Donald Trump has been a Presidential candidate for over one year, since he announced his political ambitions with the infamous speech at Trump Tower. Since then, Trump has participated in a dozen debates, dozens of scandals, and hundreds of incoherent, rambling media appearances. Over the past year, Trump has insulted everyone from Megyn Kelly to President Bill Clinton to Senator John McCain. He has left people on both sides of the aisle in absolute awe of his sheer stupidity. Donald Trump has flip flopped on countless issues, has the temperament of an 8-year-old, routinely proposes unconstitutional laws, and has shown no substantial knowledge of any of the issues he speaks on. Regardless of political policy, he has proven that he is unfit to hold the office of President of the United States. Here are 120 reasons why I will not be supporting Donald Trump in the general election.
1. Trump does not have the necessary experience
Donald Trump has never held any position in the Government, nor in the military. If elected, Trump would be the first President in our history to be this unqualified to hold office. Not only that, but he doesn’t even have a law degree. In fact, the only qualifications he actually has are running businesses, and having a bachelor’s degree in economics.
2. Trump is a draft dodger
The United States has had Presidents who never held political office, but have instead been in the military. This would not be the case for Trump, because he specifically was called to take part in the Vietnam war, and was a draft dodger. Initially, Trump had four different deferments for College. Going to College is a legitimate reason for not serving, but after graduating, he was again supposed to go into the army. This time, having no way out because of College, he stated that he had “bone spurs.” This claim was called into question when Trump was asked what foot the bone spur was in. What was his response? “Go look it up in the records.” Trump has not been able to prove that his medical deferment was legitimate.
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3. Trump mocked McCain for being a Prisoner of War.
Being a draft dodger is not inherently bad, but it certainly makes this comment even worse. Donald Trump insulted McCain, saying “He’s not a war hero” followed by “He’s a war hero because he got captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” Trump, the man who dodged the draft for Vietnam, insulted McCain for being caught as a PoW in Vietnam, and in turn, insulted all PoWs for being captured.
4. Trump’s businesses have filed for bankruptcy six times
As for Trump’s business experience, that can be called into question. In addition to his many failed business ideas that he’s simply stopped, Trump has filed for bankruptcy six times. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, but this being his main “qualification” to run for President is concerning.
5. Trump has repeatedly lied about his wealth
Despite his failings in business, many Trump supporters, and Trump himself will point to his overall wealth, stating that those business failures were nothing compared to his successes. However, Trump’s wealth was largely built off of money he inherited. In a 2005 NYTimes article, Trump is found to have taken numerous, multi-million dollar loans from family members, on top of his inheritance and has gone broke several times. In addition to these failures, his wealth is largely overstated. In a court case in 2009, Donald Trump sued Timothy O’Brien for calling him a millionaire, claiming that Trump was actually a billionaire. Trump lost this case, because he was unable to prove that he was even a billionaire, despite publicly claiming he has over $10 Billion.
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6. Trump has not released his tax returns
Despite it being a longstanding tradition, and one followed by all of his final competitors in the primary, as well as Hillary Clinton. Some have speculated that this is due to his wealth not being as much as he claims, while others believe this is because he pays near zero taxes, due to the many write-offs involved in real estate. When asked about his tax returns, he uses every excuse possible. He does everything from saying he can’t release his taxes because he’s being audited, to outright saying it’s “none of your business.” His defensiveness over something that is very commonplace has many people asking what he’s hiding.
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7. Trump abused eminent domain
Donald Trump amassed much of his wealth through real estate and casinos, as his other businesses often failed. In his purchases of land and buildings, he routinely abused a practice which allows people to seize property, called eminent domain. This practice allows a buyer to offer a certain amount of money for property, and if the seller refuses, they can be taken to court and their property taken. Donald Trump attempted this in the 90s with Trump Plaza is Atlantic City. The real estate mogul wanted to build a limo parking lot next to Trump Plaza, and attempted to steal nearby properties from people who would not sell, using eminent domain. He has shown he is more than willing to abuse the authority of the government for his own benefit.
8. Trump University used unethical business practices
One of the more reported scandals, but not even close to the most despicable is Trump University, a fraudulent, for-profit University created by the Presidential Candidate. This scam cost customers thousands of dollars, with no real return. For these reasons, Trump University is currently in an ongoing legal battle, due to being accused of fraud. Because of this legal battle, several testimonies have been released from employees at Trump University, stating that the business specifically targeted people who “had problems.” The scheme intended to take advantage of people who had nowhere else to go, and take advantage of them. In addition to this, many students were forced to give positive reviews about Trump University, or face serious consequences.
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9. Trump was accused of using his charity as a slush fund
Donald Trump’s charity, the Trump Foundation, recently got into hot water over potentially breaking federal law. The charity is exempt from taxes, and is restricted from engaging in “political activity.” The foundation has failed to report donations in the past, and has been accused of being used for Trump’s political ventures.
10. Trump tried to lie about donating money to veterans
Similarly, Donald has been under fire for his participation, or lack thereof, in a charity event for veterans. Donald held the event at the same time as a GOP debate, and raised money there, as well as claiming to have donated some of his own. He claimed to have donated $6 million, $1 million being from himself. When questioned on it, Trump and his campaign repeatedly evaded questions, and gave conflicting accounts, leading many to believe that he was lying. $5 million (really $4.5 million but let’s just round up here) raised from other people’s donations was recognized as going to various charities, but the $1 million he pledged to donate on his own was not transferred until after he was questioned on it by the media.
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11. Trump violated anti-trust laws
Trump was accused of buying up large amounts of stock in the company “Bally” which works in the gambling industry. Trump at the time owned 19% of the gambling market in Atlantic City, and he was accused of trying to take over Bally by purchasing these large amounts of stock, as he bought just slightly under the limited amount of stock which can be bought. If he succeeded, he would have controlled almost 30% of Atlantic City’s gambling industry. In addition to this, he had also bought large shares in other gambling companies, increasing their prices.
12. Trump has ties to the mob
Adding to the long list of questionable activities involving Trump’s casinos is the allegations that the mob helped build them. He reportedly bought land for Trump Plaza at double the market price from a Philadelphia mobster. In addition to the land purchase, Trump hired construction crews tied to the mob to help build on the land, as well as hiring other mobster construction crews to build Trump Plaza Condos. A book published by investigative journalist Wayne Barrett states that Trump went out of his way to work with the mafia. This isn’t exactly surprising, given his admiration for people who use threats to get what they want.
13. Trump put a child with cerebral palsy’s life at risk because he was angry
Donald Trump’s father died in 1999, and the night of the funeral Donald’s brother, Freddy, had a son. The son developed cerebral palsy, and “The Trump family promised that it would take care of the medical bills.” This would change later when the family discussed the matter of the father’s will. In it, Freddy got none of the inheritance, so he sued. Because of this suit, Donald got angry and stopped funding the medical treatment for his brother’s disabled son.
14. Trump censored a nude painting of himself
If one thing is consistent about Trump’s track record, it’s his short temper with people who oppose him. This became very evident when a 24-year-old artist made a painting of Donald Trump with a small penis, and put it on display in an art gallery to evoke a reaction. The reaction it evoked from Trump seemed to be anger, as he filed a DMCA notice, forcing the painting to be taken down from public display.
15. Trump wants to mandate the death penalty by executive order
In December of 2015, Donald Trump showed he has no issue with the death penalty, and no issue with abusing executive authority. Trump stated, “One of the first things I’d do in terms of executive order, if I win, will be to sign a strong, strong statement that would go out to the country, out to the world, anybody killing a police man, a police woman, a police officer, anybody killing a police officer, the death penalty is going to happen”
16. Trump wants to put mosques under surveillance
Violating possibly several Constitutional Amendments, Donald Trump has routinely proposed shutting down and monitoring mosques. He claims that Muslims know who the terrorists are, and need to start turning them in. Trump’s proposed plans have been criticized for violating the first, fourth, and fourteenth amendments.
17. Trump complimented Kim Jong Un, and was subsequently endorsed by North Korean state media
In January of 2016, Trump complimented Kim Jong Un, and said he deserved credit for taking over North Korea in his 20s and said that it was “pretty amazing” that the North Korean leader “wiped out his uncle” and several other people. It would seem that Kim is a fan of Donald too, because this May, North Korean State media endorsed the presumptive Republican nominee as “wise”
18. Trump kept a book of Hitler’s speeches
In 1990, Donald Trump’s then wife Ivana told Vanity Fair that Donald kept a copy of “My New Order” by his bed. “My New Order” is a collection of Hitler’s speeches. When questioned on this, Trump claimed to own a copy of “Mein Kampf,” given to him by Marty Davis. Trump excused this by saying Davis is a Jew. Davis, on the other hand, stated that he gave Trump a copy of “My New Order,” and said that he was not Jewish.
19. Trump said Ebola doctors visiting Africa “must suffer the consequences”
On August 1st, 2014, Donald Trump tweeted the following:
20. Trump wanted veterans kicked off of 5th Avenue for selling things
Continuing in his disrespect for veterans, Trump wrote a letter to the New York State Assembly in 1991, in an attempt to keep street vendors, many of them veterans, from selling on Fifth Avenue. Trump said that the street vendors would turn Fifth Avenue “into an outdoor flea market.” He also wrote to Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 2004 saying “whether they are veterans or not, they should not be allowed to sell on this most important and prestigious shopping street” and warned that the image of New York City would “suffer” if nothing is done “before it’s too late.” Donald puts the image of a street over the ability for veterans to make a living.
21. Trump blamed the protesters at Tiananmen Square for being killed
In a 1990 interview, just one year after the Tiananmen Square Protests, Trump told Playboy magazine the following:
“The Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak.”
This is not Trump’s first, nor last time praising Chinese authoritarianism, as he attacked the protesters by calling it a “riot” at a GOP debate.
22. Trump has repeatedly endorsed violence against protesters at his events
The presumptive GOP nominee has had plenty of protests at his events over the past years, as a response to his incendiary comments. Routinely, Trump responds by excusing, ignoring, or outright endorsing violence against the protesters, even volunteering to pay for the legal bills of a Trump supporter for assaulting the protesters.
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23. Trump then lied and claimed he never said he’d pay for legal bills
Despite clearly saying he’d pay for the legal bills of someone for attacking a protester in the video above, Donald claims he said no such thing.
24. Trump lied about calling Rubio “Zuckerberg’s personal senator”
In an interview with Becky Quick, Quick questioned Trump on saying that Senator Rubio was “Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator” which Trump then denied ever saying. There’s just one problem with that. He used these exact words on his website:
Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.”
Maybe Trump just has amnesia. It seems he can’t remember things he’s said.
25. Trump lied about polls against Clinton
Donald has a habit of using polls as proof of him being a good candidate, whether he’s trashing Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton. He used this tactic during a May 2 interview on CNN, where he stated Clinton was “playing the woman card” and claimed that she “doesn’t do very well with women.” Aside from this being an ad populum fallacy, there’s another issue: it’s blatantly false. Clinton routinely beats him with women in general election polls. In fact, they have been the reason she beats Trump in several polls.
26. Trump lied about being self funded
Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to be funding has campaign on his own, and therefore, he wouldn’t be controlled by lobbyists. These claims, much like many others made by Trump, are not accurate. Trump has mainly given loans, not money, to his campaign and given in-kind contributions. If anything, Trump’s campaign is funding him, as around 20% of his campaign expenditures are spent at his own businesses.
27. Trump lied and said crime is on the rise
Stoking fears and lying is nothing new to Donald, and it certainly doesn’t look like he’s going to stop any time soon. In a statement after the California primary, Donald Trump stated that crime was rising. The truth of the matter is that crime has been on a decline since the early 90s in the United States.
28. Trump lied about the TPP and China
One of Trump’s biggest talking points during this election has been jobs, and outsourcing, particularly to China. In a GOP debate in November, Trump spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal between the US, Canada, Australia and many other countries that touch the Pacific Ocean. Trump stated, the TPP “was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone”. There’s just one problem with this assertion: China isn’t a member of the TPP. The TPP was specifically made to make trade between countries near China more favorable with the US, so they’d trade with China less and us more.
29. Trump lied about Mexico “sending rapists” to America
Donald Trump, in his infamous announcement speech, said Mexico was specifically sending people over to America who were rapists, murderers, and otherwise criminals. There has been no empirical evidence to substantiate this, and when questioned on it, Trump responds that he knows this from conversations with “border patrol people”
30. Trump lied and said California doesn’t have a drought
In one of Donald’s more bizarre lies, he claimed at a California rally that “there is no drought,” citing that the reason the state was dry is because the Government won’t let farmers take water from a river. This is patently false. While the government is restricting use of this river water, the drought is due to other conditions, such as record low rain and snow recently.
31. Trump lied about the unemployment rate
Donald Trump has repeatedly lied about the unemployment rate as a way of emphasizing one of his main talking points that China is taking our jobs. In several statements, he has said the unemployment rate was anywhere from 25% to over 40% unemployment. This is false. The United States has a 5% unemployment rate in reality. Trump inflates these numbers by considering every American over the legal working age who is not working to be “unemployed.” This statistic is completely misleading and would include people who are retired, stay-at-home parents, students, and many other groups of people who would not be working, even if jobs were available.
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32. Trump’s lying about his tax plan.
The 2016 fiscal year has a projected deficit of about $500 Billion. Donald Trump has said he would give massive tax cuts, while boosting spending, yet somehow go from a massive budget deficit to a surplus. If that sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is.
33. Trump’s policies would drastically increase the deficit
Analysis done by the tax policy center examined Trump’s plans and confirmed that they would be disastrous for the federal debt. This analysis found that “barring extraordinarily large cuts in government spending or future tax increases, it would yield persistently large, and likely unsustainable, budget deficits.”
34. Trump pushed a conspiracy about Justice Scalia’s death
In the aftermath of Justice Scalia’s death earlier this year, many people were pushing a conspiracy that he was suffocated with a pillow in his sleep. This conspiracy was spawned by a report that said Scalia had a pillow “over his head.” The only problem with this is that “over the head” meant the pillow was at Scalia’s headboard in this case, not over his face. Despite there being no evidence that he was actually murdered, Donald didn’t hesitate to run with the story. Then again, fact checking has never been important to him.
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35. Trump claimed Obama is an ISIS supporter
In the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack, Donald Trump continued his rhetoric on how America needs to get “tough” with ISIS, and criticized President Obama and Secretary Clinton. In an interview with FOX News, he seemed to insinuate, and later stated that President Obama was actively supporting ISIS.
36. Trump created a conspiracy that Cruz’s father killed JFK
In Donald’s all-too-familiar style of conspiracy theories, he continued to make a mockery of himself when he insinuated that Senator Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. Trump claimed that Rafael Cruz was handing out communist propaganda with Lee Harvey Oswald. Like most of Donald’s ridiculous accusations, there is no credible evidence that this is true.
37. Trump pushed a conspiracy about Vince Foster’s death
In May, Trump insinuated that a former aide of President Bill Clinton did not actually commit suicide. He alluded to a conspiracy theory that Vince Foster was killed by someone in the Clinton administration, calling Foster’s death “very fishy” and going on to say “He had intimate knowledge of what was going on. He knew everything that was going on, and then all of a sudden he committed suicide.”
38. Trump’s campaign backtracked after he supported an Iraq conspiracy
During a rally, Trump seemed to support a conspiracy theory that soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan stole government money. His campaign later backtracked, claiming that he was speaking about Iraqi soldiers.
39. Trump thinks asbestos is completely safe
One of Donald’s strangest obsessions involves the mob, asbestos, and the twin towers. In his book in 1997, Donald Trump wrote the following:
“I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented. Millions of truckloads of this incredible fire-proofing material were taken to special “dump sites” and asbestos was replaced by materials that were supposedly safe but couldn’t hold a candle to asbestos in limiting the ravages of fire.”
He also claims that the twin towers wouldn’t have burned down if it weren’t for the asbestos being removed.
40. Trump is a Climate Change Denier and is very upset it’s not called Global Warming anymore
I think his tweets speak for themselves.
Maybe all of the hot air coming out of Trump’s mouth is the cause of climate change.
41. Trump claimed to consult himself on foreign policy
Many have suggested that Trump’s lack of credentials is not a concern, because he would be listening to the advice of people who are more educated than him on these subjects. For foreign policy, it appears this is not the case. When asked who he consults on foreign policy, Trump responded, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things.”
42. Next to himself, one of his top advisers is the internet
At a rally in March, a protester attempted to rush the stage when Donald Trump was speaking. Later Trump claimed that the man had ties to ISIS. When questioned on this accusation, Trump responded by saying, “All I know is what’s on the internet,” claiming a video showed the attacker playing Arabic music and dragging the American flag on the ground. The video was proven to be a hoax.
43. Trump claims he knows more about ISIS than Generals
In Iowa, Donald Trump claimed “I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me.” He didn’t specify whether he knows more because of what he’s read on the internet, or because he has a very good brain, but he certainly has nuanced positions on the middle easy, stating “I would bomb the s*** out of them.”
44. Trump doesn’t know who the leader of ISIS is
In an interview with Bret Baier, Trump was asked a very open-ended question, assessing the leader of ISIS. His response was, “Well, they’ve had numerous leaders and they don’t — you don’t even — we don’t even really know who the leader is.” We do actually know who their leader is. His name is Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
45. Trump doesn’t know who the leader of the Quds is
Adding on to Trump’s wonderful foreign policy résumé, he was asked a question on the leader of the Iranian Quds forces, and seemed bewildered by the question. He asked Hugh Hewitt, the man interviewing Trump, to further explain the situation, and then attacked Hewitt for asking “gotcha questions”
46. Trump doesn’t know who to ask for military advice
Chuck Todd asked Trump who he would ask for military advice. His response was, “You know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows and you have the generals. When pushed for specific people, he said he likes John Bolton, and Col. Jake Jacobs, stating that Trump sees him “on occasion.” From these answers, it is clear that Trump is not actively consulting foreign policy experts, and doesn’t have a deep bench of people to consult if elected President.
47. Trump doesn’t understand Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality is the principle that the internet is treated as a utility, allowing certain restrictions on internet service providers, specifically, restricting them from slowing down speeds from certain websites. Donald Trump tweeted about Net Neutrality in 2014, and it’s clear from this tweet that he doesn’t know what it really is:
48. Trump doesn’t understand the Nuclear Triad
In a CNN Republican Debate, Donald Trump was questioned on the nuclear triad. The nuclear triad is the ability for the country to launch nuclear weapons by land, sea, and air. He seemed to not understand the question, and instead pivot to Iraq and Syria. Afterwards, Senator Rubio explained what the nuclear triad is.
49. Trump thinks vaccines cause autism
Donald Trump has repeatedly, at debates and through tweets, claimed that vaccines cause autism. This belief is based on one flawed study with a sample size of just 12 that has been disproven several times.
50. Trump proposed defaulting on the debt
He stated that his plan for the debt was to convince lenders to not accept the full payment back. The idea behind this is that the U.S. has leverage over lenders, due to having no reason to pay them back. The big issue with this is something that many Americans who have ever taken out a loan understand: credit. By refusing to pay back the full debt, the lenders would have less confidence that the U.S. would pay back the loans, and be more hesitant to lend money.
51. Trump said the U.S. could just print more money
When questioned on Donald’s policy for the debt, he defended his previous comments, saying, “you never have to default, because you print the money.” This concept of printing money has been used before, in Germany during the 1930s. Its result was hyper-inflation that was so bad, money was being used as building blocks and toys for children.
52. Trump’s Muslim ban is impossible to implement
Donald Trump called for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. Many have criticized this policy proposal for being unconstitutional, xenophobic, or short-sighted, but it’s really just flat-out impossible. Whether or not someone is a Muslim is not verifiable, and it would be very easy for a Muslim to lie about their religion, in order to enter the country.
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53. Trump wants to get rid of a non-existent department
Donald Trump, in a Fox News Town Hall, pledged to get rid of the “Department of Environmental,” despite it not existing. Maybe he meant the EPA, or maybe he already got rid of it without any of us knowing.
54. Trump claimed Mexico will pay for the border wall
One of Trump’s biggest campaign issues has been immigration. He has repeatedly spoken about the estimated 12 million current illegal immigrants living in the United States, and says that building a border wall would largely decrease illegal immigration. He has also claimed that Mexico could pay for the border wall, because of our trade deficit with them. Trump is correct that our trade deficit with Mexico is higher than the estimated cost of building and maintaining a border wall, but that doesn’t mean much. The trade deficit is the difference between the revenue earned from our exports to Mexico, versus their revenue from our imports from Mexico. This is not money that the United States government is giving to Mexico, but rather money that the American people are giving to Mexican businesses, in exchange for products from Mexico. Therefore, this is not money that the Mexican government could give the U.S. for the border wall.
55. Trump said he would close parts of the internet
In a Republican debate, Trump said, “I would certainly be open to closing areas [of the internet] where we are at war with somebody” and later clarified in the debate, saying “ISIS is recruiting through the internet. ISIS is using the internet better than we are using the internet and it was our idea. What I wanted to do is I wanted to get our brilliant people from Silicon Valley and other places and figure out a way that ISIS cannot do what they’re doing.” Trump was booed at the debate for this response.
56. Trump called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”
There has been a recent scandal around Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible VP pick for Hillary Clinton. She was accused of falsely claiming to be a Native American in order to get a job, working at Harvard. Donald Trump has taken this opportunity to demonstrate his immaturity, by referring to her as “Pocahontas.”
57. Trump made a dick joke in a debate
Senator Marco Rubio went on the attack, taking a page from Donald’s play book and personally insulting him, specifically mocking Trump for his small hands. Rubio said at an event “and you know what they say about men with small hands? You can’t trust them.” Trump responded by saying “And, he referred to my hands. If they’re small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there’s no problem.”
58. Trump congratulated himself after the Orlando terrorist attack
59. Trump insulted Rand Paul’s appearance
60. Trump mocked a disabled reporter
61. Trump mocked Seventh Day Adventists
Trump came under fire in October of 2015 for some bizarre comments he made about Seventh Day Adventists. At the time, he was the front-runner in GOP nomination polls, and in second place was Doctor Ben Carson, a Seventh Day Adventist. Trump said, “I’m Presbyterian. Boy, that’s down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know about.” Trump claims that he was not mocking the religion.
62. Trump goes on twitter tantrums
Donald Trump is well known for his antics on twitter. He has insulted everyone from politicians, to journalists, to even some entire countries. He routinely acts unpresidential, using insults that would be more common on a playground than being written by a candidate for President.
63. Trump constantly attacks reporters
Apparently “don’t kill the messenger” isn’t a motto Trump likes to live by, because he routinely attacks reporters and news organizations for negative coverage of him.
64. Trump gave press credentials to a white supremacist, but took them away from news organizations
In addition to just attacking reporters on twitter, Trump has barred many organizations and people from his events, sending a clear message that he will punish people who don’t support him. He has “blacklisted,” in some form, Politico, The Des Moines Register, The Daily Beast, Univision, Buzzfeed, and The Washington Post. Despite Trump’s strict rules for who can and cannot attend his events, he is seemingly okay with white supremacist James Edwards having press credentials.
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65. Trump wants to punish rivals who don’t endorse him
In addition to going after reporters who speak ill of him, he wants to do the same to his rivals for the Republican nomination, if they don’t endorse him. He said that they “should never be allowed to run for public office again.” His justification for this is that they broke the pledge that all GOP candidates signed to support the eventual nominee. The problem with this justification is that Trump himself said he might not honor the pledge.
66. Trump wants to “open up” libel laws
Possibly due to either Trump’s troubles with news organizations, or his affinity for suing people, Trump has said he wants to “open up” libel laws in the country. He threatened news sources, saying “We’re going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money.” This is an outright attack on freedom of the press.
67. Trump seems okay with Putin killing journalists
Trump’s disdain for journalists doesn’t seem to end with just wanting to sue them. In an interview with Joe Scarborough, Trump was repeatedly asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s record of killing journalists. Trump redirected the question several times, eventually conceding that killing journalists is a bad thing, when cornered on the question.
68. Trump wants violate the Geneva Conventions
Trump was talking about fighting ISIS in an interview on Fox & Friends, when asked about civilian casualties. His response seemed to be not only accepting of casualties, but also encouraging them. He said “But we’re fighting a very politically correct war. And the other thing is with the terrorists, you have to take out their families. When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. But they say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families.” This violates the Geneva Conventions, the international laws governing the treatment of PoWs and civilians.
69. Trump thinks the Geneva Conventions are too restrictive
After these previous comments, it should come as a shock to no one that Donald Trump thinks the Geneva Conventions are “the problem.” He said that “we’ve got to make some changes, some adjustments,” to the Geneva Conventions, because “the soldiers are afraid to fight.”
70. Trump claimed to be “the most militaristic person ever”
71. Trump thinks waterboarding isn’t tough enough
72. Trump was endorsed by someone tried for war crimes
A Serbian Nationalist, Vojislav Šešelj, was on trial for war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a supporter of ethnic cleansing, with a hatred of Muslims, who was acquitted of all charges, despite an extraordinarily weak defense that he claims he is not responsible for the actions of the militia he created. One thing that ties Trump and Vojislav Šešelj together is their disdain for Muslims. This would explain why he endorsed Trump.
73. Trump is open to nuclear warfare
The following is part of a transcript from an MSNBC Town Hall:
MATTHEWS: Can you tell the Middle East we’re not using a nuclear weapon on anybody?
TRUMP: I would never say that. I would never take any of my cards off the table.
MATTHEWS: How about Europe? We won’t use it in Europe?
TRUMP: I — I’m not going to take it off the table.
MATTHEWS: You might use it in Europe?
(LAUGHTER)
TRUMP: No, I don’t think so. But I’m not taking…
MATTHEWS: Well, just say it. “I will never use a nuclear weapon in Europe.”
TRUMP: I am not — I am not taking cards off the table.
74. Trump supports nuclear proliferation
It would seem as though Trump isn’t just open to the U.S. using nukes. He’s also made remarks about foreign Nations that do not currently have nuclear weapons getting them. In a CNN Town Hall, Trump said we would be “better off” if South Korea had nuclear weapons.
75. Trump said “a person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10”
In addition to Ttump’s dangerous foreign policy is something more personal: his sexism. Trump has repeatedly been accused of being sexist, and there are quotes to prove it.
76. Trump thinks every woman on the Apprentice flirted with him
In Donald Trump’s book “How To Get Rich,” the alleged billionaire said “All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me – consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected.” Now whether this is just narcissism, or sexism is up for debate, but it clearly isn’t Presidential.
77. Trump tweeted “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America”
Donald Trump tweeted, and then deleted, a sexist remark that claimed Bill Clinton’s infidelity has some bearing on whether or not Hillary Clinton is qualified to be President.
78. Trump said “when I come home and dinner’s not ready, I go through the roof”
A 1994 interview with Trump was a goldmine for any sexist comments Donald Trump’s made. Possibly the most repugnant of these statements was when Trump said “when I come home and dinner’s not ready, I go through the roof.” In addition to this, he said that with his ex-wife, and his current wife, he was “creating stars” and compared them to buildings, saying the fun was over “after they’re a star.”
79. Trump doesn’t care what people think about him as long as he’s “got a young and beautiful piece of ass”
In a 1991 interview with Esquire, Trump said “You know, it really doesn’t matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.” Although, judging by Trump’s visceral reactions to any criticisms of him by the media, this could be yet another lie, or he could be headed for divorce number three.
80. Trump called Megyn Kelly a bimbo
Technically, Trump didn’t officially call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, in the same way that I would never say Trump is a racist fascist who, if given the chance, would probably repeal the 15th amendment. We all know what he meant from reading that tweet though.
81. Trump said Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever”
Trump has shown he has no problem with making penis jokes, so it should come as a shock to no one that he’s willing to make a period joke.
82. Trump mocked a woman for her husband being gay
83. Trump was accused of rape by several people
Trump’s first wife, Ivana, once said that Trump raped her, and said she felt “violated.” Michael Cohen, a lawyer for Trump, defended his boss saying “and of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse.” This is, in fact, not true. Marital rape has been illegal since 1984. A book was written by Harry Hurt, in which he described what happened. Trump’s response, as is his response to everything critical of him in the media, was to attack the writer. Trump said, “it’s incorrect and done by a guy without much talent… He is a guy that is an unattractive guy who is a vindictive and jealous person.” Trump’s lawyer also proceeded to make threats that if “you write a story that has Mr. Trump’s name in it, and the word “rape,” and I’m going to mess your life up… for as long as you’re on this frickin’ planet… you’re going to have judgements against you, so much money, you’ll never know how to get out from underneath it.”
This isn’t the only time Trump has been accused of rape. There’s a current lawsuit against Trump for allegedly raping a 13-year-old and a 12-year-old girl. The lawsuit alleges that the two minors were forced by Donald Trump to perform sexual acts on him, and on each other. The lawsuit also mentions Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender. The lawsuit claims that Trump attended Epstein’s “sex parties.”
84. Trump was repeatedly accused of sexual harassment
Back in May of 2016, the New York Times wrote an extensive piece on Donald Trump’s inappropriate behavior with women. They interviewed dozens of women who have interacted with him over the past few decades, and repeatedly found them saying that Trump did things that would classify as sexual harassment. In addition to this, Trump has been sued for sexual harassment.
85. Trump called an employee “disgusting” for pumping breast milk
In 2011, one of the lawyers in a case involving Trump asked to go pump breast milk during a deposition. He reportedly responded to this request by yelling, “You’re disgusting, you’re disgusting” before running out of the room. This story does seem to be true, as Trump’s attorney at the time confirmed that Trump did call her disgusting.
86. Trump was accused of gender-based discrimination
An woman who worked for Trump’s Iowa staff filed a complaint with the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. She claims to have been unfairly paid, compared to male employees, and claims to have been wrongfully fired for doing something that male employees were doing: speaking to the media. Trump claims that he does not know the woman, and has not discriminated against her.
87. Trump insulted Carly Fiorina’s face
88. Trump doesn’t like hiring working moms
In 2011, Donald Trump was interviewed for a book on women in the workplace. Specifically, he was asked about hiring working moms. His response was, “She’s not giving me 100%. She’s giving me 84% and 16% is going towards taking care of children.”
89. Trump blamed women in the military for being raped
Thousands of women have been raped in the military, so what’s Trump’s response? Of course, it’s not to blame the people who were rapists. Instead, he blames the fact that the military is not segregated based on gender.
90. Trump Organization’s Vice President confirmed Trump is sexist
Barbara Res was the Vice President of Trump Organization in the 1990s. Trump mentioned her this past April, saying that he was not sexist, and was “great for women” in an effort to attack Clinton’s lead among women. Barbara Res has some choice words for Trump, as she wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian after this, attacking the real estate mogul as a sexist.
91. Trump has a strange obsession with his daughters
Donald Trump has a particularly odd history of sexual comments regarding his daughters. Now, why he makes these comments is up for debate. I personally believe it’s because he’s a narcissist and sees complimenting their appearances as a compliment of his, but it could also just be because he only sees women as sex objects.
In a 1994 interview with his second wife, Donald Trump was asked what traits his 1-year-old daughter Tiffany had that makes her like his wife. Donald’s response was that Tiffany had his wife Marla’s legs, and said “we don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet,” making a gesture to indicate her breasts. It’s not just Tiffany though. Trump has also said of his daughter, “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”
92. Trump declined to denounce David Duke’s endorsement several times
93. Trump is a birther
Donald Trump has been very outspoken in his criticism of President Obama. One of his more infamous criticisms was a debunked claim that Obama can not be President, because he was not born in the United States. Over the years, Trump called on Obama to release his birth certificate, and once Obama did, he claimed that it was fake.
94. Trump claimed Cruz and Rubio weren’t eligible to be President
In addition to attacking President Obama, Trump claimed that Senators Cruz and Rubio were both ineligible to be President. This is despite the fact that Marco Rubio was born in the United States, and Ted Cruz was born to American parents, making both natural born citizens.
95. Trump tweeted false crime statistics
Donald Trump tweeted false statistics on crime that greatly overstated black crime, specifically black on white crime. The statistics said that 81% of all white people killed, were killed by black people. The real number is 15%.
96. Trump used Jewish stereotypes.
Trump was speaking at an even hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, when he made some offensive comments. He was trying to pander to them, speaking about the Iran Deal, and that his daughter is Jewish. He got into hot water when he said “Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators. And by the way, did you ever see a negotiation take so long? This room negotiates perhaps more than any room I’ve spoken to, maybe more.”
97. Trump called for five black people to be executed for a crime they did not commit
Donald Trump took out a full page ad in the Daily News in the 1990s, calling for the death penalty for the Central Park Five. The Central Park Five were a group of five black people accused of raping a jogger, and later let out of jail for being falsely convicted. Even after they were let out, Trump continued to insist that they were guilty.
98. Trump said a Mexican Judge can’t be impartial
99. Trump wants the U.S. to use racial profiling
In a phone interview with CBS, Trump said “Well I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country. Other countries do it, you look at Israel and you look at others, they do it and they do it successfully. And I hate the concept of profiling but we have to start using common sense and we have to use our heads. It’s not the worst thing to do.” Trump apparently sees violating the 14th amendment as “common sense.”
100. Trump doesn’t like black people handling his money
In a 1991 book “Trumped!,” Trump can be quoted as saying some pretty racist things. The book says Trump said “laziness is a trait in blacks” and he went on to say, “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” In a later interview with Playboy, Trump said “The stuff [the author] wrote about me is probably true.”
101. Trump flip flopped on abortion
Many Republicans and Conservatives hate Trump, both before and after reading all of these points, yet still say they will vote for him because he will advance the party’s agenda. That line of thinking may not be accurate, because he has flip flopped on virtually every position he claims to hold.
Donald Trump used to be very pro-choice in the 90s, even supporting partial-birth abortion. In 2011, he stated that he was pro-life. His statements following this do not seem to reflect this position. On June 28, 2015, he stated that he was pro-choice, then corrected himself, stating he was pro-life. March 30th and April 1st, however, he switched his position several times. He had initially stated that when abortion is illegal, women would be punished for abortion. One hour later, he put out a statement saying abortion should be left up to the states. One and a half hours later, he putting out another statement, saying the woman would not be punished for getting an abortion, but the person performing the abortion would. The next day, he stated that the laws were set as-is, and should remain that way. Hours later, he released a statement saying the laws would change under his Presidency. What’s his actual position on abortion? I have no idea.
102. Trump flip flopped on climate change
This may come as a shock after reading all of Trump’s previous tweets on climate change being a hoax, but in 2009, he signed a full-page ad in the New York Times, urging President Obama to pass legislation aimed at stopping climate change. This is a big difference from his recent claims that climate change is a Chinese hoax.
103. Trump flip flopped on the drug war
In the 1990s, Donald Trump stated “We`re losing badly the war on drugs. You have to legalize drugs to win that war.” Most recently he has said that Colorado’s recreational legalization did not turn out well, but he would legalize it medicinally.
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104. Trump flip flopped on guns
Trump previously supported an assault weapons ban in his 2000 book, prior to running for the Republican nomination. In addition to this, he supported extending the waiting period for buying guns. Since announcing his candidacy, he has been struggling to mimic the positions of the NRA. In addition to this, he flip flopped on guns after the Orlando terrorist attack. Trump said at a rally that someone should have had a gun and shot the terrorist, but later backtracked, saying he was referring to a guards at the club. This was after the NRA criticized him, saying people shouldn’t have guns where they were drinking.
105. Trump flip flopped on Libya
In 2011, Trump said “Now we should go in, we should stop this guy, which would be very easy and very quick. We could do it surgically, stop him from doing it, and save these lives.” in reference to Libya. At a GOP debate, he then claimed that he never discussed Libya.
106. Trump flip flopped on his Muslim ban
Donald Trump, on December 7, 2015, called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what’s going on.” By May, he backtracked, saying the ban was “just a suggestion” and has now changed his language to be a ban on immigration from certain countries “where there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States.”
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107. Trump flip flopped on taxing the rich
Donald Trump’s tax plan called for tax cuts across all levels of income. When questioned on this, he said that taxes on the rich could go up as a result of negotiating with Congress. He did, at one point state that taxes for the rich might be higher than what his initial plan called for, but would still be lower than they are now. This does not seem to line up with some other comments he’s made, stating “I am willing to pay more. And you know what? The wealthy are willing to pay more.” He did not specifically say they would pay more than they currently do, as opposed to paying more than they would under his proposed plan, so like always, Trump keeps it vague so he can shift again.
108. Trump flip flopped on Afghanistan
On October 6, 2015 Trump said on CNN that “We made a terrible mistake getting involved [in Afghanistan] in the first place.” Two weeks later, he told CNN “We made a mistake going into Iraq. I’ve never said we made a mistake going into Afghanistan.”
109. Trump flip flopped on Iraq
Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump has opposed that Iraq War, and claimed that before the Iraq war, he “fought very, very hard against us going into Iraq.” These claims don’t seem to line up with an interview on the Howard Stern Show in 2002. In this interview, he was asked, “are you for invading Iraq” and responded with, “Yea, I guess so […] I wish the first time, it was done correctly.”
110. Trump flip flopped on the minimum wage
Trump was asked in a November Republican debate, on whether or not the federal government should raise the minimum wage. He said, very clearly, “I would not do it.” He also stated, “But, taxes too high, wages, too high, we’re not going to be able to compete.” He later backtracked on this, tweeting the following:
111. Trump flip flopped on torture
Trump has repeatedly said he supports waterboarding, and has stated that he would “go tougher” than this method of torture. He has also stated he would kill the families of terrorists. In response to this, many military officials and foreign policy experts have said they would refuse orders to carry out these extreme measures, as they would qualify as war crimes. Trump responded to this criticism in a debate, stating “they won’t refuse. They’re not gonna refuse me. Believe me.” Trump later reversed this position, stating that he “would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to fight terrorism.”
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112. Trump flip flopped on Bill Clinton’s scandals
In the 90s, Trump repeatedly defended President Clinton as a great President, saying that his scandals with rape accusations and his impeachment were overblown. In 2008, he called the situation, “something that was totally unimportant.” Now, he’s repeatedly brought up Bill Clinton’s scandals, despite not even running against him.
113. Trump flip flopped on Hillary Clinton’s time as SoS
114. Trump flip flopped on gay marriage
In September of 2015, Donald Trump called gay marriage the “law of the land.” In February of 2016, he said “I’ll overturn the shocking gay marriage decision – trust me.”
115. Trump flip flopped on nuclear proliferation
In April, Trump said that because North Korea has nukes, they should defend themselves, “including with nukes.” When called out for this by Clinton, he stated “it was such lies about my foreign policy, that they said I want Japan to get nuclear weapons.”
116. Trump flip flopped on immigration
Donald Trump had initially promised to build a wall and deport all illegal immigrants, but would later flip on this position, like all others. He walked back his position in a CNN interview, supporting legal status for some illegal immigrants, by letting some to legally have an “expedited process” to live in the U.S. as legal residents, but not as citizens. In addition to this, Trump reportedly told a reporter from the New York Times that he would just be using the deportations as a bargaining ploy, and would work his way towards the middle when actually negotiating a law.
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117. Trump flip flopped on Kim Davis
On the O’Reilly Factor, Trump outright opposed Kim Davis, a Kentucky clerk who was refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples after Obergefell v. Hodges. However, in a more recent interview on SiriusXM Progress, he stated “I haven’t been opposed to her stand and I think it’s fine.”
118. Trump flip flopped on transgender bathrooms
119. Trump flip flopped on whether he was a flip flopper
My favorite flip flop of Donald Trump’s political career is one that I didn’t see reported in many media outlets. He didn’t flip flop on a policy position, but something more fundamental. He flip flopped on whether or not you can trust him to do what he says. In April, Trump came under fire after his senior aide stated that Trump was “projecting an image.” In response to this, Trump said “Everything I say, I’m going to do, folks.” Just a few weeks later, he seemed to have a different plan when he told FOX News “Everything I say now is a suggestion.”
120. Trump flip flopped on the Supreme Court
Many conservatives, in the wake over Justice Scalia’s death, have their eyes on the Supreme Court when deciding whether or not to vote for Trump. They want someone who will appoint a strict constructionist to the bench, to keep from having a liberal majority on the Court. For this reason, Trump released a list of 11 judges who he would consider for the Supreme Court, calming many conservatives’ fears over the issue. That was until an interview with Sean Hannity, where he said he would “most likely” pick from that list, and said whoever he picks will be from that “general realm,” giving himself leeway in the future.