Donald Trump is finally taking the plunge.
The real estate mogul and TV reality star launched his presidential campaign Tuesday, ending more than two decades of persistent flirtation with the idea of running for the Oval Office.
"So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again," Trump told the crowd, in a lengthy and meandering speech that hit on his signature issues like currency manipulation from China and job creation, as well as taking shots at the president and his competitors on the Republican side.
"Sadly the American dream is dead," Trump said at the end of his speech, promising to bring it back to life with his run.
I watched this pompous ass make his announcement this morning, and I noticed that the cameras had a hard time getting a good angle on him that was not blocked by his enormous ego.
He bragged about his wealth, his name, his family, his intelligence, you name it, he was inordinately proud of it.
Personally I don't think the country is ready for Trump's version of the presidency.
Well at this point one has to wonder who WON'T going to jump into the race, rather than who WILL.
But, but.... they're all just stalking horses don'tcha know, until she who is the annointed one sees her way to plow through that door opened by God there so that we the people can have our sudden and relentless crony capitalism reformed, oh and it's about jobs, also too, gotta be all about jobs and I'll find some and bring 'em to ya!
ReplyDeleteFrom where I sit, those doors are slamming shut as fast as she tries to enter!
DeleteDid God open and close the MOH door to Sarah's speaking gigs by cancelling Bristol's fake wedding???
Delete... this is more Snort than Giggle...
DeleteIs there a limit on how many idiot can ride on the KlownCar/bus? Just sayin'!
DeleteI know who is itching to jump on, but she has lost major support with her drunk ass speechifying and common thuggish family....
So all she can do is lob rocks from her Wasilly lake house... :)
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DeleteDid God open and close the MOH door to Sarah's speaking gigs by cancelling Bristol's fake wedding???
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I hope so!!! MOH is very well liked in KY. There is even a road or roadway named after Dakota!
Remember this is the state of "Turtle man" old Mitch.
So, she probably lost all those votes there.
My one word reaction: whatadouchenozzle.
ReplyDeleteI hope he will hire Willow Palin to do his hair.
ReplyDeleteI love it! The Republican Party candidate's debate, because of the sheer number of candidates will have restrict ALL answers to two words, as in: "I Dunno!"
ReplyDeleteSarah is too scared to run. But the sea of pee folks are not going to like Donald jumping in while Sarah hides behind her Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteSome of the pees wanted Donald Chump as Sawah's VP lol
DeleteTrump has approximately 120 days (using the extensions) to do the financial disclosure at which point he will shut down the campaign rather than disclose.
ReplyDeleteThe DNC statement welcoming Trump to the presidential race is a mastery of snark.
This just gets better and better, Trump is perfect for the GOP, he's a liar and a crook, he's got it covered
ReplyDeleteJust read that Trump used a Neil Young song critical of the BUSH administration as his theme music...I'm sure he asked permission, right? Nope. Another clueless Republican out for more money. Can hardly wait for the GOP masses to fire the Donald.
ReplyDeleteWas the song chosen to stick it to Jeb Bush?
DeleteTrump's people probably just saw "...the Free World" in the title and that was good enough for them. Sort of like how Reagan's people misused "Born in the USA."
Then again, Trump is an asshole and might be giving Jeb and the Bushes the middle finger. Wouldn't that be nice. I'd love to see the GOP primary fireworks get off the ground.
(not that Trump should have presumed to play Young's song without the permission he would never get).
I hope he spends oodles of his own money, in order to compete with the Koch brother's money that they'll be tunneling into his competition (Koch brothers won't support Trump http://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/donald-trump-doesn-support-billionaire-david-koch-money-wise-presidential-candidate-article-1.140208 )
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin will never run for any political office EVER.
DeleteSomeone said he does not have cash available, his money is tied up in real estate. He is such a blowhard, I do not believe he is as wealthy as he claims. As someone said "His TV show must not have been renewed, so he is looking for cash and exposure"
DeleteLol...
DeleteI don't give a crap about who's running for POTUS. I'm waiting for Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin to announce her candidacy.
ReplyDeleteMe too also. It would be glorious, all the skeletons tumbling out of the closet. Sadly, it will never happen, but one can dream. And hey, Grifticia said that stranger things have happened, so there's that. Lol.
DeleteSo the Donald is running for President? That means only one thing, NBC didn't renew Celebrity Apprentice.
ReplyDeleteBingo!! He HAS to keep his ugly mug on TV somehow, so this will have to be it.
DeleteAt some angles he looks as though he might be borderline DS. His eyes have a definite DS aspect to them. Will Melania, his blow up doll wife, be allowed to acrually speak now? Yhe Donald is so super smart (yeah, right) he hired a bodyguard for wife #2 Marla Maples, and she had an affair with him!!! Good for her. If he gets in, we will be bankrupt in no time, it is the Donald's way.
ReplyDeleteReally?! About marla? I am stunned, i did not know.
DeleteYes, really. This is true. Either The Donald is not too good in bed, since the $$$$ does not help, or Marla was tired of putting up with him. So along comes a young stud and BINGO.
DeleteLol...
DeleteGryph....You do a great job, BUT....I think the headline should read: Trump Throws his hair into the 2016 ring
ReplyDeleteLol...
DeleteReagan's 11th Commandment? Never mind.
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.showmeprogress.com/diary/10280/mo-boys-state-karl-rove-on-the-2016-gop-presidential-field-and-donald-trump-june-15-2015
"...Or, in the case of Donald Trump, they're complete idiots...."
"...the third tier is gonna be mostly entertaining, except for that guy Trump who's a complete moron..."
That hair of his will have to look more 'presidential'. He's got to give it up and shave it off and expose the shiny top. I can just see a President Trump having to bend over to bow to dignitaries and monarchs and Saudi princes with his top hair strip blowing in every direction (like above) and slapping their faces.
ReplyDeleteDo you really think Donald Trump would bend over (bow to show respect) to greet dignitaries, 10:52 AM? His ego is too big. He'd expect them to bow to him as POTUS!
DeleteCannot even begin to imagine what we'd have in store for us. The world would be laughing!!
He really should shave it off and buy the most expensive toupee he can get. Would look so much more natural than that combover he sports. Just needs to give up the hubris of "it's all my own hair."
Delete...and his hair strip slapping their faces? Now we know how WWIII began!
DeleteMaybe George Will can steer him to a good wig maker? Then they can BOTH get wigs made. That thatched roof on Will is so fake, it is laughable. He is another pompous arse.
DeleteTrump's run speech was oozing with self-love and megalomanic ego. He can't say enough nice things about himself.
ReplyDeleteHe reminds me of Elizabeth with Bette Davis when they are preparing her. Eww.
DeleteSarah has "fan girl" written all over her face. She thought Trump would fall under her "spell" and propose.
ReplyDeleteDo you think Sarah has figured out Trump taking her to a pizza place was a bigger snub than ignoring her?
When he took her out for pizza I imagine in the back of his mind he was sizing her up for his TV show. He obviously had doubts since he only spent enough money for a slice of pizza to check out her intellect. Then he decided Nah, she would never make it, not smart enough or driven enough. Just an aging pageant girl.
DeleteI'm sure trump's current trophy wife looks at Sarah with that "I smell cat shit" expression on her face. Much like Ann Romney and Babs Bush do
DeleteHahahaha - the Trump White House. Swimming pools with all the bobbles and bling and girls girls girls in bikinis and diamond rings. Conservative: What are you waiting for?????
ReplyDeleteSarah's deep Republican bench is getting a neon makeover.
Secret service getting it on with the girls. Haha
DeleteI don't think Trump is provided Secret Service until we get to the primary portion of the race...if he makes it!!!
DeleteI'm sure Trump has his own security staff 24/7.
DeleteHaha, Sarah should have waited a few days before complimenting Jeb Bush. Now she's going to have to backtrack any appearance of an endorsement to poor Jeb. As we speak, she's writing a FB love-post for Donald. She wants to be his running mate.
ReplyDeleteI can see the RV's and the BBQ's mixed in with the 5-star golf-course resort White House grounds on Pennsylvania Avenue. Tourists will believe they're in Las Vegas. And Todd could bring his harem. What a plan!!
Trump won't have her. He already figured out she's not even smart enough to appear on Celebrity Apprentice. She can hope though lol.
DeleteSarah complimented Jeb? That is a surprise because - Barbara Bush (mother of Jeb) publically voiced her opinion of Sarah Palin a few years ago and it was not positive!
DeleteNormally, the idiot doesn't forget those type slights.
But, perhaps she is working the angles with the hope Jeb will ask her to be on his ticket (never will happen) should he get to the primaries for the Republican party?
The bright spot....Jon Stewart was very nervous, the thought of Trump running would be enough to make him stick around. Oh be still my heart!
ReplyDeleteThis is a marketing ploy for himself. He knows he doesn't have a chance at the nomination, so he's making this announcement for Chinese investors to hear while he repeated in his speech how he loved the Chinese. I think this is his way of asking them to give him a call and do lunch. He probably is not as rich as he pretends and needs some foreign investors to help him launch more luxury hotels.
ReplyDeleteHa ha I wouldn't be surprised. And if that doesn't work it's great for tv ratings.
DeleteMy dream 3 years ago was to hear him debate clueless Obama.
ReplyDelete11:42 AM You are still clueless, and stupid. Trump and Palin are 2 non-politicians. Your Bigotry does not lessen
DeletePRESIDENT OBAMA'S intelligence. You are more at home at a KKK rally of uneducated, hood wearing idiots. Your dream 3 years ago was shit, and it still is.
Hey, Visitor from United States, do you ever take a break from trolling?
DeleteSomeone in your comment is clueless and it isn't President Obama, you clueless moron.
DeleteDonald Trump doesn't debate. Donald Trump yells.
DeleteNow that's hilarious. Trump announced to the world that he was going to come up with Obama's real birth certificate and that never happened. I'd love to see Obama ask him about that and it was hilarious when he brought it up at the correspondent's dinner.
DeleteRoll the entire group from the clown car into a ball, and they would not equal one Barak Obama, not intellectually or any other way. He is smarter than any of them, and they know it that is what makes them so mad and jealous.
Delete11:42 AM Didn't you get enough punishment at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? Trump can't handle President Obama, and Trump will never make it to the Primaries. Bigots just don't get it.
DeleteBoy oh boy, is the Republican party ever screwed up!! Hope the media goes after Trump as they have Christie and disclose every thing negative they can find about him!
ReplyDeleteThink it wouldn't even be funnier if he were to get to the primary and ask Sarah Palin to be his VP! What a hoot the two of them would be! Yea, I know it'll never happen!
Can you imagine Palin in the number two spot on this ticket - should Trump get to the primary? They'd kill each other - literally! Both have such huge egos and have become 'clowns' to Americans! But, the media would have a field day!
ReplyDeleteLove to see it. Sarah put on your fakes and go see the donald.
Delete$carah will ALWAYS br #2 as in poop.
DeleteTrump writes her 2016 'excuse' for her. She would have thrown her hat in the ring but didn't want to overshadow her BFF Trumpy the Tramp and spoil his dream of being the first certifiably insane PRICKTUS of the USA. She'll just step back out of 'professional courtesy' and run in 2020. That way she won't have so many small children to tend to on the old homestead.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's about time! The village idiot finally showed up to drive the Republican clown car. Can't wait to watch how many times the wheels come off.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad Trump jumped in. It just wouldn't be the same without some good old fashioned ridiculous entertainment from the GOP-Tea clown car. I thought I was watching SNL and Trump was making fun of the other people running. I can't tell if he really is or not.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think if conservatives had their way, they wouldn't hesitate to vote in people with reality tv shows like Phil Robertson, Josh Duggar & Sarah Palin. Then throw in some televangelicals like Pat Robertson. Now these people would know how to straighten out Merica by bashing everybody with their cherry picked bible verses.
Run Donald Run & pass the popcorn! Come on Sarah don't be a chicken...what are you waiting for? There's still room for one more. . . .
He would have done better to keep the hat on his head, any hat.
ReplyDeleteWell, he is an @$$hat!
DeleteHilarious to see the c4peeps pretending that Neil Young and The Donald are friends and that Neil was "in the audience". Gosh those people are SO CLUELESS. Young supports Bernie Sanders lol.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/neil-young-donald-trump-bernie-sanders
Did he throw that furry dead thing that lies on top of his head into the ring along with his hat?! Yay, go Trump/Palin 2016! NOT!!
ReplyDeleteYou might enjoy how this announcement is being reported in Australia:
ReplyDelete"The reality TV star, developer, billionaire and serial bankrupt Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for president, finally and completely obliterating any hopes the Republican Party's elders had of running a short and dignified primary race."
you owe me a new monitor and keyboard.....
DeleteLol...
DeleteOK everybody.. who would you like to see on that debate stage in Aug? Another namby pamby politico, who will drone on about their vision for America? Or The Donald? C'mon... we want The Donald..so, if you're asked.. your candidate is Donald Trump. Let's get that debate cranked up!! Can't wait to see him tear into Jeb and Marco....one w/ a Mexican wife, and the other a full blooded Cuban. And, Trump doesn't want any money...terrific.. he'll perform for free!!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm still stuck on $arah's post about Jeb yesterday and that darn video she posted. WTH has she ever done for special needs children? Not a damn thing, she can't even handle nor care for Trig. Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics. What has SHE done?
ReplyDeleteAnd still, she can sit there on her imaginary throne and dictate what candidates are good or bad to run this country when she hired the city manager to do her job as mayor and quit a governorship she had little interest in except the fame it gave her? As The Who sang, "Who The F*ck Are You?"
Excellent!
DeleteLol...
DeleteThe Republicans sure have sunk to a new low, the Donald for President.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait until the American public tells him "Your Fired".
Oh snap!
DeleteWhat an ass! Of course he loves china, his polyester clothes are made there with single needle tailoring using child labor. Mitt said they loved it so much, they had to lock the doors to keep people who wanted work out of there!
ReplyDeleteShould have chose a more appropriate venue. Trump Taj Mahal on the Boardwalk, That's what you call "Job Creation".
What an egocentric maroon. His daughter did a great intro speech, he was born with a silvher demi tasse spoon in his mouth. There were times when they struggled, like the day Maid Lupe took off for a funeral, and they were forced to load the dishwasher themselves.
Oh, the humanity!!!!
BUT This is going to force the others to address issues they've avoided. He's a loose cannon with a big mouth. Can't wait for the cannibalism to begin! He went after Jeb! and was relentless. He loves China, what's not to love, and will build a wall on our boarders to keep those criminal mexicans where they belong.
I imagine the First Family, smiling, and sharing a bowl of popcorn and champagne.
I saw a comment about Trump on Facebook, lauding him for his business skills, and saying he'd be a better person to run the U.S.A. than the current "idiot" who knows little about business.
ReplyDeleteMy reply was that Trump is also a master of personal bankruptcy...which I can't imagine being much of a "plus" in a leader. That kind of history can keep him from getting a loan or buying an insurance policy, due to being a "moral hazard."
I'm on my 30th "like" already.