Where does Donald Trump fit on the Republican political scale ??

[kentuck]

Is he a liberal Republican or is he a conservative Republican or is he somewhere else on the scale?

For example, he came out with a tweet this morning and criticized Trey Gowdy, a highly-respected conservative, over his handling of the Benghazi Committee.

It's all politics with The Donald. Now he is attempting to tear down Hillary with personal attacks, just like he did with several of his Republican opponents. He believes he can harken back to the sexcapades of Bill Clinton and it will bring down Hillary in the polls. Whether or not that will work is yet to be seen?

[darkangel218]

1. He hates oligarchy just as much as Bernie.

But he is going the wrong way about trying to fix things.

[randys1]

2. Trump hates the oligarchy? LOL

sigh


No, he is part of the oligarchy in a back door way.

Donald Trump is a narcissist and a person with zero class, he is proof why capitalism is broken and is a complete failure.

He also is doing all this as part of a plan he and Bill Clinton had a while back, where they agreed that if the teaparty took control of America they would completely destroy the system that wealthy, privileged people like Donald and Bill rely on.

And to some extent the the system all of us here at DU rely on.

Knowing that the teaparty are complete morons, incapable of washing a car properly let alone running an economy and nation, they planned this whole thing to make sure there would be a 3 way race in November , thus guaranteeing the WH to Hillary.


(or Bernie, wouldnt that be a hoot)

[JunkyardAngel83]

6. You cannot be serious. Trump is part of the oligarchy!

[darkangel218]

7. No he isn't.

He's crazy in his agenda, but he's not part of the oligarchy. The Republican party hates him and want to rid of him.


It's facts.

[pampango]

10. Hardly. He wants to cut their taxes, promotes right-to-work and distracts people

with his focus on Mexicans, Muslims and Chinese rather than our own oligarchy.

[darkangel218]

11. He's not for oligarchy

He wants to cut taxes and the walla street.
The oligarchy hates him

He's nuts obviously about everything else.

[pampango]

12. "He's not for oligarchy". "He wants to cut taxes and the walla street." OK.

He will cut the taxes of the 1%. He will not regulate them. I don't agree that he will do anything that Wall Street does not like.

Bernie will do the opposite of Trump's proposals. The oligarchy hates Bernie. They do not hate the Donald.

[Kali]

15. ...

darkangel218
11. He's not for oligarchy

He wants to cut taxes and the walla street.
The oligarchy hates him

He's nuts obviously about everything else.

Thatcher, Raygun, Rand Paul and all your rightwing buddies on DI...and now posting strange bs about Trump? are you are even a Democrat?

[merrily]

16. Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Personal attack.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Discuss, don't alert! https://www.google.com/search?q=oligarchy
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: A poster defends Trump and it's a post calling them out that gets alerted on?
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Yeah, not enough to hide-- fight it out.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

[Kali]

19. LOL

thanks

[merrily]

21. I just post as many jury results as I can. I like transparency.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I don't think Trump has an ideology.

Trump believes only in Trump. He isn't really a Republican or even a conservative (although he says a lot of things many conservatives agree with). He's an egomaniac whose only "platform" will be whatever results in more publicity and more power for himself. But if he has one real talent it's marketing. He knows that there's an audience out there consisting mostly of ignorant, scared white guys who'll eat up the crazy stuff he's selling. A perfect demagogue, he has figured out the fears and prejudices of his target audience and that's what he's feeding them. He knocks other politicians in the ways that will best appeal to those people, regardless of ideology.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. He is one of many in the Straitjacket wing of the Republican party.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. It's a three-dimensional scale

and he's so far-out on the z-axis (50,000 ft or so) that his position on the x- and y-axes is irrelevant.

[lpbk2713]

8. I really don't think party affiliation matters much to Trump.

What does matter to him is where he can find the most suckers.

[madinmaryland]

9. He's a troll. He's only looking to humiliate the Repubican party, because none of his schtick

would not work in the Democratic Party.

[JHB]

13. The asshole.

[sarisataka]

14. He is on the hyphen

between neo and fascist

[bemildred]

17. Clearly, smack in the center. nt

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[brooklynite]

18. Here...

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

[Johonny]

20. Grifter

Ego obsessed maniac that is running because of what being president will mean to him, not what he can do for America.