Jon Stewart's end day words ring in my mind which was something like, "Remember Sarah Palin. Remember how long it took us to get rid of her every day? Well, Trump has 10 billion dollars. How long do you think it's going to take to get rid of him in the limelight every day?"
There is a ring of truth to what he said now and Republicans and maybe all Americans are a little scared of Donald Trump.
Did we need someone to stop beating around the bush and tell us the truth? Yes.
However, do most of us necessarily believe his raucous state of Truth? No.
However, maybe the good thing about Trump is his style of getting at the truth might just save America in the end. And even if he only runs as a Republican and bows out maybe then, America will have been saved by his "Truthiness" as Colbert would say, as other Americans feel empowered to "Truthiness" too, instead of being afraid of their shadows in Politically correct politeness to the point where nothing at all gets done like now.
Maybe his dedication to his own form of truth is Trump's gift to mankind in general. Without enough truth we all die early anyway. Think about everyone's life. Without enough truth we all die very young.
What do we say about a man with 10 billion dollars whose motto is "I never give up!"
Maybe the best one is: "Deal with it!"
I think the reason so many people are taken with him is he reminds them of John Wayne and many other hero types of World War II who also "Never gave up. No matter what!" which is why the U.S. still exists today.
If we want the U.S. to exist 100 years from now men like him need to be allowed to exist and to prosper like he obviously has too. And women like him too. The times they are a changing.
The new Time magazine cover has a reality check for America
By Colin Campbell
August 20, 2015 7:29 AM
The latest cover of Time magazine directly tackles the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.
(TIME magazine)
( REUTERS/Brian Snyder) Republican 2016 U.S. presidential candidates Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (L) and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) watch as businessman Donald Trump (C) reacts to a question at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.
While some observers have urged the public to ignore the real-estate tycoon, who is surging in Republican primary polls, Time took a different approach.
Instead, the magazine's front page declared: "Deal with it."
Here's the cover:
(TIME magazine)
The cover story itself,
by Michael Scherer, profiles the rise of Trump's decidedly unorthodox
campaign, filled with charged insults against his rivals, fights over his own net worth, attacks against media personalities, off-the-cuff statements leading to controversies, and only the most grandiose pronouncements.
"If you want to understand what
is happening in the country right now, to get at its shifting id, its
calcifying frustrations, its guttural demand for change," Scherer wrote,
"you need only listen to that message of disgust, for the political
system, its falsehoods and failures, which has taken Trump to the top of
the Republican polls."
Indeed, Trump has led almost every recent national and statewide poll testing the Republican candidates — even after his explosive performance at the first official debate.
During the August 6 event, Trump fielded numerous tough questions, including about his corporate bankruptcies, his threat to run a third-party campaign for president, and derogatory comments he has made about women.
( REUTERS/Brian Snyder) Republican 2016 U.S. presidential candidates Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (L) and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) watch as businessman Donald Trump (C) reacts to a question at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.
And for those who expect Trump to give up or flame out in the presidential race, the real-estate mogul told Scherer that his critics shouldn't count on that happening.
"The biggest people are the
people that never gave up. It's something I've just observed over the
years," he said. "I don't give up."
Included in the Time story was a photo of Trump in his gold-tinged office, posing with a patriotic bald eagle on his desk.
"When I get an assignment, I do
my research and try to figure out what kind of picture would make the
most sense given who the person is and what they’ve been up to,"
photographer Martin Schoeller told the publication.
"Mr. Trump liked that idea,"
Schoeller said of the eagle. "I thought he might be open to it
considering he's a man who loves attention. He likes controversy, and he
likes to be in the spotlight."
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