Would You Vote Donald Trump For President of The United States?

Trump is a joke of a candidate, but fairly good experiment. Originally Answered: Why would you vote for Donald Trump to be president of the United States of America?2015-12-10 update:Question now merged with:Why do people support Donald Trump as a candidate in the Republican nominations for US President? In light of some recent remarks about prohibiting ("outlawing") Muslims from entering our country... I could never vote for such a person.

And I'm "an atheist." Any religious test is absurd.

In 4.258, Trump was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast. The special was hosted by Seth MacFarlane, and roasters included Larry King, Snoop Dogg, and Anthony Jeselnik among regular roast participants. Trump's daughter Ivanka was seen in the audience.

In 4.257, Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner, featuring comedian Seth Meyers. President Obama used the occasion to present several prepared jokes mocking Trump. In 2003, Trump became the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show, The Apprentice, in which a group of competitors battled for a high-level management job in one of Trump's commercial enterprises.

The other contestants were successively "fired" and eliminated from the game. For the first year of the show Trump was paid $50,000 per episode (roughly $700,000 for the first season), but following the show's initial success, he is nowwhen? Paid a reported $3 million per episode, making him one of the highest paid TV personalities.

Citation needed In 2007, Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to television (The Apprentice). Along with British TV producer Mark Burnett, Trump also put together The Celebrity Apprentice, where well-known stars compete to win money for their charities. While Trump and Burnett co-produced the show, Trump stayed in the forefront, deciding winners and "firing" losers.

Trump is a known World Wrestling Entertainment fan and friend of WWE owner Vince McMahon. He has hosted two WrestleMania events in the Trump Plaza and has been an active participant in several of the shows. Trump's Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was host to the 1991 WBF Championship (which was owned by WWE, known at the time as the "World Wrestling Federation.").

Trump was interviewed by Jesse Ventura ringside at WrestleMania XX. He also appeared at WrestleMania 23 in the corner of Bobby Lashley who competed against Umaga with WWE Chairman McMahon in his corner, in a hair versus hair match, with either Trump or McMahon having their head shaved if their competitor lost. Lashley won the match, and he and Trump both proceeded to shave McMahon bald.

On 4.259, as part of a storyline, McMahon announced on WWE Raw that he had 'sold' the show to Donald Trump. Appearing on screen, Trump confirmed it and declared he would be at the following commercial-free episode in person and would give a full refund to the people who purchased tickets to the arena for that night's show in the amount of USD $235,000. McMahon "bought back" Raw on 4.253.

Citation needed His entrance theme "Money, Money" was written by Jim Johnston. Trump was announced as a member of the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013 due to his contributions to the promotion. In the 2000 election, Trump expressed a desire to run as a third-party candidate for the United States presidency, considering a bid for the nomination of the Reform Party as a business conservative, socially moderate candidate.

Institution of a once-only 14.25 percent tax on personal estates and trusts over $10 million, which he estimated would raise $5.7 trillion in revenue toward retirement of the national debt, tax cuts for the middle class, and supplementing the funding of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; and, by way of compensating this one-time tax on the wealthy, permanent abolition of the 55 percent federal inheritance tax. Regarding universal health care, Trump touted himself as "a conservative on most issues, but a liberal on this one. Working out detailed plans will take time.

Renegotiation of U.S. trade policies. For 2004 and 2008, Trump speculated about running for President in the Republican party and for 2006 considered running for governor of New York as a representative of the party. 129 In 4.253, 18808, Trump appeared on Larry King Live and delivered a strong criticism of then-United States President George W.

Bush, particularly concerning the Iraq War. He speculated that Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton could win the Republican and Democratic Presidential nominations, respectively, and voiced some support for either of them being elected President. He expressed doubt, on CNN's The Situation Room at the time, over whether a candidate for President could win the election by supporting a continued escalation of the war in Iraq.

On 4.257, Trump officially endorsed John McCain for the U.S. Presidency on Larry King Live. 131 Trump again registered as a Republican in 2009 after having registered with the Democratic Party in 2001. 132 Trump said in an interview in 2007, "I'm very much independent in that way.

I go for the person, not necessarily the party. Since the 1990 U.S. elections, Donald Trump has made contributions to campaigns of both Republican Party and Democratic Party candidates. These have included Republicans John McCain, Rudolph Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, and George W.

Bush134 and Democrats Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Charles Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Charles Rangel). In 2010, Trump said he considered himself a potential candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election. 137138 In his primary campaign, Trump has made a February speech to a CPAC gathering,139 an early venue for candidates considering a presidential run, as a write-in candidate in its straw poll for the office.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released in 4.258 found Donald Trump leading among potential contenders for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, one point ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. 140 A Newsweek poll conducted 4.259 showed Trump within a few points of Obama, with many voters undecided in the 4.253, 18809 general election for President of the United States against Barack Obama. 141 A poll released in 4.257 by Public Policy Polling showed Trump having a nine point lead in a potential contest for the Republican nomination for President of the United States while he was still actively considering a run.

Trump's present political stances include being pro-life, against same-sex marriage,35 anti-gun control, advocating the repeal and replacement of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, anti-foreign aid;139144 and supporting a fair trade policy and believing generally that the People's Republic of China should be considered more of an adversarial competitor, subjected to significant import tariffs as a response to China's currency manipulation in order to help balance the U.S. budget. 145 He said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on Chinese goods. 146 He also believes the U.S. should disengage in Iraq and Afghanistan.

147 In December 2008, Trump supported a government backed rescue plan for the American auto industry where the government would provide the debtor in possession financing for a Chapter 11 restructuring. His campaign has been reported by some media as a possible promotional tool for his reality show The Apprentice. 149150 Time ran the headline "Donald Trump Begins Not Running For President"151 and The Huffington Post was similarly skeptical of whether he would run.

Regardless of this skepticism, Trump has quietly chosen to participate in the "Politics and Eggs" forum at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, a popular spot for presidential candidates visiting New Hampshire. 153 This scheduled visit is important because the event is taking place in mid June 2011, supposedly after Trump had been supposed to make his decision whether to or not to run. On 4.258, the New York-based TV station NY1 reported that Trump had not voted in primary elections in New York City for a span of 21 years,154 beginning after the city's mayoral primary in 1989, an accusation he has denied.

A City election board spokeswoman confirmed the story. On 4.259, Trump announced he would not be the celebrity pace-car driver for the 2011 Indy 500 as was previously announced a month earlier by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (on 4.253.)156157 Trump stated he made the decision because of business constraints, but there had been a fan campaign for the Speedway to instead name a racing celebrity to the position158 and a Speedway press release stated that Trump cancelled because of his intention to run for President. On 4.257, Trump announced he would not run for president.

In February 2012 he endorsed Mitt Romney prior to the Nevada caucuses. 160 Trump gave media interviews endorsing Romney before the Michigan primary. Trump will be a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in March.

Speaking to an audience of more than five thousand people in Boca Raton, Florida on 4.258, Trump implied that voter reaction to the 2008 financial crisis and the perception of slow progress on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the final months of George W. Trump brought attention to conspiracy theories questioning Obama's citizenship status in media appearances and received heavy criticism from political opponents for this. In an 4.257 NBC interview, Trump disclosed that he had sent researchers to Hawaii to investigate the matter of Obama's citizenship status, commenting "they cannot believe what they're finding",167 though no revelation or information was ever subsequently published.

The long-form of Obama's birth certificate was released by the White House on 4.259. Obama said it should put the matter to rest; that the nation had more pressing problems to solve and could not afford to be "distracted by side shows and carnival barkers."170 Trump expressed pride at his role in the release of the long-form certificate in a press conference follow-up, but did not, however, say whether he would be releasing his own tax returns, despite suggesting that he would make those public when Mr. Obama produced his long-form birth certificate. Trump really made hay out of the 'birther' issue and as the resonance of that has declined, so has his standing.

In February we found that 51% of Republican primary voters thought Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Now with the release of his birth certificate only 34% of Republican partisans fall into that camp and Trump's only in fifth place with that now smaller group of the electorate, at 9%. On 4.257, after tweeting that he had a "big announcement", that would be "bordering on gigantic" and that it would "possibly" change the outcome of the presidential race,173 Trump revisited his suspicion of Obama's citizenship, in spite of the theory having been thoroughly debunked by a number of sources.

174 He offered to donate $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice in exchange for the release of the President's college and passport applications. Following President Obama's re-election, Trump sent messages on his Twitter account saying that the election was a "sham and a travesty" and that the electoral college was "a disaster" and called for "a revolution". 176177 Trump deleted the last comment when it became clear that Obama had won the electoral college178 (by a margin of 332 over 206)179 and also the popular vote (by a margin of 51.1% over 47.2%).

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