Donald Trump for President Thread

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a principled stand against corruption, and for proper adherence to security classification procedures
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Nil Satis Niasse Optimum said:
You mean people using the laws of the land to pay as little tax as they can? What a gigantic surprise that people try and do that!
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...I mean a guy who's running to be President openly declares it's 'clever' to not support the upkeep of that country whilst the rank and file he wants to vote for him pay their fair share. Surely a man who has a calling to run such a nation shouldn't be looking to be clever.

Perhaps federal tax revenue isn't so important in the US but I expect lots is dependent on it.
 
Eggs said:
...I mean a guy who's running to be President openly declares it's 'clever' to not support the upkeep of that country whilst the rank and file he wants to vote for him pay their fair share. Surely a man who has a calling to run such a nation shouldn't be looking to be clever.

Perhaps federal tax revenue isn't so important in the US but I expect lots is dependent on it.
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He didn't break any laws, unlike his opponent, who broke many and should be in jail.
 
Ruairi77 said:
Out of interest, what do you read for a balanced opinion. I'm conscious of the echo chamber but can't consume fox/britebart/drudge etc.
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good question... it is a challenge. and I would welcome any suggestions

in the UK, the Times, I suppose, and there's the Spectator too, though that gets ridiculous in a hurry

Wall Street Journal

The Financial Times and Bloomberg or Politico all have regular conservative/Tory contributors... or the Post/Times for that matter. Do Fox or whatever the equivalent is bother with token liberals?

People like Reihan Salam at National Review are even-headed enough... some of the others there, less so. David Frum would be another.

There is American Conservative, which has a very unorthodox foreign policy stance.
I'm probably forgetting others

In Canada, the Globe was pretty conservative under Harper, though less so now... they're hoping nobody will notice the awkwardness of the transition

There's the National Post, but it's "post" media in every sense of the word, and the quality has declined considerably in the last few years. It's basically a Tory blog more than anything resembling journalism these days.

I suppose the thing to do now is just follow people on twitter, but I'm just a little bit too old for all that.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot - but there's only so much time in a day
 
Eggs said:
...I mean a guy who's running to be President openly declares it's 'clever' to not support the upkeep of that country whilst the rank and file he wants to vote for him pay their fair share. Surely a man who has a calling to run such a nation shouldn't be looking to be clever.

Perhaps federal tax revenue isn't so important in the US but I expect lots is dependent on it.
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I'm not voting for either Trump or Clinton but think her attacks on the tax return issue was one of her stronger points in the debates.
While it's not an unusual practice (use of depreciation) for large real estate developers to take, the optics are really bad for someone running for public office.
 
Eggs said:
...I agree, he doesn't appear to have broken the law but I stand by my view - if he has a genuine calling for the role, if he has a genuine commitment to the state he would've instructed his accountants to pay. I find it staggering that he stood.
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He called it perfectly when he asked her why she hasn't changed the rules if she's so concerned about him having got around them legally. Answer, because all of those bankers and other special interests she's been servicing for all those years use exactly the same loopholes and it's how she's become stinking rich. Notice how since he essentially admitted using (legal) loopholes nothing has been mentioned since? Not a peep about his tax return being made public, nothing whatsoever.
 
abelard said:
good question... it is a challenge. and I would welcome any suggestions

in the UK, the Times, I suppose, and there's the Spectator too, though that gets ridiculous in a hurry

Wall Street Journal

The Financial Times and Bloomberg or Politico all have regular conservative/Tory contributors... or the Post/Times for that matter. Do Fox or whatever the equivalent is bother with token liberals?

People like Reihan Salam at National Review are even-headed enough... some of the others there, less so. David Frum would be another.

There is American Conservative, which has a very unorthodox foreign policy stance.
I'm probably forgetting others

In Canada, the Globe was pretty conservative under Harper, though less so now... they're hoping nobody will notice the awkwardness of the transition

There's the National Post, but it's "post" media in every sense of the word, and the quality has declined considerably in the last few years. It's basically a Tory blog more than anything resembling journalism these days.

I suppose the thing to do now is just follow people on twitter, but I'm just a little bit too old for all that.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot - but there's only so much time in a day
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I once sat next to Rex Murphy on a flight between Toronto and Ottawa. Interesting fella
 
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