Tag: Donald Trump

How long will the marriage of convenience between the opportunist Donald Trump and the fanatics of the NRA last?

Now that he has clinched the nomination, here comes the effort to shape Donald Trump’s image as a regular guy. But he remains “an existential threat.”

Environmentalists may debate over whether Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would be better on climate. But what is indisputable is that both accept climate science and propose policies based on science that would cut carbon pollution.

If he wants to accuse other people of rape and intimidation, Trump should unseal his divorce papers and let voters assess his standing to make those charges.

Trump claims California is not in a drought and will open up water to farmers if he is elected president.

Winning will not make Trump curb his media-driven excesses -- or think less of his matchless, instinctive brilliance. Au contraire. Does not Trump’s attention-getting gimmickry demand ever more outlandish bellowing? That suggests worse is yet to come. So let’s take current Trumpery to its “logical” extension. Does not understanding Trumpism advance by imagining his first State of the Union address?

On Friday, Sanders told reporters, “Well, I hope he changes his mind again. Mr. Trump has been known to change his mind many times in a day."

“I’d love to debate Bernie. He’s a dream.”

For a guy who yells about Washington and Wall Street money in politics, Donald Trump sure has a lot on insiders on his team.

They are the reason the Bernie and Donnie phenomena are not just 2016 flare-ups — but in the words of Sanders' clarion call — "a political revolution."