To: TopCat who wrote (494 ) 3/15/2016 7:28:46 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hold on. Trump has been following public opinion for decades as described here:Message 30503568 Over the past quarter century, then, Donald Trump has sought to align himself with every major political movement within either party that seemed to be on the ascendency." By Daren Jonescu a garden variety sycophant. Trump supported Bill Clinton when Clinton's popularity was riding high, and even years later said he had been "a great president." He supported George W. Bush and the Iraq war when that was the popular thing to do; but when war protests were growing (probably louder in his New York Democrat circles than elsewhere), he said the war was a mistake -- though he still supported Bush's 2004 re-election. In the later years of his second term, however, when Bush's job approval rating collapsed, Trump echoed Code Pink protesters in calling for impeachment. when the bipartisan Washington establishment persuaded the world that the only solution was a massive government bailout, Trump was a faithful cheerleader , later saying nationalizing the banks would have been acceptable. when Hillary Clinton seemed to be the inevitable successor to Bush, Trump called her his friend and said she would make "a great president." When Hillary lost the Democrat nomination to Barack Obama, Trump endorsed (i.e., glommed on to) John McCain and said praising made a $50,000 donation to Karl Rove's American Crossroads, an organization whose primary mission was the destruction of the Tea Party after the GOP establishment and its "conservative media" appendages (Drudge, Fox News, etc.) had basically vanquished all the conservative challengers to Mitt Romney (note: after the fight, not during), Trump jumped in to endorse Romney . From that point up to the moment he embarked on his own presidential campaign, Trump's most significant political activities were his major donations to the Boehner and McConnell efforts to nullify the Tea Party, and his funding and endorsement of McConnell's re-election bid against Tea Party challenger Matt Bevin. Donald Trump has sought to align himself with every major political movement within either party that seemed to be on the ascendency Trump supported partial birth abortion when he was focused on the New York values of his political friends, whereas now, when winning the support of evangelicals is a priority, he is claiming the mantle of Christianity while awkwardly reading
