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Ken Burns goes after Trump In commencement address at Stanford today. (Original Post) kpete Jun 2016 OP
Wow, he was direct. I'm amazed that the Stanford spooky3 Jun 2016 #1
Given that people who support Trump are voracious Station to Station Jun 2016 #2

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1. Wow, he was direct. I'm amazed that the Stanford
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 10:33 PM
Jun 2016

Admin did not censor the speech since students of various political persuasions attend commencement.

2. Given that people who support Trump are voracious
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 10:36 PM
Jun 2016

racists, I think it's the best thing to let it go. I expect a lot of pushback from various establishments, business and so on against the man from here to November, some of it surprisingly explicit.

Contrary to what Trump believes, an awful lot of companies and jobs are going to leave America if he ends up being elected President, because they have the rest of the world to think about. Basing operations in a country run by a despotic racist reviled almost entirely across the globe wouldn't be a good look.

The only silver lining is that companies generally don't care where they have stores and sell products, so even in a worst case scenario not everything will up and leave. Just a great deal of the skilled stuff.

George W. Bush was massively unpopular, but his credibility was stratospheric in comparison.

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