because you can't negotiate once you say that. You have given
up 95 percent of your strength when you do that. So, I'm not going to say, but I will tell you, it's an amazing tool to
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negotiate, because it is a very, very -- it's fairly catastrophic if it happens. But some people are willing to go through that in
order to win. And, by the way -- and I'm not saying they shouldn't be -- in order to win and in order to cut the kind of costs.
[Face The Nation, CBS News, 10/25/15]
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would reappoint him? TRUMP: I would reappointment him, I think he's a terrific guy. A lot of
that is confidence. You and me have confidence in Greenspan. People had confidence in Volcker,
in all fairness. I mean, a lot of that position is confidence. When he speaks, you have confidence.
He knows what he's doing.[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
FEDERAL BUDGET
TRUMP PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE THE DEBT BY IMPOSING A TARIFF ON
CHINA
Trump: You Dont Have To Raise Taxes To Reduce The Deficit. KILMEADE:
Donald, as you know, Donald Trump, they recommended to the deficit commission a rise in
taxes as well as all these cuts. Will you be open -- would you be open if you were a Republican,
you're in the House, in the Senate or in the White House, to raising taxes? TRUMP: Well, the
only thing they're not talking about is what other countries are doing. And you know my big
thing is what other countries, many other countries -- I use China as the primary example
because they're a major abuser. But what they're doing to us in terms of jobs. They're taking our
money, but they're also taking our jobs. And I think if you straighten that situation out, you
don't have to raise taxes. [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 4/4/11]
Trump: If You Impose A 50% Tariff, You Could Pay Off The Debt In A Short
Period Of Time. TRUMP: Neil, we have all the power, because if we ever say were going to
tax you 50 percent for all of the things that you sell to this country, you could pay off your
treasury bills in a short period of time. And, by the way, guess what would happen? People would
start making things in North Carolina and Alabama and Illinois and lots of other places where
theyre all unemployed. So, we have the power. And the day that happens, the Chinese stop
working and we put our people to work. Its crazy. I mean, between OPEC and China, this
country can never be great again, because OPEC just keeps lifting the price of oil as we get
better. And then, ultimately -- because I have a theory that OPEC really caused a lot of the
problem that we had a year-and-a-half ago, because the oil price went to $150. And when that
was up at $150, thats when you had -- and not enough people giving credit for the oil price
causing the problem. You know, they talk about mortgage. They say -- and Im not not blaming
those other things, but a big factor was our blood. And the blood was oil.[Your World With Neil
Cavuto, Fox News, 4/8/10]
TRUMPS SOLUTION FOR REDUCING THE DEBT: BILL CHINA FOR STEALING
TRADE SECRETS
Trump On The Reducing The Debt: Send China A Bill For Stolen Trade Secrets.
VAN SUSTEREN: But if we -- if we -- but if we do just say, OK, we're taking off our debt the cost
of what you just took from us in Pakistan, I mean, since the debt isn't -- I mean, since we're not
paying them off soon, I mean, do they -- do they even really care if we do that because there's so
much money. TRUMP: Well, I wouldn't start that way. I'd just send them a bill for the value of
the secrets that they've stolen. Now, of course, they're stealing them from Boeing and from
General Electric and from everybody else also. If you look at what they forced General Electric to
do or if you look at what they're trying to do with Boeing, it's very, very sad that the companies
are succumbing to it. [On The Record, Fox News, 8/17/11]
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BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TRUMP SAYS HE BELIEVES IN ENDING GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.
Trump: You Have To End Regulation. TRUMP: Somebody like me would know it
because I'm a builder, I build things. I understand how tough it is to get anything built, even if
you know what you are doing. And a lot of people do know what they are doing, but you can't get
permits. And it gets back to the other factor we have, regulations. But if you want to build a city
in China, you can build it quickly, literally, a city. They decide one day and two weeks later they
are building. If you want to build a city here, people would laugh at you. When was the last time
you saw a great bridge being built in this country?... You have to end regulation. You also have to
stop building Iraq, Afghanistan, we are pending of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan and
everyplace else. In the meantime you can drive on our roads because there are potholes and our
bridges are falling and basic infrastructure.[On The Record, Fox News, 9/7/11]
EXCEPT HE OPPOSED THE DEREGULATION OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Trump Opposed Deregulating The Airlines. TRUMP: I'm really a believer that they
should not have deregulated the airlines. I think the airlines are- You're going to end up, again,
with three airlines and I think you're going to have some real problems in the future. And then
they're going to be very powerful, by the way. When you have three then the prices are going to
go way up, and I think you're going to end up seeing regulation again.[Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]
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Trump Said That He Would Like Alcohol Companies To Get Sued. TRUMP: Well, I'd come down, but I'd also
come down tough on alcohol. I don't know why everyone's suing tobacco, which is terrible, and I love that they're
suing and I love that they're paying a big price, but why aren't they suing the alcohol companies, because alcohol -- I
mean, I lost a brother to alcohol. I've never had a drink in my life because of the fact that I had a brother that had a
problem with alcohol.I don't drink for that reason.They're taxed. I'd like to see them sued. You know what I don't - I hope a lot of lawyers are watching tonight. Why is it that everybody is suing the tobacco companies and nobody
sues the alcohol companies. I mean, you have the car crashes and the kids that get killed by some drunk that's, you
know, riding on the road. It's just terrible. So, I would like to see something happen with alcohol.[Larry King Live,
CNN, 10/7/99]
TREASURY
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD APPOINT CARL ICAHN AS HIS TREASURY
SECRETARY
Donald Trump Said He Would Nominate Carl Icahn, Known As A Corporate
Raider In The 1980s, For Treasury Secretary. Now [Carl] Icahn is once again in the
spotlight, as his longtime business contact, friend and rival Donald Trump, the front-running
Republican candidate, says he will nominate Icahn for treasury secretary. Icahn, who has not
responded to requests for comment, made his name as a corporate raider in the 1980s. He was
among a group of activist investors who engaged in a practice called greenmailing -- a
portmanteau of greenback and blackmailing, in which investors would buy up a company's
stock and threaten a hostile takeover. The company would be forced to buy its stock back at a
premium to stop the takeover, enriching the investors. [Washington Post, 9/29/15]
Carl Icahn Greenmailed Companies By Threatening A Hostile Takeover And Forcing The Company To Buy
Back His Stock At A Premium. He [Carl Icahn] was among a group of activist investors who engaged in a practice
called greenmailing -- a portmanteau of greenback and blackmailing, in which investors would buy up a company's
stock and threaten a hostile takeover. The company would be forced to buy its stock back at a premium to stop the
takeover, enriching the investors. [Washington Post, 9/29/15]
1985: Carl Icahn Lead The Hostile Takeover Of TWA, Sold Off Its Top Assets, Regained His Investment, And
Saddled The Company With Debt Before It Went Bankrupt Seven Years Later. Supporters have long seen Icahn
as a force for market efficiency, willing to shake up complacent CEOs and demand that companies invest their cash in
more profitable ways. But others paint him as a predator who strips companies of their most profitable assets and
employees of their jobs. The reputation is due in part to his notoriety as the leader of now-defunct airline TWA. In
1985, he carried out a hostile takeover of TWA and pledged to make the troubled airline profitable. But over the next
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few years, he sold off some of the airline's prize assets and took it private, a decision that allowed Icahn to regain his
investment but left the company saddled with debt. By 1992, TWA filed for bankruptcy. [Washington Post, 9/29/15]
After Carl Icahn Tried To Leave The Government On The Hook For $900 Million In TWA Pensions, He Said:
"My Money Is My Army. I Need My Army Around Me." "In 1991, Congress passed legislation to try to keep Icahn
from leaving the government on the hook for up to $900 million in TWA employee pensions. The bill allowed the
government to seek unfunded pension liabilities from Icahn's other holdings, potentially bankrupting him. Stevens said
he urged Icahn to set some money aside in a separate bank account to protect himself, but Icahn refused to do so.
My money is my army. I need my army around me, Icahn said, according to [Icahns biographer Mark] Stevens.
[Washington Post, 9/29/15]
Trump: We've Had Some Pretty Bad Disasters Under The Republicans. Including A Thing Called The
Depression.TRUMP: Oh, I know, I know. Jimmy Carter was not the same thing. But, certainly, we had some very
good economies under Democrats as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disasters under the
Republicans. Including a thing called the Depression. [Wolf Blitzer Reports, CNN, 3/19/04]
EDUCATION
TRUMP ADVOCATED CUTTING OR ELIMINATING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
Trump Said He Would Cut The Department Of Education And Environment, And
Argued That The Environment Would Be Fine Without Protection. Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he would cut government agencies if he
were elected President. Among them? The Department of Education and the Environmental
Protection Agency, Trump told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace. Would you cut serve -would you cut departments? Wallace asked Trump. No, I'm not cutting services, but I'm cutting
spending. But I may cut Department of Education. I believe Common Core is a very bad thing,
Trump said. I believe that we should be you know, educating our children from Iowa, from
New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be
local education. So the Department of Education is one, he continued. Environmental
Protection, what they do is a disgrace. Every week they come out with new regulations. They're
making it impossible Wallace interjected, Who's going to protect the environment? They
we'll be fine with the environment, Trump replied. We can leave a little bit, but you can't
destroy businesses. [Talking Points Memo, 10/18/15]
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Trump Called For Cutting The Department Of Education Down. Billionaire real
estate mogul Donald Trump announced his plan today to run for the Republican presidential
nomination at a speech in New York City. Here are some of his views on education:
Department of Education: You could cut that way, way, way down. [Forbes, 6/16/15]
K-12
TRUMP BLASTED SUPPORTERS OF COMMON CORE, WHO HAVE NO SENSE
Donald Trump Attacked Jeb Bush, And Argued Anybody In Favor Of Common
Core Should Be Defeated At The Polls Because They Have No Sense." The mention
of Bush, at one time an enormously popular Republican governor in Florida, drew loud boos from
the crowd. Anybody in favor of Common Core should be defeated at the polls because they have
no sense, Trump said. [Tampa Bay Times, 11/28/15]
TRUMP ADVOCATED INCREASED DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS
Trump: Taking Away Teachers Ability To Apply Discipline Is Turning The
Teachers Into Babysitters. To be upfront, Im not a fan of the teacher unions, but I have
great admiration and respect for teachers. Most of us can name a teacher or two who had a
profound influence on our lives. But weve made teaching a tough profession. Good teachers love
to teach. They respect and honor their profession. In too many classrooms, though, weve taken
away their right to discipline disruptive kids, turning the teachers into babysitters as much as
educators. [Donald Trump, Crippled America, 2015]
Trump: We Need To Get A Lot Tougher On Troublemakers In Schools. One way of
making the profession more attractive is to put some discipline back in the school. A lot of our
schools arent safe. Putting metal detectors at the door may prevent kids from bringing in
weapons, but it still doesnt prevent them from causing problems. We need to get a lot tougher on
troublemakers. We need to stop feeling sorry for them. They are robbing other kids of time to
learn. Im not saying we should go back to the days when teachers would get physical with
students, but we need to restore rules about behavior in the classroom and hire trained security
officers who can help enforce those rules. The parents or guardians must be brought into the
process as well. Most disciplinary problems among students begin in the home. All parents
should ask themselves: What kind of example am I setting? [Donald Trump, Crippled America,
2015]
TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR MERIT-BASED PAY FOR TEACHERS
Trump Supported Merit Based Pay For Teachers. And a lot of good teachers arent paid
enough. Its an interesting choice weve made as a society. We entrust our kids to teachers for
most of the daytime, where theyll have a really big impact on how their students will grow up.
But we dont pay enough to attract the best people to the profession. Unfortunately, teachers are
not paid on merit. The standard for advancement is mostly the number of years of service
seniority. The really good and inspirational teachers burn out under the painful conditions found
in too many schools. The bad teachers tend to hang around since they have nowhere else to go.
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Thus, the paychecks tend to be bigger for the less capable. Thats exactly the opposite of what we
should be doing. [Donald Trump, Crippled America, 2015]
TRUMP SUGGESTED TEACHERS SHOULD BE ARMED IN SCHOOLS
Donald Trump Said Teachers Would Be Better Off During School Shootings If
They Were Armed. The 2016 GOP front-runner also weighed in on whether teachers should
carry guns - his fellow presidential candidate Ben Carson said kindergarten teachers who are
properly trained should - saying: Assuming they knew how to use the weapon, which hopefully
they would, you would've been a lot better when this maniac walked into class, starting to shoot
people. [CBS News, 10/11/15]
HIGHER ED
Trump Blamed Increasing High Education Costs On College Loans And College
Presidents Salaries. Donald Trump criticized the increasing cost of college and blamed the
interest rates charged for federal student loans and the salaries paid to college presidents.
[Donald Trump] said, These colleges, theyre going through the roof. Why are they going up so
much? I think one of the reasons theyre going through the roof, very simply, is these college
loans given out by the United States. He said they need to bring interest rates down because the
kids cant afford it. Hell make sure that graduates get jobs, he said. And he said, You look at
the salaries paid to the heads of colleges, its like theyre running a business a real business, a
big business. And we have to stop, we have to stop that from happening. [Washington Post,
12/2/15]
Trump Said The Government Should Not Be Making Money Off Of Student Loans.
Donald Trump says hes the best presidential candidate to help millennials, promising jobs for
students drowning in student debt. One of the biggest questions I get is from people in college
[about student loans], he told The Hill in a wide-ranging interview. Theyre in college theyre
doing well but theyve got student loans up to the neck. Theyre swimming in these loans. The
2016 contender said that college students swarm him at campuses where he speaks asking him
for jobs. He criticized the federal government for earning a profit from federal student loans, a
point Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) frequently raises. Thats probably one of the only things
the government shouldnt make money off I think its terrible that one of the only profit
centers we have is student loans, Trump said. [The Hill, 7/23/15]
ENTITLEMENTS
TRUMP OPPOSED CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
Trump Did Not Support Cuts To Medicare Or Social Security. The real estate tycoon
told CPAC in 2013 that Republicans should not cut Social Security or Medicare because most
Americans want to keep the benefits as they stand now. His solution is unclear, but he has
indicated that general economic growth would play a role. Trump tweeted in May that he knows
where to get the money from and nobody else does. [PBS, 6/16/15]
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SOCIAL SECURITY
TRUMP: WEALTHY AMERICANS SHOULD WILLINGLY GIVE UP THEIR
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Donald Trump Said Rich Americans Should Voluntarily Forgo Their Social
Security Benefits. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he and his rich
pals should voluntarily forgo their Social Security benefits to bolster the health of the retiree
entitlement system, declaring I dont need mine, by the way. At a multi-candidate presidential
forum in New Hampshire on Monday, Mr. Trump said that for the good of the country, rich
taxpayers should sacrifice the benefits from the entitlement system into which they had paid
throughout their professional lives. I have friends that are worth hundreds of millions and
billions of dollars and get Social Security. They dont even know the check comes in, said Mr.
Trump at the nonpartisan No Labels forum. [Washington Wire Blog, Wall Street Journal,
10/12/15]
TRUMP OPPOSED CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND BELIEVED IT COULD BE
SAVED THROUGH A REALLY DYNAMIC ECONOMY
Politifact Gave A False Rating To Donald Trumps Claim That His Tax Plan
Which Included His Promise Not To Cut Social Security And Medicare Would
Not Increase The Deficit. Trump said his tax plan would not increase the deficit. Free
market-oriented and liberal groups alike say Trumps tax plan would lead to a $10 trillion
revenue loss, even if it did create economic growth. Since Trump has said he will not slash
retirement programs like Social Security and Medicare, experts doubt that any spending cuts he
made would result in a revenue-neutral tax plan. We rate Trumps claim False. [PolitiFact,
11/5/15]
Trump Did Not Support Cuts To Medicare Or Social Security And Claimed He
Knew Where To Get The Money From While Nobody Else Did. Do not cut Social
Security or Medicare benefits. Grow the economy to save those programs. The real estate tycoon
told CPAC in 2013 that Republicans should not cut Social Security or Medicare because most
Americans want to keep the benefits as they stand now. His solution is unclear, but he has
indicated that general economic growth would play a role. Trump tweeted in May that he knows
where to get the money from and nobody else does. [PBS, 6/16/15]
Trump: Were Going To Bring Jobs Back To The United States And Make The
Country Rich Again So That We Will Be Able To Afford Social Security. TRUMP:
We're going have to bring jobs back to the country. We're going to make the country rich again
and we'll going to be able to afford the entitlements, because if you -- I don't want to do that. I'm
not cutting Social Security. You know, people have been cut Social Security, cut Medicare.
[Hannity, Fox News, 11/3/15]
Trump Said It Would Be Very Simple To Save Social Security By Making A
Really Dynamic Economy That Would Bring Back Jobs From Japan, China, And
Mexico. HARWOOD: Governor Bush, Mr. Trump says that he is capable of growing the
economy so much that Social Security and Medicare don't have to be touched. Do you want to
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explain how that is going to happen, Mr. Trump? TRUMP: Yes, it's very simple. We're going to
make a really dynamic economy from what we have right now, which is not at all dynamic.
We're going to bring jobs back from Japan, we're going to bring jobs back from China, we're going
to bring, frankly, jobs back from Mexico where, as you probably saw, Nabisco is leaving Chicago
with one of their biggest plants, and they're moving it to Mexico. We're going to bring jobs and
manufacturing back. We're going to cut costs. We're going to save Social Security, and we're
going to save Medicare. [Republican Presidential Debate, CNBC, 10/28/15]
MEDICARE
TRUMP HAS DEMONSTRATED A LACK OF THOUGHT ON MEDICARE
In 2011, Trump Said That If He Decided To Run For President, He Would Have A
Plan For Medicare. MALVEAUX: And Mr. Trump, if you would, you said you thought that
Paul Ryan was really in a dangerous area looking at Medicare, actually reforming Medicare. Is
there another option? What would you do in a Trump presidency when it comes to Medicare?
Because it's going to be bankrupt in 10 years. How would you solve that? TRUMP: Well, I'm
studying that situation very, very closely. And if and when I decide to run -- and I really look
forward to making that decision, to be totally honest with you. But if and when I decide to run,
I'll have a plan. [Newsroom, CNN, 4/7/11]
Trump On Entitlements: If We Did Something With Respect To OPEC Medicare
Would Take Care Of Itself. TRUMP: So, if we took our jobs back and we made this country
strong again, and we made our own product, and we got together, not -- you don't get together -if we did something with respect to OPEC, who is ripping us off like nobody's ever ripped us off
before, Medicare would take care of itself. [The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 6/10/11]
TRUMP SAID HE STILL NEEDED TO REVIEW THE ACTUAL PLAN, BUT HE
OPPOSED PAUL RYANS EFFORTS TO CONVERT MEDICARE INTO A
VOUCHER SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT REPUBLICANS IN THE
UPCOMING ELECTION
Trump: Republicans Are Going Way, Way, Way Far Out On The Ledge By
Proposing Medicare Vouchers. MALVEAUX: You know, you mentioned the Republicans
and the long- term plan. We're talking about $6 trillion worth of cuts in the next 10 years. That's
the blueprint that they have laid out for the next budget battle. Do you agree that Medicare
should be changed fundamentally, as the Republicans have suggested, to more of a system where
the elderly would be offered vouchers for private insurance? TRUMP: I'd have to study the
plan. I will tell you, I think it's very dangerous for the Republicans to go on this ledge, because I,
for one, would have to be very, very careful. I will cherish our seniors. Our seniors are great. And
I will cherish our seniors, and I wouldn't do anything to hurt the seniors. Now, what is
happening -- and I have a lot of respect for Paul Ryan, but what is happening is the Republicans
are going way, way, way far out on the ledge. And the Democrats are saying, oh, gee, look what
they're doing. This -- whatever plans and whatever changes are going to be made, it has to be
done in a bipartisan way. I don't think the Republicans should be out on this ledge. It should be
led -- something has to be done, and it should be led by the president. So I think what Paul has
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done is very dangerous for the Republican Party and very, very dangerous for the upcoming
election. I think he's too far out.[Newsroom, CNN, 4/7/11]
KEYSTONE XL
TRUMP BACKED THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE, BUT SAID WE DONT EVEN
NEED IT
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Trump Called For Building The Keystone Pipeline Even Though We Dont Even
Need It. Trump also discussed energy policy, where he said, The Keystone Pipeline should be
approved immediately. Not that I want it, because were bringing in oil from Canada, but you
know what, its a lot easier than Saudi Arabia and some of these other places, and Canadas been
a great neighbor, et cetera, et cetera. But they should approve it. Number one, its jobs.
Immediately, youre building it, its jobs, its good. Its not going to hurt anything in terms of
environmentally. Its hard to believe that that has not been approved. But get it approved. More
oil coming in, the more we can have where we dont have to go to foreign places, really foreign
places to get the oil. So, theres a simple one. its going to create jobs. Its overall good. But we
dont even need it, in one sense, because we have so much under our own land we can do it, but
we have to get rid of some of the restrictions. [Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/12/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED KEYSTONE XL WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Trump: If I Am Elected President I Will Immediately Approve The Keystone XL
Pipeline. No Impact On Environment & Lots Of Jobs For U.S. [@realDonaldTrump,
Twitter, 8/18/15]
TRUMP SUPPORTED LIFTING THE BAN ON CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Donald Trump Supported The Keystone Pipeline And Lifting The Ban On CrudeOil Exports. All of the GOP candidates for president support the Keystone pipeline and many,
including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie, support lifting the ban on crude-oil exports to foreign markets. [Wall Street
Journal, 9/29/15]
ENERGY PRICES
TRUMP BLAMED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LETTING OPEC GO UNCHECKED
AND CAUSING HIGH GAS PRICES
Trump Said The White House Let OPEC Go Unchecked And Predicted That Gas
Prices Would Rise To $8 Per Gallon. TRUMP: Well, I think it might be -- a lot of people
would be very upset if I didn't run. I mean I've had such support, we're getting just inundated
with phone calls and, literally, thousands of letters a week, because my stance on China, my
stance on OPEC -- look at what's happening to everybody's fuel, the gasoline at the pump is just
out of control. It's at $4, it's going to $5. It will probably go to $6, $7, $8. We have nobody in the
White House that fights for the people. Nobody in the White House who's calling up OPEC which
is really the culprit. I mean they are abusing our country. And I don't know if you saw, but three
days ago, Saudi Arabia decided they're going to essentially raise the price of oil even further by
reducing supplies. [Fox, 4/21/11]
TRUMP SUPPORTED LIFTING THE BAN ON CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Donald Trump Supported The Keystone Pipeline And Lifting The Ban On CrudeOil Exports. All of the GOP candidates for president support the Keystone pipeline and many,
including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov.
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Chris Christie, support lifting the ban on crude-oil exports to foreign markets. [Wall Street
Journal, 9/29/15]
NUCLEAR ENERGY
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WIND POWER
2015: CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA, TRUMP CLAIMED HE SUPPORTED
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY
HEADLINE: Donald Trump Hated Wind Farms Until An Iowa Voter Asked. [Washington Post, 11/19/15]
11/19/15: In Response To A Question From An Iowa Woman Whose Husband Worked For A Local Wind Turbine
Manufacturer, Donald Trump Said He Supported Government Subsidies For The Wind Energy Industry.
Patricia Scalabrini, whose husband works for a local wind turbine manufacturer, wanted to know if Trump supports
subsidies for the industry. The company that employs her husband, TPI, moved into a factory that was abandoned
when Maytag moved its operations to Mexico. TPI employs about 800 people in Newton. It is helped by subsidies, in
the form of the production tax credit, which gives energy producers tax breaks based on how many kilowatt-hours of
electricity they generate using renewable methods. It is important to continued rapid expansion of the wind
industry, and therefore to the woman's husband's job. Trump began by saying, Well, I'm okay with it. He noted that
it can be hard for wind to be competitive in energy production particularly when prices for fossil fuels are so low, so
you need subsidies. [The Fix, Washington Post, 11/19/15]
11/19/15: Donald Trump Said He Was OK With Wind Energy Subsidies Because Otherwise [Wind Turbines]
Are Not Going To Get Built They're Very Expensive To Build And Without It I Don't Think They Work
Without Subsidy. During a voter forum in Newton, Iowa, Trump said he's OK with wind energy subsidies, mostly
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because the price of oil has plummeted during the past year. With oil costing so little, there's not much incentive to
build windmills to generate wind energy without subsidies, Trump said. It needs subsidy, otherwise they're not going
to get built, he said. They're very expensive to build and they're very expensive to maintain. Trump said there are
some problems with wind. But, it's a problem. They're very expensive to build and without it I don't think they work
without subsidy, which is a problem because when you need subsidy it's a problem. [Washington Examiner,
11/19/15]
The Fixs Philip Bump: Donald Trumps Support Of The Wind Industry Was A
Stunning Bit Of Pandering, Given How Trump Went To War Against Wind
Farms In Scotland When He Wanted To Build A Golf Course Near A Proposed
Offshore Wind Farm Location. Fine. Trump supports subsidies for the wind industry.
For anyone familiar with Trump's history, though, even that is a stunning bit of pandering.
Trump, in fact, does know a lot about wind. A few years ago, Donald Trump wanted to build a
golf course in Scotland. There was just one problem: The Scottish government had licensed an
off-shore wind farm near the course, which Trump worried would ruin the views. He went to
war, using all of the tools at his disposal: money, lawyers, and Twitter. He sued to block the
wind farm, pushing legal challenges all the way to the Scottish Supreme Court. He attacked
then-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, saying that Salmond was a man whose obsession
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with obsolete wind technology will destroy the magnificence and beauty of Scotland. [Philip
Bump, The Fix, Washington Post, 11/19/15]
GAMING
TRUMP ADMITTED THAT GAMBLING HAD NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS
Trump Said That Gambling Worsens Crime And Traffic. TRUMP: Well, gambling's a
mixed bag. I mean, the casinos themselves are a mixed bag. Certain problems are solved, but
many problems are created. Crime generally tends to get worse, other things tend to get worse,
traffic and problems. But job markets, all of a sudden you can't find teachers and you can't find
firemen, because the people are working in the casinos as croupiers. The great teacher that used
to teach history is now all of a sudden a croupier because they can make much more money doing
that. And it's somewhat sad, in many respects, but it does solve certain ills. It's a quick fix. It's
not the ideal fix, but it's a quick. I mean, I think, for instance, in New Orleans, when that casino
opens it's going to totally change the character of New Orleans. New Orleans, to me, is one of my
favorite cities. I think changing the character of New Orleans is going to be a catastrophe for the
people of Louisiana. And that's- that's, I think, one of the real bad instances of a casino. But it's
going to totally change that character. [Business World, ABC News, 3/14/93]
Trump: Gambling Is Almost A Form Of Voluntary Taxation. KING: Why is
gambling so popular? TRUMP: Well, it has become very strong. In certain markets. It is
almost a form of voluntary taxation, but it in certain markets, like in the Indiana area right
outside of Chicago, it has been very strong. In some areas, it hasn't been strong. Atlantic City
has been good. Las Vegas, obviously, has been good over the years. But this Indiana location
has been phenomenal. [Larry King Live, CNN, 7/23/97]
TRUMP HAS LONG COMPLAINED ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN CASINOS
Trump Said That The Tax Exemptions For Indian Casinos Were Unfair. TRUMP:
Well, I think it's going to have an effect, but we can be a beneficiary of that. The individual
owners. Not necessarily Atlantic City, but the people with the expertise. It's a very complex
business, and I've become the biggest in the business. I mean, literally we're the biggest.
Caesar's is second and so on. And a lot of people are coming to us looking for advice, looking for
management skills, looking for other things. And so as a company it can be a positive thing. For
Atlantic City it's probably not a positive thing. The thing I most worry about, however, is the
lack of regulation and the sucking of all the money out of a community with the roads and
everything else and not putting back. I think it's very unfair that the taxes and the other things
that other places have to pay - Vegas, Atlantic City - aren't being paid by the Indians. [Business
World, ABC News, 3/14/93]
Trump On Indian Casinos: You Have To Check And See Whether Or Not They're
The Real Indians. KING: Because they have gambling casinos in which they don't have to
pay tax, right? Indian's property? TRUMP: They have gambling casinos where they're paying
no tax and every politician knows it's not appropriate or not right, but they haven't done
anything about it yet. KING: But don't you think we owe them something? TRUMP: I think
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we do. I think to a certain extent, we do, if they're real Indians. I mean, you have to check and
see whether or not they're the real Indians. You know, you have-- KING: You're questioning
that, Donald? TRUMP: No, no, you have to see who's running the casinos. And you know, I
made a statement, they don't look like Indians to me. And everyone said, oh, what a terrible
statement. I said, what's wrong? They don't. If you take a look at these folks, they don't like
Indians to me. And then, actually, a number of shows did a story that my statement was 100
percent correct. I never liked to apologize and there's no reason to apologize. But I think the
Indian casinos are -- you know, they're being looked at very seriously.[Larry King Live, CNN,
7/23/97]
GUNS
TRUMP IN 1999: I HATE THE CONCEPT OF GUNS
Trump In 1999: I Hate The Concept Of Guns, I'm Not In Favor Of It, Except For
One Thing: The Bad Guys Are Going To Have Them. QUESTION: Mr. Trump, I'm an
avid outdoorsman from upstate New York where your new golf courses are going. I'm very proud
of my Second Amendment right to bear arms. If you're elected, would you uphold this right, or
do you see it as a societal ill? TRUMP: Well, I think you have to have the right to have a gun.
Now, I hate the concept of guns, I'm not in favor of it, except for one thing: the bad guys are going
to have them.[Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, 11/18/99]
ON THE 2015 CAMPAIGN TRAIL, TRUMP REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT GUN
CONTROL DOESNT WORK
Trump Pointed To Chicago As An Example Of Why Gun Control Legislation Does
Not Work. The Republican presidential candidate singled out Chicago, saying the citys gun
laws arent doing anything to stem violence. In a 24-hour span since Wednesday morning, two
men were killed and eight others, including a 14-year-old girl, were wounded in Chicago. Trump
says all gun laws do is keep the sane people from getting guns. I guarantee you there are a
couple of people that knew this man that did the killing yesterday that probably said, Wow hes
really got problems. I mean, he really should be institutionalized, Trump said. [Sun Times,
8/27/15]
Trump Claimed That All Gun Laws Do Is Keep The Sane People From Getting
Guns. Trump says all gun laws do is keep the sane people from getting guns. I guarantee you
there are a couple of people that knew this man that did the killing yesterday that probably said,
Wow hes really got problems. I mean, he really should be institutionalized, Trump said. [Sun
Times, 8/27/15]
Trump: Gun Control Does Not Reduce Crime. It Has Consistently Failed To Stop
Violence. TRUMP: Gun control does not reduce crime. It has consistently failed to stop
violence. Americans are entitled to protect their families, their property and themselves. In fact,
in right-to-carry states the violent crime rate is 24% lower than the rest of the United States and
the murder rate is 28% lower. This should not be up for debate. [Ammoland, 7/7/15]
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BACKGROUND CHECKS
TRUMP IN 1999: I FAVOR YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS
1999: Trump Favored Background Checks For Gun Purchases. KING: Do you favor
long checks and how people get the guns? You don't favor easy access? TRUMP: Yes, yes, no, I
favor -- I favor you have to go through a process, but the fact is that the bad ones already have
one, and they're not going to go through a process either; they're not going to go through any
process. Look, there's nothing I like better than nobody has them, but that's not going to happen,
Larry. So, as long as that's not going to happen, I say you have to be allowed to have a
gun.[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
2000: TRUMP SUPPORTED LONGER BACKGROUND CHECKS
2000: Donald Trump Said He Wished Nobody Had Guns And Supported Longer
Background Checks And The Assault Weapons Ban. The Donalds sudden and loud
embrace of the Second Amendment might come as a surprise to people who followed his first
flirtation with running for the presidency in 2000 as a member of the Reform Party. Then The
Donald, ever the populist, said while he generally opposed gun control, he slammed Republicans
for not wanting registrations on guns and said he wished nobody had guns. Similarly, Trump
said he supported longer background checks and the ban on assault weapons. [Buzzfeed,
10/5/15]
TRUMP IN 2015: THE CURRENT BACKGROUND CHECKS DO NOT WORK
Trump: I Do Not Support Expanding Background Checks. The Current
Background Checks Do Not Work. TRUMP: I do not support expanding background
checks. The current background checks do not workThey make it more difficult for law abiding
citizens to acquire firearms while consistently failing to stop criminals from getting guns. We
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should re-examine our policy to make sure that these prohibitions do not impede law abiding
citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights. [Ammoland, 7/7/15]
TRUMP SUPPORTED RESTRICTIONS ON GUN PURCHASES FOR PEOPLE ON
THE TERROR WATCH LIST
Donald Trump Said If Somebody Is On A Watch List And An Enemy Of State
They Should Be Prohibited From Buying A Gun. Trump also said those on terror watch
lists should be restricted from purchasing guns if they are a known enemy of state. Currently,
someone one a terror watch list can legally purchase a gun in the U.S. If somebody is on a watch
list and an enemy of state and we know it's an enemy of state, I would keep them away,
absolutely, Trump said, while emphasizing that he is a strong supporter of the Second
Amendment's right to bear arms. If we have an enemy of state, I don't want to give him
anything, Trump said. I want to have him in jail -- that's what I want. I want to have him in
jail. [ABC News, 11/22/15]
MAGAZINE LIMITS
TRUMP SAID HE FOUGHT THE SAFE ACT IN NEW YORK AND OPPOSED
MAGAZINE LIMITS
Trump Opposed Regulations On The Number Of Rounds Allowed In Gun
Magazines. TRUMP: Gun magazine limits do not make common sense. I have long opposed
such limits. For instance, I fought the SAFE Act in New York, which I call the Unsafe Act. I
also spoke at a rally in Albany championing gun rights and protesting the Unsafe Act. The law
limited capacity to seven rounds, as if criminals were going to take rounds out of their magazines
before committing a crime. It was later changed to a limit of ten rounds, but the entire episode
was a complete disaster. [Ammoland, 7/7/15]
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2000: Donald Trump Supported The Assault Weapons Ban And Longer Waiting
Periods. I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I
also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun, Trump wrote in his 2000
book The America We Deserve." [CNN, 10/6/15]
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instance where the gunman appeared to be motivated by the knowledge that a place was gunfree. [Wonkblog, Washington Post, 10/30/15]
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD REQUIRE THAT SOLDIERS BE ARMED ON
MILITARY BASES
Trump: As Commander-In-Chief, I Would Mandate That Soldiers Remain Armed
And On Alert At Our Military Bases. TRUMP: [gun free zones] No, not optional. As
Commander-in-Chief, I would mandate that soldiers remain armed and on alert at our military
bases. President Clinton never should have passed a ban on soldiers being able to protect
themselves on bases. Americas Armed Forces will be armed. They will be able to defend
themselves against terrorists. Our brave soldiers should not be at risk because of policy created
by civilian leadership. Political correctness has no place in this debate. [Ammoland, 7/7/15]
NRA
1999: TRUMP SAID HE DIDNT AGREE ENTIRELY WITH THE NRA
Trump In 1999: I Dont Agree Entirely With The NRA. KING: You agree with the
NRA? TRUMP: I don't agree entirely, but I do agree that you should have the power to have a
weapon, because other people do and other people are not necessarily the nicest people in the
world.[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
2000: Donald Trump Criticized Republicans Who Walk The NRA Line And Refuse
Even Limited Restrictions. The Donalds sudden and loud embrace of the Second
Amendment might come as a surprise to people who followed his first flirtation with running for
the presidency in 2000 as a member of the Reform Party. Then The Donald, ever the populist,
said while he generally opposed gun control, he slammed Republicans for not wanting
registrations on guns and said he wished nobody had guns. The Republicans walk the NRA
line and refuse even limited restrictions. I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on
assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With
todays internet technology we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a potential gun owner has
a record. [Buzzfeed, 10/5/15]
MASS SHOOTINGS
TRUMP REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT IF VICTIMS HAD GUNS, ATTACKS
WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS SEVERE
2015: Donald Trump Said That If More People Had Guns During The Mass
Shooting At An Oregon Community College, You Would Have Been A Hell Of A
Lot Better Off. Donald Trump is a big supporter of gun rights. The Donald has made that
clear in the days since the mass shooting at a community college in Oregon. I can make the case
that if there were guns in that room other than the shooters, fewer people would have died.
Fewer people would have been so horribly injured, Trump said on NBCs Meet the Press on
Sunday. It was a gun-free zone, Trump said earlier at a campaign event in Franklin, Tennessee.
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Let me tell you, if you had a couple teachers with guns in that room, you would have been a hell
of a lot better off. [Buzzfeed, 10/5/15]
2000: Donald Trump Said He Wished Nobody Had Guns And Supported Longer
Background Checks And The Assault Weapons Ban. The Donalds sudden and loud
embrace of the Second Amendment might come as a surprise to people who followed his first
flirtation with running for the presidency in 2000 as a member of the Reform Party. Then The
Donald, ever the populist, said while he generally opposed gun control, he slammed
Republicans for not wanting registrations on guns and said he wished nobody had guns.
Similarly, Trump said he supported longer background checks and the ban on assault
weapons. [Buzzfeed, 10/5/15]
2000: Donald Trump Criticized Republicans Who Walk The NRA Line And
Refuse Even Limited Restrictions. The Donalds sudden and loud embrace of the
Second Amendment might come as a surprise to people who followed his first flirtation with
running for the presidency in 2000 as a member of the Reform Party. Then The Donald, ever
the populist, said while he generally opposed gun control, he slammed Republicans for not
wanting registrations on guns and said he wished nobody had guns. The Republicans walk
the NRA line and refuse even limited restrictions. I generally oppose gun control, but I
support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to
purchase a gun. With todays internet technology we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a
potential gun owner has a record. [Buzzfeed, 10/5/15]
11/14/15: Donald Trump Said That If The Victims Of The Paris Terrorist Attack
Would Have Had Guns, It Would Have Been A Much, Much Different Situation.
When you look at Paris, toughest gun laws in the world, nobody had guns but the bad guys, the
Republican presidential candidate said during an appearance in Texas, in remarks broadcast by
CNN. Nobody had guns. And they were just shooting them one by one, and then they broke in
and had a big shootout and ultimately killed the terrorists. At least 129 people died in the
attacks, for which ISIS has taken credit. And I will tell you whatyou can say what you want, if
they had guns, if our people had guns, if they were allowed to carry, it would have been a much,
much different situation, Trump added. [Time, 11/14/15; Donald Trump Campaign Rally,
Beaumont, Texas, 11/14/15]
1/7/15: Donald Trump Tweeted About French Gun Control Laws After The
Shootings At The French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo. As such, it was no
surprise that after shootings at the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris this
week, some Americans began to wonder about gun control laws. Isn't it interesting that the
tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?
American reality television star Donald Trump wrote on Twitter shortly after the news broke.
The tweet prompted both praise (over a thousand retweets) and scorn (Trump was labelled a
moron and an idiot by other tweeters). [Washington Post, 1/9/15]
1/7/15: Donald Trump: Isnt It Interesting That The Tragedy In Paris Took
Place In One Of The Toughest Gun Control Countries In The World?
[@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 1/7/15]
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11/16/15: Donald Trump Repeated His Claim That The Terrorist Attacks In Paris
Were Exacerbated By Tough Gun Control Laws, And That Some Guys With A
Gun Could Have Whacked The Terrorists. After being relatively quiet over the
weekend, Trump hit the talk shows on Monday morning [11/16/15] to speak about the attacks,
saying the U.S. needs stronger intelligence and also linking the high death toll to what he views
as excessive gun controls. Had there been some guys with a gun, there would have been a
shootout and probably the primary people that would have got whacked would have been the
killers, Trump said on CNBC's Squawk Box. You cant any tougher than Paris, and you cant
get any tougher than France on gun control, he continued. They just said, come here, boom,
come here, boomshot these people at will. [Politico, 11/16/15]
11/18/15: Donald Trump Said, If You Had A Guy Like You Or Me, Or Some Other
Guys In That Room That Had Guns, The Terrorist Attacks In Paris Would Have
Been Mitigated. Donald Trump said on Wednesday that, if he or somebody else with a gun
had been present during last Fridays attacks in Paris, things would have gone differently. So
they were just shooting people: Next! Next! the former reality TV star told Boston radio host
Jeff Kuhner. Just people were totally defenseless. If you had a guy like you or me, or some other
guys in that room that had guns, it wouldnt have been that way, Jeff. You know. It wouldnt
have been that way. Trump made the comments after saying that, because of French gun laws,
nobody had a gun to shoot the attackers, adding that the only ones that had the guns are the
bad guys. [Buzzfeed, 11/18/15]
DONALD TRUMP SAID SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WERE UNIQUE TO THIS
COUNTRY BUT WOULD HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT
Donald Trump Said That School Shootings Were Essentially Inevitable Because
We Have Millions And Millions Of Sick People All Over The World But This Is
Sort Of Unique To This Country, The School Shootings. And Youre Going To Have
Difficulty No Matter What. Regardless of what the United States does to enforce its gun
laws or improve mental health care, people are always going to slip through the cracks, Donald
Trump said Friday, a day after a gunman killed nine and injured seven at Umpqua Community
College in Roseburg, Oregon. First of all, you have very strong laws on the books, but you're
always going to have problems. We have millions and millions of people, we have millions and
millions of sick people all over the world. It can happen all over the world and it does happen all
over the world, by the way. But this is sort of unique to this country, the school shootings. And
you're going to have difficulty no matter what, Trump said in a telephone interview on MSNBC's
Morning Joe. [Politico, 10/2/15]
TRUMP SUGGESTED TEACHERS SHOULD BE ARMED IN SCHOOLS
Donald Trump Said Teachers Would Be Better Off During School Shootings If
They Were Armed. The 2016 GOP front-runner also weighed in on whether teachers should
carry guns - his fellow presidential candidate Ben Carson said kindergarten teachers who are
properly trained should - saying: Assuming they knew how to use the weapon, which hopefully
they would, you would've been a lot better when this maniac walked into class, starting to shoot
people. [CBS News, 10/11/15]
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HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PLAN
TRUMP SAID HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN WOULD ALLOW INSURANCE
PURCHASES ACROSS STATE LINES
Donald Trump Said His Health Care Plan Would Allow Consumers To Purchase
Health Insurance Across State Lines. Specifically, he said his plan would break down
inter-state barriers that prevent people from going across state lines to purchase healthcare
plans, a plan championed by many other conservatives. But his opponents have seized on his
seemingly evolving position about the exact role he thinks government should play in the
healthcare system, as well as how he intends to pay for expanded coverage beyond ObamaCare.
Trump says much of his plan will come out of the pockets of insurance companies, which he says
are thriving under ObamaCare. [The Hill, 10/14/15]
Trump: I Like The Concept Of Private Enterprise Coming In-- You Have To Get
Rid Of The Artificial Lines Drawn Around Every State. Trump, who has been a
vocal opponent of Obamacare, also discussed his plan for a new health care system if
Obamacare is repealed. Trump said hes against single payer health care, though it does work
in Scotland. I like the concept of private enterprise coming in you have to get rid of the
artificial lines drawn around every state, Trump said. [Politico, 8/4/15]
Trump Said His Health Care Program Would Allow People To Buy Health
Insurance Across State Lines. O'REILLY: So there will be Trump care then. TRUMP:
Well, it would be a form of much better. As an example, I have a big company. When I buy
health insurance I can't go across state lines to buy it. You know why?... And I can make a
better deal in New Jersey than I can in New York with a better company. Yet, I can't go.
Number one, anywhere in the United States has to be a strong company. But we should be
able to go out and price it privately. I believe in the private. But I don't want to be stuck with
one or two companies in New York. I should be able to go to Wisconsin. I should be able to go
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to Iowa. If I want to buy health care for my people, as long as it's a strong company, I should
be able to bid it out. [The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]
Trump Supported The Use Of Health Savings Accounts And Allowing Insurers To
Sell Health Insurance Across State Lines. Trump's proposal: People will have health
savings accounts. It costs the country and people very little. It's an amazing system. Prompted by
Hannity, Trump adds that he'll cover catastrophic coverage and pre-existing conditions. We
also need to get rid of state-line coverage boundaries established by insurance companies, and
every American could choose from all the competitors. So that companies don't go out of business,
the government will give a point to the insurers. [Washington Post, 8/11/15; Hannity, Fox,
8/11/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN WILL MAKE THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES PAY
Trump Said His Health Care Plan Would Make Insurance Companies Foot Most Of
The Bill. Trump says much of his plan will come out of the pockets of insurance companies,
which he says are thriving under ObamaCare. [The Hill, 10/14/15]
Trump Advocated For Providing Health Care For People That Dont Have Money.
TRUMP: No. Its just one of the things. Its not only immigration. Its about trade. They go hand
in hand. Immigration is one of the things you have to do. Im also a moralist. You heard what I
said today about health care. I said, Im sorry, folks, but we have to take care people that dont
have money. I know its not the conservative thing to say, but I got a standing ovation and
these were very conservative people. We cant let people down when they cant get any medical
care, when theyre sick and dont have money to go to a doctor. You help them. [Washington
Post, 7/12/15]
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If Im elected president, he announced, we will make America great again. To begin with, we
have to repeal Obamacare, he said, adding that Obamacares biggest effects wont begin until
President Obama is safely out of office and, Trump says, on the golf course. That said, he also
noted he owns several golf courses, and he invited President Obama to feel free to retire early
and play them instead of finishing out his term. [Breitbart, 1/16/15]
Trump Called The Affordable Care Act A Total Catastrophe. Trump presented
himself as a conservative, very conservative and as a Republican, but admitted that he is very
disappointed with Republican politicians. The crowd shared the sentiment and gave The
Donald a huge round of applause. Trump says the GOP has let the president get away with
absolute murder. He pointed to Obamacare as a total catastrophe. [Breitbart, 1/24/15]
Trump: Obamacare Will Continue To Stop Entrepreneurship, Slow Growth And
Halt Research & Development. Defund, Repeal & Replace! [@realDonaldTrump,
Twitter, 11/18/14]
Donald Trump: Obamacares Going To Be Repealed And Replaced, And I Am
Going To Take Care Of Everybody And The Governments Gonna Pay For It.
TRUMP: Obamacare's going to be repealed and replaced. Obamacare is a disaster if you look at
what's going on with premiums where they're up 45, 50, 55 percent. Everybody's got to be
covered. I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not. [The
uninsured are] going to be taken care of. The government's gonna pay for it. But we're going to
save so much money on the other side. But for the most it's going to be a private plan and people
are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with
lots of competitors with great companies and they can have their doctors, they can have plans,
they can have everything. [60 Minutes, CBS, 9/27/15]
TRUMP CREDITED TED CRUZS EFFORTS TO TRY TO DEFUND THE ACA
Huffington Post: Trump Credited Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) For Leading Efforts To
Defund The Affordable Care Act In 2013, Arguing That If Republicans Had Stuck
Together They Would Have Won That Battle. [Huffington Post, 8/4/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED THE ACA WOULD JACK UP DEDUCTIBLES, REQUIRING
SOMEONE TO BE HIT BY A TRACTOR TO GET COVERAGE
Trump Said That ACA Would Cause Insurance Deductibles To Become So High
That You Would Have To Be Hit By A Tractor, Literally, A Tractor, To Use It.
Nothing in Donald Trump's funhouse-mirror presidential campaign announcement Tuesday
made sense. On Obamacare: Yesterday, it came out that costs are going for people up 29, 39,
49, and even 55 percent, and deductibles are through the roof. You have to be hit by a tractor,
literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high, it's virtually useless. It's
virtually useless. It is a disaster. [Washington Post, 6/19/15]
Trump: Obamacare Is A Disaster. Americans Will See Record Increases In Their
Premiums And Inferior Care Services. [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/1/13]
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TORTURE
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Donald Trump Said Americans Should Monitor Their Neighbors Behavior And
Report Anything Suspicious. GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said late
Tuesday that everyday Americans should monitor their neighbors for questionable behavior. The
real greatest resource is all of you, because you have all those eyes and you see whats
happening, he told listeners in Myrtle Beach, S.C. People move into a house a block down the
road, you know whos going in, Trump continued. You can see and you report them to the local
police. Youre pretty smart, right? he asked his audience. We know if theres something going
on, report them. Most likely youll be wrong, but thats OK. Thats the best way. Everybodys
their own cop in a way. Youve got to do it. Youve got to do it. [The Hill, 11/25/15]
Donald Trump Said He Would Err On The Side Of Security When Weighing Civil
Liberties Verses Security, And That Every Time I Pick Up A Phone, I Assume
People Are Listening To My Conversations. The billionaire said he would err on the
side of security during an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe Monday, a day after new
National Security Agency (NSA) reforms went into place. Every time I pick up a phone, I assume
people are listening to my conversations, added Trump, the GOP front-runner. I dont like it,
but I have to make that assumption. I would really much err on the side of security. As a lot of
people would agree with me on that. [The Hill, 11/30/15]
IN TWO SEPARATE INTERVIEWS, TRUMP WOULD NOT RULE OUT
REQUIRING AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO REGISTER FOR A DATABASE AND SAID
HE WOULD CERTAINLY IMPLEMENT A DATABASE
NOV 17: When Asked Whether Surveillance Of American Muslims Should Include
Requiring Them To Register In A Database, Trump Said Were Going To Have To
Look At A Lot Of Things Very Closely. During a Nov. 17th interview, Yahoo News asked
Trump whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving
them a form of special identification that noted their religion. He wouldnt rule it out. Were
going to have to were going to have to look at a lot of things very closely, Trump said when
presented with the idea. Were going to have to look at the mosques. Were going to have to look
very, very carefully. [Yahoo, 11/19/15]
Yahoos Transcript Made It Clear That Trump Did Not Explicitly Rule Out The Idea Of Requiring American
th
Muslims To Register For A Database.During a Nov. 17 interview, Trump was asked And in terms of doing this, to
pull off the kind of tracking we need, do you think we might need to register Muslims in some type of database, or note
their religion on their ID? Trump responded, Well, we're going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We're
going to have to look at the mosques. We're going to have to look very, very carefully. We have a president that
refuses to say radical Islamic terrorism. He refuses to say it, which is the biggest shock in the world, because how can
you not say it, if you don't say it, you're not going to get to the problem. [Yahoo, 11/20/15]
Trump Said That Surveillance Of American Muslims Would Include Measures That Were Frankly Unthinkable A
th
Year Ago. During a Nov. 17 interview, Yahoo News asked Trump whether his push for increased surveillance of
American Muslims could include warrantless searches. He suggested he would consider a series of drastic measures.
Were going to have to do things that we never did before. And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that
now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule, Trump said. And certain things will be done that we never thought
would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so were going to have to do
certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago. [Yahoo, 11/19/15]
NOV 19: When Asked About A Database To Track American Muslims, Trump Said
He Would Certainly Implement That. Absolutely. HILLYARD: Should there be a
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database system that tracks Muslims here in this country? TRUMP: There should be a lot of
systems, beyond databases. I mean we should have a lot of systems. And today you can do it. But
right now we have to have a border. We have to have strength. We have to have a wall. And we
cannot let whats happening to this country happen anymore. HILLYARD: But thats
something your White House would like to implement? TRUMP: I would certainly implement
that. Absolutely. [NBC News, 11/20/15]
When Asked If American Muslims Would Be Required To Register In A Database, Donald Trump Said, They
Have To Be. They Have To Be. Donald J. Trump, who earlier in the week said he was open to requiring Muslims in
the United States to register in a database, said on Thursday night that he would certainly implement that
absolutely. Mr. Trump was asked about the issue by an NBC News reporter and pressed on whether all Muslims in
the country would be forced to register. They have to be, he said. They have to be. When asked how a system of
registering Muslims would be carried out whether, for instance, mosques would be where people could register
Mr. Trump said: Different places. You sign up at different places. But its all about management. Our country has no
management. [New York Times, 11/20/15]
When Asked To Explain How Using Databases To Track Muslims In The U.S. Would Differ From Nazi
Germany, Trump Responded Four Times, You Tell Me. What else can you compare this to except to prewar
Nazi Germany? [Ibrahim] Hooper [national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations] asked. There's
no other comparison, and [Trump] seems to think that's perfectly OK. Trump was repeatedly asked to explain how
his idea was different. Four times, he responded: You tell me. [NBC News, 11/20/15]
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Trojan horse. And I definitely want a database and other checks and balances. We want to go
with watch lists. We want to go with databases. [ABC, 11/22/15]
Trump: There Is A Muslim Problem. Absolutely.O'REILLY: Is there a Muslim
problem in the world? TRUMP: Absolutely. Absolutely. I don't know notice Swedish people
knocking down the world trade center. I came out very strongly against the mosque being built
virtually-- O'REILLY: But you do believe overall there is a Muslim problem in the world.
TRUMP: Well, there is a Muslim problem. Absolutely. You just have to turn on your television
set. [The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY AND STRONGLY CONSIDER CLOSING
CERTAIN U.S. MOSQUES
Headline: Donald Trump Says He Would Be Open To Closing U.S. Mosques To
Fight ISIS. [New York Times, 10/22/15]
Donald Trump Would Absolutely Close Certain Mosques In Order To Fight ISIS,
But Was Unsure If Doing So Would Be Legal. This week, he [Donald Trump] has put
American Muslims on edge by suggesting that he would be open to shutting down mosques as
president. Asked on Fox Business Network if the United States should take action to close
certain mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, as has happened in Britain, Mr.
Trump said, I would do that, absolutely. Mr. Trump then said that he was not sure about the
legality of closing mosques, but that it was certainly something that should be looked at. It
depends if the mosque is, you know, loaded for bear, he said. [New York Times, 10/22/15]
Trump Said That He Would Strongly Consider Shutting Down Mosques As Part
Of The Effort To Fight Against ISIS. Trump first said last month that he would be open
to shutting down mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, and on Monday he
reiterated his view that the idea should be studied. I would hate to do it, but its something that
youre going to have to strongly consider because some of the ideas and some of the hatred, the
absolute hatred, is coming from these areas, Trump said on MSNBCs Morning Joe program.
[Boston Globe, 11/17/15]
TRUMP CALLED FOR VIGILANCE AND SURVEILLANCE OF AMERICAN MOSQUES
Donald Trump Called For The Surveillance Of Mosques. Trump said later Monday on
MSNBC that it's time to start surveillance of mosques, and said the U.S. should shut some down
if they have radical leaders. Well you're going to have to watch and study the mosques, because
a lot of talk is going on at the mosques, Trump said. [CNN, 11/16/15]
Donald Trump Continued Using Loaded Rhetoric To Criticize Muslims "We
Have To Really Be Vigilant With Respect To The Muslim Population." Trump has
said his popularity has soared since the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month because
voters want a president who will be tough on national security issues. Trump has been highly
critical and skeptical of Muslims in recent days, and his loaded rhetoric continued at the rally on
Monday night, drawing loud cheers. We have to really be vigilant with respect to the Muslim
population, Trump said at one point, calling for heavy surveillance of mosques, among other
efforts. [Washington Post, 11/23/15]
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IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION PLAN OVERVIEW
UNDER TRUMPS PLAN, ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WOULD BE
DEPORTED BUT THE GOOD ONES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
EXPEDITED ENTRY WITH LEGAL STATUS
Trump Said That He Would Secure The Border First, Take The Bad Ones And Get
Them The Hell Out And After That Implement A Merit System To Decide Which
Undocumented Immigrants Would Be Allowed To Stay. His position on immigration -which has been a huge part of his appeal among conservative voters nationally -- grew even more
muddled Friday when he highlighted his support for a merit-based system for the 11 million
undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Though he did not explain the mechanics of the system in
any detail, it sounded similar to the calls by some moderate Republicans for a path to citizenship
for undocumented workers, which has been an anathema to hardline conservatives. On
MSNBC's Morning Joe on Friday, Trump insisted that he would secure the border first and
take the bad ones -- referring to undocumented immigrants -- and get them the hell out. We
give them back to Mexico or we make sure they stay where they came from, Trump told the
show's hosts, noting that he would secure the border first. But, he added in regard to the
millions of undocumented immigrants in this country, I'm a very big believer in (the) merit
system. I have to tell you, some of these people have been here; they've done a good job; in some
cases sadly they've been living under the shadows, Trump said in his telephone interview. We
have to do something, so whether it's merit, or whether it's whatever, but -- I'm a believer in the
merit system. Somebody's been outstanding, we (ought to) try to work something out. [CNN,
7/24/15]
Trumps Immigration Plan Is Estimated To Cost $166 Billion Including $141 Billion For The Mass Deportation
The Plan Called For But Not The Massive Economic Hit His Plan Would Cause. Donald Trumps immigration
plan is huge in every aspect including its price tag. Think $166 billion. And thats on the low end. In January
2011, Kumar Kibble then the deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that it
costs about $12,500 to deport one immigrant from the United States. Multiply that by 11.3 million the size of the
undocumented population in 2014, according to the Pew Research Center and you get $141.3 billion. The $166
billion price tag from POLITICOs analysis tallied up the actual price tag for Trumps plan. But those costs dont even
begin to calculate the hit to the economy Trumps proposal would cause, pro-immigration experts say. [Politico,
8/19/15]
TRUMPS PLAN CALLED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL ON THE U.S.MEXICAN BORDER TO KEEP RAPISTS AND CRIMINALS OUT
Trumps Immigration Plan Repeated His Claim To Build A Wall On The Southern
U.S. Border. Trump again repeated his commitment to build a wall on the United States'
southern border. Outlining his plan, Trump's policy seeks to impound all remittance payments
derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and
diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards -- of which we
issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase
fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase
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fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also
options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore, Trump added in his most specific policy
statement to date on immigration. [ABC News, 8/16/15]
New York Times: [Trump] Vowed To Build A Great Wall On The Mexican Border
To Keep Out Rapists And Other Criminals, Who He Said Were Sneaking Into The
United States In Droves. Mr. Trumps policy views can be just as provocative as his
demeanor. In the past, he has called climate change a hoax and said he has a foolproof plan to
defeat the Islamic State, which he will not reveal so as not to tip off the group. On Tuesday, he
vowed to build a great wall on the Mexican border to keep out rapists and other criminals, who
he said were sneaking into the United States in droves. [New York Times, 6/17/15]
UNDER TRUMPS PLAN, PRESIDENT OBAMAS EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON
IMMIGRATION WOULD BE RESCINDED AND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
WOULD BE ELIMINATED
Trump Would Rescind President Obamas Executive Actions On Immigration,
Toughen Deportation, And End Birthright Citizenship. Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump wants more than a wall to keep out immigrants living in the country
illegally. He also wants to end birthright citizenship for their children, he said Sunday. And he
would rescind Obama administration executive orders on immigration and toughen deportation,
allowing in only the good ones. [Associated Press, 8/16/15]
TRUMPS PLAN CALLED FOR IMPOUNDING ALL REMITTANCE PAYMENTS
Trumps Immigration Plan Sought To Impound All Remittance Payments Derived
From Illegal Wages. Trump again repeated his commitment to build a wall on the United
States' southern border. Outlining his plan, Trump's policy seeks to impound all remittance
payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican
CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards -of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa
overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of
overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and
foreign aid cuts are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore, Trump added in
his most specific policy statement to date on immigration. [ABC News, 8/16/15]
TRUMP WOULD REQUIRE APPLICANTS FOR ENTRY TO CERTIFY THAT THEY
CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES BEFORE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY
Trump: Applicants For Entry To The United States Should Be Required To
Certify That They Can Pay For Their Own Housing, Healthcare And Other Needs
Before Coming To The U.S. Trump also is pledging in todays report to end welfare support
for immigrants. Applicants for entry to the United States should be required to certify that they
can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs before coming to the U.S., the report
reads. [ABC News, 8/16/15]
MASS DEPORTATION
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Trump: Regardless, When People Are Illegally In The Country, They Have To Go. Now, The Good Ones
There Are Plenty Of Good Ones Will Work, So Its Expedited, We Can Expedite It Where They Come Back
In, But They Come Back Legally. Under the 14th Amendment, OReilly told Trump on The OReilly Factor, mass
deportations of so-called birthright citizens cannot happen. Trump disagreed, and said that many lawyers are saying
thats not the way it is in terms of this. What happens is, theyre in Mexico, theyre going to have a baby, they move
over here for a couple of days, they have the baby, Trump said, telling OReilly that the lawyers said, Its not going to
hold up in court, its going to have to be tested. Regardless, when people are illegally in the country, they have to go.
Now, the good ones there are plenty of good ones will work, so its expedited, we can expedite it where they
come back in, but they come back legally, Trump clarified.Trump also said that he would not pursue an amendment
to the Constitution to remedy the situation. Its a long process, and I think it would take too long. Id much rather find
out whether or not anchor babies are citizens because a lot of people dont think they are, he said. Were going to
test it out. Thats going to happen, Bill. [Politico, 8/19/15]
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PATH TO CITIZENSHIP
Trump Claimed He Wanted A Path To Citizenship For Students Who Attend U.S.
Universities. TRUMP: But the good people I want them to come back. And I also want people
of great talent to come to this country, to Silicon Valley for engineers. If you go to Harvard and
you graduate number one in your class, and youre from China, they send you home, you cant get
back into the country. So you end up working for companies in China and fighting us. And
theyre competitors of us. Theyre trained in our schools. I want people like that to come into this
country. And if they want, I want that path to citizenship for these people. So they go to our best
schools, theyre fabulous students, they do well, theyre going to be great and we throw them out
of the country. Its ridiculous. [TIME, 8/20/15]
Trump: When Foreigners Attend Our Great Colleges & Want To Stay In The U.S., They Should Not Be
Thrown Out Of Our Country. [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 8/18/15]
BORDER SECURITY
TRUMP ADVOCATED BUILDING A GREAT WALL ON THE MEXICAN BORDER
Trump: I Will Build The Best Wall, The Biggest, The Strongest, Not Penetrable.
They Wont Be Crawling Over It Like Give It A Little Jump And They Are Over
The Wall Because Theyre Australians And Ill Have Mexico Pay For That Wall.
[Donald Trump at Tuscan Kitchen restaurant, 4/27/15]
New York Times: [Trump] Vowed To Build A Great Wall On The Mexican Border To Keep Out Rapists And
Other Criminals, Who He Said Were Sneaking Into The United States In Droves. Mr. Trumps policy views can
be just as provocative as his demeanor. In the past, he has called climate change a hoax and said he has a
foolproof plan to defeat the Islamic State, which he will not reveal so as not to tip off the group. On Tuesday, he
vowed to build a great wall on the Mexican border to keep out rapists and other criminals, who he said were
sneaking into the United States in droves. [New York Times, 6/17/15]
TRUMP INSISTED HE WOULD MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR THE BORDER WALL,
ESTIMATED TO COST $3.5 BILLION
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Mexico Said It Would Not Pay For A Wall And Said Trumps Comments Suggesting
They Would Showed An Enormous Ignorance For What Mexico Represents, And
Also The Irresponsibility Of The Candidate Who's Saying It. The Mexican
government says it won't help pay for a wall along its border with the U.S., a proposal pushed by
Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Of course it's false, Eduardo Sanchez, a spokesman for
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, told Bloomberg for a story published late Wednesday. It
reflects an enormous ignorance for what Mexico represents, and also the irresponsibility of the
candidate who's saying it, Sanchez added, referring to Trump. He added that the Mexican
government is not taking Trump's statements seriously. [The Hill, 8/13/15]
Based On Past G.A.O. Estimates For Fencing, Trumps 1,000 Mile Border Wall
Would Cost $3.5 Billion. Meanwhile, the cost of completing a wall along the 2,000-mile
border would be in the billions. The U.S. spent $2.4 billion for 670 miles of fencing between 2006
and 2009, according to a Government Accountability Office report. On Fox, Trump estimated
that completing a wall along the southern border would require enclosing about 1,000 miles
along the border. Using the previous costs as a benchmark, and without adjusting for inflation,
that would put the total price tag for completion at $3.58 billion. [Bloomberg, 8/13/15]
TRUMP SLIGHTLY BACKED OFF OF HIS WALL PROPOSAL, SAYING IT COULD ONLY
APPLY TO CERTAIN SECTIONS
Trump Changed His Position On A Full Southern Border Wall, Stating In Certain
Sections, You Have To Have A Wall. On the campaign trail in recent weeks, Trump has
shed little light on his actual plans for dealing with illegal immigration beyond generalizations
that have often seemed far-fetched. Initially, he said he would build a wall and make Mexico pay
for it. On Thursday, during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, he seemed to reverse course under
questioning by CNN's Dana Bash. In certain sections, you have to have a wall, he said. [CNN,
7/24/15]
TRUMP PROPOSED TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF ICE AGENTS AT THE
BORDER
Trump Called For Tripling The Number Of ICE Agents Who Secure The Border To
15,000. Trumps plan also calls for tripling the number of ICE officers who secure the border
from the current 5,000. The Republican frontrunner wants ICE officers to work with local police
departments across the country targeting gangs in order to find undocumented immigrants.
[ABC News, 8/16/15]
Trump On The U.S. Border: We Have No Protection And We Have No Competence. Theyre sending us not the
right people. It's coming all over south and Latin America and it's coming probably, probably from the Middle East, but we
don't know because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don't know what is happening and it has got
to stop and it has to stop fast. [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Announcement, 6/16/15]
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
TRUMP CLAIMED THAT HALF OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WERE
CRIMINALS
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Trump On Undocumented Immigrants: Half Of Them Are Criminals. And television personality Donald Trump
criticized Bush for saying last year that some illegal immigrants come to the United States as an act of love to provide for
their families. Remember, Trump said, in a gross mischaracterization of undocumented immigrants, half of them are
criminals. [Yahoo News, 1/24/15]
Trump Hit Bush For Claiming Undocumented Immigrants Came To The U.S. As An Act Of Love. Republican
front-runner Donald Trump gave some backhanded praise to his primary opponent, Jeb Bush, for traveling to the
border, criticizing his past remarks on immigration and for being low energy. I think it's great he's going to the border,
I think he'll ... find out it's not an act of love, Trump told Fox and Friends on Monday morning. I was down on the
border. It's rough, tough, stuff. This is not love, it's other things going on. [CNN, 8/24/15]
Trump: We Must Stop The Crime And Killing Machine That Is Illegal
Immigration. Rampant Problems Will Only Get Worse. Take Back Our Country!
[@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 8/10/15]
Trump Claimed That Public Reports Routinely State Great Amounts Of Crime
Are Being Committed By Illegal Immigrants. As of today, Donald J. Trump is no longer
affiliated with NBC. Mr. Trump stands by his statements on illegal immigration, which are
accurate. NBC is weak, and like everybody else is trying to be politically correct--- that is why
our country is in serious trouble. Mr. Trump says, We must have strong borders and not let
illegal immigrants enter the United States. As has been stated continuously in the press, people
are pouring across our borders unabated. Public reports routinely state great amounts of crime
are being committed by illegal immigrants. This must be stopped and it must be stopped now.
Long ago I told NBC that I would not being doing The Apprentice because I am running for
President in order to Make our Country Great Again. Mr. Trump continued, If NBC is so weak
and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States,
coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their
contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court. Furthermore,
they will stand behind lying Brian Williams, but wont stand behind people that tell it like it is,
as unpleasant as that may be. [Politico, 6/29/15]
TRUMP REFUSED TO USE THE TERM UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
Trump: They Like To Use The Word Undocumented Because It's More Political -I Don't Use That Word. They're Illegal Immigrants. They Came Over Illegally.
You know, this country is so politically correct. Nobody wants to take a stance on anything,
Trump told Cuomo. Now they like to use the word undocumented because it's more political -- I
don't use that word. They're illegal immigrants. They came over illegally. Some are wonderful
people, and they've been here for a while. They've got to go out. They've got to leave. [CNN,
8/19/15]
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
TRUMP BELIEVED THE 14 TH AMENDMENT SHOULD NOT APPLY TO THE
CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
Trump Claimed That The 14 th Amendment Did Not Apply To The Children Of
Illegal Immigrants. Donald Trump said Tuesday that he doesn't think people born in the
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U.S. to undocumented immigrants are American citizens. I don't think they have American
citizenship and if you speak to some very, very good lawyers -- and I know some will disagree -but many of them agree with me and you're going to find they do not have American citizenship.
We have to start a process where we take back our country. Our country is going to hell, the
Republican presidential front-runner said Tuesday night in an interview on Fox News. Trump
added he would test it out in the courts. But Trump and some other conservatives have
suggested birthright citizenship could be ended by simply passing a law through Congress that
defines the clause and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. [CNN, 8/19/15; OReilly, Fox, 8/18/15]
Trump Called For An End Of Birth Right Citizenship Claiming It Was The
Biggest Magnet For Illegal Immigration. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald
Trump has released his specific plan for immigration reform. In the 6-page report titled
Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again, Trump is calling for an end to
birthright citizenship, saying it remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. [ABC
News, 8/16/15]
While Trump Claimed That Birthright Citizenship Was The Biggest Magnet For Illegal Immigration,
Research Indicates The Biggest Draw Was Economic Opportunity. Republican Donald Trumps immigration
plan includes several statements that stray from the facts. He said birthright citizenship is the biggest magnet for
illegal immigration. Actually, research indicates the biggest draw is economic opportunity. [FactCheck.org, 8/20/15]
Trumps Immigration Plan Called For The Deportation Of All Undocumented Immigrants. Among its details:
Making Mexico pay for a permanent border wall. Mandatory deportation of all criminal aliens. Tripling the force of
immigration officers by eliminating tax credit payments to immigrant families residing illegally in the U.S. [Associated
Press, 8/16/15]
Trump Called For An End Of Birth Right Citizenship Claiming It Was The
Biggest Magnet For Illegal Immigration. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald
Trump has released his specific plan for immigration reform. In the 6-page report titled
Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again, Trump is calling for an end to
birthright citizenship, saying it remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. [ABC
News, 8/16/15]
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD DEPORT ENTIRE FAMILIES OF UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER
Trump On Deporting Undocumented Immigrants: We're Going To Keep The
Families Together, But They Have To Go. Trump told NBC News' Meet the Press
today, We're going to keep the families together, but they have to go, referring to the illegal
immigrants he would deport. [ABC News, 8/16/15]
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Donald Trump Said He Wanted Graduates Of Top Schools To Go To Silicon Valley, Not Throw Them Out Of
Our Country, But, We Have To Make Sure Our People Are Working First. What I do what -- very important,
because we have to have, with great talent when we have these students, number one at Harvard, number one at
Yale, number one at Princeton, number one at Stanford the best schools. They get thrown out of our country. I dont
want them out, you understand that, I want them to go to Silicon Valley, etc. etc. With the workers youre talking about
before anybody can come in because the question was asked I was talking about Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and
Stanford last night and the question was asked about the visas as, we have to make sure our people are working first.
We have to make sure. I dont mind taking people at all, but we have to make sure we need them and make sure our
people are taken care of. [Donald Trump Rally, Sparks, NV, 10/29/15]
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several proposals to restrict H-1B visas. For example, if elected president, Trump would seek to
require American firms to hire American workers before applying for an H-1B visa for a foreign
worker, according to the document. On stage, though, Trump praised the H-1B program. I am
all in favor of keeping these talented people here, so they can go to work in Silicon Valley,
Trump said. [Wonkblog, Washington Post, 10/29/15]
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TRUMP INSISTED MEXICO SENT THE BAD ONES LIKE THE RAPISTS AND
CRIMINALS --- OVER TO THE DUMPING GROUND KNOWS AS THE U.S.
Trump: Druggies, Drug Dealers, Rapists And Killers Are Coming Across The
Southern Border. When Will The U.S. Get Smart And Stop This Travesty?
[@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 6/19/15]
Trump On Immigrants Crossing The Border From Mexico: They Are Bringing
Drugs And They Are Bringing Crime, Theyre Rapists. When Mexico sends its people,
they are not sending their best. They are not sending you. They are not sending you. They are
sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems with us, they
are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some are good people, and I
speak to border guards and they tell us what we are getting. It only makes common sense. It only
makes common sense. Theyre sending us not the right people. It's coming all over south and
Latin America and it's coming probably, probably from the Middle East, but we don't know
because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don't know what is happening
and it has got to stop and it has to stop fast. [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign
Announcement, 6/16/15]
Washington Post: During His Presidential Announcement, [Trump] Called Immigrants From Mexico
Rapists. Washington Post on Trumps announcement: And that's editing out the part where he called immigrants
from Mexico rapists. [Washington Post, 6/16/15]
New York Times: [Trump] Vowed To Build A Great Wall On The Mexican Border To Keep Out Rapists And
Other Criminals, Who He Said Were Sneaking Into The United States In Droves. Mr. Trumps policy views can
be just as provocative as his demeanor. In the past, he has called climate change a hoax and said he has a
foolproof plan to defeat the Islamic State, which he will not reveal so as not to tip off the group. On Tuesday, he
vowed to build a great wall on the Mexican border to keep out rapists and other criminals, who he said were
sneaking into the United States in droves. [New York Times, 6/17/15]
New York Times: Mr. Trump Has Stood By His Remarks That Those Mexicans
Sneaking Across The Border Are Rapists And Criminals, Arguing That His Critics
Are Trying To Avoid The Issue Of Immigration. [New York Times, 7/1/15]
Trump: El Chapo And The Mexican Drug Cartels Use The Border Unimpeded Like
It Was A Vacuum Cleaner, Sucking Drugs And Death Right Into The U.S.
[@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 7/13/15]
PolitiFact Rated Trumps Claim That The Mexican Government ... They Send The
Bad Ones Over Pants On Fire. Trump said, The Mexican government ... they send the
bad ones over. Setting aside the question of whether Mexicans who have come to the United
States are bad or not, we found no evidence of any Mexican policy that pushes people out of
Mexico and into the United States. As has been the case for decades, a combination of economic
and family factors accounts for most of the migration from Mexico to the United States. For the
second time, we rate this claim Pants on Fire. [PolitiFact, 8/6/15]
TRUMP SAID THE U.S. HAD BECOME A DUMPING GROUND FOR PROBLEM
IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO
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Trump On Immigrants Crossing The Border From Mexico: The U.S. Has Become
A Dumping Ground. When do we beat Mexico at the border? They are laughing at us, at our
stupidity. Now they are beating us economically. They are not our friend, believe me. But they
are killing us economically. The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's
problems. Thank you. It's true, and these are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its
people, they are not sending their best. They are not sending you. They are not sending you.
They are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems with
us, they are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some are good
people, and I speak to border guards and they tell us what we are getting. It only makes common
sense. It only makes common sense. [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Announcement,
6/16/15]
Trump: Thank You @AnnCoulter For Your Nice Words. The U.S. Is Becoming A Dumping Ground For The
World. Pols Don't Get It. Make America Great Again! [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 6/20/15]
Trump Cited An Article About Migrant Rape Victims And When CNN Host Don
Lemon Said That The Article Mostly Dealt With Victims, Trump Said, Well,
Somebody's Doing The Raping, Don! I Mean, Somebody's Doing It! Who's Doing
The Raping? Who's Doing The Raping? Trump defended his remarks in an interview
Wednesday night on CNN. If you look at the statistics of people coming, you look at the statistics
on rape, on crime, on everything coming in illegally into this country, it's mind-boggling, Trump
said. He also cited an article about migrant rape victims. When CNN host Don Lemon said that
the article mostly dealt with victims, Trump said, Well, somebody's doing the raping, Don! I
mean, somebody's doing it! Who's doing the raping? Who's doing the raping? [The Hill, 7/2/15]
TRUMP SAID THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO BROUGHT DRUGS
AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Trump Issued A Statement Defending His Comments About Mexican Immigrants
And Claiming That Not Only Are Drugs Coming Across The Border With
Immigrants But Tremendous Infectious Disease Is Pouring Across The Border. I
dont see how there is any room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the statement I
made on June 16th during my Presidential announcement speech. Here is what I said, and yet
this statement is deliberately distorted by the mediaThe largest suppliers of heroin, cocaine
and other illicit drugs are Mexican cartels that arrange to have Mexican immigrants trying to
cross the borders and smuggle in the drugs. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous
infectious disease is pouring across the border. [Trump Immigration Statement, 7/6/15]
CORPORATE BACKLASH: A NUMBER OF SPONSORS OF TRUMP PRODUCTS DROPPED
THEIR AFFILIATION FOLLOWING HIS OFFENSIVE REMARKS ABOUT MEXICAN
IMMIGRANTS
Politico: Amid Mounting Public Pressure, NBCUniversal Announced Monday That
It Will Cut Business Ties With Donald Trump Due To Recent Derogatory
Statements The Republican Presidential Hopeful Made Regarding Mexican
Immigrants. Amid mounting public pressure, NBCUniversal announced Monday that it will
cut business ties with Donald Trump due to recent derogatory statements the Republican
presidential hopeful made regarding Mexican immigrants. At NBC, respect and dignity for all
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people are cornerstones of our values, the network's statement reads. Due to the recent
derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its
business relationship with Mr. Trump. To that end, the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe
Pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC and Trump, will no longer air on NBC,
the statement continues. In addition, as Mr. Trump has already indicated, he will not be
participating in 'The Apprentice' on NBC.[Politico, 6/29/15]
A Television Company Controlled By Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Canceled A
Project With Donald Trump After His Comments Insulting Mexicans. A television
company controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has canceled a project with real estate
developer and TV personality Donald Trump after his comments insulting Mexicans, Slim's
spokesman said on Monday. This is the third company to cut ties with Trump, who is seeking the
Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election. NBC said earlier on
Monday that it would no longer air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants due to his
comments. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision [UVN.UL] also said on Thursday it would
not air the Miss USA pageant. [Reuters, 6/29/15]
Macys: In Light Of Statements Made By Donald Trump, Which Are Inconsistent
With Macy's Values, We Have Decided To Discontinue Our Business Relationship
With Mr. Trump And Will Phase-Out The Trump Menswear Collection, Which Has
Been Sold At Macy's Since 2004. Macy's is pulling Donald Trump-branded merchandise
from its stores following the public outcry over his comments on immigrants. The department
store said in a statement to the news outlet that it was disappointed and distressed over the
2016 presidential contender's remarks, describing them as disparaging characterizations. In
light of statements made by Donald Trump, which are inconsistent with Macy's values, we have
decided to discontinue our business relationship with Mr. Trump and will phase-out the Trump
menswear collection, which has been sold at Macy's since 2004, they said, according to CNN.
[The Hill, 7/1/15]
Chef Jose Andres Backed Out Of Trumps Washington DC Hotel Due To His
Immigration Comments. Jose Andres, the D.C.-based super-chef with a growing national
brand, is backing out of a deal to open the flagship restaurant in Donald Trumps forthcoming
Washington hotel the latest on a growing list of high-profile partners to sever ties with the
presidential candidate over his anti-immigrant comments. [Washington Post, 7/8/15]
The PGA Moved A Grand Slam Event Away From The Trump National Golf Club
In Los Angeles After Trumps Comments About Immigrants. The Professional Golf
Association and Donald Trump have reached an agreement to move a Grand Slam event away
from the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles. In separate statements, Trump and the PGA
on Tuesday said the decision was mutual. Due to the controversy surrounding statements made
by Mr. Trump having to do with illegal immigrants pouring into the United States from Mexico
and other parts of the world, Mr. Trump does not want his friends at the PGA of America to
suffer any consequences or backlash with respect to the Grand Slam of Golf, a statement from
Trumps political team said. The PGA is the latest business to part ways with Trump following
the remarks he made last month about undocumented immigrants being criminals and rapists.
[The Hill, 7/7/15]
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Donald Trump Barred Univision From Covering His Event At The Trump National Doral In Miami. He made no
mention about Univision the Spanish-language broadcaster whose studios are next door to Trump National Doral
which wasnt allowed into the rally on account of Trumps lawsuit against the company for canceling his Miss
Universe pageant. He dismissed the pro-immigration protesters, first with a friendly Dont hurt em to security guards
physically escorting them out of the room, and then with a more impatient, The fourth group, Ill say, Get the hell out
of here! [Miami Herald, 10/23/15]
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Citing His Ongoing Lawsuit Against Univision, Donald Trump Had A Univision
TV Crew Removed From His Event. Donald Trump had a Univision crew attempting to
cover his Florida rally removed from the event on Friday, his campaign confirmed to The
Hollywood Reporter. Mr. Trump is suing Univision for $500 million and until that is resolved it
is a conflict of interest, Hope Hicks, spokeswoman for the Trump campaign said in an email. No
additional information was offered. [Hollywood Reporter, 10/26/15]
TRUMP CALLED FOR HIS SUPPORTERS TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD AND
BOYCOTT UNIVISION AND NBC UNIVERSAL
ABC: Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump Says He Plans To Sue For A Tremendous
Amount Of Money After Univision Announced It Will Not Air The Miss USA
Pageant Which Is Partly Owned By Trump Because Of The Disparaging
Comments He Made About Mexican Immigrants. [ABC, 6/26/15]
Trump: Anyone Who Wants Strong Borders And Good Trade Deals For The US
Should Boycott @Univision. [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 6/26/15]
Trump Banned All Univision Officers And Representatives From One Of His Golf
Courses. Donald Trump sent a letter to Univision CEO and president Randy Falco on Friday
informing him that no Univision officer or representative is allowed to use his Trump National
Doral, the resort and golf club immediately adjacent to Univision offices in Miami, the On Media
blog has learned. The move is the latest in a public dispute that started Thursday when
Univision announced it would end its business relationship with the Miss Universe
Organization, which is co-owned by Trump and NBCUniversal, based on what it described as
Trump's insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants during the launch of his presidential
campaign. Trump later announced that he would sue Univision for breach of contract and
defamation, and accused Univision of defaulting on an iron-clad $13.5 million contract, which he
said it had no right to terminate. In the letter, Trump writes to Falco, Please be advised that
under no circumstances is any officer or representative of Univision allowed to use Trump
National Doral, Miamiits golf courses or any of its facilities. Also, please immediately stop
work and close the gate which is being constructed between our respective properties. If this is
not done within one week, we will close it. [Politico, 6/26/15]
CONSPIRACY THEORIES
TRUMP INSISTED THAT THERE WERE ORDERS FROM THE TOP TO ALLOW
MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS INTO THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT CHRISTIAN
IMMIGRANTS
Trump Claimed That Orders Are Coming Down From The Top To Allow Muslims
To Immigrate To The U.S. But Not Christians. Christians cant come into this country
but Muslims can, said Trump. Whats that all about? Something has got to be coming down from
the top. People are flowing through [the southern border] like water. At what point is it going to
be too late? [The Guardian, 5//16/15]
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President Obama Called For The Quick Deportation Of Undocumented Immigrants Who Are Dangerous, Like
Gang-Bangers Or Criminals. OBAMA: We should not be encouraging illegal immigration. What we should be
doing is setting up a smart, legal immigration system that doesnt separate families, but does focus on making sure
that people who are dangerous, people who are gang-bangers or criminals that were deporting them as quickly as
possible. [Mediaite, 7/1/15]
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week is certainly nothing new. Thirty-five years ago, a small army of illegal immigrants was
used to clear the site for what became the crown jewel of Donald Trumps empire. The 200
demolition workersnicknamed the Polish Brigade because of their home countryworked 12hour shifts, seven days a week with no overtime to knock down the old Bonwit Teller building
and make room for Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
Daily Beast: The Tower That Is [Trumps] Crown Jewel And Symbol Of His Wealth Continues To Stand On
Ground Cleared By 200 Undocumented Workers Who Labored Off The Books, 12 Hours A Day, Seven Days A
Week, For No More Than $5 An Hour With No Overtime. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
A Federal Judge Found That The Workers Who Cleared The Land For Trump
Tower Were Undocumented And Worked Off The Books And That No Records
Were Kept, No Social Security Or Other Taxes Were Withheld. The 200 demolition
workersnicknamed the Polish Brigade because of their home countryworked 12-hour shifts,
seven days a week with no overtime to knock down the old Bonwit Teller building and make
room for Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. According to testimony in a protracted
civil suit in federal court, the laborers were paid $5 an hour or less when they were paid at all.
Some went unpaid after the contractor had financial troubles. A few never received even the
paltry sum that was owed them for their dirty and hazardous efforts preceding the construction
of Trumps monument to his own wealth. They were undocumented and worked off the books,
Manhattan federal Judge Charles Stewart said of the workers after they became the subject of a
1983 lawsuit. No records were kept, no Social Security or other taxes were withheld. The
lawsuit involving literal demolitionCase 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Courtwas
brought by Harry Diduck, a now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers
Union. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
The Judge Found That Trumps Man At The Scene Knew The Polish Workers Were
Working Off The Books, That They Were Doing Demolition Work, That They
Were Non-Union, That They Were Paid Substandard Wages With No Overtime
Pay, And That They Were Paid Irregularly If At All. The judge found against Trump,
his partner, and the contractor, saying they had joined in a conspiracy. Stewart found that
Trumps man on the scene, Thomas Macari, was involved in every aspect of the demolition job.
He knew the Polish workers were working off the books, that they were doing demolition work,
that they were non-union, that they were paid substandard wages with no overtime pay, and
that they were paid irregularly if at all, the judge found. Stewart suggested that it would have
been difficult for anyone not to notice the Polish Brigade. The Polish workers were obvious not
only in numbers but also in appearance, the judge found. In contrast to the union workers, the
nonunion Polish workers were distinguished by the fact that most of them did not wear hard
hats. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
Trump Was Sued By Local 95 Of The House Wreckers Union Because They
Claimed Trump Conspired To Cheat The House Wreckers Out Of Pension And
Welfare Contributions By Hiring Non-Union Laborers. The lawsuit involving literal
demolitionCase 83CIV6346 in Manhattan Federal Courtwas brought by Harry Diduck, a
now deceased dissident member of Local 95 of the House Wreckers Union. His lawyer, Wendy
Sloan, says he was one of a group of like-minded workers who simply wanted a real union.
They had stood to gain nothing at all for themselves as they sought to prove that Trump and his
partner, along with the general contractor, conspired to cheat the House Wreckers out of pension
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and welfare contributions by hiring these non-union laborers. Judge Stewart initially tossed out
the complaint against Trump and his partner on the grounds that the contractor was the
responsible party regarding the workers. The plaintiffs appealed, and the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit reinstated the complaint, returning the case to Judge Stewart. [Daily
Beast, 7/8/15]
Polish Workers Testified Against Trump Claiming They Approached Him About
The Issues And Were Threatened With Deportation By His Underlings. During the
16-day non-jury trial, a number of the Polish workers testified that Trump underlings had
threatened them with deportation if they caused trouble. They walked in to the job from
Brooklyn when a transit strike hit the city. Some of them slept at the site. Two workers further
testified that they had approached Trump in person to demand overdue wages. [Daily Beast,
7/8/15]
The Lawyer Representing The Undocumented Immigrants Was Threatened By
Somebody Claiming To Be Named John Baron, A Pseudonym Trump Admitted To
Using. The lawyer representing the Polish Brigade had reported receiving a call from someone
who identified himself as John Baron and said Trump was ready to hit the lawyer with a $100
million lawsuit if he kept causing trouble. Trump now acknowledged on the stand that he had
used the pseudonym John Baron, as had one of his assistants. But Trump insisted that his use
of it was only long after the completion of the Fifth Avenue tower, which became the first of
many properties on which he so rapturously bestowed his real surname. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
2015: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE REPORTEDLY WORKING ON
TRUMPS $200 MILLION HOTEL PROJECT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington Post Found There Were Undocumented Workers Working On The
Trump Hotel In Washington DC. But a Trump company may be relying on some
undocumented workers to finish the $200 million hotel, which will sit five blocks from the White
House on Pennsylvania Avenue, according to several who work there. A Trump spokeswoman
said the company and its contractors follow all applicable laws. But in light of Trumps
comments, some of the workers at the site said they are now worried about their jobs while
others simply expressed disgust over the opinions of the man ultimately responsible for the
creation of those jobs. Interviews with about 15 laborers helping renovate the Old Post Office
Pavilion revealed that many of them had crossed the U.S-Mexico border illegally before they
eventually settled in the Washington region to build new lives. Several of the men, who hail
mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, have earned U.S. citizenship or legal status
through immigration programs targeting Central Americans fleeing civil wars or natural
disasters. Others quietly acknowledged that they remain in the country illegally. [Washington
Post, 7/6/15]
MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS
TRUMP IN 2011: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION HURTS TAXPAYERS
Trump: Illegal Immigration Is A Wrecking Ball Aimed At U.S. Taxpayers. Trump
was speaking with more firsthand knowledge than his readers likely imagined when he wrote in
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his 2011 book Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again that illegal immigration is a
wrecking ball aimed at U.S. Taxpayers. How interesting that he would choose a wrecking ball as
a metaphor. [Daily Beast, 7/8/15]
TRUMP CALLED IMMIGRATION REFORM A SUICIDE MISSION FOR
REPUBLICANS
HEADLINE: CPAC 2013: Donald Trump: Immigration Reform Is A Suicide Mission For GOP [Washington Times,
3/15/13]
LABOR
SALARIES AND WAGES
TRUMP OPPOSED RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE
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Trump: I Dont Want To Raise The Minimum Wage. He wouldnt go into specifics, but
promised he would create jobs if elected president. I dont want to raise the minimum wage. I
want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the
minimum wage is, said Trump. [The Hill, 7/23/15]
Raising The Minimum Wage To $12 By 2020 Would Directly Lift Wages For
35.1 Million Workers. Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would directly or
indirectly lift wages for 35.1 million workersmore than one in four U.S. workers.
[Economic Policy Institute, 7/14/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED SALARIES WERE TOO HIGH AND DROVE COMPANIES OUT
OF THE COUNTRY
Donald Trump Said Companies Are Leaving The United States Because Salaries
Are Too High. Trump: You have to keep our country competitive. One of the reasons
companies are leaving is because salaries are too high. You look at what's going on in Vietnam
and in China and so many different places, so we have to be very, very careful with that.
[Varney & Co., Fox Business News, 10/20/15]
UNIONS/RIGHT-TO-WORK
TRUMP: LOW WAGES ARE AN ADVANTAGE OF RIGHT-TO-WORK STATES
Trump On South Carolina As A Right-To-Work State: One Of The Advantages
You Have Is You Have The Lower Wage. QUESTION: What are your general views on
NLRB and the unions? TRUMP: Well I watched Boeing and I thought was a disgrace what
happened.I thought that was disgraceful. One of the advantages you have is you have the
lower wage. Which means you might actually make more money because you dont have to pay
all the dues that come with union representation. [Trump Rally, Aiken SC, 12/12/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED HE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH UNIONS, BUT
UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION IN WISCONSIN
Trump On Scott Walkers Fight With Unions: I Think What Hes Doing Is Right
For His State. LAUER: You're a good businessman, all right, but how--do--are you willing to
take a stand on some key issues? Like in Wisconsin, the governor there talking about limited
collective bargaining rights for state employees Do you--are you in favor of that? Is it
something you're for? TRUMP: I think each state is different. I think he's a tough guy. He
wants to get a balanced budget and he wants to get it quickly. And I can understand exactly
what he's doing. I think New York would be an entirely different situation, which is very, very
heavily unionized. But I think what he's doing is right for his state.[Today, NBC, 3/2/11]
Trump Said That Scott Walkers Policy On Collective Bargaining Was Right For Wisconsin. O'REILLY: Is
Walker right in Wisconsin? TRUMP: I think that he is maybe right for his state. I think it doesn't necessarily apply to
all states. You know, I have had great relationship over the years with unions. We've had collective bargaining. I have
become very wealthy. I have dealt with unions because as you know New York is largely unions. You are dealing with
them. I have great friends that are in unions and heads of unions. So I haven't had the same difficulty and problem.
But I think you have to do what's right here -- I respect him. He is tough Yes. He is unyielding and maybe
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sometimes too unyielding and maybe not too unyielding. He wants Wisconsin to come back. He wants to have a great
balanced budget. So I understand what he is doing.[The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]
Trump Said He Used Union Labor And Had A Great Relationship With Unions.
O'REILLY: Now, you have a situation where the unions, all right, are being attacked by some
governors because the public service unions -- tremendous perks. Ok. You use union labor.
TRUMP: I do. O'REILLY: What do you think about the unions? TRUMP: I have a great
relationship with unions. I understand what's happening, let's say in Wisconsin. I
understand.[The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]
TRUMP BELIEVED UNIONS WERE A THREAT TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY
Trump: Unions Are Really, Really Hurting The Auto Industry. TRUMP: The auto
industry is such a great question. And its such an interesting -- this will be studied for years. Do
you do it? Do you not do it? I have watched Gettelfinger, the union head, on television. He is one
of the greatest representatives for a group of people that I have ever seen. You sit there, and it
looks like your grandfather is just talking to you, a fireside chat, like the people are starving in
the union. And then I talk to go people and friends of mine that are in the auto business. And he
talks about two- and three-year severance. He talks about youre taken care of for the rest of
your life, no matter what happens, a disaster, a legacy that is a total disaster. I think that the
unions are really, really hurting very badly what is going on with the autos. And I also think
they make a good product. I hear so much -- the problem is that the leadership does not talk
about how good the product is. I buy American. We buy a lot of trucks and a lot of things
American. They are really good products. And nobody talks about the quality. I keep thinking
hearing about how Japan makes this great product, how other countries make -- we make a
great product. And, by the way, the union workers are fantastic, but probably they have to take a
cut. But if you listen to Gettelfinger, it is almost like the world has collapsed.[Your World With
Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 12/17/08]
LGBT
2015: Trump Said He Was Against Gay Marriage Because Of Religious
Teachings.TRUMP: Ive gone to gay weddings. Ive been at gay weddings. I have been against
[gay marriage] from the standpoint of [the] Bible, from the standpoint of my teachings as
growing up and going to Sunday school and going to church and Ive been opposed to it and well
just see how it all comes out. [With All Due Respect, BloombergPolitics, 8/26/15]
2005: Trump Suggested He Was In Favor Of Marriage Equality. TRUMP: Well,
there's nothing like family. And there's nothing like a great marriage. I mean, having a great
marriage is a very important thing and a very good thing, if you find the right person. Male,
female, I don't care. I mean, having a great marriage and a great family to me is ultimately the
most important thing. [Canada AM, CTV Television, 9/7/05]
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Several People Attending A Donald Trump Rally In Birmingham, Alabama Used Racial Slurs And Punched,
Pushed To The Ground, And Kicked An African American Protester Yelling Black Lives Matter. Several
people taking part in a rally for Donald Trump in Birmingham, Alabama pushed down, kicked, and punched a black
protester. At least six Trump supporters shoved and tackled the protester, while one man punched the demonstrator
and a woman kicked him while he was on the ground, according to CNN. One even attempted to choke the protester
as another onlooker yelled Dont choke him! according to the Washington Posts account. It all began when a wellknown local activist began yelling, Black lives matter! As a fight began to break out around the protester, Trump
stopped his speech and made a plea: Get him the hell out of here, will you please? They said Go home, n****r, and
somebody punched me, Mercutio Southall Jr. told AL.com after security removed him from the rally. [Slate, 11/22/15]
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Iraq.HANNITY: So, the question is, do you think he understands the real dangers that led up
to 9/11, 3,000 people killed right here in this city? And you recently spoke about the Koran, you
said it gives you a negative vibe. And you got some criticism for it. TRUMP: Well, I didn't see
the criticism. But obviously, there is something going on. Because every time you turn on a
television, 100 people are killed in a grocery store in Iraq.[Hannity, Fox News, 4/14/11]
IN TWO SEPARATE INTERVIEWS, TRUMP WOULD NOT RULE OUT
REQUIRING AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO REGISTER FOR A DATABASE AND SAID
HE WOULD CERTAINLY IMPLEMENT A DATABASE
NOV 17: When Asked Whether Surveillance Of American Muslims Should Include
Requiring Them To Register In A Database, Trump Said Were Going To Have To
Look At A Lot Of Things Very Closely. During a Nov. 17th interview, Yahoo News asked
Trump whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving
them a form of special identification that noted their religion. He wouldnt rule it out. Were
going to have to were going to have to look at a lot of things very closely, Trump said when
presented with the idea. Were going to have to look at the mosques. Were going to have to look
very, very carefully. [Yahoo, 11/19/15]
Yahoos Transcript Made It Clear That Trump Did Not Explicitly Rule Out The Idea Of Requiring American
th
Muslims To Register For A Database.During a Nov. 17 interview, Trump was asked And in terms of doing this, to
pull off the kind of tracking we need, do you think we might need to register Muslims in some type of database, or note
their religion on their ID? Trump responded, Well, we're going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We're
going to have to look at the mosques. We're going to have to look very, very carefully. We have a president that
refuses to say radical Islamic terrorism. He refuses to say it, which is the biggest shock in the world, because how can
you not say it, if you don't say it, you're not going to get to the problem. [Yahoo, 11/20/15]
Trump Said That Surveillance Of American Muslims Would Include Measures That Were Frankly Unthinkable A
th
Year Ago. During a Nov. 17 interview, Yahoo News asked Trump whether his push for increased surveillance of
American Muslims could include warrantless searches. He suggested he would consider a series of drastic measures.
Were going to have to do things that we never did before. And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that
now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule, Trump said. And certain things will be done that we never thought
would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so were going to have to do
certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago. [Yahoo, 11/19/15]
NOV 19: When Asked About A Database To Track American Muslims, Trump Said
He Would Certainly Implement That. Absolutely. HILLYARD: Should there be a
database system that tracks Muslims here in this country? TRUMP: There should be a lot of
systems, beyond databases. I mean we should have a lot of systems. And today you can do it. But
right now we have to have a border. We have to have strength. We have to have a wall. And we
cannot let whats happening to this country happen anymore. HILLYARD: But thats
something your White House would like to implement? TRUMP: I would certainly implement
that. Absolutely. [NBC News, 11/20/15]
When Asked If American Muslims Would Be Required To Register In A Database, Donald Trump Said, They
Have To Be. They Have To Be. Donald J. Trump, who earlier in the week said he was open to requiring Muslims in
the United States to register in a database, said on Thursday night that he would certainly implement that
absolutely. Mr. Trump was asked about the issue by an NBC News reporter and pressed on whether all Muslims in
the country would be forced to register. They have to be, he said. They have to be. When asked how a system of
registering Muslims would be carried out whether, for instance, mosques would be where people could register
Mr. Trump said: Different places. You sign up at different places. But its all about management. Our country has no
management. [New York Times, 11/20/15]
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When Asked To Explain How Using Databases To Track Muslims In The U.S. Would Differ From Nazi
Germany, Trump Responded Four Times, You Tell Me. What else can you compare this to except to prewar
Nazi Germany? [Ibrahim] Hooper [national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations] asked. There's
no other comparison, and [Trump] seems to think that's perfectly OK. Trump was repeatedly asked to explain how
his idea was different. Four times, he responded: You tell me. [NBC News, 11/20/15]
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Donald Trump Would Absolutely Close Certain Mosques In Order To Fight ISIS,
But Was Unsure If Doing So Would Be Legal. This week, he [Donald Trump] has put
American Muslims on edge by suggesting that he would be open to shutting down mosques as
president. Asked on Fox Business Network if the United States should take action to close
certain mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, as has happened in Britain, Mr.
Trump said, I would do that, absolutely. Mr. Trump then said that he was not sure about the
legality of closing mosques, but that it was certainly something that should be looked at. It
depends if the mosque is, you know, loaded for bear, he said. [New York Times, 10/22/15]
Trump Said That He Would Strongly Consider Shutting Down Mosques As Part
Of The Effort To Fight Against ISIS. Trump first said last month that he would be open
to shutting down mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, and on Monday he
reiterated his view that the idea should be studied. I would hate to do it, but its something that
youre going to have to strongly consider because some of the ideas and some of the hatred, the
absolute hatred, is coming from these areas, Trump said on MSNBCs Morning Joe program.
[Boston Globe, 11/17/15]
TRUMP CALLED FOR VIGILANCE AND SURVEILLANCE OF AMERICAN MOSQUES
Donald Trump Called For The Surveillance Of Mosques. Trump said later Monday on
MSNBC that it's time to start surveillance of mosques, and said the U.S. should shut some down
if they have radical leaders. Well you're going to have to watch and study the mosques, because
a lot of talk is going on at the mosques, Trump said. [CNN, 11/16/15]
Donald Trump Continued Using Loaded Rhetoric To Criticize Muslims "We
Have To Really Be Vigilant With Respect To The Muslim Population." Trump has
said his popularity has soared since the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month because
voters want a president who will be tough on national security issues. Trump has been highly
critical and skeptical of Muslims in recent days, and his loaded rhetoric continued at the rally on
Monday night, drawing loud cheers. We have to really be vigilant with respect to the Muslim
population, Trump said at one point, calling for heavy surveillance of mosques, among other
efforts. [Washington Post, 11/23/15]
WITH NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER, TRUMP INSISTED PEOPLE CHEERED
IN THE STREETS OF JERSEY CITY AFTER SEEING THE TWIN TOWERS FALL
ON 9/11
Trump Said That On 9/11, He Watched Thousands Of People Cheering In Jersey
City As The World Trade Center Came Down. TRUMP: Hey, I watched when the World
Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands
and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people
were cheering. [Campaign Rally, Trump For President, Birmingham AL, 11/21/15]
Politifact Gave Donald Trump A Pants On Fire Rating For His Claim That Thousands In New Jersey Cheered
When The World Trade Center Fell On September 11, 2001. Trump said he watched in Jersey City, N.J., where
thousands and thousands of people were cheering as the World Trade Center collapsed. This defies basic logic. If
thousands and thousands of people were celebrating the 9/11 attacks on American soil, many people beyond Trump
would remember it. And in the 21st century, there would be video or visual evidence. Instead, all we found were a
couple of news articles that described rumors of celebrations that were either debunked or unproven. Trumps
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recollection of events in New Jersey in the hours after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks flies in the face of all the
evidence we could find. We rate this statement Pants on Fire. [Politifact, 11/22/15]
ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
1991: Trump: Laziness Is A Trait In Blacks. [Gawker, 7/24/15]
1991: Trump: Black Guys Counting My Money! I Hate It. The Only Kind Of
People I Want Counting My Money Are Short Guys That Wear Yarmulkes Every
Day. TRUMP: Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want
counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. [Gawker, 7/24/15]
Trump: And When Obama Gets 95 Percent Of The Black Vote, Is That Racist?
HANNITY: But isn't it a danger on his part, class warfare, and more importantly, the
Democratic Party has been attacking the Tea Party conservatives as racist, you know, Maxine
Waters, the consecutive Tea Party movement can go straight to hell. One congressman says that
conservatives want black people hanging from trees. They double down on insane rhetoric. The
president has wrapped his arms twice now around the Occupy Wall Street crowd? And is there a
danger. TRUMP: I think the race card is such a horrible thing. And I've been watching it more
and more lately. And I think it's disgraceful. And when Obama gets 95 percent of the black vote,
is that racist? I mean, you know, does anybody have ever mention that? He gets 95 percent of the
vote. And I see your compatriots, your announcers saying yes, he got 95 percent of the black vote
but this wasn't a racial thing. They like his policy. That's a lot of crap. But he's creating a racial
divide and I think he's doing it on purpose and I think it's a very unfair thing and it's a very bad
thing. [Hannity, Fox News, 10/18/11]
Trump Said That He Had A Good Relationship With The Blacks. LEMON: What
about the comment you said when you referred to the blacks that you had a good relationship
with the blacks, do you understand how some people will take that phrasing? TRUMP: Some
people do and some people don't. I mean I've heard it both ways. It is something that I said. And
I think I have had many people say there was absolutely nothing wrong with that comment.
[Newsroom, CNN, 5/1/11]
When Asked If He Was Perpetuating African- American Stereotypes, Trump Said
I Don't Know What You Mean By Stereotypes. TRUMP: Well, I really have to go, but I
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want to tell you I am the least racist. I am a wonderful person as far as you would be concerned
as to race. And I think everybody that knows me knows that. LEMON: Are you aware of the
stereotypes about African-Americans? Are you? TRUMP: Well, I don't know what you mean by
stereotypes. Why don't you define that a little bit in greater detail? LEMON: The stereotypes
that take place in America about African- Americans, one is that they are not as smart as whites.
And when you talk about someone like the President and you challenge whether or not he has an
education or deserve to go to Ivy League schools, you're talking -- you're bringing up, you're
promoting one of those stereotypes about African-Americans. [Newsroom, CNN, 5/1/11]
Trump Often Used The Phrase Silent Majority Which Historically Was Seen As
A Racial Dog Whistle. In a press conference after a rally in South Carolina on Thursday,
Donald Trump insisted that there is a silent majority [who] wants this country to have victories
again. It's not the first time Trump has used that phrase -- silent majority. As far back as
July, Trump was using the phrase. The country is fed up with what's going on, he said at the
time. You know, in the old days they used the term 'silent majority.' We have the silent majority
back, folks. Trump's use of that term is 1) 100 percent on purpose and 2) decidedly controversial.
For many, the silent majority is a not-so-subtle reference to white people who need/want to take
their culture and country back. And, the argument goes, they would be taking it back from those
who aren't white. [Washington Post, 8/27/15]
Donald Trump Was Criticized For Retweeting In Response To A Twitter Thread
About His Support From White Supremacists A Graphic Containing Statistics
Purporting To Show That The Vast Majority Of Murdered Black People Are Killed
By Other Black People. Donald Trump is taking heat on social media for a Sunday
afternoon tweet of statistics purporting to show that the vast majority of murdered black people
in the U.S. are killed by other black people. The tweet was apparently Trumps response to a
Twitter thread about support from white supremacists for the GOP front-runner. The image
Trump posted includes a list of USA Crime Statistics ~ 2015. The two that are highlighted are
Blacks Killed by Police ~~ 1% and Blacks Killed by Blacks ~~ 97%. A drawing of a black man
wielding a sideways pistol and wearing army pants, military boots and a bandana and mask
accompanies the statistics, which are sourced to the Crime Statistics Bureau in San Francisco.
Indeed, an initial search to confirm the numbers couldnt turn up a Crime Statistic Bureau in
San Francisco. [The Hill, 11/22/15]
Donald Trump Did Not Believe There Was Racism On The University Of Missouri
Campus, And Said The Demands Of Student Protesters Were Crazy And
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Absolutely Over The Top. I would have handled things differently. First of all, I would
have made sure there was no discrimination or any of that and I dont think there was. But I
happened to look at the list of demands, those demands were crazy, Trump said. Many of those
demands were absolutely not all but many of those were absolutely over the top. [Yahoo
Politics, 11/19/15]
ON ASIAN AMERICANS
Donald Trump Interrupted A Young Asian Man Who Voiced Concern About
Trumps Position On Defense Spending In South Korea To Ask, Are You From
South Korea? To Which The Man Answered, I Was Born In Texas. Finally, a
young Asian man attempted to correct Trump on his incorrect claim that South Korea takes
advantage of the United States in defense spending. Are you from South Korea? Trump asked.
Im not. I was born in Texas, raised in Colorado, the man responded as Trump literally
shrugged. I just want to say that no matter where Im from, I like to get my facts straight and I
want to tell you that thats not true. South Korea paid $861 million Then, Trump interrupts
him permanently and says the phrase, Its peanuts around ten times. [The Slot Blog, Jezebel,
10/12/15]
ON NATIVE AMERICANS
Donald Trump Did Not Find The Washington Redskins Team Name Offensive,
And Said He Knew Indians That Are Extremely Proud Of That Name. After
months of name-calling, Jeb Bush and Donald J. Trump have finally found a name that they can
agree on: the Washington Redskins. But in this case, Mr. Trump says he thinks that Mr. Bush
is right. Honestly, I dont think they should change the name, unless the owner wanted to, Mr.
Trump said in an interview. Mr. Trump. who has made bluntness a hallmark of his presidential
bid, said that the Redskins moniker was yet another issue of unnecessary political correctness.
The name has been that way for years, he said, and not everyone considers it to be a slur. I know
Indians that are extremely proud of that name, he said. They think its a positive. [New York
Times, 10/5/15]
The Oneida Indian Nation Criticized Donald Trump For His Opposition To
Changing The Name Of The Washington Redskins. The Oneida Indian Nation on
Monday blasted Donald Trump after the GOP presidential candidate said he knows Indians
who are proud of the Washington Redskins football team name, and he sees no reason to
change it.It is hardly surprising that a candidate who labeled Mexican immigrants rapists
and calls women 'pigs' now says he wants the NFL to continue slurring Native Americans,
the statement said. Donald Trump joins some of the NFL's ignoble fraternity of billionaires
who sit in their office suites and owner's boxes happily spending their fortunes denigrating
people of color. [Syracuse Post-Standard, 10/5/15]
Trump On Indian Casinos: You Have To Check And See Whether Or Not They're
The Real Indians. KING: Because they have gambling casinos in which they don't have to
pay tax, right? Indian's property? TRUMP: They have gambling casinos where they're paying
no tax and every politician knows it's not appropriate or not right, but they haven't done
anything about it yet. KING: But don't you think we owe them something? TRUMP: I think
we do. I think to a certain extent, we do, if they're real Indians. I mean, you have to check and
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see whether or not they're the real Indians. You know, you have-- KING: You're questioning
that, Donald? TRUMP: No, no, you have to see who's running the casinos. And you know, I
made a statement, they don't look like Indians to me. And everyone said, oh, what a terrible
statement. I said, what's wrong? They don't. If you take a look at these folks, they don't like
Indians to me. And then, actually, a number of shows did a story that my statement was 100
percent correct. I never liked to apologize and there's no reason to apologize. But I think the
Indian casinos are -- you know, they're being looked at very seriously.[Larry King Live, CNN,
7/23/97]
Southern Poverty Law Center: Trump Has Won The Applause Of Virtually The
Entire White Nationalist Movement. A study by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a
civil rights group, last month concluded that although he has not asked for its support, Mr.
Trump has won the applause of virtually the entire white nationalist movement. [The
Telegraph, 11/12/15]
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that Mr. Trump has taken have won him a die-hard constituency in Americas white
supremacists. [The Telegraph, 11/12/15]
David Duke Supported Trump For President. Donald Trump's presidential campaign
has a new supporter: former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Duke, a self-described
racial realist and notorious white nationalist, praised Trump during a wide-ranging tirade on
his radio program, calling the surging real estate mogul a good salesman and the best of the lot
of the large group of 2016 Republican presidential candidates. [New York Daily News, 8/25/15]
Conservative Blogger Crystal Wright: Trump Needs To Rebuke The White
Supremacists Whose Hearts Are Thumping For Trump Under The #Cuckservative
Hashtag. The New Yorker published a disturbing article about white supremacists whose
hearts are thumping for Trump. Writer Evan Osnos observed first hand their reactions to
Trumps candidacy by visiting with several I may be a Right-wing conservative but Im no
racist and will NEVER turn a blind eye to blatant racism within my party. While the Republican
candidates continue to reveal themselves to voters, Ill be waiting for Trump to rebuke this
#cuckservative nonsense and show his true colors. The Republican Party needs a nominee to
broader our tent of voters not restrict it to members of the Klu Klux Klan. [Crystal Wright,
The Telegraph, 9/25/15]
Marilyn Mayo, Co-Director Of The Anti-Defamation Leagues Center On
Extremism, Said Donald Trumps Candidacy Energized Neo-Nazis And The White
Supremacist Movement. When well-known public figures make these kind of statements in
the public square, they are taken as a permission-giving by criminal elements who go out and act
on their words. said Mark Potok of the SPLC. Is it energizing the groups? Yeah. Theyre
thrilled. Marilyn Mayo, co-director of the ADLs Center on Extremism, said Trumps proposal
this week to halt the entrance of Muslims into the United States is only the latest statement to
inject vigor into the racist fringe of American politics. Since the beginning of Donald Trumps
candidacy, weve definitely seen that a segment of the white supremacist movement, from racist
intellectuals to neo-Nazis have been energized, she said. [Politico, 12/10/15]
TAXES
2016 TAX PLAN
TRUMP PROPOSED A TAX PLAN THAT ANALYSTS SAID WOULD COST $9-12
TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS
Headline: Trumps Tax Plan Could Cost $12 Trillion, And Save Him Millions In
Taxes Each Year. [Time, 9/29/15]
The Tax Foundation: Donald Trumps Tax Plan Could Cost $12 Trillion Over
The Next Decade, More Than Double His Republican Rivals. The Tax Foundation
also estimated that the plan would cost the federal government $10.14 trillion in tax revenue
over the next decadeassuming that the tax cuts spurred some additional economic growth.
Assuming growth doesnt change, the bill is $11.98 trillion. This cost estimatewhich places
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the cost of the tax plan at well over half of our current $16 trillion national debtfar exceeds
those made by the Tax Foundation for plans released in recent months by GOP hopefuls Jeb
Bush, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul. They were $3.66 trillion for Bush, $4 trillion for Rubio,
and $3 trillion for Paul. [Time, 9/29/15]
Left- And Right-Leaning Groups Agreed: Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cost At
Least $9 Trillion Over The Next Decade. The first reviews are in and they agree on this
much: Donald Trump's tax plan carries a hefty price tag. Analysts at the left-leaning Citizens for
Tax Justice and the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation released top-line estimates on the
Republican presidential front-runner's tax plan that was unveiled Monday. According to the
Citizens for Tax Justice, Trump's tax proposal would reduce revenues by around $900 billion per
year, which would translate to about $9 trillion over a decade. The Tax Foundation is singing a
similar tune: It predicts that the billionaire's plan would reduce tax revenue by some $10 trillion
over the next 10 years (when measured alongside economic growth). [CNN, 9/29/15]
The Tax Foundation: Even After Accounting For A Potential Boost In Economic
Growth From Tax Cuts, Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Still Cost More Than $10
Trillion Over Ten Years. Today, the conservative Tax Foundation offered an answer.
Without factoring in growth, it found that Trump's plan would actually add $11.98 trillion to the
10-year deficit. Once the boost to growth that would result from slashing taxes is factored in, it
would only cost $10.14 trillion ... more or less cratering the government's finances into fiery
rubble. [Jordan Weissmann, Slate, 9/29/15]
TRUMPS PLAN WOULD INCREASE THE DEFICIT
Poltifact: Donald Trumps False Claim That His Tax Plan Wouldnt Increase The
Deficit. [PolitiFact, 11/5/15]
Politifact Gave A False Rating To Donald Trumps Claim That His Tax Plan
Would Not Increase The Deficit. Trump said his tax plan would not increase the deficit.
Free market-oriented and liberal groups alike say Trumps tax plan would lead to a $10
trillion revenue loss, even if it did create economic growth. Since Trump has said he will not
slash retirement programs like Social Security and Medicare, experts doubt that any
spending cuts he made would result in a revenue-neutral tax plan. We rate Trumps claim
False. [PolitiFact, 11/5/15]
Politicos Danny Vinik: Even With The Most Optimistic Assumptions, There Is No
Way Donald Trumps Tax Plan Is Deficit Neutral Like He Claims. But Trump
makes one promise that sets his plan apart [from other Republican tax plans]: It will be deficitneutral. In other words, it would pay for itself, and all those tax cuts wouldnt make the federal
deficit worse. I did some back-of-the-envelope math on Trumps plan to see if thats true. The
short answer: Theres no way the plan is deficit neutral. Even with the most optimistic
assumptions, Trumps plan will still significantly reduce the total amount of money the
government takes in. That might appeal to a lot of conservatives, but it will also definitely
increase the federal deficit. [Danny Vinik, Politico, 9/28/15]
TRUMP PLANNED TO ELIMINATE THE ESTATE TAX
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Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Eliminate The Estate Tax. No family will have to
pay the death tax. You earned and saved that money for your family, not the government. You
paid taxes on it when you earned it.... The death tax punishes families for achieving the
American dream. Therefore, the Trump plan eliminates the death tax. [Donald J. Trump For
President, Tax Reform That Will Make America Great Again, 9/28/15]
TRUMPS PLAN LOWERED THE CORPORATE TAX RATE TO 15%
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cut The Corporate Tax Rate To 15%. No business
of any size, from a Fortune 500 to a mom and pop shop to a freelancer living job to job, will pay
more than 15% of their business income in taxes. Under the Trump plan, America will compete
with the world and win by cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%, taking our rate from one of the
worst to one of the best. [Donald J. Trump For President, Tax Reform That Will Make America
Great Again, 9/28/15]
Vox: Donald Trumps Call To Slash The Corporate Tax Rate To 15 Percent From
35 Percent Would Overwhelmingly Help The Richest Americans. Trump's plan
would almost certainly help the rich disproportionately. The slashing of the corporate tax rate,
for one thing, would have major regressive implications. Jim Nunns of the Tax Policy Center has
found that about 20 percent of the corporate income tax is paid by workers, and the rest by
capital; he concludes that in 2015, the top 1 percent pays 52.8 percent of the corporate tax
burden, and the top 0.1 percent pays 33.4 percent. So slashing the corporate rate to 15 percent
from 35 percent would overwhelmingly help the richest Americans. [Vox, 9/28/15]
UNDER TRUMPS TAX PLAN, THE EXISTING SEVEN INCOME TAX BRACKETS
WOULD BE COLLAPSED INTO FOUR AND THE TOP RATE WOULD BE
SLASHED FROM 39.6% TO 25%
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Combine The Current Seven Income Tax Brackets
Into Four. The seven income tax brackets would be collapsed into brackets of zero, 10 percent,
20 percent and 25 percent, while the top tax rate on capital gains would see a slight dip, from
23.8 percent to 20 percent Under Trumps framework, single filers earning up to $25,000 and
married couples earning up to $50,000 per year would pay no income tax. [The Hill, 9/28/15]
Trumps Tax Plan Called For Four Income Tax Brackets:
[Donald J. Trump For President, Tax Reform That Will Make America Great Again, 9/28/15]
Trump Planned To Lower To The Top Individual Tax Rate From 39.6% To 25%. All
other Americans will get a simpler tax code with four brackets 0%, 10%, 20% and 25%
instead of the current seven. This new tax code eliminates the marriage penalty and the
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Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) while providing the lowest tax rate since before World War II.
[Trump Tax Plan, Donald J. Trump For President, Released 9/28/15]
Headline: Trumps Tax Plan Could Cost $12 Trillion, And Save Him Millions In Taxes Each Year. [Time,
9/29/15]
TRUMPS PLAN LOWERED THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATE AND CHANGED
THE THRESHOLDS AT WHICH IT KICKS IN
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cut Taxes On Capital Gains. The top capital gains
rate would be cut to 20 percent from 23.8 percent, through the elimination of Obamacare's 3.8
percent surtax. The first 15 percent capital gains rate would kick in at $100,000 for couples, not
the current $74,900. But the 20 percent rate would kick in a little earlier: $300,000, not
$464,850. [Vox, 9/28/15]
TRUMPS POPULIST TAX PLAN ACTUALLY GAVE SIGNIFICANT BREAKS TO
THE WEALTHIEST ONE PERCENT
Headline: Donald Trump Is Hoodwinking The Media With His Tax Plan. Today
[9/28/15], after months of faking that he was going to break with GOP orthodoxy on taxes,
Donald Trump proposed a plan to cut income tax rates across the board, a structure that
necessarily delivers especially large tax cuts to the highest-income taxpayers. Yet a surprising
number of media outlets reported something close to the opposite. The Financial Times ran a
headline touting Trump's populist tax message. But while this is what Trump said, it's
pretty clearly not what his plan actually does. A quick analysis by the Center for Tax Justice
suggests that about one-third of the financial benefit of Trump's plan would flow to the richest 1
percent. [Vox, 9/28/15]
The Atlantic: Donald Trumps Amazingly Conventional And Utterly PlainVanilla Tax Plan Would Basically Do What Republican Candidates And
Lawmakers Have Been Proposing For Years. Maybe Donald Trump isnt such an
unconventional politician after all. The Republican presidential frontrunner released his tax
plan on Monday morning, and the most noteworthy thing about the proposal is how utterly
plain-vanilla it is. Yes, Trumps plan would dramatically reshape the tax code by cutting the
current seven income brackets to four, slashing rates for the rich, poor, and businesses, and
eliminating a host of loopholes and deductions. But thats basically what Republican candidates
and lawmakers have been proposing for years. Trump is hardly breaking the mold. [The
Atlantic, 9/28/15]
TAX BURDEN
MR. 47 PERCENT OF THE 2016 CYCLE: TRUMP SAID HALF THE PEOPLE
DONT PAY ANY TAX AND ARENT CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY
Trump: Half Of The People Don't Pay Any Tax And Are Not Contributing To
Society. DOOCY: When the president, Donald, talks about there has to be shared sacrifice,
you know, there are a lot of people in this country, over half, don't even pay any federal taxes. So
he's really talking about you. You're going to have to sacrifice more. TRUMP: Well, you know, I
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don't mind sacrificing for the country, to be honest with you, but you know, you do have is a
problem because half of the people don't pay any tax. And when he's talking about that, he's
talking about people that aren't also working, that are not contributing to this society, and it's a
problem. But we have 50 percent -- it just hit the 50 percent mark. Fifty percent of the people
are paying no tax.[Fox & Friends, Fox News, 7/18/11]
TRUMP PROPOSED INCREASING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY TO LOWER THE
BURDEN ON THE MIDDLE CLASS
Trump Advocated For Increasing Taxes On The Rich While Lowering Taxes For
The Middle Class. Here's what he told Bloomberg Politics in a television interview
Wednesday: I would say that the hedge fund people make a lot of money and they pay very little
tax. I'm about the middle class. I want the middle class to be thriving again. We're losing our
middle-class. ... I would let people that are making hundreds of millions of dollars a year pay
some tax, because right now they're paying very little tax, and I think it's outrageous. I want to
lower taxes for the middle class. Asked if he was proposing to raise taxes on himself, Trump
replied: That's right. That's right. I'm okay with it, ready, willing. And you've seen my
statements. I mean I do very well. I don't mind paying some tax. The middle class is getting
clobbered in this country. The middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys. But I
know people in hedge funds, they pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, okay? [Washington
Post, 8/27/15; WADR, Bloomberg TV, 8/26/15]
Trump In 1991: Frankly, Tax Rates For The Wealthy Are Too Low. TRUMP: Well,
I think they have a big solution now. I think they could put the incentive back into building and
real estate - that's the entire construction industry. Throughout the United States it's
unemployed. I mean, you look at what's happening. It's unemployed. They put the incentive
back into the industry, into my industry, and I'll tell you what - You're going to see the economy
rebound fast. Frankly, tax rates for the wealthy are too low. It used to be you'd have a 50 and 60
percent tax rate and people would invest and they'd- you know, they'd cut their tax. They'd pay
nothing, maybe. Today, it is just a catastrophe what they've done.[Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]
Trump On Tax Policy: High-Income People Should Pay High Percentages.
TRUMP: Well, what they did is they just kept cutting the tax rates, cutting the tax rates. And
I'm not talking about for the middle income or the poor. Leave 'em. Keep 'em low. And I
shouldn't say this, but high-income people should pay high percentages, but have the ability to
spend vast amounts of money on bringing their tax rates down to nothing. If a man is in the 50
or 60 percent bracket, he's going to invest. If a man's in the 25 percent bracket or the 30 percent
bracket, which is what you have now, there's no real reason for him to invest. He'll say, 'Hey,
look, I'll pay the tax and that's it.' So what's happened. KING: So you're saying the rich are
under-taxed? TRUMP: I'm saying the rich should be taxed at a much higher rate and should
have the incentive that, if they want to spend some money by investing in housing, investing in
other things, they can get their tax rate down to nothing, if need be.[Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]
Trump: Im Saying The Rich Should Be Taxed At A Much Higher Rate And Should Have The Incentive That, If
They Want To Spend Some Money By Investing In Housing, Investing In Other Things, They Can Get Their
Tax Rate Down To Nothing, If Need Be. [Larry King Live, CNN, 11/19/91]
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YET HIS TAX PLANS WOULD GIVE MAJOR BREAKS TO THE RICH AND
LIKELY INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEBT
Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy On Trumps 2011 Tax Proposal:
[Trumps] Five-Step Plan Includes Eliminating The Estate Tax And The
Corporate Income Tax, Lowering The Tax Rate On Capital Gains And Dividends,
Enacting A 20 Percent Tariff On All Imported Goods And Creating A New, Lower
Income Tax Rate Structure. What exactly are Trumps tax plans? The most recent detailed
plan that Trump has offered is contained within his 2011 book, Time to Get Tough. His five-step
plan includes eliminating the estate tax and the corporate income tax, lowering the tax rate on
capital gains and dividends, enacting a 20 percent tariff on all imported goods and creating a
new, lower income tax rate structure. The income tax would include a tax rate structure of 1
percent for up to $30,000; 5 percent for $30,000-$100,000; 10 percent for $100,000-$1,000,000;
and 15 percent for income over $1,000,000. [Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy,
6/22/15]
Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy: Trumps Policies On Taxes Would Likely Sharply Increase The
National Debt And Make The U.S. Tax System Substantially More Regressive By Both Cutting Taxes For The
Rich And Creating A Massive New Tax That Would Disproportionately Hurt Lower-Income Americans.
Billionaire businessman, television personality and now presidential candidate Donald Trump is the latest candidate
to jump into the race. He has made a number of tax proposals. His more recent proposals, in contrast to ones he
proposed back around the 2000 election, would likely sharply increase the national debt and make the U.S. tax
system substantially more regressive by both cutting taxes for the rich and creating a massive new tax that would
disproportionately hurt lower-income Americans. [Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy, 6/22/15]
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dollars, and somebody else is making a hundred, and hes paying ten dollars and Im paying to
me, I dont know. I like somewhat of a graduation. What you have now is a system thats too
complicated. The easiest thing to do is make that system uncomplicated, and make it really good,
make it really good. And you know, as far as the IRS, people say Lets get rid of the IRS,
somebodys got to collect the money. Regarding simplifying the tax code, also stated, The word is
simplification. We can simplify. We can get rid of deductions. [Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox,
8/12/15]
Donald Trump Wanted To Abolish Various Unspecified Tax Deductions And
Credits. Donald Trump is expected to release a tax plan in the next few weeks. He has said
he would abolish various tax deductions and credits. This would be a part of his effort to simplify
the tax code so he can, as he put it in August, put H&R Block out of business, knock them out,
put them out of business. Mr. Trump hasnt said which deductions and credits he would
eliminate, which isnt unusual for a Republican candidate for president. Mr. Romneys 2012 tax
plan emphasized extensive-but-unspecified base broadening through the elimination of
deductions and credits, and Jeb Bush said in May he would take a similar approach, in each case
as a way to pay for reductions in tax rates. [New York Times, Upshot blog, 9/2/15]
1991: TRUMP CALLED FOR SHORTENING DEPRECIATION SCHEDULES TO
ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTION
Trump Advocated Shortening Depreciation Schedules To Incentivize Investment.
TRUMP: I would put the construction industry back to work because when the construction by
creating tremendous incentives for construction, for building. KING: Give me an example.
Saying, all right-- TRUMP: All right, shortening up depreciation schedules, creating great
depreciations so that you can sell it. If a dentist is making $ 300,000 a year drilling people's
teeth and he wants to invest because he doesn't want to pay so much tax, and he wants to invest
in low-income housing, that's a great asset to the country. That's not a liability. People didn't
understand that, but that's not a liability. He should be allowed to invest to build moderateincome housing - even to build luxury housing because the man that moves into that luxury
apartment is buying radios and hi-fi's and television sets and all of this other stuff. So there
should be incentive in that industry. It affects every other industry. [Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]
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TRUMP HAS SAID HE OPPOSED A FLAT TAX BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE TOO
MUCH OF A BREAK TO THE WEALTHY.
2000 Election: Trump Explicitly Rejected The Idea Of A Flat Tax In His Book
The America We Deserve. The oddest thing about Trumps recent support for a flat tax is
that it represents a significant reversal from his previously stated opposition to a flat tax. During
the 2000 election Trump released a book, titled The America We Deserve, in which he explicitly
rejected the flat tax. He said that a flat tax would be unfair to the poor, who would be forced to
pay more in taxes due in part to the repeal of the earned income tax credit. He also said that it
would be unfair to allow the wealthy to get away with not paying any taxes on income from
dividends, capital gains and interest. [Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy, 6/22/15]
Trump Said He Was Against The Flat Tax Because People Who Make More Can
Afford To Pay More In Taxes. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that
he is against a flat tax and people as they make more and more money can pay a higher
percentage in an interview broadcast on Wednesdays Hannity on the Fox News Channel.
Trump was asked, [relevant exchange beings around 3:00] You want to lower the tax, you want
to implement a flat tax. Trump objected to this characterization. After host Sean Hannity said, I
thought you liked the flat tax. Trump stated, The problem with the flat tax is its sort of the
same. I actually believe that people as they make more and more money can pay a higher
percentage. Later he added, I dont like where everybodys paying the same. If I make a billion
dollars, and somebody else is making a hundred, and hes paying ten dollars and Im paying to
me, I dont know. I like somewhat of a graduation. What you have now is a system thats too
complicated. The easiest thing to do is make that system uncomplicated, and make it really good,
make it really good. And you know, as far as the IRS, people say Lets get rid of the IRS,
somebodys got to collect the money. Regarding simplifying the tax code, also stated, The word is
simplification. We can simplify. We can get rid of deductions. [Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox,
8/12/15]
Trump: The Problem With The Flat Tax Is Its Sort Of The Same. I Actually Believe That People As They Make
More And More Money Can Pay A Higher Percentage.[Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/12/15]
Trump: I Dont Like Where Everybodys Paying The Same. If I Make A Billion Dollars, And Somebody Else Is
Making A Hundred, And Hes Paying Ten Dollars And Im Paying To Me, I Dont Know. I Like Somewhat Of
A Graduation.[Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/12/15]
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support for a flat tax is that it represents a significant reversal from his previously stated
opposition to a flat tax. [Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy, 6/22/15]
Trump On Tax Reform: We Can Leave The Tax Code The Way It Is And Simplify
It, Or You Could Go To A Form Of A Flat Tax. You Could Go To A Fair Tax.
TRUMP: And I have hedge fund guys that are making a lot of money that arent paying
anything, okay. And I dont know how his pledge relates to that. But I know a lot of bad people in
this country that are making a hell of a lot of money and not paying taxes. And the tax law is
totally screwed up. The complexity of it, the size of it. I mean I spent millions of dollars every
year on lawyers and accountants just to do a tax return. And I want to put H&R Block out of
business. I want to make it very simple. And we can leave the tax code the way it is and simplify
it, or you could go to a form of a flat tax. You could go to a fair tax. Theres a lot of things you
could do. [TIME, 8/20/15]
Wall Street Journals Washington Wire: In A Recent Fox News Interview Mr.
Trump Said He Favored A Flat Tax But Then Immediately Said Such A System
Would Be Unfair Because The Rich Would Be Taxed At The Same Rate As The
Poor. [Wall Street Journal, Washington Wire blog, 9/4/15]
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Trump: I Would Impose A One-Time, 14.25% Tax On Individuals And Trusts With
A Net Worth Over $10 Million. Trump on Taxes I would impose a one-time, 14.25% tax
on individuals and trusts with a net worth over $10 million, Trump said. For individuals, net
worth would be calculated minus the value of their principal residence. That would raise $5.7
trillion in new revenue, which we would use to pay off the entire national debt. [The Club For
Growth press release, 6/16/15]
1999: Trump Proposed A One-Time Net Worth Tax On Individuals Worth Greater Than $10 Million.
QUESTION: Mr. Trump, can you outline your plan? TRUMP: Yes, I propose a one-time 14.25 % net worth tax
on individuals with a net worth of greater than $10 million. This would raise $5.7 trillion in revenue. I would pay off
the national debt entirely. That would save us $200 billion in annual interest payments. I would use $100 billion of
this savings for tax cuts on the middle class and put the other $100 billion in the social security trust fund every
year. That would make the social security system solvent for the next century. I would also repeal the 55%
Inheritance Tax. More importantly America would experience the greatest economic boom in our history.
[Statement, Donald J. Trump Presidential Exploratory Committee, 11/9/99]
1999: Trump Said That The Rich Could Either Borrow Money Or Liquidate Assets
To Pay 14.25% Net Worth Tax. QUESTION: How will rich people come up with a 14.25 %
payment to the government? TRUMP: The same way every taxpayer does when they owe the
IRS they can either borrow the money against their enormous assets or liquidate some assets
in order to pay their taxes it happens every April 15th. However, in the case when a wealthy
tax payer is not liquid, we could phase in their payments over time say ten years as long as
government knew they could count on the revenue. [Statement, Donald J. Trump Presidential
Exploratory Committee, 11/9/99]
Trump Said That Wealthy People Would Pay His Proposed Net Worth Tax By Selling Off Assets.
REDEKER: People who have a net worth of $ 10 million or more, including yourself, generally don't have huge
cash reserves. Where would they come up with this money? TRUMP: It's a very fair question and very good
question that's been thought of in great detail. Some people would be able to sell things off, easily pay the tax,
and ultimately get it back many fold by the booming economy. And you will have a boom like you literally have
never had before and by the saving of the inheritance tax. Well, they sell off assets, you'd sell off assets.
[Good Morning America, ABC, 11/10/99]
Trump Said That His Proposed Net Worth Tax Would Eliminate The National
Debt And Lower Taxes For The Working Class. TRUMP: Ever since I can remember,
people have been wanting to get rid of the national debt. My idea gets rid of the national debt,
and then it gets rid of high tax rates -- you bring them down. There's something very compelling
and very nice about that Taxes for the working man and woman would go down to a very low
level. The -- in terms of the rich, who are really paying for this plan -- and they should get
something for that -- the inheritance tax, which is a terrible and onerous tax, would go away in
its entirety. [Inside Politics, CNN, 11/9/99]
CORPORATE TAXES
TRUMPS PLAN LOWERED THE CORPORATE TAX RATE TO 15%
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Cut The Corporate Tax Rate To 15%. No business
of any size, from a Fortune 500 to a mom and pop shop to a freelancer living job to job, will pay
more than 15% of their business income in taxes. Under the Trump plan, America will compete
with the world and win by cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%, taking our rate from one of the
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worst to one of the best. [Donald J. Trump For President, Tax Reform That Will Make America
Great Again, 9/28/15]
TRUMP BELIEVED CORPORATE TAX BREAKS WOULD CURTAIL INVERSIONS
Trump Supported Lowering Tax Rates In Order To Stop Corporate Inversion.
Trump also signaled he was willing to take on the issue of corporate inversion, by which
companies are re-incorporated abroad as a way to skirt costs of doing business when based in the
U.S., and said he had discussed the subject with American businessman Carl Icahn.His
solution to the problem involves lowering corporate taxes. Let the money come in, tax it at a
much lower rate, and let the money come in, Trump said, adding. This is money that could be
spent in this country, and they can't get it in. [Bloomberg, 8/26/15; WADR, Bloomberg TV,
8/26/15]
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Hedge Fund Managers Pay Taxes At A Lower Rate Through The Carried
Interest Loophole. As CBS notes, many hedge-fund managers pay taxes on capital gains
rather than income taxes, the rates of which are significantly higher for the highest earners.
This is known as the carried interest loophole in the tax code. [Business Insider, 9/9/15]
ESTATE TAX
TRUMP PLANNED TO ELIMINATE THE ESTATE TAX
Donald Trumps Tax Plan Would Eliminate The Estate Tax. No family will have to
pay the death tax. You earned and saved that money for your family, not the government. You
paid taxes on it when you earned it.... The death tax punishes families for achieving the
American dream. Therefore, the Trump plan eliminates the death tax. [Donald J. Trump For
President, Tax Reform That Will Make America Great Again, 9/28/15]
1999: TRUMP CALLED FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FEDERAL INHERITANCE
TAX
1999: Trump Proposed Repealing The Inheritance Tax. My proposal would also allow
us to entirely repeal the 55% Federal Inheritance tax which really hurts farmers and small
businessmen and women more than anyone else.[Statement, Donald J. Trump Presidential
Exploratory Committee, 11/9/99]
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MISCELLANEOUS
1991: TRUMP BLASTED THE 1986 TAX REFORM, CALLING IT THE DUMBEST
TAX LAW EVER THOUGHT OF BY MAN
Trump: The 1986 Tax Law Change Was A Total Disaster. TRUMP: At the same
time, the 1986 tax law change was a total disaster. It was dumb. It was expensive. It cost the
United States billions and billions of dollars. And it was foolish. I mean you had some senators
that had no idea what they were doing when they passed that. And it shouldn't have happened.
RTC was created. Trillions of dollars in property were just thrown out, thrown out the window
and bought for very little money by some very smart people. And it should have never
happened.[Evans & Novak, CNN, 12/27/97]
Trump Said That The 1986 Tax Reform Act Destroyed The Real Estate Industry And The Savings And Loans
Institutions. TRUMP: The Government in 1986 passed the dumbest tax law ever thought of by man. They
destroyed the savings and loan institutions because of the real estate. The insurance companies and banks are
going to be next. And if they don't put incentive back into real estate you're going to have a catastrophe in this
country like you've never seen before. KING: The 'they,' though, is your party? TRUMP: Politicians. KING: The
Republican Party? TRUMP: Well, I don't say the Republicans. I mean, I guess it takes both parties to pass it, but
they destroyed the real estate industry and this is why your unemployment is so high. This is why your manufacturing
is so low. Real estate triggers everything. When you build a house - again, refrigerators, carpeting, this, this, this. It
affects so many different things and, in 1986, they destroyed the real estate industry, stupidly, and they thought they
were saving something on taxes. In the meantime, the savings and loans are going to cost trillions of dollars to
save.[Larry King Live, CNN, 11/19/91]
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TPP
Trump: Stop TPP New orders for manufacturing down 9/10 months
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/02/june-jobs-report-223k-added-but-432k-left-workforce-aprilmay-revised-down-60k/ Time for fair trade. Stop TPP! [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 7/2/15]
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be treated fairly by other countries. If other countries are not going to treat you fairly, Larry, I
think that those countries should be -- they should suffer the consequences.[Larry King Live,
CNN, 10/7/99]
Trump: Free Trade Is A Wonderful Thing. KING: So this isn't fair trade? Free trade
isn't fair trade? TRUMP: No, free trade is a wonderful thing, and I believe in free trade, but, at
the same time, it's got to be fair trade. You look at some of these -- I mean, look what Japan does
with the cars and the subsidies and everything else, and look at Korea, with the ships and the
subsidies they get. I mean, it's very unfair to this country. What is happening throughout the
world in a business sense is very unfair. We could reduce taxes and take care of health care, and
it would be beautiful, and you would have plenty of money left over.[Larry King Live, CNN,
10/7/99]
TRADE WARS
TRUMP ON A TRADE WAR: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Trump Said He Was OK With Starting A Trade War, Saying What Difference
Does It Make. CAVUTO: You know, critics will say that invites a trade war right there.
TRUMP: Thats OK. What difference does it make? I mean, were on the losing end. What
difference does it make? We have such deficits with so many countries, were on the losing end. I
mean, you look at Mexico, you look at some of these countries, we have such incredible trade
imbalance that, what difference does it make? I would rather have no trade than the kind of
trade were doing, because we are losing our shirts with most of these countries.[Your World
With Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 8/6/10]
Trump Said It Did Not Matter If Products Cost More Because Of Chinese Trade
Policy Because His Son Already Had Enough Toy Airplanes. BURNETT: So, if we
adjust the currency, if China adjusts their currency, a couple of negative things might happen in
the U.S. Prices at Wal-Mart may go up and the U.S. is still just barely passed by China in terms
of manufacturing. So, make the case for why now, why they adjust?... Right, because it will cost a
little bit more to make them here, but that's the choice you make as Americans. TRUMP: You
know, I mean, I have a child upstairs who's got nine airplanes. So, instead of nine, he'll three
that will be made in this country, and I like that. And he wouldn't know the difference.
BURNETT: No, he wouldn't. Who needs nine airplanes, right? TRUMP: He doesn't need it.
They are stacked up in a corner. Who needs it? They will be made in this country. [Outfront,
CNN, 10/10/11]
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TARIFFS
Club For Growth: Trump Called For A 20% Tax On Imported Goods And A
Twenty-Five Percent Tax On China, Unless They Behave. Trump on Trade Trump
has called for a 20% tax for importing goods, and a Twenty-five percent tax on China, unless
they behave. [The Club For Growth press release, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico
By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And
Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would
Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.[USA Today, 6/16/15]
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD RELY ON TARIFFS TO KEEP JOBS FROM MOVING
OVERSEAS
Trump Would Use Tariffs To Keep Companies From Moving Overseas. Pressed by
Cuomo on how exactly he'd get American companies to stop building factories overseas, where
labor is cheaper, Trump said he'd slap the companies with tariffs and communicate with them.
[CNN, 8/19/15]
CNN Money: Trumps Massive Tariffs Would Start An Immediate Trade War That Would Likely Hurt American
Jobs And Exports. Trump's big claim is that he will bring back American jobs -- from China, from Mexico, from
Japan, from so many places. If you listen closely, Trump has proposed doing this two ways: slapping tariffs on foreign
goods and negotiating better trade deals. In his campaign announcement speech, he threatened a 35% tax on Ford
(F) vehicles made in Mexico that are brought back to the U.S. to be sold, and in 2011, he has made headlines for
suggesting a 25% tariff on goods coming from China to the U.S. At face value, what Trump has proposed would start
an immediate trade war that would likely hurt American jobs and exports. [CNN Money, 7/28/15]
catastrophic in what they're doing to this country. America is being ripped off. And I'll tell you
what. We're not going to have an America in 10 years if it keeps going like this. We're a debtor
nation, and we have to tax, we have to tariff, we have to protect this country. And nobody's doing
it.[Primetime Live, ABC News, 11/2/89]
The Economists David Rennie: If [Donald Trump] Did One-Tenth Of What Hes Planning, He Would Trigger A
Global Trade War, Which Would Cause A Kind Of Global Recession And Cost Lots Of Jobs. The editors at
The Economist looked at the overall implications of Trumps policy ideas and were less than impressed. Americans
are waking up to the possibility that a man whose hobby is naming things after himself might conceivably be the
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nominee of the party of Lincoln and Reagan. It is worth spelling out why that would be a terrible thing, they write in
the latest issue of the magazine. From an economics point-of-view, we think that if he did one-tenth of what hes
planning, he would trigger a global trade war, which would cause a kind of global recession and cost lots of jobs,
[David] Rennie [Washington bureau chief for The Economist] says. [Public Radio International, 9/7/15]
2011: Trump Said He Would Put A 40% Tariff On Chinese Products Without
Hesitation If China Continued To Manipulate Its Currency. SPITZER: Based on
what you just said about China and their manipulation of their currency which is estimated to be
between 30, 40 percent. Are you going to slap a 40 percent tariff on everything coming in from
China? TRUMP: If they don't change their ways I would do it without hesitation.[In The
Arena, CNN, 4/22/11]
2011: TRUMP SAID HE WOULD IMPOSE A 25% TAX ON CHINESE PRODUCTS
Trump Said He Would Immediately Announce A 25% Tax On Chinese Products.
TRUMP: And if you read the real economists and real people that know what's going on it's an
unfair playing field. So here's what happens. You said what would I do? I would immediately
announce a tax of 25 percent. The first thing that's going to happen is the Chinese are going to
call.[Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News, 2/9/11]
TRUMP CALLED FOR A BIG UNCOUPLING OF THE U.S. AND CHINESE
ECONOMIES
After The Slump In Chinas Stock Market, Trump Called For A Big Uncoupling
Of The U.S. And Chinese Economies. Trump sharpened his attacks against China on
Monday after the U.S. stock market took a dive over concerns about China's economy, leading
Trump to call for a big uncoupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies. They want our people to
starve -- they're taking our business away. They've taken our jobs away, Trump said. [CNN,
8/25/15; The OReilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15]
Trump Claimed A Fall In The U.S. Stock Market Was Due To U.S. Ties To China.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lamented the global stock market turmoil
Monday morning -- when the Dow plummeted 1,000 points at open -- saying it's an example of
how the United States is too closely tied to China. As I have long stated, we are so tied in with
China and Asia that their markets are now taking the U.S. market down. Get smart U.S.A.
Trump tweeted. He added in a separate Tweet: Markets are crashing - all caused by poor
planning and allowing China and Asia to dictate the agenda. This could get very messy! Vote
Trump. [CNN, 8/24/15]
TRUMP CALLED FOR STRONG ACTION TO DEAL WITH CHINAS CURRENCY
MANIPULATION
Trump Said That The U.S. Has To Take Strong Action To Deal With Chinas
Currency Devaluation. The New York Times on Donald Trump: How would he handle
China, should it keep devaluing its currency? Well, you have to take strong action, he said at a
news conference here later in the day, right before he took the stage in a hall crammed with
about 3,000 people. [New York Times, 8/11/15]
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Trump Said That Chinas Currency Manipulation Would Be Devastating For The
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday said China's devaluation of
the yuan would be devastating for the United States. They're just destroying us, the billionaire
businessman, a long-time critic of China's currency policy, said in a CNN interview. They keep
devaluing their currency until they get it right. They're doing a big cut in the yuan, and that's
going to be devastating for us. [Reuters, 8/11/15]
Trump Said That Chinas Devaluation Of Its Currency Would Suck The Blood Out
Of The United States! The speech started with a riff on China's currency devaluation,
which Trump tried to put in layman's terms: Devalue means, suck the blood out of the United
States! [Washington Post, 8/11/15; Genesee and Saginaw Republican Party's Lincoln Day
dinner, 8/11/15]
YET TRUMP SOLD GOODS THAT WERE MADE IN CHINA
HEADLINE: Donald Trump Sells Chinese Goods Despite Accusing China of
Stealing US Jobs. [ABC News, 6/17/15]
ABC News: In His Campaign Kickoff On Tuesday, Donald Trump Blasted Cheap
Chinese Goods But He Has No Problem Putting His Name On Them And Selling
Them. In his campaign kickoff on Tuesday, Donald Trump blasted cheap Chinese goods but
he has no problem putting his name on them and selling them. The day after his tirade, the
Trump Store inside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York boasted an array of imported
goods, including teddy bears and T-shirts from China alongside products from Haiti, Nicaragua
and Lesotho. Trump mentioned China two-dozen times in the opener to his 2016 presidential bid,
accusing that country and Mexico of putting Americans out of work. They cant get jobs, because
there are no jobs, because China has our jobs and Mexico has our jobs, Trump said. [ABC News,
6/17/15]
AND SAID HE PROCURED HIS BUILDING MATERIALS FROM CHINA
Trump Said That He Buys Chinese Products Because They Are Cheaper.KING: Do
you know your wife sells a jewelry line on QVC? TRUMP: That's true. And you know what else
-- can I give you-- KING: Do you know every piece of jewelry -- every piece of jewelry is made in
China? TRUMP: Can I tell you what else? I build my buildings, unfortunately, because
companies can't compete because they manipulate their currency. So China makes jewelry and
they make curtain walls and they make lots of other things and it shouldn't be that way, John.
We should be making it.KING: People will ask, is this guy a hypocrite? He's out there beating
up on the Chinese and his wife is making money selling products made in China. TRUMP:
Because of the fact that China manipulates their currency. And they really manipulate it big
league. And our people aren't smart enough to know what's going on. When I order curtain walls
for a big beautiful building, when I order other things, you know what happened with the
sheetrock, because the good news is we make better products than they make in China. But
when I order -- can I talk? When I order various elements for building a big building, many of
them come from China. Many other industries, the same thing. These -- it comes from China.
You know why? Because they manipulate the hell out of their currency. [John King USA, CNN,
4/27/11]
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Trump Said He Often Cant Buy American Products Because No One Makes Them In The U.S. TRUMP: When I
order curtain walls, when I order other things -- I order thousands of television sets for a building, thousands. I said,
Let's buy it from the United States. I want America. I want United States. There's no place that makes them. We don't
have television companies in this country. I mean, of any consequence. So, I end up getting LGs made in South
Korea, thousands of them. Now, why -- excuse me, why aren't we -- why aren't we making them in this country?
Why? [John King USA, CNN, 4/27/11]
the exceptions. You have the three exceptions, I am for the exceptions. I absolutely am for the
exceptions, and so was Ronald Reagan for the exceptions, by the way. Theres nothing wrong
with that, you have to do it, in my opinion, he said on CNN. [Washington Post, 8/11/15; New
Day, CNN, 8/11/15]
TRUMP DID NOT SAY WHETHER HE WOULD TRY TO APPEAL ROE V. WADE
Trump Did Not Say Whether He Would Try To Repeal Roe V. Wade, Saying You
Need A Lot Of Supreme Court Judges. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Will you try to defund
[Planned Parenthood], and repeal Roe v. Wade? DONALD TRUMP: Well, the answer is yes,
defund. The other, you need a lot of Supreme Court justices. But were gonna be looking at that
also very, very carefully. But you need a lot of Supreme Court judges. But defund, yes, were
going to be doing that. [Donald Trump Campaign Rally, Waterville Valley NH, 12/1/15]
TRUMP CLAIMED TO AGREE WITH A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY,
BUT SAID HE WAS PRO-LIFE
Trump Agreed That There Was A Right To Privacy In The Constitution. GUTHRIE:
Is there a right to privacy in the Constitution? TRUMP: I guess there is. I guess there is.
[MSNBC, 4/19/11]
Trump: Im Strong On Pro-Life. GUTHRIE: Is there a right to privacy in the
Constitution? TRUMP: I guess there is. I guess there is. I mean, why -- and why, just out of
curiosity, why do you ask that question? GUTHRIE: So how does that -- Well, Im just
wondering how that squares with your pro-life views. TRUMP: Well, thats a pretty strange of
getting to pro-life. I mean, its a very unique way of asking about pro-life. Why are you -- what
does that have to do with privacy? How are you -- how are you equating pro-life with privacy?
GUTHRIE: Well, you know about the Roe v. Wade decision. TRUMP: Yes, right, sure. Look,
Im for pro -- I am pro-life. Ive said it. Im very strong there and Im strong on pro-life. [MSNBC,
4/19/11]
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Republicans decided not to stick together and they left a few people out there like Ted Cruz,
Trump said on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Monday. [Politico, 8/4/15]
Trump Issued A Statement Calling For Planned Parenthood To Receive No Federal
Funding While The Group Continues To Conduct Abortions. In response to several
folks seemingly misunderstanding what the 2016 GOP frontrunner said on CNN on Tuesday
morning about Planned Parenthood funding, Donald Trump has issued a statement to Breitbart
News exclusively that makes it crystal clear where he stands: While the organization conducts
abortions, they should receive no taxpayer dollars. That means Trump supports one of two
pathways forward for Planned Parenthood: Either they stop conducting abortions, or they lose all
their taxpayer subsidies. [Breitbart, 8/11/15]
BUT STILL CLAIMED TO SUPPORT SOME OF PLANNED PARENTHOODS
SERVICES
Trump Supported Defunding Parts Of Planned Parenthood, But Not All Of It.
Business mogul Donald Trump went on a media blitz Tuesday morning, making back-to-back
appearances on Fox and CNN as he sought to tamper down the controversy over his spat with
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.He wants to defund parts of Planned Parenthood, but not all of
it. I would look at the good aspects of it, because Im sure they do some things properly and good
and good for women. And I would look at that, and I would look at other aspects also, he said on
CNN. But we have to take care of women. We have to absolutely take care of women. The
abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood should absolutely not be funded. [Washington Post,
8/11/15; New Day, CNN, 8/11/15]
Trump Said That Abortion Was A Small But Brutal Part Of What Planned
Parenthood Did. Trump's proposal: Abortion is a small but brutal part of what Planned
Parenthood does. They also serve women. Jeb Bush was so bad on women's health issues the
other day! We have to help women. The answer: Maybe unless they stop with the abortions, we
don't do the funding for the stuff that they want. There are many ways you can do that, Sean.
[Washington Post, 8/11/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/11/15]
Trump Defended Planned Parenthoods Non-Abortion Services And Called For The Group To Be Funded.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump defended Planned Parenthood during an interview Tuesday
night, doubling down on his remarks that part of the group should be funded. They do good things, Trump said
during an interview with Sean Hannity that aired on Fox News. There's two Planned Parenthoods, in a way. You have
it as an abortion clinic. Now that's actually a fairly small part of what they do, but its a brutal part and I'm totally
against it, Trump said. They also, however, service women, Trump said, adding later, We have to help women. A lot
of women are helped. So we have to look at the positives for Planned Parenthood. Trump's comments immediately
drew fire from anti-abortion-rights advocates, who say that abortion represents a larger portion of what the
organization does and that it should be entirely defunded. [The Hill, 8/12/15]
TRUMP CALLED ON JEB BUSH TO APOLOGIZE FOR SUGGESTING THAT THE U.S.
SPENT TOO MUCH ON WOMENS HEALTH
Trump Called On Jeb Bush To Apologize For His Comments On Womens Health
Care. Business mogul Donald Trump went on a media blitz Tuesday morning, making back-toback appearances on Fox and CNN as he sought to tamper down the controversy over his spat
with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.He thinks Bush is waging a war on women. I think Jeb
Bush owes women an apology because he made a terrible statement about women's health
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issues, and it was a foolish statement and perhaps a stupid statement, he said on CNN. Its a
statement that should never have come up, it should never have been made, and I think that will
prove to be his 47 percent. He's the one that has to apologize to women. [Washington Post,
8/11/15; New Day, CNN, 8/11/15]
AFTER THE SHOOTING AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY, TRUMP
DEFENDED SECRETLY RECORDED VIDEOS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICIALS AND DISMISSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHOOTERS MOTIVE
Donald Trump Defended The Secretly Recorded Videos Of Planned Parenthood
Officials That Launched Renewed Conservative Criticism Of Planned Parenthood.
Told by host Chuck Todd that Dear had reportedly spoken of baby parts to police, the
Republican presidential front-runner defended the series of secretly recorded videos with
Planned Parenthood officials that launched a fresh wave of conservative attacks against the
organization. I will tell you there is a tremendous group of people that think it's terrible, all of
the videos that they've seen with some of these people from Planned Parenthood, talking about it
like you're selling parts to a car, Trump said. [Politico, 11/29/15]
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on this mentally disturbed individual. Do you think the rhetoric got out of hand on Planned
Parenthood? DONALD TRUMP: No. I think he's a sick person. And I think he was probably a
person ready to go. We don't even know the purpose. I mean, he hasn't come out, to the best of
my knowledge, with a statement as to why it happened to be at that location. TODD: Well, we
have reporting TRUMP: Nobody knows. He lived in a different area. TODD: We have
reporting that he was talking about baby parts and things like that from law enforcement
officials during his interview. TRUMP: Well, I will tell you there is a tremendous group of
people that think it's terrible, all of the videos that they've seen with some of these people from
Planned Parenthood talking about it like you're selling parts to a car. I mean, there are a lot of
people that are very unhappy about that. [Meet The Press, NBC, 11/29/15]
EQUAL PAY
In Response To A Question Asking How He Would Ensure Equal Pay For Women,
Donald Trump Said He Paid Women More Than Men, For Similar Work Because
They Are Better, But That When The Government Says Everybody Gets Equal
Pay You Get Away From The Whole American Dream, You Get Away From
Capitalism In A Sense. You can give the politically correct answer, but you have to let
people get out there. I have to tell you, I have a company where I pay women in many cases more
than men, for similar work because they are better. But when you start getting involved -[applause] no, come on, I do it. Here is the problem. If you start getting involved with
government on this one gets this pay and this one gets that pay, and you say where does it all
start? You could have a woman much better than a man, or you could have a woman thats not
as good as man, and if you sorta say everybody gets equal pay you get away from the whole
American Dream. You get away from capitalism in a sense. I can tell you, that I have women,
honestly that are just, in many cases, theyre better than men and I paid them more than men.
And to a certain extent, people have to go out and they have to fight for themselves. I don't know
if people agree with me, but once you get where everybody gets the same, I mean youre into a
socialistic society. [Donald Trump, WHO-TV Iowa Forum, Newton, Iowa, 11/19/15]
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people, and you need some blocks and you need some swings and some toys. You know, surely,
it's not expensive. It's not an expensive thing. I do it all over, and I get great people because of
it... It's something that can be done, I think, very easily by a company. [Washington Post,
11/19/15]
Donald Trump Said He Provides Child Care For His Employees I Do It All
Over, And I Get Great People Because Of It. Donald Trump doesn't understand why so
few companies provide affordable, in-house child care for their employees like he does at some of
his companies. It's not expensive for a company to do it, Trump said during a town hall at a
community college in this small town on Thursday afternoon. You need one person or two
people, and you need some blocks and you need some swings and some toys. You know, surely,
it's not expensive. It's not an expensive thing. I do it all over, and I get great people because of
it... It's something that can be done, I think, very easily by a company. [Washington Post,
11/19/15]
SEXUAL ASSAULTS
DONALD TRUMPS EX-WIFE IVANA HAS USED THE WORDS VIOLATED AND
RAPE TO DESCRIBE A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP
HEADLINE: Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel Violated During Sex [Daily
Beast, 7/27/15]
SUBHEADLINE: Ivana Trump Once Accused The Real-Estate Tycoon Of Rape, Although She Later Clarified:
Not In The Criminal Sense. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Trumps Ex-Wife Wife Ivana Trump Accused Trump Of Raping Her In 1989. It was
an unfortunate turn of phrase for Trumpin more ways than one. Not only does the current
front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks
about sexual assault, but as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used rape to describe an
incident between them in 1989. She later said she felt violated by the experience. [Daily Beast,
7/27/15]
Ivana Trumps Rape Assertion Originally Appeared In A Deposition As A Part Of
The Early 1990s Divorce Case Between The Trumps And Was Described As A
Violent Assault In The 1993 Book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J.
Trump. Ivana Trumps assertion of rape came in a depositionpart of the early 90s divorce
case between the Trumps, and revealed in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald
J. Trump. The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described
a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump
confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon. Your fucking doctor
has ruined me! Trump cried. What followed was a violent assault, according to Lost Tycoon.
[Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
IN RESPONSE TO A STORY ABOUT IVANAS RAPE ALLEGATIONS, DONALD TRUMPS
SPECIAL COUNSEL SAID YOU CANT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE AND TOLD THE REPORTER
HE WOULD MESS YOUR LIFE UP
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and for the strongest of sanctions and hardest of disciplines for anyone, Trump said in an
interview with Newsday at the time. But far more people can be helped by allowing the
tremendous sums of money from his fights to be put into funds used for rape victims. Tyson was
ultimately sentenced to 10 years in prison, but a judge suspended four years of that sentence.
[Talking Points Memo, 7/29/15]
DONALD TRUMP ON MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT: WHAT DID THESE
GENIUSES EXPECT WHEN THEY PUT MEN & WOMEN TOGETHER?
Trump: 26,000 Unreported Sexual [Assaults] In The MilitaryOnly 238
Convictions. What Did These Geniuses Expect When They Put Men & Women
Together? Two years ago, Trump weighed in on the alarming rate of sexual assault and rape
in the militaryand in doing so, pinned the blame on the presence of women. 26,000 unreported
sexual [assaults] in the militaryonly 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when
they put men & women together? he tweeted in 2013. The Generals and top military brass
never wanted a mixer but were forced to do it by very dumb politicians who wanted to be
politically [correct]! he continued. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Donald Trump: 26,000 Unreported Sexual Assults In The Military-Only 238 Convictions. What Did These
Geniuses Expect When They Put Men & Women Together? [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/7/13]
Trump: The Generals And Top Military Brass Never Wanted A Mixer But Were
Forced To Do It By Very Dumb Politicians Who Wanted To Be Politically
[Correct]! Two years ago, Trump weighed in on the alarming rate of sexual assault and rape
in the militaryand in doing so, pinned the blame on the presence of women. 26,000 unreported
sexual [assaults] in the militaryonly 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when
they put men & women together? he tweeted in 2013. The Generals and top military brass
never wanted a mixer but were forced to do it by very dumb politicians who wanted to be
politically [correct]! he continued. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Donald Trump: "The Generals And Top Military Brass Never Wanted A Mixer But Were Forced To Do It By
Very Dumb Politicians Who Wanted To Be Politically C! [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/7/13]
OFFENSIVE COMMENTS
TRUMP ATTACKED MEGYN KELLY FOR QUESTIONING HIS COMMENTS
ABOUT WOMEN BEING DOGS, FAT PIGS, ETC.
Megyn Kelly Questioned Trump For Calling Women 'Fat Pigs,' 'Dogs,' Slobs, And
Disgusting Animals. Real-estate magnate Donald Trump was confronted by Fox News
moderator Megyn Kelly during the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday, accusing
him of being insensitive toward women. You've called women you don't like, 'fat pigs,' 'dogs,'
slobs, and disgusting animals, Kelly opened a question to Trump. Only Rosie O'Donnell, Trump
quipped. No it wasn't. For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O'Donnell. Your Twitter account
has several disparaging comments about women's looks. You once told a contestant on 'Celebrity
Apprentice' it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the
temperament of a man we should elect as president? Kelly asked Trump. Trump went on to say
he thinks a major problem with America is its trend toward being politically correct. And he told
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Kelly if she didn't like it, I'm sorry. I think the big problem this country has being politically
correct. I've been challenged by so many people and I don't frankly have time for total political
correctness, he said. [Business Insider, 8/6/15]
Trump Attacked Rosie ODonnell, Calling Her Disgusting And Saying That He Wanted To Sue Her Because
Hed Like To Take Some Money Out Of Her Fat-Ass Pockets. When Rosie ODonnell of The View criticized
Trump for the move, he didnt pull punches. This was personal. Rosie ODonnell is disgusting, I mean both inside and
out, Trump said. Take a look at her, shes a slob. She talks like a truck driver. Her show failed when it was a
talk show, she failed on that. He added: Probably Ill sue her because it would be fun. Id like to take some money out
of her fat-ass pockets. [The Washington Post, 7/13/15]
When Trump Was Asked About Offensive Comments He Had Made Toward Women,
He Claimed Its Fun, Its Kidding. We Have A Good Time. KELLY: Your Twitter
account has several disparaging comments about womens looks. You once told a contestant on
Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you
like the temperament of a man we should elect as president, and how will you answer the charge
from Hillary Clinton, who was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war
on women? TRUMP: And frankly, what I say, and oftentimes its fun, its kidding. We have a
good time. What I say is what I say. And honestly Megyn, if you dont like it, Im sorry. Ive been
very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be, based on the way you have treated me.
But I wouldnt do that. [Washington Post, 8/7/15; Republican Primary Debate, Cleveland OH,
8/6/15]
After Megyn Kelly Asked Trump If He Had The Temperament To Be President
When He Has In The Past Called Women Fat Pigs And Slobs Trumped Attacked
Her, Saying Ive Been Very Nice To You, Although I Could Probably Maybe Not
Be, Based On How Youve Treated Me. Later, Kelly asked Trump if he had the
temperament to be president when he has in the past called women fat pigs and slobs.The big
problem this country has is being politically correct, Trump shot back.What I say is what I say,
and honestly, Megyn, if you dont like it Im sorry, he continued. Ive been very nice to you,
although I could probably maybe not be, based on how youve treated me, but I wont do that.
[The Hill, 8/6/15]
Trump Said Kelly Should Apologize To Him For Asking Stupid And Unfair
Questions. Donald Trump on Monday showed no signs of slowing down or shutting up, saying
he thinks Megyn Kelly should offer him an apology for asking a stupid and unfair question.
She should really be apologizing to me, you want to know the truth. And other candidates have
said that, Trump said Monday on MSNBCs Morning Joe. [Politico, 8/10/15]
TRUMP SAID THAT A FEMALE JOURNALIST WHO ASKED ABOUT PAST MISOGYNISTIC
COMMENTS HAD BLOOD COMING OUT OF HER EYES, BLOOD COMING OUT OF HER
WHATEVER
Trump Hit Megyn Kelly For The Questions She Asked During The First Debate
And Claimed You Could See There Was Blood Coming Out Of Her Eyes, Blood
Coming Out Of Her Wherever. During Thursday's presidential debate, Kelly pressed
Trump about misogynistic, sexist comments he made in the past, such as calling some women
fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Trump slammed Kelly, saying her questions were
ridiculous and off-base. You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, Trump told
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CNN's Don Lemon on Friday night. Blood coming out of her wherever. [CNN, 8/8/15; Don
Lemon, CNN, 8/7/15]
TRUMP ALLEGEDLY CALLED A WOMAN WHO ASKED TO TAKE A BREAK
FROM WORK TO PUMP BREAST MILK DISGUSTING
2011: Trump Called A Lawyer Who Requested A Break From A Deposition To
Pump Breast Milk Disgusting, Before Ending His Testimony And Leaving The
Room. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once called a lawyer who requested a
break from a 2011 deposition to pump breast milk disgusting before ending his testimony and
leaving the room. He got up, his face got red, he shook his finger at me and he screamed, 'You're
disgusting, you're disgusting,' and he ran out of there, Beck told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on
Wednesday morning, calling it an absolute meltdown. The incident was described in a letter
from Jared Beck, Elizabeth's co-counsel and husband, obtained by CNN and first reported
Tuesday by the New York Times. Trump's attorney Allen Garten, who was present for the
deposition, does not dispute that Trump called Beck disgusting. Trump slammed Beck's
interview in a tweet to CNN Politics on Wednesday morning: Lawyer Elizabeth Beck did a
terrible job against me, she lost (I even got legal fees). I loved beating her,she was easy, he
tweeted. [CNN, 7/29/15]
Alan Garten, Executive Vice President And General Counsel At The Trump
Organization, Did Not Dispute Trumps Remarks And Said That The Lawyer
Was Disgusting. Alan Garten, executive vice president and general counsel at The
Trump Organization, did not dispute the remark, but said Trump called Beck disgusting
because she was about to use her breast pump in the middle of the deposition room. She was
disgusting, Garten said in a phone interview with CNN. She was attempting to breast feed -to pump in the middle of a deposition, in a deposition room with five lawyers and was not
excusing herself. [CNN, 7/29/15]
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Donald Trump Said Wearing Burkas Makes It Easier For Women To Look
Beautiful Because They Dont Have To Put On Make-Up. Trump extended his bluntforce brand of diplomacy and non-interventionist stance to women's rights, saying that America
should stop meddling in Middle Eastern affairs because women there don't want freedom, as
evidenced by their desire to wear burqas or niqabs, which cover their faces. With the women
over there, they don't have to wear the you-know-what, Trump said referring to the veils worn
by some Muslim women. And then I said, 'Oh well that makes sense. That's nice.' Then, I saw
women interviewed. They said, 'We want to wear them. We've worn them for a thousand years.
Why would anyone tell us?' They want to. What the hell are we getting involved for? The fact is
it's easier. You don't have to put on make-up. Look how beautiful everyone looks. Wouldn't it be
easier if mwah (kissing sound)? Right? Wouldn't that be easy? I tell you if I was a woman mwah - I'm ready darling. Let's go. [CBS News, 10/26/15]
Trump: Doesnt Matter What Media Say About You As Long As Youve Got A
Young And Beautiful Piece Of Ass. In 1991, Trump told Esquire, "You know, it doesn't
really matter what (the media) write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass.
[Des Moines Register, 9/13/15]
Trump On His Daughter: She Does Have A Very Nice Figure ... If [She] Werent
My Daughter, Perhaps Id Be Dating Her. She was replaced by Trumps eldest
daughter, Ivanka, of whom Trump once said, She does have a very nice figure ... if [she] werent
my daughter, perhaps Id be dating her. [Anna Holmes, Washington Post, 4/30/11]
ON THE HUNT FOR WOMEN
Trump: I Think The Hunt Is Always Fun, Whether It's Deals, Whether It's
Women, Whether It's Anything. WALTERS: I want to clear something up. In your book,
the new book, you say, The fun is in the getting, not the having. Does that include women? No
kidding. TRUMP: Interesting question. I think the hunt is always fun, whether it's deals,
whether it's women, whether it's anything. I think, however, that with respect to women, there
would be nothing that would make me happier than having a great marriage. An absolutely
great marriage, and that would certainly supersede the hunt.[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
Trump On Not Having A First Lady: We Could Have One In 24 Hours If
Necessary. KING: We will not have a first lady. Who will be? I'm thinking ahead. Who's in
charge of social affairs? TRUMP: Well, we could have one in 24 hours. We actually -- it would
be very interesting. KING: There's a line out there? TRUMP: But we could have one quickly.
KING: Are you telling us something? TRUMP: No, not all. But I'm saying, if there was a, you
know, prerequisite, 24 hours, it's done. [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
ON A WIFES ROLE IN THE HOME
Trump: I Don't Want To Sound Too Much Like A Chauvinist, But When I Come
Home And Dinner's Not Ready, I'll Go Through The Roof.NANCY COLLINS: Well,
you now are married to a woman, and you- who would like to continue her career. Marla says she
does want to have a career.You have said you don't want Marla to work. TRUMP: I think
I'm probably mixed. I have days where I think it's great and then I have days where if I come
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home and- you know, I don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist, but when I come home
and dinner's not ready, I'll go through the roof, okay?[Primetime Live, ABC News, 3/10/94]
Trump: Men Need Support At HomeNot Someone Who Is Always Griping and
Bitching. "Often, I will tell friends whose wives are constantly nagging them about this or that
that they're better off leaving and cutting their losses. I'm not a great believer in always trying to
work things out, because it just doesn't happen that way. For a man to be successful he needs
support at home, just like my father had from my mother, not someone who is always griping
and bitching." [Des Moines Register, 9/13/15]
ON THE INTELLIGENCE OF WOMEN AND GETTING AHEAD
Trump: It Is Rare That Women Are Both Very Beautiful And Have High IQs.
ZAHN: Let's go back to the women for a moment. Because TIME magazine calls them, either
the hottest women in your office hot to super model hot, and they say that there is more leg and
naval flashed in most staff meetings outside of Hooters. TRUMP: And they know how to use
their looks. Many of the women are very beautiful, super model beautiful but they have 200 IQs,
which is rather rare. [Paula Zahn Now, 1/7/04]
Trump Said That Women Using Sexuality To Get Ahead Is Part Of Life. KING:
Do you think that some complaining about women use their gender to advantage in this, or is
that also part of life? TRUMP: Women? I mean, do women use sex? Absolutely not. You've
never known a woman to use sex, right? On my show, I get criticized when they use sex. The
rest of the world, nobody gets criticized. You know, amazingly, these people were chosen. They're
young people, and they were chosen for their brain, but they happen to be attractive. I mean, the
women, some of the women, happen to be very attractive. And they have used their sexuality to
win certain tasks, as we call them. And hey, that's part of life, I guess. In real life, that
happens, too. I've known it. I've seen it happen. It's actually happened to me a couple of times,
Larry. [Larry King Live, CNN, 2/27/04]
ON HIS CREATION PROCESS ADMITTEDLY, ITS PRETTY SAD AND
LEAVING FOR A PIECE OF ASS
Trump On His Marriages: I've Really Given A Lot Of Women Great Opportunity.
Unfortunately, After They're A Star, The Fun Is Over For Me. It's Like A Creation
Process. NANCY COLLINS: You know what's interesting, Donald, is you take these women,
these two particular women in your life, and you help them become very well-known. And then,
when they want to act on that appeal, you seem to get upset about it. TRUMP: I create stars. I
love creating stars. And, to a certain extent, I've done that with Ivana. To a certain extent, I've
done that with Marla. And I like that. I mean, I've really given a lot of women great opportunity.
Unfortunately, after they're a star, the fun is over for me. It's like a creation process. It's almost
like creating a building. It's pretty sad.[Primetime Live, ABC News, 3/10/94]
Trump On His Divorce From Ivana: When A Man Leaves A Woman, Especially
When It Was Perceived That He Has Left For A Piece Of Ass--A Good One-- There
Are 50 Percent Of The Population Who Will Love The Woman Who Was Left.
WALTERS: The author, Marie Brenner, quotes you as saying to her, When a man leaves a
woman, especially when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of ass- a good one- there are
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50 percent of the population who will love the woman who was left. TRUMP: I do remember
saying that. I don't remember having used those words. That's possible. But I believe that if a
man leaves a woman for almost any reason, that that particular person, the man, is going to be
at a major disadvantage in terms of the public eye, there's no question about it.[20/20, ABC
News, 8/17/90]
ON WHAT WOMEN WANT
Donald Trump: [Women] Do Want To Be Taken Care Of And They Do Want To Be
Cherished And They Do Want To Be Respected, And I Think When You Ask A
Question Like That You're Just Trying To Be Politically Correct, That's All. But
That's Okay. [GQ, 11/23/15]
WORKING FAMILIES
COMMENTS ON CONTRIBUTORS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY
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MR. 47 PERCENT OF THE 2016 CYCLE: TRUMP SAID HALF THE PEOPLE
DONT PAY ANY TAX AND ARENT CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY
Trump: Half Of The People Don't Pay Any Tax And Are Not Contributing To
Society. DOOCY: When the president, Donald, talks about there has to be shared sacrifice,
you know, there are a lot of people in this country, over half, don't even pay any federal taxes. So
he's really talking about you. You're going to have to sacrifice more. TRUMP: Well, you know, I
don't mind sacrificing for the country, to be honest with you, but you know, you do have is a
problem because half of the people don't pay any tax. And when he's talking about that, he's
talking about people that aren't also working, that are not contributing to this society, and it's a
problem. But we have 50 percent -- it just hit the 50 percent mark. Fifty percent of the people
are paying no tax.[Fox & Friends, Fox News, 7/18/11]
MINIMUM WAGE
TRUMP OPPOSED RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE
Trump: I Dont Want To Raise The Minimum Wage. He wouldnt go into specifics, but
promised he would create jobs if elected president. I dont want to raise the minimum wage. I
want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the
minimum wage is, said Trump. [The Hill, 7/23/15]
Donald Trump Opposed Raising The Minimum Wage Because Wages Are Too
High. Were Not Going To Be Able To Compete Against The World. The leading
candidates for the GOP presidential nomination, arguing that they are best positioned to boost
the nations economy, said Tuesday night that the problem is that entry-level wages are too high.
Real estate tycoon Donald Trump and neurosurgeon Ben Carson used an opening question on the
minimum wage to argue that high wages are a drag on job creation. Taxes too high. Wages too
high. Were not going to be able to compete against the world. I hate to say it, but we have to
leave it the way it is, Trump said. [USA Today, 11/11/15]
SNAP BENEFITS
TRUMP CRACKED A JOKE ABOUT A FAT PROTESTER GETTING EXCITED
OVER FOOD STAMPS
Trump On A Protester: I Mention Food Stamps And That Guy Who Is Seriously
Overweight Went Crazy. A heckler was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally in Worcester,
Mass., while Trump was speaking about food stamps. Trump responded, I mention food stamps
and that guy who is seriously overweight went crazy. [Washington Post, 11/18/15]
FREE STUFF
Donald Trump Said, During A Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton And Bernie
Sanders Couldnt Give Things Away Fast Enough. As Hillary and Bernie Sanders,
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they just couldnt give things away fast enough. I watched Hillary last night with, Were going
to give this, were going to give that, were going to give that. The poor woman, shes got to give
everything away cause this maniac that was standing on her right is giving everything away. So,
shes following. Thats whats happeningCause you got to win. Cause shes not doing so well.
[Donald Trump Campaign Rally, Richmond, VA, 10/14/15]
VETERANS
Trump On Sen. McCain: Hes Not A War Hero. Hes A War Hero Because He Was
Captured. I Like People Who Werent Captured. Mr. Trump upended a Republican
presidential forum here, and the race more broadly, by saying of the Arizona senator and former
prisoner of war: Hes not a war hero. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people who
werent captured. Mr. McCain, a naval aviator, was shot down during the Vietnam War and held
prisoner for more than five years in Hanoi, refusing early release even after being repeatedly
beaten. [New York Times, 7/19/15]
Politifact Virginia Assessed A Mostly False Rating To Donald Trumps Claim
That Over 300,000 Veterans Have Died Waiting For Care," From The Department
Of Veterans Administration. Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care, Trump
said in a Norfolk speech in which he promised to overhaul the VA. Trump offered the most dire
possible interpretation of a scathing report on VA record-keeping and went well beyond what the
inspector general was able to conclude. The report found that 307,173 dead people were listed
last year on a VA database as having pending status with the agency. But shabby records make
a detailed dissection of that number impossible. Investigators said that some of those people
were not veterans; not all of them were seeking health care or necessarily any VA service; and
some of them died before 1998, when the database began. No doubt, the VA is ripe for criticism.
But Trumps statement takes liberty with the facts, and we rate it Mostly False. [Politifact
Virginia, 11/9/15]
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Donald Trumps Would Allow VA-Eligible Veterans To Receive Care From Any Doctor Or Care Facilities That
Accepts Medicare. The Trump plan gives veterans the freedom to choose and forces the VA to compete for their
dollars. Under a Trump Administration, all veterans eligible for VA health care can bring their veterans ID card to
any doctor or care facility that accepts Medicare to get the care they need immediately. Our veterans have earned the
freedom to choose better or more convenient care from the doctor and facility of their choice. The power to choose
will stop the wait time backlogs and force the VA to improve and compete if the department wants to keep receiving
veterans healthcare dollars. The VA will become more responsive to veterans, develop more efficient systems, and
improve the quality of care because it will have no other choice. [Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make
America Great Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
The Trump Plan To Reform The Department Of Veterans Affairs Would Increase
Funding For PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury And Suicide Prevention Services. The
Trump Plan Will: Increase funding for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain
injury and suicide prevention services to address our veterans invisible wounds. Service
members are five times more likely to develop depression than civilians. They are almost fifteen
times more likely to develop PTSD than civilians. This funding will help provide more and better
counseling and care. More funding will also support research on best practices and state of the
art treatments to keep our veterans alive, healthy and whole. With these steps, the Trump plan
will help the veteran community put the unnecessary stigma surrounding mental health behind
them and instead encourage acceptance and treatment in our greater society. [Veterans
Administration Reforms That Will Make America Great Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign
Website, accessed 11/2/15]
The Trump Plan To Reform The Department Of Veterans Affairs Support Women
Veterans By Ensuring Every VA Hospital Will Be Fully Equipped With OBGYN
And Other Womens Health Services. The Trump Plan Will: Better support our
women veterans. The fact that many VA hospitals dont permanently staff OBGYN doctors
shows an utter lack of respect for the growing number female veterans. Under the Trump plan,
every VA hospital in the country will be fully equipped with OBGYN and other womens health
services. In addition, women veterans can always choose a different OBGYN in their community
using their veterans ID card. [Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make America Great
Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
TRUMP: THE CURRENT STATE OF THE VA WAS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
Donald Trump: The Current State Of The Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Is Absolutely Unacceptable.The current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
is absolutely unacceptable. Over 300,000 veterans died waiting for care. Corruption and
incompetence were excused. Politicians in Washington have done too little too slowly to fix it.
This situation can never happen again, and when Donald J. Trump is president, it will be fixed
fast. [Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make America Great Again,
DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
Donald Trump: The Guiding Principle Of The Trump Plan Is Ensuring Veterans
Have Convenient Access To The Best Quality Care.The guiding principle of the Trump
plan is ensuring veterans have convenient access to the best quality care. To further this
principle, the Trump plan will decrease wait times, improve healthcare outcomes, and facilitate a
seamless transition from service into civilian life.[Veterans Administration Reforms That Will
Make America Great Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
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Donald Trump: Ensure Our Veterans Get The Care They Need Wherever And
Whenever They Need It.Trump Plan [for the Veterans Administration] Will:Ensure our
veterans get the care they need wherever and whenever they need it. No more long drives. No
more waiting for backlogs. No more excessive red tape. Just the care and support they earned
with their service to our country.[Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make America
Great Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
Donald Trump: The VA Will Support The Whole Veteran. The Trump Plan [for the
Veterans Administration] Will: Support the whole veteran, not just their physical health care,
but also by addressing their invisible wounds, investing in our service members post-active duty
success, transforming the VA to meet the needs of 21st century service members, and better
meeting the needs of our female veterans.[Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make
America Great Again, DonaldJTrump.com, Campaign Website, accessed 11/2/15]
A VETERANS ADVOCACY GROUP CRITICIZED TRUMPS PLAN FOR THE VA AS
PAINFULLY THIN ON SPECIFICS
The Advocacy Group Concerned Veterans For America Criticized Donald Trumps
Plan To Reform The Department Of Veterans Affairs For Being Painfully Thin On
Specifics. A veterans advocacy group is criticizing the plan to reform the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) released by Donald Trump. Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) said
the plan was heavy of rhetoric, light on specifics in a statement on Saturday. While Donald
Trump rightly proposes more health care choices for veterans and long-overdue accountability
for bad VA employees, his plan is painfully thin on specifics about how he would implement
those principles, CVA CEO Pete Hegseth said in the statement. [The Hill, 11/1/15]
TRUMPSPOLITICS
2016
GOP LOYALTY PLEDGE
TRUMP WAS INITIALLY OPEN TO RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT IF THE
RNC TREATED HIM POORLY DURING THE PRIMARY, OR IF HE DID NOT
RESPECT THE GOP NOMINEE
Trump Said He Would Have To See Who Wins Before Deciding To Support The
GOP Nominee Or Run As An Independent. If he doesn't win the Republican nomination,
Trump said on Fox he would have to see who wins before deciding to support the GOP nominee
or run as an independent. [CBS News, 7/10/15]
Trump Said The Chance That He Would Launch A Third-Party White House Run
Would Absolutely Increase If The Republican National Committee Was Unfair To
Him During The 2016 Primary Season. Donald Trump says the chances that he will
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launch a third-party White House run will absolutely increase if the Republican National
Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season. The RNC has not been supportive.
They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy, the business
mogul told The Hill in a 40-minute interview from his Manhattan office at Trump Tower on
Wednesday. The RNC has been, I think, very foolish. Pressed on whether he would run as a
third-party candidate if he fails to clinch the GOP nomination, Trump said that so many people
want me to, if I dont win. Ill have to see how Im being treated by the Republicans, Trump
said. Absolutely, if theyre not fair, that would be a factor. [The Hill, 7/23/15]
In First GOP Debate, Trump Refused To Pledge To Support The Eventual GOP
Nominee: I Cannot Say. I Have To Respect The Person If Its Not Me Who Wins.
Fireworks erupted at the outset of the first Republican debate on Thursday night, when Donald
Trump said he wouldnt pledge not to run as an independent if he doesnt win the Republican
nomination. Anchor Bret Baier asked the field of candidates to raise their hands if they were
unwilling to pledge their support to the eventual Republican nominee, and only Trump raised his
hand. I cannot say [that], Trump said. I have to respect the person if its not me who wins."
[The Hill, 8/6/15]
SEPTEMBER 2015: TRUMP SIGNED A LOYALTY PLEDGE TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Trump Signed Loyalty Pledge To The GOP. Donald Trump on Thursday signed a loyalty
pledge to the Republican Party -- and, with that, the renegade candidate became a little less of a
renegade and a party establishment unsure of what to do with the bedeviling front-runner
brought him more fully into its embrace. The document the GOP presidential front-runner
signed promises that he will support the Republican nominee in next years general election,
effectively ruling out a third-party or independent run. [Washington Post, 9/3/15]
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
PRO-TRUMP SUPER PAC SHUT DOWN AFTER SCRUTINY OVER ITS
CONNECTION TO TRUMPS CAMPAIGN
Make America Great Again, The Main Super PAC Supporting Donald Trump, Shut
Down Amidst Increasing Scrutiny Of Its Connections To Trumps Campaign. The
main super PAC backing Donald Trump is shutting down amidst increasing scrutiny of its ties to
Trumps campaign. Trump, who has made his independence from wealthy donors a cornerstone
of his anti-establishment presidential campaign, never officially blessed the Make America Great
super PAC. But Mike Ciletti, a Republican operative based in Colorado, reportedly used contact
information obtained from a top Trump aide to reach out to prospective donors. [Politico,
10/22/15]
The Political Operative Who Launched Pro-Trump Super PAC Make America
Great Again Solicited Political Contributions Using Contact Information He
Obtained From One Of Trumps Close Aides. A super PAC backing Donald Trump
solicited a Trump business acquaintance for a political contribution using contact information
obtained from a top aide to the real estate tycoon, according to an e-mail obtained by The
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Washington Post. The donor outreach was among several new details that emerged this week
linking Trump to Make America Great Again, a super PAC backing his presidential bid. In
a Sept. 1 e-mail, Mike Ciletti, a Colorado GOP operative working for the Make America Great
Again PAC, suggested to a Trump acquaintance and longtime GOP donor that he was using
contact information he obtained from Trumps longtime assistant and gatekeeper, Rhona
Graff. I apologize for reaching you at this email address, it is the one that Rhona had on file,
Ciletti wrote to a GOP donor, who requested anonymity to avoid angering Trump.
[Washington Post, 10/20/15]
Mike Ciletti, The Republican Operative Who Launched The Pro-Trump Super PAC
Make America Great Again, Said He Was Shutting It Down Because Trump Said
He Did Not Have A Super PAC Supporting Him. But Mike Ciletti, a Republican
operative based in Colorado, reportedly used contact information obtained from a top Trump aide
to reach out to prospective donors. Ciletti told POLITICO that his decision Thursday to shut
down the organization, which he launched in July in an effort to boost Trumps candidacy, is an
attempt to erase any questions as to whether he has a super PAC. Mr. Trump has said he
doesnt have a super PAC, Ciletti continued. So to honor his wishes, Im shutting my
organization down. [Politico, 10/22/15]
Mike Ciletti, The Republican Operative Who Launched Pro-Trump Super PAC
Make America Great Again, Refused To Give More Information About How
Much Money Was Raised, Or If He Was Ordered To Shut Down The Super PAC.
But Mike Ciletti, a Republican operative based in Colorado, reportedly used contact
information obtained from a top Trump aide to reach out to prospective donors. Ciletti
declined to say how much money he was able to raise in roughly four months or whether
anyone specifically asked him to shut the organization down. He plans to refund
contributions after making sure existing contractual obligations to various vendors (mostly
related to voter targeting and advertising) are met. [Politico, 10/22/15]
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Donald Trumps Campaign Sent Letters To Nine Super PACs Supporting Him,
Stating They Were Not Authorized To Use His Name Or Likeness In Connection
With Fundraising Activities. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump wants
the super PACs supporting his race for the White House to stop supporting him. The Trump
campaign said they sent letters to the nine known super PACs supporting Trump, stating in
part, We are providing this written notice that your organization is not authorized to use Mr.
Trumps name and likeness in connection with its fundraising activities, and we are formally
disavowing such activities. Thus, given the invocation of Donald J. Trump in connection with
your activities, we ask that you refund all funds received by you in connection with any
fundraising undertaken to specifically support and/or done in the name of Donald J. Trump. ...
The campaign has never received money from your PAC, nor does the campaign want any
money, services or goods from your committee. [ABC News, 10/23/15]
Donald Trump Asked Nine Known Super PACs Supporting His Candidacy To
Refund All Contributions Solicited In Support Of His White House Bid. The
Trump campaign said they sent letters to the nine known super PACs supporting Trump,
stating in part, We are providing this written notice that your organization is not authorized
to use Mr. Trumps name and likeness in connection with its fundraising activities, and we
are formally disavowing such activities. Thus, given the invocation of Donald J. Trump in
connection with your activities, we ask that you refund all funds received by you in
connection with any fundraising undertaken to specifically support and/or done in the name
of Donald J. Trump. ... The campaign has never received money from your PAC, nor does the
campaign want any money, services or goods from your committee. [ABC News, 10/23/15]
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Donald Trump Criticized Idea Of Super PACs In General. Trump attributes Carson's
rise in Iowa to the super PAC operations backing Ben Carson in the state, which he attacked as
running Iowa for him. He knocked the idea of super PACs in general, saying that this whole
PAC concept is fraught with problems and I think you're going to see tremendous problems with
PACs over the years. [CBS News, 10/25/15]
TRUMPS CAMPAIGN WAS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY DONORS AND NOT BY
HIS PERSONAL WEALTH
Politcos Issac Arnsdorf: Donald Trumps Campaign Is Nowhere Near 100-Percent
Trump-Funded. Criticizing the campaign finance jungle, Trump said hes paying for 100
percent of his own campaign. The claim dovetails with his crowd-pleasing refrain about
rejecting special interests, lobbyists and donors. Trump has given his campaign almost $105,000
and lent another $1.8 million (which can be paid back at any time), according to FEC filings. But
the campaign raised a total of $5.83 millionmeaning $3.9 million came from people who are not
Donald Trump. And the campaign has spent $5.6 million. Since thats $3.66 million more than
Trump supplied, his campaign is nowhere near 100-percent Trump-funded. [Isaac Arnsdorf,
Politico, 10/29/15]
10/29/15: Two-Thirds Of Donald Trumps Campaign Funding Came From
Individual Contributions, Not From Trump Himself. According to the latest federal
filing, Trumps campaign has raised $5.8 million. However, the bulk of that sum 67%, or $3.9
million has come from approximately 75,000 individual contributions. Meanwhile, Trump has
poured $1.9 million of his own money into his campaign, which represents about 33% of that
total haul. [MSNBC, 10/29/15]
TRUMP BRAGGED HE IS MAKING A PROFIT FROM RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT
10/31/15: Donald Trump Bragged That He Actually Made A Profit Running For
President If I Net It Out, Im At Like A Million Bucks. Im Running for
President. I have spent less money than any other candidate running for president and Im
number one. Now think of it. No think of it. No, think of em. So Ive spent and a big part of
what Ive spend is my airplane which I get reimbursed for. So that shows here but I actually
so Ive spent even less than people think. You have to put down market value. You play,
whatever the hell it is, so they put it down there so its actually even better. But Ive spent less
money than any other candidate. Were number one. Others have spent 28 million. I think if I
net it out, Im at like a million bucks, right? So far its been a good deal. [Donald Trump
Campaign Rally, Norfolk, VA, 10/31/15]
Going Negative
Trump On The First Debate: I Don't Want To Attack Anybody. Maybe I'll Be
Attacked And Maybe Not. I'd Rather Just Discuss The Issues, But Certainly I
Don't Want To Attack. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said
Wednesday that he hopes the first GOP-sanctioned debate this week is about the issues and not
jabbing among those on stage. I don't want to attack anybody. Maybe I'll be attacked and maybe
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not. I'd rather just discuss the issues, but certainly I don't want to attack, Trump said on ABC's
Good Morning America.I hope we can keep it on a high level, Trump told Breitbart. If that
doesn't happen, I'm willing to go to the other route. But I will say the two people who hit me
really hard both went down in the polls. [The Hill, 8/5/15]
STAFFING PROBLEMS
Trumps Campaign Falsely Claimed That Aaron Borders Had No Connection To
Trumps Campaign. Donald Trumps presidential campaign ended its relationship with an
Arizona-based politico Tuesday evening after BuzzFeed News asked about Islamophobic
Facebook posts he wrote and racially charged Facebook posts about Barack and Michelle Obama.
Asked by BuzzFeed News about Aaron Borders, who identified himself on various social media
profiles and his LinkedIn as Trumps Arizona state director, the Trump campaign originally
falsely denied that he had any connection to the campaign. But audio recordings provided by
Borders to BuzzFeed News show Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski informing
Borders of the campaigns intent to hire him. In a second recording, Lewandowski tells Borders
that he is going to fire him over the Facebook posts, and in a third recording delivers a threat to
sue your fucking ass to next year. Trump fired a longtime aide last week after Business Insider
unearthed racially charged Facebook posts. [BuzzFeed, 8/5/15]
Borders Was The Second Trump Staffer To Be Fired In A Week For Racially
Insensitive Facebook Posts. Borders is the second person associated with the Trump
campaign to be cut off this week for posts on Facebook, after Sam Nunberg, an adviser, was
fired following the unearthing of a 2007 post in which he wrote about calling Al Sharptons
daughter N-!. [BuzzFeed, 8/5/15]
POLLING
Donald Trump: How Often Do You See That The Polls Are Wrong? Not Too
Often. TRUMP: Im a believer in polls. I only like them because Ive been number one for 100
days now, in a row, which is pretty good. But I am a believer in polls. I mean, how often do you
see that the polls are wrong? Not too often. You know, you go out and you see elections and
somebody is scheduled to win by four, and they win by three-and-a-half or five. But they, you
dont usually see where theyand his [Bidens] polling numbers were not great. And Im actually
happy about it because Id actually rather run against Hillary. I think beating Hillary on her
record will not be very difficult. Her record has been atrocious. [Capital Download, USA Today,
10/22/15; VIDEO]
According To PPPs Tom Jensen, A Trump Employee Placed Non-Stop Calls
Trying To Get PPP To Place Trump In Its Polls. This time, the real estate on a polling
questionnaire is precious and reserved for serious contenders. Two national pollsters said
Trumps representatives had complained to them about his exclusion from their surveys,
including PPPs Jensen, who described non-stop calls from a Trump employee. We even had a
conversation with her, and she still kept calling, he said. [Politico, 5/13/15]
DISHONESTY
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HEADLINE: Donald Trumps Spectacular, Unending, Utterly Baffling, OftenWrong Campaign Launch. [Washington Post, 6/16/15]
USA Today: Trump Claimed That Economic Growth Has Never Been Below Zero
Until Last Quarter's Drop, Which Is Far From True. It Has Been Below Zero 42
Times Since 1946. [USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Said There Are No Jobs To Be Had. In Fact, There Were
5.4 Million Job Openings Recorded At The End Of April, The Most In 15 Years.
[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Said The Real Unemployment Rate Is Anywhere From 18
To 20% And Maybe Even 21%. We See No Factual Basis For This Opinion.[USA
Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico
By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And
Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would
Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: Trump Claimed The Five Taliban Leaders Exchanged For Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl Are Now Back On The Battlefield Trying To Kill Us. But All Five
Remain In Qatar, Where They Continue To Be Monitored And Are Subject To A
Travel Ban, According To The State Department.[USA Today, 6/16/15]
USA Today: [Trump] Also Made The Misleading Claim That Health Care
Premium Costs Are Going Up 29, 39, 49 And Even 55%. He's Talking About Some
Proposed Rate Increases On The Individual Market That Still Need Regulatory
Approval. There Are Also Proposed Rate Decreases Or Single-Digit Increases That
Did Not Have To Be Submitted For Review. [USA Today, 6/16/15]
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
CHANGING PARTY ID
Over The Years, Trump Was A Registered With The Republican Party, The
Independence Party, The Democratic Party, And Was Unaffiliated. Mr. Trump
registered in New York as a Republican in 1987, switched to the Independence Party in 1999,
became a Democrat in 2001, returned to the Republican Party in 2009, gave up his party
affiliation in 2011 and came back to the GOP in 2012. [Wall Street Journal, 12/10/15]
In 2004, Trump Said That He Identified More As A Democrat. BLITZER: Do you
identify more as a Democrat or a Republican? TRUMP: Well, you'd be shocked if I said that in
many cases I probably identify more as a Democrat. And I think you would probably be shocked
at that. [Wolf Blitzer Reports, CNN, 3/19/04]
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Trump In 1999: I'm Somewhat Liberal On Social Issues, Especially Health Care.
KING: Now, let's get into some things. The Reform Party, by its name, means reform. You will
be leaving, if you run this -- you believe in, what, the Republican Party I believe? TRUMP: I'm
a registered Republican. I'm a pretty conservative guy. I'm somewhat liberal on social issues,
especially health care, et cetera, but I'd be leaving another party, and I've been close to that
party. [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
BIRTHERISM
USA Today: Trump Was Perhaps The Most Prominent Voice Of The Birther
Movement. Trump has been an outspoken critic of President Obama and was perhaps the
most prominent voice of the birther movement, which asserted, erroneously, that Obama was
not a natural-born U.S. citizen. On Monday, he took a shot at the newest entrant to the 2016
Republican field, Jeb Bush, tweeting: Do we really need another Bush in the White House we
have had enough of them. If there's one thing Trump brings to the 2016 campaign, it's
confidence. I'm the most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far, he told The Des
Moines Register in a recent interview. [USA Today, 6/16/15]
Trump Questioned Whether President Obama Was Actually Born In The US.
Donald Trump says hes still not convinced President Obama was born in America, but that hes
not interested in rehashing the issue. I don't know. I really don't know, the 2016 Republican
presidential candidate told CNN when asked on Thursday. I don't know why he wouldn't release
his records. [The Hill, 7/9/15]
Trump Claimed That Obamas Grandmother Said That He Was Born In
Kenya.TRUMP: I'm sure the governor really recalls him. I think the governor's taking a bullet
for the party. Look, I didn't say that. You have to be born in the country. If he was three years
old or two years old or one year old and people remember him, that's irrelevant. You have to be
born in the country. There's no birth certificate. There's only a certificate of live birth, which is a
totally different thing and a much, much lower standard. There are no hospital records. His own
family doesn't know what hospital he was born in in Hawaii. But have you no hospital records in
any of the hospitals that he was born there. There are no bills, no room numbers, no nothing.
They do that for other people, but they don't have for Obama. His grandmother in Kenya said
that he was born in Kenya. Now, he could have been born -- and she said it very strongly -- that
he was born in Kenya, she was there when he was born. And the newspapers were a week late
MALVEAUX: No, I have to interrupt here because I know what you're talking about. I know the
report you're talking about. Within that interview itself -- it has been discredited. There is an
interview that was done here, and in the interview, Obama's step grandmother says that she was
there when he was born. The interpreter realizes when the questioner again asks him if he was
born in Kenya that she was misinterpreted, that that was not correct.[Newsroom, CNN, 4/7/11]
Trump Said His Questions About Obamas Birth Certificate Had Absolutely
Nothing To Do With Race. VAN SUSTEREN: Why aren't you satisfied he was born in the
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United States? TRUMP: The fact is they asked me the question. I said I want to see his birth
certificate. It's very simple. Somebody asked today can I see your birth certificate. I had it in my
hands in less than an hour. People that are born in this country have birth certificates. So I
wanted to see his birth certificate. I mentioned that on The View Whoopi said if that were a
white man you wouldn't be asking that question. I said what does this have to do with race? It
has absolutely nothing to do with race. [On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News,
3/28/11]
Trump Said That Obama Spent Millions Of Dollars On Lawyers Trying To Get
Out Of The Birth Certificate Issue. VAN SUSTEREN: Why aren't you satisfied he was
born in the United States? TRUMP: The fact is if you look at what has happened, with
respect to this birth certificate issue, he doesn't have it. He spent millions of dollars on lawyers
trying to get out of the issue. They get what is called a certificate of live birth which doesn't have
a signature on it and anybody can get a certificate of live birth. It has nothing to do with a birth
certificate. And they are really reeling.[On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News,
3/28/11]
IMPEACHMENT
12/2/15: Donald Trump Said He Would Not Back Impeachment Hearings For
President Obama Because Doing So Would Make Obama A Martyr And Because
There Was Not Enough Time, With Obama Only In Office For Another Year.
Donald Trump wouldnt back impeachment hearings for President Barack Obama, saying such
a move would only make Obama a martyr. The best thing that we have going with Obama is
that hes got a year left, Trump said, adding that wasnt enough time to go through
impeachment hearings. So dont make him a martyr? Jones asked. In a way youll make him a
martyr, Trump said, but then pivoted away. But I don't even say that, he continued. I'm the
most disappointed in Republicans. [Politico, 12/2/15]
PRESS CORPS.
Trump: The Press Are Liars. They're Terrible People. The press are liars. They're
terrible people Not all of them, but many of them. Trump also bragged that he knows how to
get past the media: I have millions of people on Facebook and Twitter, which he likened to
owning the New York Times without the losses. [New York Magazine, 6/12/15]
ENDORSEMENTS
David Duke Supported Trump For President. Donald Trump's presidential campaign
has a new supporter: former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Duke, a self-described
racial realist and notorious white nationalist, praised Trump during a wide-ranging tirade on
his radio program, calling the surging real estate mogul a good salesman and the best of the lot
of the large group of 2016 Republican presidential candidates. [New York Daily News, 8/25/15]
Donald Trump Was Endorsed By Rev. James David Manning, Known As The
Harlem Hate Pastor Who Has Proclaimed Obama Has Released The Homo
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Demons Of The Black Man. Undiluted affection came Trumps way via an endorsement by
Rev. James David Manning, known to many New Yorkers as The Harlem Hate Pastor. Manning
has stated that President George W. Bush and his father George H.W. Bush each had sex with
100 men. He has compared President Obama to Hitler. The sign outside his Atlah Worldwide
Church on Lenox Ave. has proclaimed: Obama has released the homo demons of the black man.
Look out black woman. A white homo may take your man. [New York Daily News, 12/2/15]
Donald Trump Said The Small, One Million Dollar Loan He Received From His
Father Isnt Very Much Compared To What I Built. GOP presidential front-runner
Donald Trump said on Monday that his business success stems from a small $1 million loan his
father once gave him. I started off in Brooklyn [and] my father gave me a small loan of a million
dollars, he told host Matt Lauer on NBCs Today show. Lauer then challenged Trumps
assertion that $1 million constitutes a small business loan. Lets just put this in perspective,
Lauer said. You said this hasnt been easy for you, but my dad gave me a million-dollar loan.
That [is] probably going to seem pretty easy to a lot of people, Lauer added. Trump countered
that his fathers financial aid pales in comparison with his own current wealth. Youre right, but
a million dollars isnt very much compared to what I built, the outspoken billionaire responded.
I mean, I built one of the great organizations. [The Hill, 10/26/15]
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NET WORTH
In 1990, Forbes Reported That Trump Had A $3.2 Billion Debt And A Net Worth
Of About $500 Million. DONALDSON: Let's take the Forbes magazine piece. It says that
you have a debt of about $3.2 billion, a net worth of about $500 million, and that you're losing
money at the rate of $40 million a year. True? TRUMP: Forbes has been after me for years,
consistently after me. They took properties and devalued the properties. They say the Plaza
Hotel's not worth what everybody knows it's worth. They say the Taj Mahal- they include the
debt of the Taj Mahal, but not the income. They said that my empire is down to a mere $500
million. I'm saying that the assets are far more valuable than they give them credit for.
[Primetime Live, ABC, 5/3/90]
In 1990, Forbes Valued Trumps Total Assets At Just Under $3.7 Billion. Maybe
not, but Forbes has made its own estimate, one that has upset Donald Trump. Trump
controls a huge financial empire, no doubt about it. In New York City, he owns luxury
apartments and condominiums, including the Trump Tower. He owns premier hotels,
including the world-famous Plaza. He owns 100 acres of prime Manhattan real estate for
development. He owns an airline, the Trump Shuttle, which flies between New York, Boston
and Washington, and a helicopter service to take gamblers to Atlantic City. There, he owns
three hotel-casinos, including his newest, the $1 billion Taj Mahal. And when one adds
personal residences, including his Florida estate, and such things as his yacht, it is all
staggering. Forbes puts Donald Trump's total assets at just under $3.7 billion. But hold on.
Trump does not own all this outright. His debt on these assets amounts to almost $3.2
billion, according to Forbes. Subtracting that produces the $500 million Forbes net worth
figure. And when Trump announced he might sell his airline, the financial sharks smelled
blood. [Primetime Live, ABC, 5/3/90]
2015: Forbes Estimated Trumps Worth At $4 Billion. It should be noted that Forbes
estimates his net worth at $4 billion; Trump once sued a reporter for libel after writing that his
net worth was closer to hundreds of millions of dollars. A New Jersey appellate judge dismissed
the case in 2011, saying Trump failed to prove actual malice. [Fox Business, 7/15/15]
TIMOTHY OBRIEN REPORTED TRUMPS NET WORTH WAS LESS THAN $250
M., SO TRUMP SUED HIM FOR LIBEL
2005: New York Timess Timothy OBrien: Three People With Direct Knowledge Of
Trumps Finances Estimate His Net Worth At Somewhere Between $150 Million
And $250 Million. Three people with direct knowledge of Donald's finances, people who had
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worked closely with him for years, told me that they thought his net worth was somewhere
between $150 million and $250 million. (Donald's casino holdings have recently rebounded in
value, perhaps adding as much as $135 million to these estimates.) By anyone's standards, this
still qualified Donald as comfortably wealthy, but none of these people thought that he was
remotely close to being a billionaire. [Timothy OBrien, Business Day, New York Times,
10/23/05]
2011: TRUMP DID NOT KNOW WHAT PERCENT INCOME TAX HE PAID
Trump Was Not Sure What Percent Personal Income Tax He Paid. CROWLEY: I
have two quick questions. There was an article out the other day talking about the top 400 gross
income folks. It was in Bloomberg, paying 17 percent personal income tax while those who made
less than them were paying 23 percent. What percent of your personal income do you do?
TRUMP: I'd really have to check. I'd really have to check. CROWLEY: You really don't know
where it is? TRUMP: Sure, it's substantial. But I would really have to check. [State Of The
Union, CNN, 4/17/11]
INHERITANCE
TRUMP REPORTEDLY BORROWED $30 MILLION AGAINST HIS INHERITANCE
TO KEEP HIMSELF AFLOAT
Donald Trump Borrowed $30 Million Against His Inheritance To Bolster Hiss
Faltering Properties. By 1974, Trump was president of his father's company meaning
that the status of that modest million-dollar loan was probably somewhat irrelevant by that
point; Trump was now in primary control of that sizable real estate empire. Trump apparently
did need a loan a bit later on. As the Times's Timothy O'Brien reported in a 2005 look at Trump's
net worth, Trump asked for a $10 million loan against his inheritance to bolster his faltering
properties. His siblings, who had a stake in the pool of money that would be inherited,
grudgingly agreed. A year later, he asked for $20 million more. Trump denies this account.
[New York Times, 10/26/15]
1993: Donald Trump Was Forced To Ask For A $10 Million Loan From His
Siblings, Who All Demanded He Sign A Promissory Note Guaranteeing The
Loan Against Future Distributions From His Trust Fund. By 1993, with his
casinos in hock, most of his real estate holdings either forfeited or stagnant and his father
slipping into the fog of Alzheimer's disease, Donald Trump, at the age of 47, had run out of
money. There were no funds left to keep him aloft, and as the bare-bones operation he
maintained in Manhattan started to grind to a halt, he ordered Nick Ribis, the Trump
Organization's president, to call his siblings and ask for a handout from their trusts. Donald
needed about $10 million for his living and office expenses, but he had no collateral to provide
his brother and sisters, all three of whom wanted a guarantee that he would repay them. The
Trump children's anticipated share of their father's fortune amounted to about $35 million
each, and Donald's siblings demanded that he sign a promissory note pledging future
distributions from his trust fund against the $10 million he wanted to borrow. [New York
Times, 10/23/05]
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Beyond The $1 Million Loan From His Father, Donald Trump Used His Familys
Wealth As A Backstop During Hard Financial Times, Including An Illegal $3.5
Million Loan From His Father. Wherever the truth lies, it's clear that Trump got more
than a $1 million loan (paid back with interest) from his father. He got control of his company
and, ultimately, a large inheritance (although the where, when and how much on this is murky).
And when he was in financial trouble in the early 1990s being dropped from the Forbes 400 in
1990 he had his family's wealth as a backstop. Update: So much so that, as our Glenn Kessler
pointed out, Fred Trump bought $3.5 million in Trump Castle Casino Resort chips, which he
never used to bet. (The purchase was determined to be illegal; the casino had to pay a fine.)
[New York Times, 10/26/15]
TRUMP DESCRIBED HIS $9.6 MILLION INHERITANCE AS A VERY SMALL
AMOUNT OF MONEY.
2007: During A Deposition, Donald Trump Admitted To Taking $9.6 Million From
His Fathers Estate, Which Trump Characterized As A Loan, For A Very Small
Amount Of Money. In a 2007 deposition, the Donald admitted to taking about $9.6 million
from his fathers estate, calling the sum a very small amount of money. Trump was being
deposed by the lawyer of journalist Timothy L. OBrien, who Trump sued for defamation after
the writer estimated in his 2005 book TrumpNation that Trumps net worth was a mere $150 to
$250 million, compared to Donalds own $6 billion personal valuation. Trump was asked in the
December 2007 deposition if he had ever borrowed money from the deceased Fred Trumps
estate. I think a small amount a long time ago, Donald Trump replied. I think it was like in the
$9 million range. Asked when this happened, Trump said, I dont know. Years ago. [BuzzFeed,
11/515]
Donald Trump Would Have Made More Money By Simply Investing His 8-Figure Inheritance In A Mutual Fund
Indexed To The Stock Market Than He Made Through His Real Estate And Other Business Ventures. As really
rich as Donald Trump is today, he might have been even richer if, instead of dabbling in skyscrapers and casinos,
hed simply taken his eight-figure inheritance decades ago and sunk it into the stock market. Had the celebrity
businessman and Republican presidential candidate invested his eventual share of fathers real estate company into
a mutual fund of S&P 500 stocks in 1974, it would be worth nearly $3 billion today, thanks to the markets
performance over the past four decades. If hed invested the $200 million that Forbes magazine determined he was
worth in 1982 into that index fund, it would have grown to more than $8 billion today. [National Journal, 9/2/15]
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Donald Trumps Creditors Could Have Forced Him Into Bankruptcy But Chose Not
To Because They Were Reluctant To Face Him In Bankruptcy Court. After a decade
of profligate borrowing, Trump lacked the cash to make his loan payments. Although he owned
hotels, skyscrapers, casinos and an airline, his debts exceeded the value of his properties by
hundreds of millions of dollars. Trump's lenders could have forced him into personal bankruptcy
and stripped him of almost every-thing. But that didn't happen. Instead, the bankers and
investors to whom Trump owed money made a series of deals that left him wealthy. They let him
keep some properties and took control of others, and they reduced Trump's personal debt by
about $ 750 million, more than four-fifths of the total. They didn't do it out of charity. Rather, the
lenders were reluctant to confront Trump in bankruptcy court, where they would face years of
delay and massive legal expenses. In the end, lenders said, they feared they would recover less
money in bankruptcy than they could get by striking compromises with Trump. [Washington
Post, 11/29/92]
Donald Trump Was On The Brink Of Bankruptcy Following The 1990 Real Estate
Collapse But Was Able To Avoid Personal Bankruptcy By Selling Off Some Of His
Cherished Possessions. ZAHN: If the 1980s were the greed is good era, then Donald Trump
was the decade's poster boy. But by 1990, the real estate mogul nearly lost it all due to a
collapsing real estate market. He was on the brink of bankruptcy. To make matters worse,
Trump was going through a personal crisis. His marriage was falling apart. With a failed
marriage behind him, Trump now focused on trying to rebuild his business. He was able to avoid
bankruptcy by selling off some of his cherished possessions. [CNN People In The News, CNN,
5/21/05]
Donald Trump Appeared Upbeat During Negotiations With His Creditors But Was
Personally Worried About Avoiding Bankruptcy. Donald managed to weather the slings
and arrows of doubters during these lean years and hunkered down with his bankers and with
his debts. As the negotiations progressed, Donald's bankers looked for every alternative they
could find to bankruptcy, because none of the banks wanted to contend with the mess that would
ensue if the talks collapsed. And the Trumpster kept singing a happy tune. He was always
upbeat, recalled Harvey Miller, a lawyer representing Citibank. One thing I'll say about Donald,
he was never depressed. Unbeknownst to his creditors, Donald was just as worried about a
bankruptcy as they were. He later told me that he wanted to avoid bankruptcy at all costs
because he felt that it would permanently taint him as a failure or a quitter. [New York Times,
10/23/05]
PERSONAL HEALTH
TRUMP CLAIMED TO HAVE NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE, DONE DRUGS,
HAD A DRINK OF ALCOHOL, OR A CUP OF COFFEE
Trump Said He Had Never Smoked A Cigarette Or Had A Drink Of Alcohol. ZAHN:
Trump rebounded personally as well. He married Marla Maples in 1993 and soon after she gave
birth to Donald's fourth child. The couple would divorce only four years later. Despite a life lived
out in the tabloids, Donald Trump has always worked hard and lived clean. He says he's never
smoked a cigarette. Never even had a drink. TRUMP: I've seen people that I have great respect
for and then they end up drunk one night. I could know them for five years, they end up drunk
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and you lose all of your respect for them. ZAHN: Drinking has touched Trump's personal life as
well. TRUMP: Well, alcohol has touched my family. My brother, Fred, who was a terrific guy in
every way, passed away and alcohol killed him. It was pure and simple. He died because of
alcohol. And I wished the lawyers that went after the tobacco companies would go after the
alcohol companies. [CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
Trump Said He Never Had A Drink Of Alcohol Because His Brother Died Of Alcoholism. ZAHN: Trump
rebounded personally as well. He married Marla Maples in 1993 and soon after she gave birth to Donald's fourth
child. The couple would divorce only four years later. Despite a life lived out in the tabloids, Donald Trump has always
worked hard and lived clean. He says he's never smoked a cigarette. Never even had a drink. TRUMP: I've seen
people that I have great respect for and then they end up drunk one night. I could know them for five years, they end
up drunk and you lose all of your respect for them. ZAHN: Drinking has touched Trump's personal life as well.
TRUMP: Well, alcohol has touched my family. My brother, Fred, who was a terrific guy in every way, passed away
and alcohol killed him. It was pure and simple. He died because of alcohol. And I wished the lawyers that went after
the tobacco companies would go after the alcohol companies. [CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
Trump: I've Never Had A Cup Of Coffee In My Life. TRUMP: I learned a lot from my
brother, who was quite a bit older than me. He said, 'Don't you ever smoke. Don't you ever--ever
have a glass of alcohol.' And I watched his life just be destroyed, and I never have had a glass of
alcohol, I've never had a cigarette. I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I've never, you know,
'cause that's- SAWYER: Caffeine? TRUMP: Well, caffeine is caffeine. Look, I'm not knocking
coffee. I'm not putting it into the same breath, but I just have chosen not to. [Good Morning
America, ABC, 12/1/99]
2016 CAMPAIGN DOCTORS REPORT
1999: Donald Trump Agreed That All Candidates Owed The Public Their Medical
Reports. KING: Does -- do all candidates owe us their medical reports? TRUMP: I think so. I
think you don't want to get into a situation where you elect someone and then you find he's
terminally ill and he'll be in office for about three more months. [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
12/3/15: DONALD TRUMP PROMISED TO RELEASE A DOCTORS REPORT OF HIS
HEALTH AFTER POLITICO PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ON HIS FAILURE TO DO SO.
Donald Trump Promised To Release A Doctors Report Of His Health
Approximately Three Hours After Politico Published An Article That Described
His Poor Diet, Lack Of Exercise, And The Fact That He Would Be The Oldest
Person Ever Elected President. [Politico, 12/3/15; @realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 12/3/15]
12/3/15: So Far In The 2016 Presidential Campaign, Donald Trump Had Not
Released His Medical Records, Despite His Age, Diet And Self-Professed Lack
Of Workout Regimen. Donald Trump once said that all presidential candidates should
release their medical records. But so far in the 2016 race, he had declined to release his, and a
campaign spokeswoman had not responded to multiple requests for comment about the
candidates health records stretching back to October. While the health of a presidential
candidate is always important, and nominees release their medical records as a matter of
course, Trumps age, diet and self-professed lack of workout regimen makes the issue more
pressing in his case. If elected, the businessman would take office at the age of 70, making
him the oldest person ever to ascend to the presidency. Over the course of his presidential
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campaign, Trump has said that he does not exercise or play sports regularly and that he eats
whatever he wants a diet heavy on bacon and steak. [Politico, 12/3/15]
Donald Trump Said He Was Fortunate To Have Been Blessed With Great
Genes But Did Not Say That His Father Developed Alzheimers, The Genetics
Of Which Are Not Understood With Certainty. In a cover letter to Dr. Bornsteins
letter, Mr. Trump said: I am fortunate to have been blessed with great genes both of my
parents had very long and productive lives. He did not say his father, Fred, developed
Alzheimers disease beginning in his late 80s. The genetics of most forms of Alzheimers and
dementia are not known with certainty. [New York Times, 12/14/15]
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IVANA TRUMP
TRUMP MARRIED IVANA ZELNACHEC IN 1977
Donald Trump Married Model Ivana Zelnachec In 1977. ZAHN: On the road to
Manhattan, Donald Trumpmet a stunning blonde Czechoslovakian named Ivana Zelnachec.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She was a model at the time. They were both driven, perfectionists.
They were both highly ambitious people. They are both gaudy people. There's a what you see is
what you get quality to both of them. And in a lot of ways, they were a match made in heaven.
ZAHN: The two were married in 1977 and went on to have three children. It was around the
same time that Trump laid the first brick in the foundation of his empire. Trump bought the
bankrupt Commodore Hotel near Grand Central Station.[CNN People In The News, CNN,
5/21/05]
Trump On His Divorce From Ivana: When A Man Leaves A Woman, Especially When It Was Perceived That
He Has Left For A Piece Of Ass--A Good One-- There Are 50 Percent Of The Population Who Will Love The
Woman Who Was Left. WALTERS: The author, Marie Brenner, quotes you as saying to her, When a man leaves
a woman, especially when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of ass- a good one- there are 50 percent of the
population who will love the woman who was left. TRUMP: I do remember saying that. I don't remember having
used those words. That's possible. But I believe that if a man leaves a woman for almost any reason, that that
particular person, the man, is going to be at a major disadvantage in terms of the public eye, there's no question
about it. [20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
Trump: I Don't Know What The Legal Definition Of Marriage Is, To Be Perfectly Honest. WALTERS: There's
some confusion as to you marital state. You're still married, but you've told friends that you'll probably be divorced.
TRUMP: I am still married. I don't know what the legal definition of marriage is, to be perfectly honest. WALTERS:
You don't the legal definition of marriage? TRUMP: The legal definition of marriage in this context. I am married. I
don't know whether or not you'd consider it a separation. I can't tell you what's going to happen because I'm not even
sure I know myself. [20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]
Ivana Trump Said That She Did Not Understand What She Was Signing In Her
Prenuptial Agreement With Donald. NANCY COLLINS: If the Trumps agreed about their
problems, they certainly disagreed about the money. Ivana had to settle for the paltry $20
million promised her in her prenuptial agreement. IVANA TRUMP: My prenuptial, I did not
understand what I was signing. I was younger and I did not speak very well English and I reallymy parents never had one. It did not exist in communistic Czechoslovakia. I really wasn't sure.
What I thought that I was signing was to give the rights to the family for their money, that I
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would not claim the money of the family, like, say, the fathers and grandfathers and all that
stuff. That's what I understood I was signing. [Primetime Live, ABC News, 4/12/95]
Trump Had An Affair With Marla Maples, Leading To A $20 Million Divorce
Settlement. ZAHN: If the 1980s were the greed is good era, then Donald Trump was the
decade's poster boy. But by 1990, the real estate mogul nearly lost it all due to a collapsing real
estate market. He was on the brink of bankruptcy. To make matters worse, Trump was going
through a personal crisis. His marriage was falling apart. And Donald was spending a lot of time
with former beauty queen Marla Maples. Their affair erupted into a full-fledged scandal. The
New York tabloids were merciless The $20 million divorce settlement hit The Donald where it
hurt. TRUMP: There's nothing great about divorce. Divorce is tough because it's personal.
ZAHN: With a failed marriage behind him, Trump know focused on trying to rebuild his
business. He was able to avoid bankruptcy by selling off some of his cherished possessions.[CNN
People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
DONALD TRUMPS EX-WIFE IVANA HAS USED THE WORDS VIOLATED AND
RAPE TO DESCRIBE A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP
HEADLINE: Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel Violated During Sex [Daily
Beast, 7/27/15]
SUBHEADLINE: Ivana Trump Once Accused The Real-Estate Tycoon Of Rape, Although She Later Clarified:
Not In The Criminal Sense. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Trumps Ex-Wife Wife Ivana Trump Accused Trump Of Raping Her In 1989. It was
an unfortunate turn of phrase for Trumpin more ways than one. Not only does the current
front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks
about sexual assault, but as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used rape to describe an
incident between them in 1989. She later said she felt violated by the experience. [Daily Beast,
7/27/15]
Ivana Trumps Rape Assertion Originally Appeared In A Deposition As A Part Of
The Early 1990s Divorce Case Between The Trumps And Was Described As A
Violent Assault In The 1993 Book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J.
Trump. Ivana Trumps assertion of rape came in a depositionpart of the early 90s divorce
case between the Trumps, and revealed in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald
J. Trump. The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described
a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump
confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon. Your fucking doctor
has ruined me! Trump cried. What followed was a violent assault, according to Lost Tycoon.
[Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
IN RESPONSE TO A STORY ABOUT IVANAS RAPE ALLEGATIONS, DONALD TRUMPS
SPECIAL COUNSEL SAID YOU CANT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE AND TOLD THE REPORTER
HE WOULD MESS YOUR LIFE UP
Michael Cohen, Special Counsel At The Trump Organization: Understand That
By The Very Definition, You Cant Rape Your Spouse. Michael Cohen, special counsel
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at The Trump Organization, defended his boss, saying, Youre talking about the front-runner for
the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never raped anybody. And, of
course, understand that by the very definition, you cant rape your spouse. It is true, Cohen
added. You cannot rape your spouse. And theres very clear case law. Ivana Trumps assertion of
rape came in a depositionpart of the early 90s divorce case between the Trumps, and revealed
in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump.That is not true. In New
York, there used to be a so-called marital rape exemption to the law. It was struck down in
1984. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
Trump Special Counsel: So Im Warning You, Tread Very Fucking Lightly,
Because What Im Going To Do To You Is Going To Be Fucking Disgusting. You
Write A Story That Has Mr. Trumps Name In It, With The Word Rape, And Im
Going To Mess Your Life Up. Trumps lawyer then changed tactics, lobbing insults and
threatening a lawsuit if a story was published. I will make sure that you and I meet one day
while were in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still dont have. And I will
come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know, Cohen said. So Im
warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what Im going to do to you is going to be
fucking disgusting. You understand me? You write a story that has Mr. Trumps name in it,
with the word rape, and Im going to mess your life upfor as long as youre on this frickin
planetyoure going to have judgments against you, so much money, youll never know how to
get out from underneath it, he added. [Daily Beast, 7/27/15]
COHEN APOLOGIZED FOR SAYING YOU CANNOT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE
Michael Cohen, Special Counsel To Trump, Apologized For Saying You Cannot
Rape Your Spouse. Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump. Cohen has been a long-time
aide to Trump, but he found himself facing the national media glare last month when he
defended his boss to a Daily Beast reporter in a story about rebuffed allegations of sexual
misconduct against Trump. Cohen has since publicly apologized for telling the Daily Beast that
you cannot rape your spouse and has repeatedly said that he does not believe that statement.
As an attorney, husband and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more
than charges of rape or racism. They hit me at my core, Cohen said in an apology statement to
CNN. Cohen has served as a media liaison to Trump, helping to coordinate interviews. And he
has also appeared on television defending Trump's campaign, but his public appearances have
dwindled following the controversy. The Hill, 8/14/15]
MARLA MAPLES
AFTER CHEATING ON IVANA WITH HER, TRUMP MARRIED MARLA MAPLES
IN 1993
Trump Had An Affair With Marla Maples, Leading To A $20 Million Divorce
Settlement. ZAHN: If the 1980s were the greed is good era, then Donald Trump was the
decade's poster boy. But by 1990, the real estate mogul nearly lost it all due to a collapsing real
estate market. He was on the brink of bankruptcy. To make matters worse, Trump was going
through a personal crisis. His marriage was falling apart. And Donald was spending a lot of time
with former beauty queen Marla Maples. Their affair erupted into a full-fledged scandal. The
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New York tabloids were merciless The $20 million divorce settlement hit The Donald where it
hurt. TRUMP: There's nothing great about divorce. Divorce is tough because it's personal.
ZAHN: With a failed marriage behind him, Trump know focused on trying to rebuild his
business. He was able to avoid bankruptcy by selling off some of his cherished possessions.[CNN
People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
Trump Married Marla Maples In 1993, But Got Divorced Four Years Later. ZAHN:
Trump rebounded personally as well. He married Marla Maples in 1993 and soon after she gave
birth to Donald's fourth child. The couple would divorce only four years later. Despite a life lived
out in the tabloids, Donald Trumphas always worked hard and lived clean. He says he's never
smoked a cigarette. Never even had a drink.[CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05]
Donald Trump Married Marla Maples On December 20, 1993. FERNANDEZ: The Donald and The Marla are finally
The Trumps. John Roberts reports on last night's nuptials in New York. ROBERTS: Celebrity guests swarmed New
York's Plaza Hotel for the big event, arriving in all modes of transportation. The crowd was the expected mix of
beautiful people, business leaders and politicians. And the hype was pervasive. [This Morning, CBS, 12/21/93]
Donald Trump And Marla Maples Were Expecting A Child In October 1993. Just
call them Mom and Pop. Donald Trumpand Marla Maples are looking forward to becoming
parents. The on-and-off love birds confirmed yesterday they are expecting in October and the
mom-to-be says it is a very happy surprise. MARLA MAPLES: I feel good because, you know,
when it happens, you know it's meant to be. You just have to really trust that. Whether it's
planned or not, you just sort of trust God's plan and do what you have to. [This Morning, CBS,
4/8/93]
1997: TRUMP AND MARLA MAPLES SEPARATED
Donald And Marla Trump Announced Their Separation In May 1997. Marla and
Donald Trump-- how many years they have provided us, well, spectacle for our lives? The affair,
the tabloid pregnancy, the lavish wedding and now, were told, its over. On Friday, the Trumps
issued a joint statement saying that they are separating as friends. [Primetime Live, ABC,
5/7/97]
Donald Trump Confirmed That His Ex-Wife Marla Would Keep Their Daughter Tiffany. DIAZ-BALART: Donald,
this is the first time you've been on--on national TV since the rumors have come out which--which you--you've talked
about a little bit about your impending separation from Marla. I know it's not something that's comfortable to talk
about. It's not, certainly, something that I enjoy asking about. How are you doing? How are you two doing?
TRUMP: We're doing really great. And she's a very great professional. She's doing the show tonight and she's
going to do a fantastic job. She's a very, very professional, very talented woman. And we're really doing great.
DIAZ-BALART: Yeah. And she's--she's going to stay with the child, I'm told? TRUMP: Oh yeah, absolutely. She's
a terrific mother. I mean, her best asset, frankly, is that she is a terrific mother. And Tiffany is--is a wonderful child.
And I'm very happy about that because Marla is such a good mother. [This Morning, CBS, 5/16/97]
MELANIA TRUMP
TRUMP MARRIED MELANIA IN 2005 AND HAD A CHILD
At 59 Years Old, Trump Had A Baby With His New Wife Melania. TRUMP: Theyve
been asking us almost every day, is she pregnant? Is she pregnant? Is Melania pregnant?
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ANDERSON: Yes, now she is. The 59-year-old real estate and reality TV mogul is ready to spill
the beans. His 35-year-old new wife Melania is pregnant. Regis talked to the Donald just last
night. [Showbiz Tonight, CNN, 9/27/05]
MELANIA HAS SHIED AWAY FROM TRUMPS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Melania Trump Supported Her Husbands Efforts By Being With Their Son And
Was Not Ready To Get Political Yet. This is Melania's first major interview, conducted
in the family's lavish 66th floor penthouse, and she says she's there to support her husband's
efforts. My husband is traveling all the time, she says. Barron needs somebody as a parent, so I
am with him all the time. Reflecting on her husband's often outrageous comments, Melania says
she's not ready to get political yet, but stands by him. He is who he is, she says. Even if you
give him advice, he will maybe take it in, but then he will do it the way he wants to do it. You
cannot change a person. Let them be. Let them be the way they are. [People, 9/30/15]
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CHILDREN
Donald Trump Had Five Children From Three Wives. ANDERSON: Its Melanias first
child, and the baby is due in the spring, gender unknown. It will be the fifth child for the Donald,
who has three kids with first wife Ivana Trump, Donald Jr., 27; Ivanka, 23; and Eric, 21; and an
11-year-old, Tiffany, with second wife Marla Maples. With five kids from three wives, the Donald
is a fine example of the new American family. [Showbiz Tonight, CNN, 9/27/05]
Trump Confirmed That His Ex-Wife Marla Would Have Primary Custody Of Their
Daughter Tiffany. DIAZ-BALART: Donald, this is the first time you've been on--on national
TV since the rumors have come out which--which you--you've talked about a little bit about your
impending separation from Marla. I know it's not something that's comfortable to talk about.
It's not, certainly, something that I enjoy asking about. How are you doing? How are you two
doing? TRUMP: We're doing really great. And she's a very great professional. She's doing the
show tonight and she's going to do a fantastic job. She's a very, very professional, very talented
woman. And we're really doing great. DIAZ-BALART: Yeah. And she's--she's going to stay
with the child, I'm told? TRUMP: Oh yeah, absolutely. She's a terrific mother. I mean, her
best asset, frankly, is that she is a terrific mother. And Tiffany is--is a wonderful child. And I'm
very happy about that because Marla is such a good mother. [This Morning, CBS, 5/16/97]
Trump: Theres Always Gonna Be Nepotism Thats The Way The World Works.
WALTERS: On the outside people will say, nepotism. What do you say to that? Nepotism has
become a kind of bad word. TRUMP: You know, there's always gonna be nepotism, whether it's
a friendship nepotism or whether it's children nepotism. And, you know, that's the way the
world works. But the fact is, I love my children and I hope they do a real good job. [20/20, ABC
News, 2/6/04]
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SIBLINGS
Trump Said He Never Had A Drink Of Alcohol Because His Brother Died Of
Alcoholism. ZAHN: Trump rebounded personally as well. He married Marla Maples in 1993
and soon after she gave birth to Donald's fourth child. The couple would divorce only four years
later. Despite a life lived out in the tabloids, Donald Trump has always worked hard and lived
clean. He says he's never smoked a cigarette. Never even had a drink. TRUMP: I've seen people
that I have great respect for and then they end up drunk one night. I could know them for five
years, they end up drunk and you lose all of your respect for them. ZAHN: Drinking has
touched Trump's personal life as well. TRUMP: Well, alcohol has touched my family. My
brother, Fred, who was a terrific guy in every way, passed away and alcohol killed him. It was
pure and simple. He died because of alcohol. And I wished the lawyers that went after the
tobacco companies would go after the alcohol companies. [CNN People In The News, CNN,
5/21/05]
Trump Said That He Would Like Alcohol Companies To Get Sued. TRUMP: Well,
I'd come down, but I'd also come down tough on alcohol. I don't know why everyone's suing
tobacco, which is terrible, and I love that they're suing and I love that they're paying a big
price, but why aren't they suing the alcohol companies, because alcohol -- I mean, I lost a
brother to alcohol. I've never had a drink in my life because of the fact that I had a brother
that had a problem with alcohol.I don't drink for that reason.They're taxed. I'd like to see
them sued. You know what I don't -- I hope a lot of lawyers are watching tonight. Why is it
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that everybody is suing the tobacco companies and nobody sues the alcohol companies. I
mean, you have the car crashes and the kids that get killed by some drunk that's, you know,
riding on the road. It's just terrible. So, I would like to see something happen with alcohol.
[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]
RELIGION
TRUMP IN 1989: THERE IS NO HEAVEN
1989: Donald Trump Said He Did Not Believe In Reincarnation, Heaven, Or Hell.
Seven years ago, Donald Trump remembers, he gazed at his $200 million Trump Tower and
thought to himself: I'll be 36 next year and I'll have done everything I can do. . . . Sometimes, I
think it was a mistake to have raced through it all so fast. .What's the next level up? Right
now, I'm genuinely enjoying myself. I work and I don't worry. Not even about death. No. I'm
fatalistic and I protect myself as well as anybody can. I prepare for things. But ultimately we all
end up going. Heading upstairs for dinner with his children, Donald Trump looks back,
hesitating, wanting to finish: No. I don't believe in reincarnation, heaven or hell - but we go
someplace. Do you know, he says, I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where. [Chicago
Tribune, 3/12/89]
TRUMP IN 1999: IM RELIGIOUS AND HOPE HEAVEN EXISTS
Trump: I Believe In God. I'm Religious. SAWYER: You are? Are you religious?
TRUMP: Right. No, I believe in God. I'm religious. I'm religious in my thought. And I just
hope, in fact, that we're all right in believing that there is a heaven, and perhaps in believing
that there is a hell. I mean, we have to be here for something. We have to be doing this for some
reason. There has to be a reason. And I believe that there is in fact a reason, and I believe
heaven could be that reason. [Good Morning America, ABC, 12/2/99]
TRUMP ON THE TRAIL IN 2015: IM A GOOD CHRISTIAN BUT HAVE NEVER
ASKED GOD FOR FORGIVENESS
Donald Trump Said He Was A Good Christian And That, If Elected, Were
Gonna Be Saying Merry Christmas At Every Store. Playing to Hawkeye State
evangelical voters, Donald Trump riffed on religious political correctness at an event here
Wednesday by vowing to always say Merry Christmas come the winter holiday season. I'm a
good Christian, the Republican presidential front-runner said. If I become president, we're
gonna be saying Merry Christmas at every store ... You can leave happy holidays at the corner.
[CNN, 10/21/15]
Donald Trump Said He Had Never Asked God For Forgiveness And Spoke Casually
About Holy Communion. Last month at the Family Leaders candidate summit in Ames,
Trump, a Presbyterian, caused unease when he said he had never asked God for forgiveness and
spoke casually about Holy Communion. When I drink my little wine which is about the only
wine I drink and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness,
Trump said. Iowa radio host Steve Deace said he would be very surprised if Trump won here.
Whatever chance he had to get evangelicals to coalesce around him went out the window at the
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Family Leader, he said. Everyone was paying attention, especially those who are fed up with
the Republican Party, but he didnt sell them. [Washington Post, 8/13/15]
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Donald Trump Said That The Black Lives Matter Protester
Who Interrupted His Rally Was So Obnoxious And So Loud
That Maybe He Should Have Been Roughed Up. Donald Trump
said Sunday that the protester who interrupted his rally at a convention
center here on Saturday morning was so obnoxious and so loud that
maybe he should have been roughed up. Mercutio Southall Jr. a wellknown local activist who has been repeatedly arrested while fighting what
he says is unfair treatment of blacks interrupted Trumps rally and could
be heard shouting, Black lives matter! Get him the hell out of here, will
you, please? Trump said on Saturday morning. Get him out of here. Throw
him out! [Washington Post,https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/postpolitics/wp/2015/11/22/black-activist-punched-at-donald-trump-rally-inbirmingham/11/22/15; Fox and Friends Sunday, Fox News,
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answer, but you have to let people get out there. I have to tell you, I have a
company where I pay women in many cases more than men, for similar
work because they are better. But when you start getting involved -[applause] no, come on, I do it. Here is the problem. If you start getting
involved with government on this one gets this pay and this one gets that
pay, and you say where does it all start? You could have a woman much
better than a man, or you could have a woman thats not as good as man,
and if you sorta say everybody gets equal pay you get away from the whole
American Dream. You get away from capitalism in a sense. I can tell you,
that I have women, honestly that are just, in many cases, theyre better
than men and I paid them more than men. And to a certain extent, people
have to go out and they have to fight for themselves. I don't know if people
agree with me, but once you get where everybody gets the same, I mean
youre into a socialistic society. [Donald Trump, WHO-TV Iowa Forum,
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Pope Francis, who will visit the United States for a historic trip this week
and has made addressing global warming one of his pet issues. I would
actually talk to him about it to see if he's serious."
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September 2015: Trump Criticized President Obamas Concern
Over ClimateChange And Claimed, You Cant Get Hurt By
Extreme Weather. One of the things that so bothers me, Trump said
in front of 20,000 people in Dallas, Texas, is that Obama thinks the single
biggest threat in the world today is global warming. Can you believe it?
Then they changed it to climate change because the word global warming
wasnt working. Then they changed it to extreme weather you cant get
hurt with extreme weather, Trump added. Theres a tornado, theres a
little cold, theres a wind its always extreme. He says the biggest threat
we have is extreme weather, and I say in terms of global warming the
biggest threat we have is nuclear global warming because we have
incompetent politicians, Trump continued, referring to the Iran deal thats
unpopular among GOP politicians and voters. [The Daily
Caller,http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/16/trump-mocks-obamas-fear-ofextreme-weather-video/9/16/15; Rally, Dallas, TX,
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RuYy5vcmciLCJpZCI6NjEyOTAsImRvd25sb2FkYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.YVU6
Kn2wAzqh5khIWumabjYOvQBImH0NpL37VPfhVg&start=01:03:13VIDEO]
Trump Said President Obamas Comment That Climate Change
Was One Of The Greatest Threats To The U.S. Was One Of The
Dumbest Statements Ive Ever Heard In Politics. Donald Trump
said Monday that President Barack Obama's comments that climate change
poses one of the greatest threats to the U.S. is one of the dumbest things
ever said. I think one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard in
politics -- in the history of politics as I know it, which is pretty good, was
Obama's statement that our No. 1 problem is global warming, Trump said
Monday on MSNBC's Morning Joe. The mogul cited the threat of terror
and attacks on the U.S. as more concerning. I think it's one of the dumbest
things I've ever seen, or perhaps most nave, Trump said. He actually is
somewhat nave, if you want to know the truth, beyond the incompetent
part. [CNN,http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/politics/donald-trump-obamaclimate-change-dumbest-thing/index.html11/30/15; Morning Joe, MSNBC,
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O]
ECONOMY
Minimu
m Wage
Family
Leave
Net
Neutrali
ty
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Citizens
United
FINANCIAL REFORM
Dodd-
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Frank/
Wall
Street
Reform
Not A Very Good Thing. TRUMP: Well Dodd Frank is probably not a
very good thing. There are aspects of it you could leave. But generally
speaking Dodd Frank stifles business. It just totally stifles business.
[TIME,http://time.com/4003734/donald-trump-interviewtranscript/8/20/15[23] ]
Donald Trump: We Have To Get Rid Of Dodd-Frank. TRUMP: I
disagree but I also think we have to get rid of Dodd-Frank. The banks
aren't loaning money to people who need it. The banks will give me all the
money I need because I don't need the money. Anybody that doesn't need
money is a great candidate today to get money. If you need money to create
jobs, to build something, whether it's buildings or a company, the banks
aren't there. The regulators are running the banks. And that's why our
country -- I mean people can't borrow money today. [Varney & Co., Fox
Business
News,10/20/15;https://toolbox.dnc.org/?tool_name=vantage%20uploader&pa
th=vantageuploader.dnc.org/shared_show?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbG
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5rQGRuYy5vcmciLCJpZCI6NzYwNjYsImRvd25sb2FkYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.
LzJ4u8xOxEcjsUVaQyhNlks99Qo9NRvWaykFfIwW4vg&start=00:12:00VI
DEO]
GUN CONTROL
Backgro
und
Checks
Trump: The Second Amendment? I Believe The Rights Of LawAbiding Gun Owners Must Be Fully Protected. [Trump, Crippled
America, 90, 11/3/15[27] ]
Trump: The Federal Background Check System Has
Accomplished Very Little. There has been a lot of speculation about
background checks, as if researching the background of everyone
attempting to legally purchase a gun will somehow keep guns out of the
hands of criminals. The national background-check system has been in
place since 1998. Every time a gun is purchased from a federally licensed
gun dealer, which is how the overwhelming majority of all gun purchases
take place, they have to go through a federal background check.
Unfortunately, as expected, bringing more government regulation into the
situation has accomplished very little. The main benefit has been to make
it difficult for a law-abiding American to buy a gun. As study after study
has proven, few criminals are stupid enough to try to pass a background
check or have their names in any kind of system. So they get their guns the
same way bad guys have always gotten their gunsby stealing them or by
buying them from an unlicensed source or getting them from family and
friends. This system is another example of federal regulation that has
turned into a complete failure. When the system was put in place, gun
owners were promised it would be instant, accurate, and fair. That isnt
what has happened at all. [Trump, Crippled America, 103, 11/3/15[28] ]
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control-assault-weapons-gun-free-zones/ - ixzz3fJVLQL4t7/7/15[35] ]
Trump: Assault Or Military-Style Weapons Are Owned By Tens
Of Millions Of Americans. So how can we protect and extend the
rights of law-abiding gun owners? We accomplish that by educating all
Americans about the facts. For example, there has been a long and
expensive campaign to find different ways to ban guns or gun hardware. In
effect, just get rid of guns. Thats the answer gun control advocates give.
This tactic is a road to nowhere. Opponents of gun rights often use a lot of
scary descriptive phrases when proposing legislative action against various
types of weapons. Ban assault weapons they say, or military-style
weapons, or high-capacity magazines. Those all do sound a little ominous,
until you understand what they are actually talking about are common,
popular semiautomatic rifles and standard magazines that are owned and
used by tens of millions of Americans. [Trump, Crippled America, 103[36] ]
FOREIGN POLICY
Iraq
War?
Was It
A
Mistake
?
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Middle East. Had Saddam Hussein still been in charge, you wouldn't have
the problems that you have right now. I mean if you had Gadhafi, if you had
Saddam Hussein -- look at the migration. [Special Report with Bret Baier,
Fox News,
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RuYy5vcmciLCJpZCI6NjkzMjEsImRvd25sb2FkYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.bzIHF
r_kgw1oMC5i6r2otcajyzqRaRa6BUSlbPoq-y8&start=00:09:21VIDEO]
Syria
HEALTHCARE
ACA
Repeal
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IMMIGRATION REFORM
Compre
hensive
Immigra
tion
Reform
Trump Said That He Would Secure The Border First And Take
The Bad Ones And Get Them The Hell Out And After That
Implement A Merit System To Decide Which Undocumented
Immigrants Would Be Allowed To Stay. His position on immigration
-- which has been a huge part of his appeal among conservative voters
nationally -- grew even more muddled Friday when he highlighted his
support for a merit-based system for the 11 million undocumented
immigrants in the U.S. Though he did not explain the mechanics of the
system in any detail, it sounded similar to the calls by some moderate
Republicans for a path to citizenship for undocumented workers, which has
been an anathema to hardline conservatives. On MSNBC's Morning Joe on
Friday, Trump insisted that he would secure the border first and take the
bad ones -- referring to undocumented immigrants -- and get them the hell
out. We give them back to Mexico or we make sure they stay where they
came from, Trump told the show's hosts, noting that he would secure the
border first. But, he added in regard to the millions of undocumented
immigrants in this country, I'm a very big believer in (the) merit system. I
have to tell you, some of these people have been here; they've done a good
job; in some cases sadly they've been living under the shadows, Trump said
in his telephone interview. We have to do something, so whether it's merit,
or whether it's whatever, but -- I'm a believer in the merit system.
Somebody's been outstanding, we (ought to) try to work something out.
[CNN, 7/24/15; Morning Joe, MSNBC, 7/24/15; !
.]
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Path To
Citizens
hip
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DONALD TRUMP: We will work with them. They have to go. Chuck, we
either have a country or we don't have a country. [Meet The Press, NBC,
8/16/15; ! .]
Services
for
Undocu
mented
Immigra
nts
H-1B
Visas
LGBT
Marriag
e
Equalit
y
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