Donald J Trump

His comments are becoming more and more outrageous, I agree. One can only hope that Hilary succeeds.

I truly believe that he is a megalomaniac

I am beginning to wonder if he is just trying to be more and more outrageous for " fun " .Just seeing how.far he can go before people realise he is totally unfit.

Surely he can not be serious. Bringing back, waterboarding, punishing women who do.not have legal abortions, expecting the Mexicans to pay for a wall to keep themselves in......... Surely he can not be serious.

What a danger to the free world.!

I'm sure no-one here is in any doubt about Trump's toxicity, but if you haven't already seen the short documentary about his construction of a golf course in Aberdeenshire, watch You've been Trumped.

Trump has said in an interview should there be a law brought in against abortion he thinks women who choose to have an sbortion should be punished, the republicans are pro life but to yo this e treme - even thought some have murdered staff at abortion clinics

Thry are pro life and pro guns ,

Sarah Palin's husband had an accident welshwife.
Pompa Trump has said that he would only use nuclear annihilation as a "last resort"

Kept off this thread until now as I dislike Trump with a passion, he is WW3 in waiting.

Can't abide him. Come on Hillary!

secure.avaaz.org/en/trump_letter_73b/?bkHcnjb&v=74585&cl=9751395432

A letter to sign to Trump to stop him making the world more dangerous.

occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/28/trumps-top-strategist-just-quit-wrote-brutal-open-letter-trump-voters/

Do you think he'll survive this?

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/03/29/donald-trump-in-the-west-midlands-because-everyone-deserves-a-second-chance-2/

It's a poem.

GillT57. No offence meant, but we are not always aware of our nearest and dearest views on race/ religion/social standing. I'm sure there are many who put a label on people purely by what they see.
I give my Father as an example. He was a thug. He went to prison, always up for a fight (you get the picture) I know what label people would put on him, but he didn't have a racist bone in his body.

Are they Republicans, if you dont mind me asking? Or would they normally vote for the Democrats?

What do you mean why Obieone? I was only stating that they are not the classic disaffected Trump voter, and this is more worrying because they are intelligent enough to not support his policies. Like many, they are voting for him because they dislike Hilary Clinton, they see her as deceitful and a bit economic with the truth.

Why GillT57?

Anya, not allowing democracy is a worse idea. That is why there are these problems in the first place.
Immigration is too big an issue to not have a vote on really.

Both houses are republican anyway, which is why Obama has not been able to do everything he promised.
Being the figurehead he gets blamed for not doing things.
It's as if we had Cameron but with a Labour majority in both houses.

At least the US get to vote for their president, even if it is in a convoluted way.
I read a n article about Ted Cruz, in which it stated that he is scarier than Trump. So hopefully Trump will be the republican candidate, and the US will then wake up and vote for Clinton. It's time they had a female president.

My otherwise intelligent and well educated cousin and her husband, living in US for 20 years are going to vote for him. They are not disaffected poor, living in a trailer park ( quite the opposite), or working in dying blue collar industries which is supposed to be the classic Trump voter. now that scares me.

The fact that he will almost certainly win the Republican nomination and stand against Hilary Clinton is frightening. This politics of hate brought Hitler to power. I'm hopeful that those in the Republican Party who cannot stand him will vote tactically...

If you google "can the President act alone?", it appears they can, though I havent properly looked into it. Certainly Pres Obama got ready to do it.

I think this is a totally hypothetical question as he wont get in[ hmm] but does anyone know if the US president can take military action without congress or senate approval?

Trump is the epitome of lowest common denominator populism, attracting votes by encouraging a sense of grievance and blaming others - in his case Mexicans, Muslims, etc.

This ploy can attract a worryingly high level of support, especially if backed by money and significant parts of the media. We have seen it happen in the UK with the rise of the SNP and it could also result in UKIP persuading enough British voters to back Brexit.

Unfortunately you can fool quite a lot of the people for quite a lot of the time and everyone else will then suffer the consequences.

Thanks for that maggiemaybe - clear as a bell as to what each expects for and from women.

IF Trump does get elected (and I sincerely hope he doesn't) I do take a little comfort from the fact that many of his extreme ideas will not get past Congress and the Senate. I know little of USA politics but I don't think he would be able to enforce a policy without the backing of the two houses.

There's an interesting video doing the rounds on Facebook, contrasting the way President Obama talks about women and the way Trump does. How can this man be a serious contender for any position of authority, let alone POTUS?

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/video-compares-trump-and-obama-talking-about-women-and-we-cant-stop-crying_us_56f29d0ce4b0c3ef52174a7b

Lully how true that is - I also thought he was just a bit of distraction initially but now worry. - I have not seen anything about Sarah Palin for a while - is she still about?

I was convinced he didn't stand a cat's chance in hell of nomination , once the big players got going. However I am starting to worry now as the world is looking more dangerous very day.