Let me preface this by saying that I do
not agree with anything that Donald J. Trump says, nor do I support
him in his bid for the Republican nomination for President of the
United States in the upcoming 2016 election. When he first announced
that he was throwing his hat into the ring to seek the nomination, I
laughed. Certainly no one would take him seriously! And then he made
those comments, calling Mexicans a bunch of drug dealers, rapists and
murderers. Well, certainly that would
seal his fate, and his bid for the nomination would be over before it
started... right?
WRONG!
Somehow, someway, he has risen to the top of the lot for the GOP
nomination. Now, we are about a year away from the Republican
National Convention and the official decision on who will ultimately
run on the ticket for President. And the leading hopeful will likely
change a dozen times or more between now and then. But how is this
guy even relevant?
Personally,
to me, he is the personification of what ails our nation. He is a
greedy, entitled, pompous ass who inherited his fortune. He is not
the self-made success he claims to be. It was his father, Fred, who
was the true real estate tycoon. But even he, Fred, had to rely on
government funding programs to make his fortune. It was money from
the Federal Housing Administration that allowed Fred Trump to revive
his failing real
estate business of building homes during the Depression. As the US
entered into WWII, he received government contracts to build
FHA-backed housing units for US Naval personnel.
So,
with Daddy's money, Donald Trump received a world class education and
took the helm of Daddy's company in 1974. But by 1990, he was in
financial trouble. It was a BAIL OUT that saved him. The banks that
backed his ventures gave him a $65 million rescue package that was
pretty much squandered. Less than a year after the bail out, he was
nearly $4 billion in debt. Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. has
declared bankruptcy three times. The Trump Taj Mahal casino in
Atlantic City also declared bankruptcy. It was slated to close in
2014, but Trump received yet another bail out to keep it open through
at least the end of 2015.
But
back to the matter at hand... HOW did this jackass become relevant? I
think it's because even though his words are hateful and stupid, he's
being honest. For him. Whether you agree with him or not, he's not
giving us the usual rhetoric that politicians give us. That people in
general give us. Most folks, whether they aspire to a political
office or not, have to choose their words carefully. They have to be
careful to not offend this group or that, and make sure whatever
they're saying is vague enough that they can waffle back and forth on
really important issues, depending on what the need of the moment is.
Donald Trump doesn't do that. He gives us his opinions straight up,
with no apologies.
It's
actually a little refreshing. There's no mistaking what side of an
issue he is on, whatever the issue is. He beats us over the head with
his opinions. As disgusting as they may be.
And
yes, he's the favorite at the moment, but it won't last. The truth of
the matter is that whether it's the Republicans or Democrats, the
person that will ultimately get the nomination is the person that
they believe will have the best chance to win. And that's just not
Donald Trump. He alienates too
many people.
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