The Book of Donald by Fannie Ko

The

Book of Donald

The

Book of Donald MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN Containing selected verses pertaining to our savior, Donald J. Trump

Table of

Contents 

6 Preface 8 Introduction 12 Section One This American Life Episode 578: I Thought I Knew You 66 Section Two A brief biography of Donald J. Trump 84 Section Three On The Issues 92 Section Four Drumpf 96 Conclusion

Preface 

his projected originated from a course I took at the Academy of Art University. The assignment began with an exploration of an episode from This American Life, a public radio show. We were to create a book using the transcript of our chosen episode, expressing it as a designer somewhere on the design spectrum. This has been a project on typographic exploration, exploring the fluidity and the expression of typography and type setting. Meanwhile, the 2016 Presidential Campaigns are in full swing. I listened to Episode 578: I Thought I Knew You, which had an act about Donald Trump. I have been following his campaign and listening to his debates so it is natural for me to create my book about the most popular man in the United States. P.S. If you find some text to be illegible, it’s intentional. Just like Trump’s campaign, it’s loud, obstrusive, boisterous , and nonsensical entertainment.

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erception is the way people process information and generate a unified and coherent view of the things around them. This process involves one’s own history, their past and present experiences, and inherent comprehension. It is how people determine their “perceived truths” that create their world. When these truths become one’s understanding as the “only” or the “ultimate” truth, conflict arises.

Along the sides, you will find my context commentary. These are my reactions when I listened to or read the associated pieces of writing.

“A fragmentary understanding is the most dangerous and destructive thing. And that is exactly what is happening all over the world.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti We will never be able to see and experience every aspect of something. Everybody has their own perceptual understanding of the things around them. Our goals should be to bring our own truths closer to the understandably unattainable absolute truth.

In the midst of the 2016 political fervor, there is one presidential candidate that has stood out amongst the rest. Real estate mogul and reality TV show producer, Donald J. Trump formally launched his 2016 presidential campaign in June 2015, surprising everyone with the amount of passionate and active supporters he has garnered. By this time, we have all formed our own perceptions of this man. We have read about his accomplishments as a businessman and watched him on The Apprentice. We have read headlines about his campaign speeches and seen memes with his controversial quotes. All this has shaped our “truth” of Donald Trump

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In This American Life, Episode 578: I thought I Knew You, Ira Glass and Zoe Chace explored this idea of perception. In Act One, Zoe Chace interviews Tony Beam, the host of South Carolina’s radio talk show, Christian Talk 660, about the overwhelming reaction to Donald Trump’s republican candidacy. Who is Donald? Why do people hate him? Why do people love him? This book is the manifestation of my truth of Donald Trump. This is the Book of Donald.

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SECTION ONE This American Life Episode 578: I Thought I Knew You

Let Trump praise himself, and not a stranger, but his own lips

Section One

In this section of commentary, I react and explore the idea of perception in the portrayal and understanding of Donald Trump.

Act One. Who Really Is On Line 1?

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Ira Glass

One, “Who’s Really On Line Two?” And now, a radio host discovering things about his listeners that he wishes were not true, obviously one of the worst things that could ever happen to a person. I think we can all agree on that. I’m saying this as if this is a problem in my life. I don’t— it’s not at all.

Ira Glass

ometimes people’s answers to questions really surprise me. Well, today on our program, people who are in this same situation, where they realize, oh, no. I thought you were one thing, and I got it wrong. You are not that person. Except in these other cases, they do not have Queen Nor to help them wrap it up so quickly. And so some of these misunderstandings and misperceptions, they drag on for years, with a lot more feelings attached to them. From WBEZ Chicago, it’s This American Life. I’m Ira Glass. Stay with us.

Anyway, it recently happened to Tony Beam, host of the radio show ChristianWorldview Today in South Carolina. Zoe Chace tells the story. Zoe Chace Tony’s on early mornings, 92.9 FM, 660 AM, weekdays. His show is for and by the evangelical community. Politics, news, a little sports, God— that’s his show. Tony Beam “All right, welcome back. Hour number two of ChristianWorldview Today is coming off the shelf, and it’s coming straight at you. But just receive it. It’s a good thing.”

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Zoe Chace

Tony Beam

Tony and his callers speak the same language. They hate Obamacare, deficit spending. They feel the Christian right gets no respect from the Republican establishment. And when Tony endorses a presidential candidate, enough of his listeners agree with him that candidates seek him out. They come on the air with him. He went with Huckabee in ‘08, Santorum in 2012.

“I believe he’s the right man for the job. I believe he’s the right person that’s got insider knowledge. But he’s an outsider within his own party because he’s willing to call out his party. That impresses me.”

Last spring, Ted Cruz invited Tony and his wife up to DC. He sat them down in a private Washington apartment and made a pitch. He was going to unite the Tea Party, the libertarians, the evangelicals, and win. Tony told me how much he liked him.

Zoe Chace Tony knows this scene — anti-establishment Christian Republicans in South Carolina. Year after year, he goes to the state political gatherings, the Silver Elephant dinner, Jeff Duncan’s Faith in Freedom BBQ. He grew up listening to Ronald Reagan on the radio, sitting in the kitchen with his dad. Tony Beam

Tony Beam Not only did he have the principles and convictions that I have, but he had a political strategy that I thought would succeed. And when we walked out of that meeting, my wife, who is not near as involved in politics or fascinated by as I am, she looked at me and she says, you do what you want. I’m voting for that guy.

And he was telling me, you know, this guy has got the answer for the future. Zoe Chace That is a real American Republican origin story. Tony Beam It is. It really is.

Zoe Chace Not long after, he went on the radio and endorsed Cruz, a lifelong evangelical conservative.

Zoe Chace You and your dad in the kitchen, the eggs frying, listening to Ronald Reagan on the radio.

My perception of an Evangelical Christian Republican used to be very narrow, gun-loving, liberal-hating, close-minded privileged white folks, who were oblivious to their privilege.

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Tony Beam

I can hear it. And I can actually, I can smell the— I mean, most people it was bacon and eggs. My dad loved livermush, believe it or not. And he would fry livermush and make like livermush and egg sandwiches.

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got in the race, When Donald I said, pssh. In three weeks, we’ll be done here because there’s no way that people are going to go chasing after him. Zoe Chace

Zoe Chace Tony was especially excited this election year. As the establishment candidates, Bush and Scott Walker, flamed out, his guy Ted Cruz was on the rise. It looked like he had a real shot at being the nominee. Obviously, there is also this other candidate in the race— Donald . But Tony wasn’t worried about . He figured does not fit in with people built on livermush and the Bible.

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Then came the first Republican debate, the one where Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor, asked about some stuff he’d said about women. And unlike this week, was there to answer those questions.

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“You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and dis-

gusting animals. Your Twitter account—” Donald

Only Rosie O’Donnell

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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

“Only Rosie O’Donnell.”

Megyn Kelly

“No, it wasn’t.” Zoe Chace

I’ll point out over this 16 seconds of cheering and applause that this turned out to be a very controversial line of questioning.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] OK, still going. Donald

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“Thank you.” Megyn Kelly

“For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell.”

“Yes, I’m sure it was.”

Donald

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“ Y E S , I ’ M S U R E I T W A S .”

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Megyn Kelly

Tony Beam

“Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women’s looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?”

I come and crack the microphone after that first debate. And I’m like, [GIGGLING] ’s done. This is it. He’s really stepped in it now. And I’m plastered with people calling me telling me how glad they are the way handled himself and that he won that debate. And I was stunned. I thought I was doing somebody else’s talk show, that they had switched frequencies on me and not told me, and that I was actually doing a show from a different location. This is crazy. This is not who we are.

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Tony Beam I thought it was fair game. I mean, this is— Democrats do pound Republicans with a war on women. And now we’ve got a guy who’s kind of the front-runner who’s attacking the way a woman looks and attacking other women by name? Are you kidding me? Donald This absolutely disgusts me.

“And frankly, wha

Zoe Chace I, too, thought Trump’s campaign was going to be shortlived. There’s no way such outlandish behavior in the political sphere would get this far..

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I never thought I would share thoughts with a far right Evangelical Christian, until this. “This is not who we are.”.

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Radio Caller “And I’ve been waiting for years to hear a politician that talks the way Donald talks. Now is he going to deliver? I don’t know. But I’m telling you, I’m a eter. I mean, unless he’s a liar, he’s saying all the right things.”

TRUMP

Radio Caller

“Donald made a statement a couple of weeks ago that he wants to pursue the families of the—”

TRUMP

This is sort of terrifying. It means that a huge portion of this country share the same views as Donald— misogyny, bigotry, hate, and fear.

Tony Beam

Radio Caller sees this honest and real man in Donald Trump. He sees an honest politician.

Tony Beam “Yes, yes.” Radio Caller “—of these jihadists.”

“Yeah.” Radio Caller “And whether his conservative credentials are bona fide or not, that’s not the point. See, anybody can change. Ronald Reagan did, as we all know.” Tony Beam “Alex, Alex. I hate to interrupt a great rant, and that was a great rant. And as far as rants goes, that was right up there. But you said it doesn’t— I don’t know if his conservative credentials are true or not. But it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t?”

Tony Beam “Yeah, wants to kill them.” Radio Caller “And it was sixth-grade outrage. And I can give you examples of two presidents who actually did that. One was the third president of the United States. And the other was the 39th president of the United States.” Tony Beam “OK. So you think that’s a good idea?”

Zoe Chace

Radio Caller

Calls like these got under Tony’s skin real quick.

“And by the way, so did Harry Truman when he dropped the atom bombs.”

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Zoe Chace

“You think it’s a goodTony’s a pastor, a docidea? You think it’s ator of ministry from good idea. I’m not ask-Southern Baptist ing you— no.” Theological Seminary. And his big problem Radio Caller with is that he’s not a good “I didn’t say it was a good Christian. He doesn’t idea, Tony.” share the values that govern Tony’s entire life. Tony Beam For instance, last sum“Put a stake in the ground, mer, an interviewer Gene.” if asked he’d ever asked God for Radio Caller forgiveness of his sins. “But this is warfare. ThisAnd was like, “why should is what happens.” I?

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TRUMP I don’t Tony Beam make mistakes. I “If you’re gonna call mean, I and do this, put a stake drink the in the ground. I’m askwine. I ing you. I’m calling eat the you out. I’m calling you c r a c k e r. ” out. Do you want to ban My perception of Tony Beam was changing. He was making sense to me and he was becoming relate-able in his reactions toward his callers.

I don’t make mistakes. I mean, I drink the wine. I eat the cracker.

Some people thought it all Muslims from the was funny. Tony did not. United States, and do you want to kill all the Given that, nothing family members of any-drives him crazier than body who’s ever beenwhen his listeners try to involved in terrorism?defend Is that what you want?along biblical lines, like Is that what you want?” when that guy Gene calls in to talk about

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Radio Caller “I want—” Tony Beam “No, no no!”

TRUMP and the Second Book of Kings. Radio Caller “When I sit here and listen to , I agree with a lot of what he’s saying. And I want to remind your audience of a person in the Bible.”

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Maybe people found Trump to be entertaining. They are drawn to his humor. But I, too, did not find it funny.

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Zoe Chace

Tony Beam

In a recent poll of South Carolina

“Oh, my gosh.”

evangelical voters, Radio Caller

Tony Beam

“Who took down Jezebel? What was the name—”

“You do?”

Zoe Chace

Radio Caller

OK, what Gene is talking about is in the Second Book of Kings, this guy Jehu murdered Queen Jezebel because she had pagan idols around the kingdom. Then he threw her body to the dogs. Jehu was like a warrior against a corrupt culture.

“Yes. Remember, Jehu was not a righteous man in God’s eyes. And God used Jehu to fulfill Elijah’s prophecy regarding Jezebel.”

Radio Caller “His name was Jehu. Do you remember that?” Tony Beam And some people found him in the likeness of biblical figures.

“I remember. And you think—” Radio Caller “The Book of Kings.”

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“—Donald

is Jehu?”

Radio Caller “Yes. Yes.”

Tony Beam “But you believe that God— yeah, whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa, Gene. We have such chaos in this country that we would look to a man like Donald , who has no core value system, to lead us back to the place that we need to be as a country.”

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Radio Caller “I think TRUMP is gonna realize that he may well have to work with the Congress—”

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is leading, eight points ahead of Ted Cruz. Nationally, he’s ahead by more than 15% with evangelical voters. Tony is in this very real struggle that I’d say a lot of anti-establishment Republicans are in. There is a part of the Donald

TRUMP thing that appeals to him. Take this moment from the South Carolina Republican debate.

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Donald There is an exciting and motivating aspect of Trump. He has created such an incredible brand for himself. He is somewhat of a hype-man and a populist.

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“And I can say, oh, I’m not angry. I’m very angry because our country is being run horribly. And I will gladly accept the mantle of anger. Our military is a disaster. Our health care is a horror show. Obamacare, we’re gonna repeal it—” Tony Beam I got to admit, when I hear stuff like that, I’m like, “yeah! Go! Just yeah, hit him again, harder!” And then I step back and go, wait a minute.

Zoe Chace Do you have a specific memory of somebody calling in the show, and you think, oh, wait a minute. This isn’t going away. Tony Beam

TRUMP

Yeah, Barry. Yeah. He called. He calls my show a lot. And I call him the interpreter.

“All right. Barry’s on the phone. Hello, Barry.” Barry Chisholm

Zoe Chace Do I really want him to be president? Tony Beam This is insane because the emotional part of me cannot take control over the thought process that is going to be what carries us in the long run. And that’s what scares me about this whole thing. All of this is being wrought out on pure emotion. It’s just been building. Obama is getting his way. Nobody’s standing against him. He’s ruining this country. He doesn’t love America. And we don’t have people that are pushing back. And it just— that mindset turns, and people get madder and madder. And I can say, gonna oh, I’msplit not the angry. I’mand verybeangry I’mAnd afraid we’re party in because our country is being run horribly. And real trouble. I will gladly accept the mantle of anger. Our military is a disaster. Our health care is a horror show. Obamacare, we’re gonna repeal it

And I can say, oh, I’m not angry. I’m very angry because our country is being run horribly. And I will gladly accept the mantle of anger. Our military is a disaster. Our health care is a horror show. Obamacare, we’re gonna repe al it And I can say, oh, I’m not angry. I’m very angry

because our country is being run horribly. And I will gladly accept the mantle of anger. Our military is a disaster. Our health care is a horror show. Obamacare, we’re gonna repeal it

“Hey, Tony. I got a couple questions on the Donald for you.” Tony Beam “OK, sure. Go ahead.”

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Barry is an evangelical Christian. He’s very strong in his faith. And when he called and was all about , I was like, oh, my gosh. Barry Chisholm

“Now, the pushback that’s he’s doing against the media, various different reporters, and so forth— good or bad?” Tony Beam “It’s good and bad.”

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Barry Chisholm

TRUMP

“Donald burying—”

“Then what’s going on?” Tony Beam

Tony Beam

“I didn’t say that he’s not doing things that are helpful.”

“Bullying.” Barry Chisholm

“‘MOM, DAD, I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH A BIG, FAT PIG NAMED ROSIE’?”

“—the GOP establishment.” Tony Beam

“Oh. Hm.” Barry Chisholm

Tony Beam

“Well, I think it’s a good thing for his campaign. And I think it’s a good thing for the people who are tired of the GOP establishment going to Washington and doing squat to make changes.” Barry Chisholm

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Tony Beam

“No. I’m not on the train.”

“I know. I know.” Tony Beam

“And I’m saying— look, what I’m saying is, I don’t want to get into all the reasons why I think it’s a problem. But anyway, Barry, thanks. We don’t have time. We got to take a break. We’ll come back. We’ve got a couple of guests in the studios we want to—”

“Is that a good or bad thing?”

“Sounds

Barry Chisholm

the train.”

TRUMP

Zoe Chace

Notice how much Tony and Barry agree on. The media is unfair to their candidates. The Republican establishment dismisses them. But still— Zoe Chace So you’ve gotten to know Barry.

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Tony Beam Well, I wouldn’t recognize him if he walked in the room. But I’ve talked to him enough on the air where, over the years— I mean, he’s been calling this show for years. And I felt like I knew him pretty well. But he’s gone in a direction that I would have said wouldn’t have happened. How can two very similar people who have shared very similar political values have such different perceptions or reactions to one person?

I thought we agreed that the person that we wanted to lead us would agree with our principles and have that at their core. So you’re willing to lay all that aside? Oh, I think he has those principles whether he’s a Christian or not. I just raise the white flag and go, line two because I don’t know what to do about that. Zoe Chace So after months of squabbling with Barry and the other callers over , Tony remembers vividly the moment he was sure the ongoing argument with his listeners would finally end. It was the moment he was sure had lost the evangelical vote. It was when

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said we needed to ban all Muslims from coming to America. Tony Beam My first thought was, no. That— no. Somebody’s got that messed up. So then I find a video where he actually makes that statement.

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Donald J. is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Tony Beam

And I was horrified. You want to know my initial reaction? I was horrified. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking to myself, this is so opposed to everything that are my core values.

He says Muslims and Mexicans are scary people and we must keep them out. People follow his fear tactics. Fear is indeed a powerful motivator. People perceive him to be somebody who will take control, a savior who will protect America from the scary world out there.

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TOTAL AND COMPLETE SHUTDOWNOFMUSLIMS

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Zoe Chace

Were you nervous to come in and do the show after that happened because you knew—

He’s saying Muslims have a conquering ideology. Barry Chisholm

Tony Beam

TRUMP No, because I’m an idiot. Because I came in and thought, man, this may help overall. But Christians, they’re going to be appalled by this. Zoe Chace Barry’s on the line. Go ahead, Barry. Barry Chisholm He didn’t say their religious expression. He said Muslims, which— Tony Beam It’s a religion! Barry Chisholm Their ideology is absolutely a conquering ideology. But—

—until we can find out what’s going on. So, you know— Tony Beam

OK. Well, why don’t we ban Christians? Why don’t we— you know, Christians have in their background an ideological conquering mentality. I mean, you look at that Old Testament, man, you’ve got the Jews that were taking over the entire country. Christianity rose out of Judaism in the Christian— now, I’m talking. I’m talking now, Barry. See, this is the way this works. We don’t talk at the same time. So we need to be— what I’m trying to get you to see is that once we start down a road where we tell people that because of their religious expression, we’re going to deny them entry into the country, we’re setting a precedent.

Barry Chisholm Yeah, I disagree because that’s not what he’s saying. It’s their ideology. It’s the connection with terror is what he’s talking about.

Fear removes the role of logic in people’s minds. It is consuming and overpowers the other senses. It creates a clouded perception, one dominated by one-sided thinking. It still is a perception, but one founded solely on emotional reasoning.

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Tony Beam But all Muslims are not terrorist. All Muslims are not terrorist. All Christians don’t shoot abortion doctors and bomb abortion clinics. I don’t want to get lumped in with them because I’m a Christian any more than there are Muslims that don’t want to be lumped into the idea of terrorism because there are radical Islamic extremists who are trying to kill people. Barry, thanks for the call.

Robbie, I’m gonna have to hold you. We got to take a break. We’ll come back. We’ll talk to Robbie.

Zoe Chace

TRUMP

So I went to Barry, in person, to understand, yes, why he loves so much, but really, how he’d strayed so far from Tony. Zoe Chace

Is it you? Barry Chisholm Hello, there. How are you? Zoe Chace Hi, Barry. Barry Chisholm This is my son, David.

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Zoe Chace

I’m Zoe. It’s just, I’m thrilled to meet you. You’re like a celebrity to me. Barry Chisholm

Oh, really? I don’t understand. How’s that? I don’t get it. Zoe Chace

Barry Chisholm

Barry Chisholm, inNo, actually. No, I miss the flesh. He works 20being up in Boston minutes away frombecause the difference Tony’s radio studio. Heup there is if you’re a runs a small businessChristian, you stand managing employee out like crazy. If you’re a benefits. This means he Christian down here, it’s is up close and personala cultural thing. And I with Obamacare, whichlike being around people he is not a fan of. Barrythat have strong opinions is what you might have because it’s fun. Because pictured— hyper, olderyou know what? I know white guy in a baseballwhat I believe. And what I cap. He is indeed anbelieve is not what I made evangelical Christianup. It’s this guy Jesus from Boston. It takesChrist who started it. So him just a few secondsI’m globbing on to what to wind himself up. he taught. Zoe Chace Is that part of why you would move down here? Like, it seems like a more friendly environment to evangelicals than Boston is.

So it’s fun. I miss being up aroun people who don’t know about Chr and what he taught. So no, I mi that. That’s probably the most fu part, is I like to engage people. And like to turn people on. Hey, go che it out. If you don’t believe me, go fin out for yourself. That’s the journe had to take. And so no, I would nev move down here just because— Zoe Chace

So, I mean, also, it sounds like yo kind of like living a little bit as a co trarian. Is that fair to say? Barry Chisholm

Yeah, that’s real kind of accurate. Yo know? Yeah, it is kind of accurate guess. I mean, yeah.

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Zoe Chace

Barry is the guy who loves to stir the pot. Barry is a mischief maker. He is a scamp, kind of like Donald . Tony and Barry, though, they started out this election season in the very same place.

As for Ted Cruz, Barry says, forget it. He’d be killed in the mainstream media. He saw it with other strong evangelical candidates. They will just make fun of him.

TRUMP

Barry Chisholm Well, I mean, I supported the Huck— Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum before that, and then held my nose and voted for Mitt Romney. And I way back supported Reagan. So when this came around, and you had not the seven dwarfs, the 14 dwarfs out there, I mean, I just waited to see all the dust settle.

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Donald , I said, it will be entertaining if he gets in. It will be fun to watch because he’s not a politician. I didn’t realize how much fun it would be. But it’s gone way beyond my expectations. It’s been the most enjoyable election I’ve ever seen, watching all these people’s heads implode. It’s been a fun time. It’s been fun to watch all the establishments come unhinged because they can’t control it. It’s fun to watch the liberal media come out with the big hits, the names, and he’s this, he’s racist, and all that. I just never knew someone could take the heat and just punch back. So it’s like, yeah, this is fun. This is different.

Barry joins the millions of other people that find Trump to be entertaining. He finds Trump’s antiestablishment antics appealing. This perception is why he is a supporter.

But Donald , he’ll make fun of the mainstream media. That is such a joy to Barry. By the time the first debate happened— you know, Megyn Kelly, the Rosie O’Donnell question— Barry and Tony had completely opposite experiences. Tony’s like, are you kidding me about ? But that’s what Barry says about Megyn Kelly.

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Barry Chisholm Megyn Kelly had to spend a lot of time to dig up that little piece, and he made a cavalier joke. Are you kidding me? She was digging for stuff. We’ve got so politically correct, just like when Donald said about Carly Fiorina’s face. Look at that face. Look, Donald — look, if you’re going to be a woman, you’re going to get in the thing, then go for it. Don’t be, don’t be— he’s an equal opportunity basher. He’ll bash guys as well as women. Stop with the baby stuff.

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And the Megyn Kelly thing, it became more about her than— this is a presidential debate.

Zoe Chace Didn’t he say, blood coming out of her wherever? Barry Chisholm Oh, that. Oh, that, too. And that— oh, that was afterwards. Yeah, oh yeah. That was stupidity. I mean, there’s no doubt about it. You know, is all this stuff presidential? I don’t know. But you know what, this guy’s not a politician.

Zoe Chace

Megyn Kelly, the wall, the ban on Muslims, all the stuff that Tony was sure would drive everyone away, Barry loves those things. Barry loves the idea, not necessarily the practice, but the fact of the statement of banning all Muslims. Barry Chisholm

All he’s bringing up is do we have a problem? And if we do, can we talk about it? Or are we gonna just, everybody’s a bigot now. I mean, that’s all. So Donald — we just want— it needs to be addressed.

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Zoe Chace

David

What I found out upon meeting Barry is one of the things he loves most about Donald is arguing about Donald . The conversation that is freaking Tony out so much about the state of the country, that conversation itself is the thing that Barry is relishing.

It’s just the challenge of it. Because they have the authority to just kick people off and make people feel stupid when they call in. A lot of people be like, well, I don’t really like . I’m not a supporter, but, you know, he’s pretty good on this issue. And Tony will be just, oh! Jump all over that.

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TRUMP And Barry’s diabolical about it. Barry has eight sons, all fans, he says. And he’s deployed his son David in his pro-

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battles against Tony.

David What’ll happen is, my dad will get on there. Tony will get all flustered and upset. And every once in a while, if he’s having a bad day, he’ll cut him off short. So then I call right in and just kind of continue the conversation because he thinks it’s a whole ‘nother caller or— Barry Chisholm It is. David It is. But the whole— so he can’t avoid the

TRUMP mindset sometimes. Zoe Chace Why do you do that to him?

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Zoe Chace

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I thought the supporters I’d meet in South Carolina would be angry. But a lot of them are like Barry— angry, but having such a great time. The people I met, they’re more happy than angry. Like at this biker rally for .

TRUMP Kool-aid

Thanks everybody coming out for this. We’re going to line our bikes up facing Market Common. So when he comes through, we’re going to be about an eighth mile wide. And he’ll be able to see us, see what’s going on. If you’re a felon or anything, leave your guns behind. You never know. They might have Secret Service there. You got a permit, by all means carry it. That’s all I got. Thanks everybody coming out.

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Zoe Chace The rally was held at a biker bar in Myrtle Beach called Suck Bang Blow. It was explained to me that those are the mechanics of a combustion engine. I asked this guy Kool-Aid about — leather vest and tattoos.

TRUMP Zoe Chace So why do you like

TRUMP so much? Kool-aid

Well, because, I mean, he’s just down to Earth. I know he’s kind of loud and obnoxious. But so are all of us bikers.

Steve Three days ago. Zoe Chace

For

TRUMP?

Steve Absolutely. Just figured I got to do it because, you know what? Every little bit helps. My one vote might not be much, but you know what? It might be the one that makes it rock. Woman I went registered last week so I can vote me some .

TRUMP

Zoe Chace

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Kool-Aid’s never voted in his life. Today, he’s throwing a rally to welcome him to town. And he has voter registration cards stacked up at the bar. Steve, he’d never voted before, either.

TRUMP Zoe Chace

Vote me some

Woman Heck, yeah. We need somebody, or it’s going to hell in a hand basket.

Steve Never ever did I give two craps who ran because I figure we’re gonna get screwed anyway. But there’s a difference now. Zoe Chace When did you register?

Zoe Chace I knew these guys, first time voters, wouldn’t care that they might split the Republican Party. They never felt at home there. But Barry, Tony’s radio nemesis/radio frenemy, is different. So I asked him, if you go for , are you going to split the party?

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Barry Chisholm Who cares? I don’t care. The Republican Party needed to be split a long time ago. They troll the evangelicals. They pandered to the conservatives. And when they get in there, they do what their lobbyists tell them to do. So if the Republican Party splits, so what? All I care about America at the end of the day. Zoe Chace Tony, though, really cares. He does not want to lose the election. And he wonders, what does it mean about his listeners if they follow this pied piper? Tony Beam I think that’s what’s led to my current level of frustration. And I admit to you that it’s greater than in the past. And I probably, quite frankly, need to dial it back a little bit because I don’t need to be consumed by this. And for the last couple of weeks, I’ve probably been— I mean, this has been very heavy on my mind. Zoe Chace And then he has this other worry, this other way of thinking about it. This worry is so personal, at first he didn’t want to talk about it. Tony Beam I want to tell you something off the record.

Zoe Chace Oh, OK. Oh. But after we talked a little, he agreed to go back on mic. Tony Beam I mean, there’ve been times when I’ve thought about just giving up the radio show because I don’t want to be one who fosters the unreasonable level of anger that’s out there. Zoe Chace Do you think that by giving airtime to some of this stuff—

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Tony Beam Well, I have callers who call in that are very angry now. And they express things that— and I push back. But I just wonder how many people are hearing that and going, he’s right. And Dr. Beam needs to get with the program. You know? And so I debate sometimes with myself, am I not doing anything except giving a platform? Look, Jesus Christ, when he walked this earth, condemned the zealots. He condemned the establishment, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, because they were hypocrites. But he also condemned those who wanted to march against Rome in a violent way. That was not the path that Jesus talked about. Jesus was the Prince of Peace. He was a reconciler. I know that’s what he’s done in my life. And I want to be that to represent him in the world. I don’t want to be somebody that pours gas on a fire. I want to be a reconciler who brings peace in a situation where anger seems to be the prevailing thought process. And I don’t know how best to do that.

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But if I can’t do it with a microphone, I’d just rather turn it off. It’s not that bothers me. What bothers me is that is popular.

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Ira Glass That story from Zoe Chace, one of the producers of our show. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing campaign coverage for us all this year. Coming up, mistaking a guy who does exist for one who does not exist. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a minute on Chicago Public Radio when our program continues.

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SECTION TWO A Brief Biography of Donald Trump

In the beginning, God created Trump

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John Trump was born June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York. In 1971 he became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan. In 1980,

Birth Date June 14, 1946

he opened the Grand Hyatt, which made him the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best known and most controversial developer. In 2004 Trump began starring in the hit NBC reality series The Apprentice, which also became an offshoot for The Celebrity Apprentice. In 2015 Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States and shortly after the first Republican debate became the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front-runner.

Biography

Education New York Military Academy, Wharton School of Finance, Fordham University Place of Birth Queens, New York Zodiac Sign Gemini

Republican presidential nominee hopeful Trump is a billionaire real estate mogul and television personality.

Quick Facts Early Life and Education Full Name John Trump Occupation Business Leader, Reality Television Star

Frederick C. and Mary MacLeod

Trump. Frederick Trump was John Trump was born on June a builder and real estate devel14, 1946, in Queens, New York, oper who came to specialize in the fourth of five children of

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constructing and operating middle-income apartments in Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn. was an energetic, assertive child, and his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy at age 13, hoping the discipline of the school would channel his energy in a positive manner. Trump did well at the academy, both socially and academically, rising to become a star athlete and student leader by the time he graduated in 1964. He then entered Fordham University and two years later transferred to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics.

New York Real Estate Developer

rump seems to have been strongly influenced by his father in his decision to make a career in real estate development, but the younger man’s personal goals were much grander than those of his senior. As a student, Trump worked with his father during the summer and then joined his father’s company, Elizabeth Trump & Son, after graduation from college. He was able to finance an expansion of the company’s holdings by convincing his father to be more liberal in the use of loans based on the equity in the Trump apartment complexes. However, business was very competitive and profit margins were narrow. In 1971 Trump

was given control of the company, which he later renamed the Trump Organization. He also moved his residence to Manhattan, where he began to make important connections with influential people. Convinced of the city’s economic opportunity, Trump soon became involved in large building projects in Manhattan that would offer opportunities for earning high profits, using attractive architectural design and winning public recognition. When the Pennsylvania Central Railroad entered bankruptcy, Trump was able to obtain an option on the railroad’s yards on the West Side of Manhattan. When initial plans for apartments

proved unfeasible because of the poor economic climate, Trump promoted the property as the location of a city convention center, and the city government selected it over two other sites in 1978. Trump’s offer to forego a fee if the center were named after his family, however, was turned down, along with his bid to build the complex, which was ultimately named for Senator Jacob Javits. In 1974 Trump obtained an option on one of Penn Central’s hotels, the Commodore, which was unprofitable but in an excellent location adjacent to Grand Central Station. The next year he signed a partnership agreement with the Hyatt Hotel Corporation, which did not have a large

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downtown hotel. Trump then worked out a complex deal with the city to win a 40-year tax abatement, arranged financing and then completely renovated the building, constructing a striking new facade of reflective glass designed by architect Der Scutt. When the hotel, renamed the Grand Hyatt, opened in 1980, it was instantly popular and proved an economic success, making Trump the city’s best known and most controversial developer in the process. Expanding His Empire

1977, Trump married Ivana Zelnickova

Winklmayr, a New York fashion model who had been an alternate on the 1972 Czech Olympic Ski Team. After the 1978 birth of the couple’s first of three children, John Trump Jr., Ivana Trump was named vice president in charge of design in the Trump Organization and played a major role in supervising the renovation of the Commodore. In 1979 Trump leased a site on Fifth Avenue adjacent to the famous Tiffany & Company as the location for a monumental $200-million apartment-retail complex designed by Der Scutt. Opened in 1982, it was dubbed Trump Tower. The 58-story

“I WOULD LOVE TO BE A WELL-EDUCATED BLACK, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE AN ACTUAL ADVANTAGE.”

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building featured a six-story atrium lined with pink marble and included an 80-foot waterfall. The luxurious building attracted well-known retail stores and celebrity renters and brought Trump national attention.

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. Trump also purchased a Hilton Hotels casino-hotel in Atlantic City when the corporation failed to obtain a gambling license and renamed the $320 million complex Trump’s Castle. Later, while it was under construction, he was able to Meanwhile Trump was investigatacquire the largest hotel-casino in ing the profitable casino gambling the world, the Taj Mahal at Atlantic business, which was approved in City, which opened in 1990. New Jersey in 1977, and in 1980 he was able to acquire a piece of Back in New York City, property in Atlantic City. Trump Trump had purchased brought in his younger brother an apartment buildRobert to head up the complex proj- ing and the adjacent ect of acquiring the land, winning Barbizon-Plaza Hotel a gambling license and obtaining in New York City, which faced permits and financing. Holiday Inn Central Park, with plans to build a Corporation, the parent company large condominium tower on the of Harrah’s casino hotels, offered site. The tenants of the apartment a partnership, and the $250 mil- building, however, who were prolion complex opened in 1984 as tected by the city’s rent-control Harrah’s at Trump Plaza. Trump and rent-stabilization probought out Holiday Inn soon grams, fought Trump’s plans and thereafter and renamed the facility won. Trump then renovated the

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Barbizon, renaming it Trump Parc. In 1985 Trump purchased 76 acres on the West Side of Manhattan for $88 million to build a complex to be called Television City, which was to consist of a dozen skyscrapers, a mall and a riverfront park. The huge development was to stress television production and feature the world’s tallest building, but community opposition and a long city-approval process delayed commencement of construction on the project. In 1988 he acquired the Plaza Hotel for $407 million and spent $50 million refurbishing it under his wife Ivana’s direction.

Lines Shuttle for $365 million, which he later renamed the Trump Shuttle. In January 1990, Trump flew to Los Angeles to unveil a plan to build a $1 billion commercial and residential project featuring a 125-story office building.

It was in 1990, however, that the real estate market declined, reducing the value of and income from Trump’s empire; his own net worth plummeted from an estimated $1.7 billion to $500 million. The Trump Organization required a massive infusion of loans to keep it from collapsing, a situation which raised questions as to whether the corporation could surUps and Downs of Business vive bankruptcy. Some observers xpanding his empire to the saw Trump’s decline as symbolic south, around this time of many of the business, economic Trump developed a condominium and social excesses that had arisen project in West Palm Beach, in the 1980s. Florida, and in 1989 he branched But D out to purchase the Eastern Air

Trump climbed back from nearly $900 million in the red to a reported worth of close to $2 billion by 1997. Personal Life, Politics and Reality TV

Melania Knauss, who gave birth to a son, Barron William Trump, in March 2006; it was her first child and Trump’s fifth.

Amidst his personal upheavals, on October 7, 1999, Trump announced the formation of an exploratory committee to inform his decision Trump’s image was tarnished by the of whether or not he should seek publicity surrounding his contro- the Reform Party’s nomination for versial separation and 1991 divorce the presidential race of 2000. from his wife Ivana. But in 1993 he However, after a poor married again, this time to Marla showing during the Maples, a fledgling actress with California primary, whom he had been involved for Trump withdrew some time and already had a child. his candidacy. It Trump filed for a highly pub- would not quell licized divorce from Maples his political aspiin 1997, which became final rations, however. in June 1999. A prenuptial Back in the busiagreement allotted $2 milness world, on lion to Maples. In January August 3, 2000 a 2005, Trump married for a state appeals court third time in a highly pubruled that Trump licized wedding to model

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had the right to finish an 856-foottall condominium. The Coalition for Responsible Development had sued the city, charging it was violating zoning laws by letting the building reach heights that towered over everything in the neighborhood. The city has since moved to revise its rules to prevent more such projects, but the failure of Trump’s opponents to obtain an injunction allowed him to continue construction.

In 2012 Trump’s flirtation with politics returned when he publicly announced he was considering running for president again. However, his association with the “Birther” movement, a fringe group that staunchly believed President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, seemingly discredited his political reputation. Regardless, Trump has continued to be a vocal critic of President Obama—not only regarding his place of birth—but also on a variety of his policies.

In 2004 Trump took advantage of his high-profile persona when he began starring in the NBC reality series The Apprentice, Presidential Contender, which quickly became a hit. The Derogatory Remarks success of the show resulted n June 16, 2015, Trump made numerous spin-offs, including his White House ambitions one that showcased well-known figures as contestants, airing official when he announced his run under the revised name The for president on the Republican ticket for the 2016 elections, joinCelebrity Apprentice. ing a crowded field of more than a

“HE’S NOT A WAR HERO. HE’S A WAR HERO BECAUSE HE WAS CAPTURED. I LIKE P E O P L E W H O W E R E N ’ T C A P T U R E D,”

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dozen major candidates. “I am officially running for president of the United States,” Trump said during his announcement at Trump Towers in New York City, “and we are going to make our country great again.” He added with his signature bravado: “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created.”

The statement added: “In addition, as Mr. Trump has already indicated, he will not be participating in The Celebrity Apprentice on NBC. Celebrity Apprentice is licensed from Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group and that relationship will continue.”

In response to NBC, Trump was unapologetic and defiant, filing a Upon Trump’s announcement $500 million dollar lawsuit against to run for president, his scathing, the company, with his daughter derogatory remarks about Mexicans Ivanka stating that her father’s and immigration caused NBC to comments were distorted by the sever business ties with him. “Due to media. Yet among great social the recent derogatory statements by outcry, other organizations have Trump regarding immigrants, withdrawn from associations with NBCUniversal is ending its business Trump as well: The Professional relationship with Mr. Trump,” NBC Golfers Association of America responded in a statement. “To that pulled plans for its fall Grand Slam end, the annual Miss USA and Miss tournament to be held at Trump Universe Pageants, which are part National Golf Club in Los Angeles, of a joint venture between NBC and while representatives for Macy’s Trump, will no longer air on NBC.” announced that the retail chain would no longer carry Trump’s

menswear collection. A Controversial Candidate

n July 18, 2015, Trump set off another media maelstrom with comments made at the Christian-oriented Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, calling out Senator and one-time Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s reputation as a military hero. “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured,” Trump said, referring to McCain having been detained during the Vietnam War for several years after being gunned down as an airman, surviving multiple broken limbs and torture. Military veteran groups and advocates have generally denounced Trump’s statements. Despite these and his many other

controversial remarks, a national phone poll completed by late July 2015 saw Trump in the lead for the Republican nomination, with ex-governor of Florida Jeb Bush slightly behind and within the poll’s margin of error. More than half of Republican voters polled said that they were still unsure about which candidate from the large pool of contenders they would ultimately support. Nonetheless, having garnered major media attention, Trump was one of the ten top candidates who participated in a Fox News presidential debate in early August. While the mogul continued a tone set in earlier appearances, he was critiqued and questioned on everything from his business practices to demeaning, sexist comments made about women via television and social media. Trump later

“I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLACKS. I’VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT R E L A T I O N S H I P W I T H T H E B L A C K S .”

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made highly insulting remarks about moderator Megyn Kelly for the nature of her questions, and was hence disinvited from an Atlanta speaking engagement. He also initially maintained that he might opt for a third-party candidacy if running on the Republican ticket wasn’t viable, but later signed a loyalty pledge stating he wouldn’t do so. Though Trump did not fare as well in a televised debate held a month later, as of the middle of September 2015, numerous polls indicated that he still held a significant lead over his rival candidates.

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SECTION THREE On The Issues

Donald answered, “My kingdom is not of this world”

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n the Issues is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization providing information to voters about candidates, primarily via their web site. The organization was started in 1996, went nonprofit in 2000, and is currently run primarily by volunteers.

he organization’s stated mission is to help voters pick candidates “based on issues rather than on personalities and popularity.” They obtain their information from newspapers, speeches, press releases, book excerpts, House and Senate voting records, Congressional bill sponsorships, political affiliations and ratings, and campaign websites from the Internet.

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DONALD TRUMP ON ABORTION Defund Planned Parenthood. (Oct 2015) Planned Parenthood is important, but abortions spect for America; I will get along with him. (Sep 2015) We must deal must stop. (Aug 2015) I have evolved on abortion issue, like Reagan evolved. (Aug 2015) Ban late abortions; exceptions for with the maniac in North Korea with nukes. (Sep rape, incest or health. (Jun 2015) I am now pro-life; after years of being pro-choice. (Apr 2011) I changed my views to pro- 2015) China is our enemy; they’re life based on personal stories. (Apr 2011) I am pro-life; fight ObamaCare abortion funding. (Feb 2011) Pro-choice, but ban bilking us for billions. (Dec 2011) partial birth abortion. (Jul 2000) Favors abortion rights but respects opposition. (Dec 1999) DONALD TRUMP ON BUDGET When you love America, you protect & ECONOMY Keep mortgage interest deduction; knock out carried interest. (Nov 2015) Make economy dynamic; bring it with no apologies. (Dec 2011) By back jobs from China & Mexico. (Oct 2015) Use increasing debt ceiling as bargaining chip. (Oct 2015) Strong on debt limit; 2027, tsunami as China overtakes US as largest econask for a pound of flesh. (Oct 2015) Grow the economy at 6% annually by ending inversions. (Oct 2015) Cut defense budget, omy. (Dec 2011) Things change; empires come and go. (Apr 2010) Criti& entire EPA & Dept. of Education. (Oct 2015) We owe $19T and we need a businessman to bring us back. (Sep 2015) If debt cized Buchanan’s view on Hitler as appeasement. (Jul 2000) Post-Cold War: switch reaches $24T, that’s the point of no return. (Jun 2015) We prospered after 9/11; we’ll prosper after Great Recession. (Apr from chess player to dealmaker. (Jul 2000) Support Russia, but with strings attached. (Jul 2010) 2006: Warned about impending implosion of financial sector. (Apr 2010) Prepare for upcoming crash, bigger than 2000) China: lack of human rights prevents consumer development. (Jul 2000) Be tougher 1929. (Jul 2000) Optimistic about future of Atlantic City. (Jul 1990) Rent control only benefits a privileged minority. (Jul on China-we’re too eager to please. (Jul 2000) Mideast Too risky to take in Syrian refugees. 1987) One-time 14.25% tax on wealth, to erase national debt. (Nov 1999) Predicts 35% boost to economy from eliminating (Nov 2015) Let Russia bash ISIS; let Germany defend Ukraine. (Nov 2015) Provide economic asnational debt. (Nov 1999) DONALD TRUMP ON CIVIL RIGHTS I’m “fine” with affirmative action, for now. (Oct 2015) Af- sistance to create a safe zone in Syria. (Oct 2015) US should not train rebels it does not know or ter Supreme Court vote, gay marriage is a reality. (Aug 2015) I’m no misogynist; I put women in charge of construction. (Aug control. (Oct 2015) Better to have Mideast strongmen than Mideast chaos. (Oct 2015) Good that Russia is involved in Syria. 2015) Disinvited from RedState gathering for misogynistic comments. (Aug 2015) Political correctness is country’s prob- (Oct 2015) More sanctions on Iran; more support of Israel. (Jun 2015) DONALD TRUMP ON FREE TRADE TPP is a horrible lem, not my problem. (Aug 2015) Obama’s presidency has done nothing for African Americans. (Aug 2015) Same-sex mar- deal; no one has read its 5,600 pages. (Nov 2015) Restrict free trade to keep jobs in US. (Oct 2015) We don’t beat China or Jariage is a state issue. (Jun 2015) No gay marriage; no same-sex partner benefits. (Mar 2011) Tolerate diversity; prosecute hate pan or Mexico in trade. (Aug 2015) Disastrous deals because we don’t have smart negotiators. (Jun 2015) China and Japan crimes against gays. (Jul 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON CORPORATIONS Get U.S. money back into U.S.: address corporate in- are beating us; I can beat China. (Jun 2015) 35% import tax on Mexican border. (Jun 2015) Stupid people negotiate our trade version. (Nov 2015) I’ve used bankruptcy laws to do a great job for my companies. (Aug 2015) 2002: Participated in develop- bills, & trade won’t work. (Jun 2015) 20% tax on all imported goods. (Dec 2011) Fair trade instead of embarrassing deal with ment boom of Jersey City. (Apr 2012) 0% corporate tax would create millions of jobs. (Dec 2011) Fight crony capitalism with South Korea. (Dec 2011) Repatriate jobs that China has been stealing. (Dec 2011) Embrace globalization and international a level playing field. (Dec 2011) Wealthy move assets around globally based on tax incentives. (Apr 2011) Business is an ac- markets. (Jan 2008) Renegotiate tougher & fairer trade agreements. (Jul 2000) President should be nation’s trade represenquired skill based on discipline & focus. (Apr 2010) Pragmatic positive: be positive, but be realistic. (Apr 2010) Being a tative. (Dec 1999) World views US trade officials as ‘saps’. (Dec 1999) DONALD TRUMP ON GOVERNMENT REFORM Suknow-it-all shuts the door on new ideas. (Apr 2010) DONALD TRUMP ON EDUCATION Cut DeperPACs are a disaster and cause dishonesty. (Oct 2015) Candidates should disavow PACs. (Oct 2015) I’m partment of Education and Common Core. (Oct 2015) We spend more per student not accepting any money from anybody. (Sep 2015) Get rid of the regulations than any other nation. (Jun 2015) Common Core is a disaster. (Jun 2015) that are just destroying us. (Sep 2015) I give to politicians; and they Cut the Department of Education way, way down. (Jun 2015) give back: that’s broken!. (Aug 2015) Two-term limit on NYC mayor is Founded Trump University to teach the art of deal-maka terrible idea. (Sep 2010) Government scrutiny is greatest threat to ing. (Jun 2015) Opposes Common Core. (Feb 2015) American Dream. (Jul 2000)• Ban soft money; but allow unlimited Americans don’t know their roots: study your personal contributions. (Jul 2000) Government should do public ancestry. (Apr 2010) Comprehensive eduworks & safety & little else. (Jul 2000) Rebuilt Wollman Rink in 4 months; city failed for 6 cation instead of limiting subjects. (Apr years. (Jul 1987) DONALD TRUMP ON GUN CONTROL Mass shootings are due to a huge mental 2010) Teach citizenship; stop “dumbhealth problem. (Jan 2016) No limits on guns; they save lives. (Jan 2016) Keep enemies of the state away ing down”. (Jul 2000) End “creative spellfrom guns. (Nov 2015) Gun-free zones are target practice for sickos. (Oct 2015) Gun ownership makes US safer, not more ing,” “estimating,” & “empowe r dangerous. (Oct 2015) Ment a l health more important than gun control. (Oct 2015) Laws ment”. (Jul 2000) Bring on the are in- effective in preventing gun violence. (Oct 2015) Gun viocompetition; tear down the union lence is inevitable; regulations walls. (Jul 2000) School choice won’t help. (Oct 2015) Protect the will improve public schools. (Jul Second Amendment, but address 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON mental health. (Sep 2015) Take guns from good people & bad peoENERGY & OIL Maybe some ple have target practice. (Jul 2015) A very strong person on the Second Amendment. (Jun 2015) I climate change is manam against gun control. (Feb 2011) Dems and Reps are both wrong on guns. (Jul 2000) For assault weapon made, but not all. (Jun 2015) Clim a t e ban, waiting period, & background check. (Jul 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON HEALTH CARE Replace Obamacare change is a hoax. (Jun 2015) No Cap-andTax: oil is with Health Savings Accounts. (Oct 2015) I’m for vaccines, but in small- er quantities to avoid autism. (Sep 2015) The insurthis country’s lifeblood. (Dec 2011) Jobs will slump until our ance companies have total control over politicians. (Aug 2015) We didn’t have a free market before ObamaCare. (Jun 2015) lifeblood-- oil--is cheap again. (Dec 2011) Enough natural gas in ObamaCare is a catastrophe that must be repealed & replaced. (Jun 2015) Don’t cut Medicare; grow the economy to keep benMarcellus Shale for 110 year supply. (Dec 2011) Libya: No oil, efits. (Jun 2015) ObamaCare deductibles are so high that it’s useless. (Jun 2015) Save Medicare & Medicaid without cutting no support; no exceptions. (Dec 2011) It’s incredible how them to the bone. (Jan 2015) Kill ObamaCare before it becomes a trillion-ton weight. (Dec 2011) Increase insurance competislowly we’re drilling for oil. (Mar 2011) Oil is the lifeblood of tion across state lines. (Dec 2011) 1988: Flew sick kids cross-country on his private jet. (Apr 2010) We must have universal all economies. (Apr 2010) Donald Trump on Environment Cut health care. (Jul 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON HOMELAND SECURITY Benghazi was a disaster; Gadhafi couldn’t the EPA; what they do is a disgrace. (Oct 2015) Won’t go to c i r have been worse. (Dec 2015) New Jersey Muslims celebrated after 9/11. (Nov 2015) Bring back cuses that cut elephants due to animal waterboarding and other interrogation methods. (Nov 2015) Surveil mosques but don’t close rights. (Mar 2 0 1 5 ) mosques. (Nov 2015) New Jersey Muslims cheered on 9/11. (Nov 2015) We worry about Iranian Partner with environmennukes but why not North Korean nukes? (Nov 2015) We have a problem with radical talists when undertaking projMuslims. (Sep 2015) Fix veteran’s hospitals, and pay private doctors for ects. (Apr 2010) Good development enhances the enthem. (Sep 2015) Enhanced interrogation a non-issue, compared to vironment. (Jan 2008) Factterrorism. (Aug 2015) Our nuclear arsenal doesn’t work; it’s Check: Yes, hybrid family ve30 years old. (Jun 2015) Increased Veterans Day parade audihicles are available in US. DONence from 100 to 1 million. (Jun 2015) Defeat ISIS and stop Islamic terrorists. A L D TRUMP ON FOREIGN (Jan 2015) Ameri- can interests come first; no apologies. (Dec 2011) All freedoms POLICY Diplomacy & respect crucial to our relationship with f l o w from national security. (Dec 2011) Business students should read Sun Tzu’s “The Russia. (Sep 2015) Putin has no re- Art of War”. (Apr 2010) 3% of GNP for military is too low. (Jul 2000) Missile defense is inap-

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propriate; focus on terrorism. (Jul 2000) Prepare for return America to her former greatness. (Dec 2011) USA is the greatest force for freedom world has ever known. (Dec bio-terrorism attack. (Jul 2000) DONALD TRUMP 2011) Bad students (like Obama) shouldn’t go to Harvard. (Apr 2011) If I run & win, our country will be great again. (Feb ON IMMIGRATION No apology for banning 2011) Greatest fear? I don’t have any; I only have “concerns”. (Apr 2010) I’m more humble than people might M u s lims from entering America. (Jan 2016) Need to think. (Apr 2010) 3 principles: One term, two-fisted policies, zero excuses. (Jul 2000) Non-politicians are keep database of Muslim refugees. (Nov 2015) We must stop the wave of the future. (Jul 2000) Burned by press too often to be available any more. (Jul 1990) Toughness illegal immigration; it hurts us economically. (Nov is equally strength, intelligence, & self-respect. (Jul 1990) Busi- ness Principles I never forgive peo2015) I don’t care how they come ple who deceive me. (Oct 2015) I believe in the toot-yourown-horn theory. (Apr 2010) in, if they come in legally. (Oct Build your reputation as “responsible, professional & loyal”. (Apr 2010) Never give 2015) Syrian refugees are a up; look at the solution, not the problem. (Jan 2008) To negotiate well, prepare and know Trojan Horse. (Oct 2015) Syrian as much as possible. (Jan 2008) In the best negotiations, everyone wins. (Jan 2008) Failure refugee crisis partly our fault; but is not permanent. (Jan 2008) Tell people you’re successful or they won’t know it. (Mar don’t take any. (Oct 2015) We’re only country 2004) Good management requires hiring good people. (Mar 2004) Lessons: stay focused on dumb enough for birthright citizenship. (Sep 2015) big picture. (Mar 2004) Surround yourself with people you can trust. (Mar 2004) In business & poliIllegal immigrants populate many criminal gangs. (Sep tics, stands for getting things done. (Jul 2000) Appealing to middle Americans leery of political elite. (Nov 2015) This is a country where we speak En- 1 9 9 9 ) Rules for surviving the perils of success. (Jul 1990) Personal Background Attended milglish, not Spanish. (Sep 2015) Half of the itary academy & Wharton Business School. (Jun 2015) One hour to produce my birth undocumented residents in America are criminals. certificate; Obama should too. (Feb 2011) Separated from Ivana after long less-than-perfect mar(Jun 2015) We need strong borders; we need a wall. (Feb riage. (Jul 1990) DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL SECURITY I’ll give up my Social Se- curity; leave it to each 2015) Citizenship for illegal immigrants is a person. (Sep 2015) Cannot change Medicare or Soc.Sec. and still win elections. (Mar 2013) Social GOP suicide mission. (Mar 2 0 1 3 ) 351,000 il- Security isn’t an “entitlement”; it’s honoring a deal. (Dec 2011) Disability Racket: $25B in fraudulegal aliens are in our prisons; costing $1.1B. (Dec lent disability filings. (Dec 2011) Pay off debt; put $3T interest savings into Trust Fund. (Jul 2000) Let 2011) Anchor babies were NEVER the intent of the 14th Amend- people invest their own retirement funds. (Jul 2000) No government investment of retirement funds. (Jul ment. (Dec 2011) Invite foreigne r s graduating from college to 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON TAX REFORM Cut taxes by $10T but don’t increase deficit. (Oct 2015) Repeal esstay in US. (Dec 2011) Control borders; even legal immigration tate tax; it’s double taxation. (Oct 2015) Estate tax is unfair double tax- a t i o n . (Oct 2015) Do away with carried inshould be difficult. (Jul 2000) Limit new immigration; focus on terest; it’s unfair. (Oct 2015) OpEd AdWatch: Trump more liberal on taxes than Democrats. (Sep 2015) Factpeople already here. (Dec 1999) Mexico Ship millions back to Check: Proposed 14% tax on wealthy in 2000, but not now. ( S e p 2015) No net increase in taxes, but inMexico, like Eisenhower did. (Nov 2015) Walls on borders creases on wealthy. (Sep 2015) Raise graduated taxes on hedge fund managers. (Sep 2015) One-time 14% work; just ask Israel. (Nov 2015) Mexico will pay for wall, but not tax on wealthy to pay down national debt. (Jun 2015) 4 brackets; 1-5-10-15%; kill death tax & corporate through tariffs. (Nov 2015) I can get Mexico to pay for border tax. (Dec 2011) Cutting tax rates incentivizes a strong national work ethic. (Dec 2011) Previously supwall; politicians can’t. (Oct 2015) The border wall will ported wealth tax; now supports Bush tax cuts. (Apr 2011) Repeal the inheritance tax to offset one-time be well-managed and built correctly. (Aug 2015) We wealth tax. (Jul 2000) Simplify tax code; end marriage penalty & other hidden taxes. (Jul 2000) Opposneed wall on Mexican border, but ok to have a door in it. es flat tax; benefits wealthy too much. (Jul 2000) Personally avoids sales tax, but knows many peo(Aug 2015) Mexican government is sending crimi- ple like it. (Dec 1999) One-time 14.25% tax on wealth, to erase national debt. (Nov 1999) Tax nals across the border. (Aug 2015) Building a wall assets over $10 million, paid over 10 years. (Nov 1999) DONALD TRUMP ON TECHwill save money because it stops bad dudes. (Jul NOLOGY Close our Internet up, to fight ISIS terrorist recruitment. (Dec 2015) Fact2015) OpEd: businesses & Republicans condemn anCheck: 24% of our bridges are in trouble, not 59%. (Aug 2015) Rebuild our inti-Mexico terms. (Jul 2015) Make Mexico pay for wall frastructure on time & on budget. (Jun 2015) Emmy award & Hollywood with severe economics. (Jun 2015) Mexico & Latin Walk of Fame for “The Apprentice”. (Jun 2015) China threatens US with America send us drugs, crime, and rapists. (Jun 2015) cyber warfare & industrial espionage. (Dec 2011) Took chance by starting Build great wall on southern border; have Mexico pay for Clear Channel radio program. (Apr 2010) DONALD TRUMP ON WAR & it. (Jun 2015) Triple-layered fence & Predator drones on PEACE Assad is a bad guy, but his replacement could be worse. (Nov 2015) Mexican border. (Dec 2011) DONALD TRUMP ON JOBS Let Russia make moves in Syria; it’s a quagmire. (Nov 2015) Strengthen miliDon’t raise minimum wage; it makes us non-compettary, but act defensively. (Oct 2015) Good that Russia has entered Syrian conflict. itive. (Nov 2015) I have relevant experience by cre(Oct 2015) Radical violent Islam that must be feared, not Islam itself. (Sep 2015) ating jobs and assets. (Nov 2015) Don’t raise minI’m pro-military but I opposed invading Iraq in 2003. (Sep 2015) If Obama had imum wage, but create more opportunities. (Aug attacked Syria, we wouldn’t have refugees now. (Sep 2015) Opposed Iraq 2015) Take jobs back from foreign countries to lower war in 2004 & predicted Mideast destabilization. (Aug 2015) Disgraceful unemployment. (Aug 2015) Real unemployment rate is deal gives Iran a lot & gets nothing for us. (Aug 2015) Bomb the oil fields in 20%; don’t believe 5.6%. (Jun 2015) Raising business tax Iraq to take on ISIS. (Jun 2015) Boots on the ground to fight ISIS. (Jun 2015) causes businesses to move jobs overseas. (Dec 2011) I said “don’t hit Iraq,” because it destabilized Middle East. (Jun 2015) Hit ISIS Unions fight for pay; managers fight for less; consumers win. hard and fast. (Feb 2015) Take $1.5T in oil from Iraq to pay for US victims. (Jul 2000) Foreign companies are taking jobs from US. (Dec (Mar 2013) Iraq should pick up the tab for their own liberation. (Dec 2011) 1999) DONALD TRUMP ON PRINCIPLES & VALUES I will negotiStop Iran’s nuclear programs by any & all means necessary. (Dec 2011) John a t e until American is great again. (Oct 2015) My old liberal political McCain’s actions in Vietnam were not “heroic”. (Sep 2000) Use force to stop views evolved like Reagan’s did. (Aug 2015) I want to win as North Korean nuke development. (Jul 2000) Support Israel, our unsinkable a Republican, but might run as Independent. (Aug Mideast aircraft carrier. (Jul 2000) No humanitarian intervention; only to 2015) In NYC almost everyone is Democrat, direct threats. (Jul 2000) DONALD TRUMP ON WELFARE & POVERbut I’m Republican. (Aug 2015) Stoked Tea TY I don’t like firing people; work makes people better. (Dec Party suspicions about Obama’s legiti2 0 1 1 ) Food stamps should be temporary; not a decade macy. (Jan 2012) No more morning on the dole. (Dec 2011) Apply welfare-to-work to 76 in America; we’ll be mourning FOR o t h er welfare programs. (Dec 2011) Let “saints” help America. (Dec 2011) 5-point plan to teen moms; restrict public assistance. (Jul 2000)

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ast Week Tonight’ host calls Republican frontrunner “litigious serial liar with a string of broken business ventures and the support of a former Klan leader” By Ryan Reed February 29, 2016

Steaks and a mortgage company he started in 2006 – shortly before the houst’s time to get seriing market collapse. “Even ous about Donald when you can demonstrably Trump. As John ago, but now that it’s prove Trump to be wrong, Oliver noted on gotten frighteningly it doesn’t seem to matter,” Sunday’s Last Week bigger, it is no longer Oliver says. “You can hold Tonight, “Since 1988,wise to ignore it.” his feet to the fire, but he’ll every candidate Oliver’s Trump takejust stand there on the who’s won the most down begins with words stumps, bragging about states on Super from his supporters, who his fireproof foot skin.” Tuesday went on to hype his business acumen, become their par-“aggressive” campaigning,Oliver argues that many ty’s nominee.” Or self-funding and ability to Trump supporters have in funnier terms:“tell it like it is.” The host been bewitched by the prominent “At this point,then breaks down how each candidate’s brand – his name assoDonald Trump of those claims is dubious. ciated with quality and is America’s back The host cites Politifact, who mole: it may have seemed checked 77 of the Republican’s harmless a year statements and rated 76 percent of them as “varying degrees of false.” The comedian also takes aim at Trump’s various failed business ventures, including Trump University, Trump

The host closes by unveiling his expansive “Make Donald Drumpf Again” campaign, which includes a “Donald Drumpf” Chrome web browser Drumpf: a litigious extension and parody serial liar with a hats, both available at string of broken DonaldJDrumpf.com. business ventures success. But according to and the support one biographer, that’s not of a former Klan even the Republican’s real leader whom last name, as a “prescient he can’t decide ancestor” changed it from whether or not to the less catchy “Drumpf.” condemn,” Oliver “If you are thinking of voting says. for Donald Trump, the charismatic guy promising to ‘Make America Great Again,’ stop and take a moment to imagine how you’d feel if you’d just met a guy named Donald

Conclusion 

t is now in the midst of May and Donald Trump has made some more controversial statements about 7-Eleven and Cinco De Mayo. But, who can ignore the fact that he is now the official Republican presidential nominee? Certainly not me in my satirical glorification of Trump (which will probably generate more attention to his campaign).

In exploring the perception of one man, I have learned a lot about the state of our country. Yes, Donald Trump is a man that is unconventional, anti-establishment, boisterous, and many more adjectives that we and the media have ascribed to him. However, he has garnered the attention and the action of the majority of the Republican party to vote in his favor. And despite of all of his hateful, misogynist, and racist rhetoric that may stand for almost everything I value, I admire Trump’s ability to inspire and motivate a mass of once apathetic and ignorant people. It’s true. Donald Trump is a leader — a leader whom, I hope will never become our President.

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Resources 

Episode 578: I Thought I Knew You Transcript http://www.thisamericanlife.org A Brief Biography of Donald J. Trump http://www.biography.com

On The Issues http://www.ontheissues.org

Drumpf http://www.rollingstone.com

The concept of this book was inspired by the ESV Value Thinline Bible. Special thanks to Tim Carpenter, my instructor for encouraging me to do this project and to Russ Fenstermaker for teaching me so much about the Libertarian Party. Also, I feel the Bern 2016.

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