[In the Drunk Tank]

Thing is Trump is neither as extreme or as principled on hard right positions as his rivals are. He's not as anti-abortion as Cruz or Rubio, he doesn't emphasise Christianity as much, he's not as opposed to gay marriage, he doesn't care much for Israel and he's not too worried about Russia. Even on immigration his record is not that hostile to it and in the past he's been close to the Clintons and in 2012 he supported the moderate Romney rather than any extreme Republicans.

Most polls also show that Americans back Trump more than Hilary on the economy, on terrorism and on immigration. He appeals to blue-collar Democrats as well as Republicans because he's the anti-politician; none of the slick polish of career senators, no interest in towing a party line, not beholden to vested political interests, no past political scandals. From a Republican point of view they've had two establishment candidates in the last two elections who came nowhere near to beating Obama. For anyone else, he might appeal as a breath of fresh air. This isn't our election in the UK and it's time we tried to understand the Trump phenomenon rather than just dismissing it.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Thing is Trump is neither as extreme or as principled on hard right positions as his rivals are. He's not as anti-abortion as Cruz or Rubio, he doesn't emphasise Christianity as much, he's not as opposed to gay marriage, he doesn't care much for Israel and he's not too worried about Russia. Even on immigration his record is not that hostile to it and in the past he's been close to the Clintons and in 2012 he supported the moderate Romney rather than any extreme Republicans.

Most polls also show that Americans back Trump more than Hilary on the economy, on terrorism and on immigration. He appeals to blue-collar Democrats as well as Republicans because he's the anti-politician; none of the slick polish of career senators, no interest in towing a party line, not beholden to vested political interests, no past political scandals. From a Republican point of view they've had two establishment candidates in the last two elections who came nowhere near to beating Obama. For anyone else, he might appeal as a breath of fresh air. This isn't our election in the UK and it's time we tried to understand the Trump phenomenon rather than just dismissing it.

Excellent post there

[the truth]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Thing is Trump is neither as extreme or as principled on hard right positions as his rivals are. He's not as anti-abortion as Cruz or Rubio, he doesn't emphasise Christianity as much, he's not as opposed to gay marriage, he doesn't care much for Israel and he's not too worried about Russia. Even on immigration his record is not that hostile to it and in the past he's been close to the Clintons and in 2012 he supported the moderate Romney rather than any extreme Republicans.

Most polls also show that Americans back Trump more than Hilary on the economy, on terrorism and on immigration. He appeals to blue-collar Democrats as well as Republicans because he's the anti-politician; none of the slick polish of career senators, no interest in towing a party line, not beholden to vested political interests, no past political scandals. From a Republican point of view they've had two establishment candidates in the last two elections who came nowhere near to beating Obama. For anyone else, he might appeal as a breath of fresh air. This isn't our election in the UK and it's time we tried to understand the Trump phenomenon rather than just dismissing it.

Brilliant analysis and totally spot on. He is seen as the anti dote to all the BS that spews from politicians. The left will never understand it, just as they will never understand business or the economy. They will block their ears and scream racist, in their usual inverted bigoted way. To them stopping illegal immigration, curbing the number of terrorists, drug runners and gun smugglers is racist? and they think trump is inane? look at the EU if you want the definition of insane.