Discussion: Trump

system1 · October 23, 2015, 3:22pm

Discussion for article #242111

becca656 · October 23, 2015, 3:55pm

Way to starve the other campaigns, buddy.

There’ll be four or five other campaigns gone in a week, if they are forced to buy into this.

sniffit · October 23, 2015, 3:56pm

Arguably violates the rules. His campaign shtick is that he’s self-funding and won’t be controlled by big money interests etc. etc. That’s fine. But he’s not allowed to coordinate with Super PACs to tell them to help him create that appearance. They are supposed to operate entirely independently of one another.

jaybeeraybee · October 23, 2015, 3:57pm

It’s good to be da’ King.

inversion · October 23, 2015, 3:58pm

"I am self-funding my campaign and therefore I will not be controlled by the donors, special interests and lobbyists who have corrupted our politics and politicians for far too long," Trump said in a statement on Friday. "I have disavowed all Super PAC’s, requested the return of all donations made to said PAC’s, and I am calling on all Presidential candidates to do the same. The character of our country is only as strong as our leaders—the only special interest I am beholden to is the American people and together we will Make America Great Again!"

On one hand, mild applause in regards to how far he has advanced in the politics game (in fact, watching him go is a lot better than watching the current ‘big bad’ in the current season of Supernatural).

On the other hand

inversion · October 23, 2015, 3:59pm

they aren’t and that’s where the real fun begins.

meri · October 23, 2015, 4:05pm

Meaningless. Give Trump a couple weeks, his PACs will still be throwing out ads, and he can say, “Well golly, if I could make them stop I totally would. I mean, I TOLD them to…”

rudesan · October 23, 2015, 4:29pm

In a panic, the other Republican candidates quickly all drop their Trump super PACs.

pine · October 23, 2015, 4:33pm

“Real estate mogul Donald Trump on Friday announced that he asked super
PACs supporting his presidential bid to return all the funds they’ve
raised—and challenged all other presidential candidates to demand the
same.”

mattinpa · October 23, 2015, 4:36pm

So this is the kind of brilliantly slick wheeler-dealering that’s going to make us bored with winning so much? I’m no billionaire graduate of Wharton but it seems more like one of those deals in the cartoons where your pants fall down and you point and yell “Hey, look over there!” and then pull them back up. Am I missing something?

pine · October 23, 2015, 4:39pm

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I’m curious to see what the Donalds response will be as the day goes by with him in second place behind Ben Carson in Iowa.The state with Monsanto infecting their brains as he put it.

meta · October 23, 2015, 5:02pm

Given the inherent contradiction that defines Trumpley, it seems like he is getting increasingly bored. I don’t think the doctors ever got a handle on his ADD.

ignoreland · October 23, 2015, 5:12pm

I have no doubt that the other campaigns would be happy to dump the pro-Trump superPACS as well.

rudesan · October 23, 2015, 5:52pm

And another thing.
Why is it wrong for the other candidates to make use of Super PACs, as allowed by law, but it’s okay for The Donald to fire scads of people using bankruptcy protection?

dickweed · October 23, 2015, 7:24pm

—and challenged all other presidential candidates to demand the same.

Wow there he goes hammering JEB! again.