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WASHINGTON ”” Representatives of foreign allies tend to tiptoe around the issue of U.S. elections, hesitant to risk offending a candidate who may later be elected president. But the ascension of real estate mogul Donald Trump to the position of the presumptive Republican nominee has compelled some foreign officials to try to sway American voters away from backing the bombastic candidate.
With carefully chosen words, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to the U.S., warned against a Trump presidency. “For the life of me, I cannot believe that a country like the United States can afford to have someone as president who simply says, ‘These people are not going to be allowed to come to the United States,’” Turki said on Thursday evening, referring to Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country.
“It’s up to you, it’s not up to me,” Turki continued, speaking at a Washington Institute For Near East Policy dinner hosted at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. “I just hope you, as American citizens, will make the right choice in November.”
The former top Saudi intelligence chief is known for his close relationships with U.S. officials and his ability to charm an American audience, even as the United States grows more critical of the Gulf state’s dismal human rights record at home and high-casualty war in Yemen.
It appears that the Bush mark II type guys (Bush and Rubio) and the true Conservatives (Cruz) are not where the actual Republican voters want to go. And no wonder! the Republicans need a major rethink on what they want to achieve. I have read many articles on this and it is quite fascinating.
Trump is a wake up call that changes should have happened 10 years ago.
The World Values Survey of 2011 included a stunning figure. It found that 34% of Americans approved of “having a strong leader who doesn’t have to bother with Congress or elections”, the figure rising to 42% among those with no education beyond high school. It’s worth reading that again, to let it sink in. It means that one in three US voters would prefer a dictator to democracy. Those Americans are not repudiating this or that government, but abandoning the very idea of democracy itself.
These figures reinforce a pattern revealed by recent academic research that shows a body of US opinion predisposed toward liberal democracy’s polar opposite: authoritarianism.
Welcome to the age of Trump.
Around the world democracy is fading as the way to run our countries. I was just reading an excellent analysis of why Donald Trump (and his fellow autocrats) are so successful. As a sample consider this
This is a long read but worth the effort. Where are we going ?
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/19/welcome-to-the-age-of-trump
Welcome to the age of Trump.
Around the world democracy is fading as the way to run our countries. I was just reading an excellent analysis of why Donald Trump (and his fellow autocrats) are so successful. As a sample consider this
This is a long read but worth the effort. Where are we going ?
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/19/welcome-to-the-age-of-trump
Donald Trump was asked if he could quote any Bible verses.
He answered: Trump 20:16, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Deport him and you won't have to feed him again."
Trump probably received more welfare than all the Mexican illegals combined.
There's the usual tax cuts and offshore havens; the bankruptcy law that allow him to "manage" businesses, pay himself bucket loads, goes bankrupt, lose his investors all their cash... and his investors cannot touch his other assets. Bankrupt his casinos at least four times...
This guy is a pathological liar. He even brags about his lying in his autobiography - The Art of the Deal.
There's the somewhat harmless lie to promote himself to other business people; then the definitely borderline illegal lie of asking his construction crew to dig and bulldoze dirt around an empty lot - showing progress and busy work - as he tries to smooth his investors out of their money.
He'll definitely give Hillary a run for her money.
Luutzu is probably right in the above , yes but not "as usual"I
On second thought, you are probably right as usual, luutzu.
Indeed so.I agree that the world appears to be looking for dictators. It's not just the US. I haven't read the article yet. But I would also suspect that people want to put their countries and those living in it first. And not pander to outside laws, or governing bodies.
China and Russia are already grabbing land. Seismic shifts over the next decade IMO.
Hillary should be seen in mug shot profile.l'd vote for Trump over Clinton any day of the week.
Clinton is a flat out liar saying anything to get votes. At least with Trump; he can't be bought and isn't pandering to political correctness of the left. Speaking his mind, breath of fresh-air in politics. He might be taken out before he makes it to the White House.
He has been mocked for the wall he wants to build on the USA/Mexican border. He is right though.
I agree with you luutzu except I don't think he will give Hillary Clinton a run for her money.
If Donald Trump was not a billionaire, he would just be your typical loud mouth fool who would be generally ignored.
If he did not have an army of minders, there would be an army of people who would love to knock him out.
Donald Trump is a disgrace to the human race, but the German people elected Adolf Hitler.
On second thought, you are probably right as usual, luutzu.
Luutzu is probably right in the above , yes but not "as usual"
Write enough and the odds will stack in your favour
And you are right again!!
Have a nice week guys(and girls).
The playbook contains long sections telling Trump U team members how to identify buyers and push them to sign up for the most expensive package, and to put the cost on their credit cards.
“If they can afford the gold elite don’t allow them to think about doing anything besides the gold elite,” the document states.
If potential students hesitate, teachers are told to read this script.
As one of your mentors for the last three days, it’s time for me to push you out of your comfort zone. It’s time for you to be 100% honest with yourself. You’ve had your entire adult life to accomplish your financial goals. I’m looking at your profile and you’re not even close to where you need to be, much less where you want to be. It’s time you fix your broken plan, bring in Mr. Trump’s top instructors and certified millionaire mentors and allow us to put you and keep you on the right track. Your plan is BROKEN and WE WILL help you fix it. Remember you have to be 100% honest with yourself!
Trump University staff are instructed in how to persuade students to put the cost of the course on their credit cards, even if they have just battled to pay off debts.
Do you like living paycheck to paycheck? ... Do you enjoy seeing everyone else but yourself in their dream houses and driving their dreams cars with huge checking accounts? Those people saw an opportunity, and didn’t make excuses, like what you’re doing now.
Trump staff are told to spend lunch breaks in sign-up seminars “planting seeds” in potential students minds about how their lives won’t improve unless they join the programme. They are also told to ask students personal questions to discover weaknesses that could be exploited to help seal the deal.
Collect personalized information that you can utilize during closing time. (For example: are they a single parent of three children that may need money for food? Or are they a middle-aged commuter that is tired of traveling for 2 hours to work each day?)
Trump hit back calling Curiel a “hater”, a “total disgrace” and “biased”. “I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump. A hater. He’s a hater,” Trump said at a rally near the courthouse in San Diego. “His name is Gonzalo Curiel. And he is not doing the right thing ... [He] happens to be, we believe, Mexican.”
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