Donald Trump is not even president, but world leaders are watching the Republican joker and the process we call the 2016 Presidential election led by said joker, Donald Trump. And world leaders are apparently not fans of the donald.
“Mr. Trump is so stupid, my God,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, standing next to new London Mayor Sadiq Khan, said this week when asked about Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, has been criticizing Trump for days over the New York billionaire’s idea, saying it would prevent him from visiting the U.S.
Trump indicated Monday he could provide an exception for the mayor, which Khan dismissed, saying it’s not “just about me” and blasting Trump for having “ignorant” views of Islam.
Trump announced his plan for the temporary ban in December amid increased fears of terrorism, though has stood by his proposal in recent days since becoming the GOP’s presumptive nominee.
The actor shared his feelings on the possibility of a president Trump on Thursday, and he slammed the door on that possibility, saying that Americans have never been afraid of anything and Trump’s Scare Tactics will not be enough to scare people to the polls to vote for him.
“Let’s start much simpler — there is not gonna be a President Donald Trump,” Clooney replied, according to Deadline. “Fear is not something that drives out country. We’re not going to be scared of Muslims or immigrants or women. We’re not actually afraid of anything, so we are not going to use fear. It’s not going to be an issue.”
George Clooney and his wife, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, have been major supporters of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and hosted a fundraiser for the former secretary of State this year at their Hollywood home.
On Thursday, Clooney blamed the media for boosting Trump’s visibility, arguing that journalists are giving the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee an easy ride.
“Trump is actually a result in many ways of the fact that much of the news programs didn’t follow up and ask tough questions,” he said. “That’s the truth. It’s really easy because your numbers go up.
“The ratings go up because all these guys can show an empty podium and just say that Donald Trump is about to speak as opposed to taking those 30 seconds to talk about refugees … all those corporations would fall on their knees if we did actually inform a little bit.”
Truth is not a necessary or required component of Donald Trump’s brand of politics.
In a video released on his Instagram account, the businessman turned professional politician and leader of the Republican party pushes the envelope even further, showing a laughing Hillary Clinton superimposed on another video of a burning Benghazi. Also featured in the video are three family members of the deceased, also casting blame on Hillary Clinton.
Republicans have longed blamed then Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, for the Benghazi tragedy. And they all conveniently forgot their role in this tragedy when they refused allocate funds for embassy protections. Donald Trump, being he master politician that he is, has once again managed to ignore the real issues facing Americans. Again he has grabbed our attention with a shiny Republican talking point called BENGHAZI!
Remember the days when presidential hopefuls would bow their heads and exit the stage after finally accepting the fact that the American people did not want them as president?
Today’s Republicans refuse to take no for an answer as Ted Cruz explains a possible reentry into the 2016 presidential race.
Pressed by supporter Glenn Beck in an interview if he could consider jumping back into the 2016 race if he wins Tuesday’s nomination contest in Nebraska, Cruz said, “My assumption is that that will not happen.”
But, he added, “The reason we suspended the race last week was that with Indiana’s loss I didn’t see a viable path to victory. If that changes we will certainly respond accordingly.”
Asked if he believes he can support Trump, Cruz said voters should not rush to make a decision.
“This is a choice every voter is going to have to make and I would note it’s not a choice we as the voters have to make today,” he said.
Like much of his other statements, Republicans are beginning to realize that Donald Trump’s words carry absolutely no weight. His most recent backtrack comes after London elected its first Muslim mayor last week, and that new mayor voiced his concerns that he might not being able to visit the United States under a Trump presidency.
“If Donald Trump becomes the president, I’ll be stopped from going there by virtue of my faith, which means I can’t engage with American mayors and swap ideas,” London’s mayor Sadiq Khan said.
Naturally, this concern from one of America’s main ally is forcing Donald Trump to punch a few holes in his “ban all Muslims” policy.
“There will always be exceptions,” Mr. Trump said when asked in an interview on Monday how his proposed ban would affect London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.
“I was happy to see that,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Khan’s election. “I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”
Asked why, Mr. Trump said, “Because I think if he does a great job, it will really — you lead by example, always lead by example. If he does a good job and frankly if he does a great job, that would be a terrific thing.”
I’ve read some scary headlines over the past few months about the primaries and the Trump march to the GOP nomination, but now that it’s all-but-official, the race for his running mate is beginning to take shape.
In a truly remarkable political year, the party that runs on wars–on Christmas, Coal, and Women–has finally declared war on itself. Both presidents Bush, and the one who did not get there, have all said that they will not go to the GOP convention in Cleveland this summer and will likely not even vote for president in November, even though they could write in Jeb. What a family. Conservatives across the country, from George Will to Russ Douthat to Mitt Romney and myriad others, have urged their fellow Republicans to oppose Trump, nominate a third-party candidate or, apostasy!, vote for Hillary. And they’re doing this because they believe that Donald Trump is not temperamentally suited for the Oval Office (the man’s not even suited for Ovaltine, if truth be told). On this, they are correct.
But there is another reason the GOP faithful are abandoning Trump, and that’s because he hasn’t supported the Reaganite vision of conservatism the party has pushed since the 1970s. Never mind that Reagan couldn’t get elected in a Ted Cruz party, but the sentiment is clear. On this point, that the party needs a true conservative, they are absolutely wrong, and that’s why Trump is the nominee. The GOP has alienated its base so thoroughly, they’ll follow Trump’s isolationist, anti-immigrant, misogynistic, racist rantings all the way to November (of course, many Trump supporters do agree with his ideas). The base doesn’t care about the economics of tax cuts or shrinking the government programs that have kept them afloat for the past few decades. They want their power and their middle class wage jobs back. A more conservative candidate, they have rightfully identified, will not help. So what’s really happened is that the conservatives think the party needs to go farther to the right, but the evidence is showing exactly the opposite. That’s not a recipe for success in November.
How will Chris Christie help? He can be a true conservative even though he isn’t one. He can also, perhaps, batter the Democratic VP candidate into submission the way he did Marco Rubio. He can be Trump’s pit bull on the campaign trail. While these are important attributes, I doubt that they will help Trump, which is why I don’t think Christie will be his running mate. Then again, who thought we’d be where we are now? A unified GOP could not elect John McCain or Mitt Romney. A fatally split party will have a hard time electing Donald Trump.
Former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.), a supporter and delegate of former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, called the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a “sociopath,” saying he would never support the donald.
“Unequivocally, I’m not supporting Donald Trump,” Humphrey instructed the New Hampshire Union Chief. “I believe he’s a sociopath.”
“Sociopath” is just one of many names used by Republicans of all people, to describe Donald Trump. Racist and xenophobic are other names often associated with the Republican leader.
Over 5,000 people gathered in L.A City Hall to join Stevie Wonders and others in a City of Angels tribute to Prince. Among the other stars to join Stevie Wonder were Faith Evans, Eric Benet, Aloe Blacc, Deitrick Haddon and Sebu Simonian.
Arizona Republican Senator, John McCain, has admitted that he has no other choice but to fall in line like a good sheep and follow the fox that is Donald Trump where ever that fox leads. But just a month ago when John McCain thought he was talking off the record, he told an audience about his fears having Donald Trump being at the top of the Republican presidential ticket, and the misery he face in trying to win his Arizona senate seat again.
“If you listen to or watch Hispanic media in the state or in the country, you will see it’s all anti-Trump,” McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, said at the event. “The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way that I have never seen in 30 years.”
McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, blamed Trump’s remarks that Mexican immigrants are “rapists” and “murderers,” along with his proposal to build a wall along the Mexican border, for Latino voters’ anger.
“Frankly, there’s an element of nativism to it,” the senator said.
The same man who stood on the Senate floor and vowed to make a sitting President a “one-term president,”has issued a statement saying that he is “committed” to supporting Donald Trump for president – Trump, a man who has successfully demonstrated the mannerism of a 3rd grade school boy.
“I have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by Republican voters, and Donald Trump, the presumptive nominee, is now on the verge of clinching that nomination,” McConnell said in a 75-word statement.
“Republicans are committed to preventing what would be a third term of Barack Obama and restoring economic and national security after eight years of a Democrat in the White House,” McConnell said. “As the presumptive nominee, he now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals.”
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, listens during Bloomberg Television in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 24, 2015. Cruz said his presidential run will be about bringing people togethereven including social liberals, if they're interested. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Ted Cruz
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Ted Cruz
No! You will not see a Canadian become president of the United States… at least not in 2016. After losing yet another primary in Indiana to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz announced that his campaign is no more!
“From the beginning I’ve said that I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. Tonight, I’m sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed,” Cruz said during a Tuesday night speech. “The voters chose another path, and so with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign.”
Mine was one of the millions of mouths that dropped to the floor Saturday night when comedian Larry Wilmore dropped the “N” word when referring to President Obama. “My n*gga,” as he ended his White House Correspondents Dinner comedic monologue.
The shock of hearing someone used that word while talking about the president was just momentary though, as the president seemed to go along with Wilmore’s characterization of him. Mr. Obama smiled, tapped his chest with a closed fist then made the peace sign, as if to say, it’s all good!
“I’m confident that Mr. Wilmore used the word by design. He was seeking to be provocative,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said during a press briefing. “But I think any reading of his comments makes clear he was not using the president as the butt of a joke.”
Earnest compared Wilmore’s performance to Stephen Colbert, who faced criticism for his White House Correspondents Dinner speech during the Bush administration. Wanda Sykes also ignited controversy in 2009, Earnest noted, after she made fun of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.
“It’s not the first time we’ve had a conversation about this,” he remarked.
Earnest said the president “appreciated the spirit of the sentiments that Mr. Wilmore expressed.”
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