Donald Trump in GOP debate

Honestly, he probably lost a lot of support. He’s holding the GOP hostage with his third-party thread, showed his entire lack of loyalty and, honestly, will not win a fight against Megyn Kelly (which he doubled down on with some disgusting personal comments on CNN yesterday).

He’s a big jerk the personal attacks on the female debate moderator was beyond the pale disgusting, he is not a republican, he is a megalomaniac and his popularity in the polls is probably attributed to democrats who want him to remain in the race to discredit all the gop candidates.

No Joseph its not good his candidacy is marring the entire Republican party he is a pig.

1, He certainly acted like the “star” – after all, he’s better known as a television celebrity as anything else. “Star” doesn’t mean “winner” – in fact he was the “bad guy” in his TV series.

2. If he turns out not to be as conservative as first believed, his third party threat is more credible in terms of winning, but less of a threat for the Republicans. The reason is that instead of being a “extremist” appealing to “true believers” (cf. Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader in 2000), he would be a moderate running against the “extremists” of the “Tea Party” and the “Occupy Wall Street.”

3. While he is very anti-PC and racist, most of hie other views are not so radical, and he’s been a big advocate of corporate welfare in the past, and a frequent support of liberal Democrats.

i dont know about star, but he certainly grabbed the limelight all to himself. I was in the car for most of the debate and kept changing stations, every time I tuned in the debate, he was talking. i am guessing, since he got the most airtime, he was billed as the “star”.

Donald Trump’s run for the Republican nomination is an infuriating farce. Not only has he made it his business to attack all of his opponents, he has not offered a single concrete plan for ANY of the major political issues! Who would vote for someone like that? Oh, only the majority of the American public who care little for issues and much more for rhetoric and bombast.

Some more of Trump’s plans (taken from Wikipedia):

Economy: Trump supports pro-growth policies and reduced taxation on U.S. workers and business with reduced regulation to increase economic growth and create opportunity.[131] Trump has proposed a 1-5-10-15 income tax plan in order to simplify the tax code, where incomes of up to $30,000 would pay 1%, incomes of $30,000 to $100,000 would pay 5%, incomes of $100,000 to $1 million would pay 10%, incomes of $1 million and up would pay 15%.[131] Further, his plan would eliminate the inheritance tax, eliminate the corporate tax, lower the capital gains tax, and instead apply a 20% import tariff and a 15% tax on outsourcing to foreign countries.[131] Trump favors stronger trade negotiations with nations such as China, with a more level playing field on trade, to restore American jobs applying tariffs when necessary.[15][39] Trump favors a free market energy policy and opposes cap and trade also called ‘cap and tax’.[15] Trump supports improving America’s infrastructure.[127]

Education: Trump favors school choice and local control for primary and secondary schools. He opposes federally mandated Common Core standards for primary and secondary schools.[15][39] He has called Common Core a disaster that must be ended.[132]

There are also views there on healthcare and foreign policy, but they’re long, so I won’t post them here. You can look them up yourself.

Mr. Trump’s biggest problem is his uncontrolled mouth. He is intelligent, he is passionate, he is a BUSINESSMAN (very crucial in our debt-ridden country today), and he is strong on the desire to protect our national security and borders. Her also is a good friend to Israel. That said, he is not diplomatic or tactful, and although I believe that there are so many times when being PC is Positively Catastrophic, there are nevertheless times when a President needs to finesse a situation. He is very heavy-handed.

I agreed with nearly everything he said, and Megyn Kelly, whom I watched on TV, really IMO was out of line in the questions she asked him. She took things out of context, and if you listen to the entire exchange that took place on The Apprentice, he really said nothing offensive regarding women, to the female contestant. It was all blown up out of proportion and misinterpreted by those who have an agenda and animus to Donald Trump. He did make an unfortunate comment at the debate, but he was pushed and provoked (though that is part of his problem, as he needs to learn to control his responses to a visceral attack).

I like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee. Also Marco Rubio, but I don’t think it his time yet. I would love to see most of the candidates in the President’s cabinet. Maybe a Huckabee/Cruz ticket, with Carly Fiorina in there, somewhere as well. And Ben Carson should be Surgeon General. I liked him a lot.

I am the first to admit I am politically ignorant, but these are the impressions I got from the debate. So agree or disagree, this is how I see it. I cannot wait for the next debate.

Oomis remember the old line if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen? it is her job to ask tough questions there was nothing unfair about her questions if a candidate is disrespectful to a huge segment of the electorate that is a valid issue if he were an anti semite you would have no problem with that issue being raised imo.

I didn’t like the way Fox ran the debate. They focussed more on personally attacking Trump, a candidate that they created, by the way, than on showcasing the amazing presidential candidates that Republicabs have to offer.

There were many Democrats watching that debate- 42 million people watched it. Throat is more than any other presidential debate, ever! Trump should have been asked several questions on his policies on things like health care as immigration, he would have shown how illogical his stances are, and then the rest of the Republican candidates could have showcased their positions, creating support for the Republican Party. This was such an unbelievable opportunity to gain support for our party, and Fox News blew it.

Instead of allowing everyone else on stage to say their piece, they bashed Trump, and made a fool out of him. In doing that, they made Trump supporters feel victimized, and there is now a greater chance than ever that Trump will run third party.

When Donald Trump first announced his candidacy, I figured he would be out of it in a month. When he insulted John McCain, I thought he would be gone in 3 weeks. When he insulted Megyn Kelly, I thought he would be gone in 3 days.

I now think he will be the Republican nominee, or the kingmaker of whoever gets the Republican nomination. If John Kasich stays away from Trump’s bad side, I think The Donald will back him and Kasich will be the nominee.

While I don’t personally think Trump is particularly skilled in diplomacy, and he is not my first choice for President, I do believe he brings a refreshing blunt honesty to the table, a take no prisoners attitude, something that has been sorely lacking in Washington. He needs to learn to be a little more polished, restrained and eidel, but we have a VERY polished president, and he is anything BUT a leader, much less a good leader. I hear your concerns, and do not necesaarily disagree at all.