tanu01

Call it the Trump Doctrine. The next time America is called upon to act as global policeman, expect a bill from Uncle Sam.
Property developer, reality TV star and would-be Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he'd apply his business acumen to geopolitics if he wins the White House.
A cultural phenomenon known as "The Donald," Trump is leveraging his reputation as a showy business mogul to set up a possible run for president.
Some of Trump's proposals fall way outside the political mainstream. But his message that America needs radical change draws support from some voters dismayed by diminished economic prospects at home and growing challenges to U.S. power abroad.
On Tuesday, he jointly topped a poll of would-be Republican hopefuls in the nascent 2012 White House race.
For many Americans, Trump is the larger-than-life property mogul who ends each U.S. episode of the TV show "The Apprentice" with the catch phrase "You're fired." On foreign policy issues, Trump is just as blunt.
Under a President Trump, China would be forced to end currency manipulation or face a 25 percent tariff on all exports to the United States. OPEC oil-producing nations would have to drop the price of a barrel or oil to $40-$50 or face America's wrath. And Arab nations and South Korea would pay for benefiting from America's military might.
He singled out the recent trade pact with South Korea, signed after a military showdown with communist-ruled North Korea, saying it was a "joke" with insufficient benefits for the United States.
"We go over there, we protect them, we protect them with our ships ... Did anyone pay us for this? No! So, what is happening is mind-boggling."
Trump also took aim at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
"OPEC will cut the price of oil, and if they don't they've got problems," he said. "We are protecting Saudi Arabia free of charge. The Arab League asked us to go into Libya and we go in and we don't say, 'Are you going to pay for it?"'
"I would tell (OPEC) that oil is not going to $150 a barrel ... it's going to be at $40 to $50 a barrel."
On China, Trump accused Beijing of manipulating its yuan currency, contributing to a U.S. trade deficit that was unacceptable — it was $18.8 billion in February alone.
"I would put a 25 percent tax on all goods coming in from China to the United States and I would do it without hesitation," Trump said.
THE GREAT FALL OF CHINA?
Economists concerned about the U.S. trade deficit with China say upsetting Beijing could prompt the Chinese to buy less U.S. debt, which in turn would increase U.S. interest rates and make credit here more expensive.
Trump sees it as global test of wills.
"If we stop buying from China, China will go down like no other country has ever gone down before," he said. "China needs us more than we need them."
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released on Tuesday showed Trump and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee led a poll of would-be presidential contenders with 19 percent each -- a doubling of Trump's support since mid-March.
Trump has been on a media blitz for weeks, claiming that U.S. President Barack Obama was not born in America and therefore cannot legally hold the presidency — an allegation that has been widely dismissed.
"I do find it amazing how the media protects Obama on his birth certificate," Trump offered without prompting.
As to how much he would spend on his campaign, the man who ranks 488th on Forbes magazine's 2010 list of the world's billionaires with an estimated net worth of $2 billion said, "A lot ... whatever is necessary."
He said he would consider running for president as an independent but wants to win the Republican nomination, saying he loves the party. He said he would decide on whether to make a run before June.
Asked if his multiple marriages, bankrupt casinos, roller coaster career and wealth, being a billionaire, a celebrity and regular tabloid fodder would hurt his prospects among ordinary Americans, Trump said times have changed.
"Look, I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't take drugs. I've had two marriages that ended in divorce, that was nobody's fault. I am a very hard worker and it is very hard to be married to a very hard worker, but I think that's what the people of this country need — a hard worker."
"Ten years ago it would have been a problem but I think today people want someone who is going to protect them and cherish them and take care of them and work to make this country great again," he said.


Read more: Trump to OPEC: Oil Should Be $40-$50 a Barrel, Not $150

navigatin1

I'm tellin ya, if he runs, and if he picks a real good VP running mate, he'll win!

tanu01

The REAL change

House of Tan

Never would I have voted for him, untill I read his platform; just the change we need. I as an American am tired of bailing out all these **** countries only to have them trash talk the US and back stab us. Enough is enough.

I can put up with his bad hair for 4/8 if he will stick with what I just read.

China does need us WAY MORE than we need them.

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exclusivetan1

I kind of laughed when I heard he was interested in running, but what he's saying is making a **** of a lot of sense... good common business sense is what we need right now!

tanu01

Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011 07:45 PM
By Ronald Kessler


If you wonder whether Donald Trump is serious about running for president, tune in to the finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” on May 22.

Trump plans to say on the NBC show that he will be holding a press conference in the next few days. At that press conference in the Trump Tower in New York, Trump will be announcing whether he will run for the presidency.

Even then, many will snicker that it’s all a publicity stunt. But that defies the facts and common sense.

Of all the people on the planet, Donald Trump is the last person who needs more publicity. And if he is riding a groundswell of support, why would he—or anyone else—decide not to run?

Since writing the first story in January to report that Trump will definitely run, I have been amazed at how much the idea of a Trump presidency is catching on across the political spectrum. As I wrote in my story, Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump for President, he can be outrageous and boastful. But when it comes to a successful run at the presidency, don’t count him out.

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Watching him on TV, you never got a sense until recently that Trump is a conservative. But those who know him best say he has long held hard-core conservative beliefs on fiscal and national security issues. After a recent chat with Trump, Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee and an arch conservative, found him “credible.”

“If I run and if I win, this country will be respected again,” Trump promised to wild applause at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

What motivates Trump is his disgust with President Obama, whom he considers a “disaster.” Instead of using euphemisms to describe terrorists, as the Obama administration has done, “I would go after terrorists like nobody in history,” Trump tells me.

Hungry for a change from politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouth, people appreciate Donald’s take-no-prisoners solutions to the problems the country faces. They figure that a guy who has amassed a fortune of $2.4 billion can be trusted to handle the economy and foreign affairs.

Unlike other Republican candidates, Donald will have the media on his side. Most important, based on the way he comes across on his TV show, people simply like and admire him.

A Republican operative who is impressed by him asked me whether Trump has any problems.

“Does he drink?” he asked.

To those who know Donald, that is humorous. As Donald told me this week, he has never had a drink in his life. Then he added with a chuckle, “But I have other problems.”

No doubt those problems, including womanizing between marriages, will come out. But what will also become clear—as depicted recently on “The Oprah Show”—is that he has been a model father to his five kids.

No matter how involved he is in a conference or a negotiation, he always takes their calls.

Every morning, Trump reads the papers with his 4-year-old Barron, commenting on developments. His devotion to his kids and loyalty to friends speak volumes about his character.

From talking with him, I can tell that he has thought through the details of running. Agree with him or not, those who think Trump is pulling a publicity stunt have trouble grasping the novelty of a non-politician caring enough about his country to run for president.

Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. View his previous reports and get his dispatches sent to you free via e-mail. Go here now.

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Black Sun

Allen West:


http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/14/tr...#ixzz1JWsIDkGy

tanu01

Yep ..............

tanu01

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/426584...-today_people/

A good listen

Black Sun

The more I listen to him, the more I am convinced he would do well.

It took a community organizer to destroy this country, perhaps someone with the b*lls to tell it as it is, someone with a love for business, can get us back on track..