I’m sorry, but I’m glad Donald Trump never says sorry.

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[h=1]PIERS MORGAN: I'm sorry but Donald Trump is winning BECAUSE he never says sorry[/h]By PIERS MORGAN


PUBLISHED: 12:57, 21 July 2015 | UPDATED: 19:30, 21 July 2015


‘It is a good rule in life never to apologize,’ said the great English author P.G. Wodehouse. ‘The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.’
I think of this advice whenever I think about Donald Trump; a man for whom the words ‘I’m sorry’ are as unthinkable in his personal lexicon as ‘I surrender’ or ‘I’m broke’.
When Trump first entered the GOP candidate race, I predicted he would electrify the U.S. election and I warned his rivals they would underestimate him at their peril.
Here we are, four weeks later, and he’s topping the Republican polls.


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[superbeets]

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When Trump first entered the GOP candidate race, Piers predicted he would electrify the U.S. election and warned rivals they would underestimate him at their peril. Now Trump is top of the polls

Not just by a small margin, but by a gigantic Trump-ego-sized margin.
You can mock him, taunt him, berate him, but you can’t ignore him.
America is currently in the fevered grip of Trump mania and if you want to know why, then look no further than his point blank refusal to apologise to anyone for anything.
Every other politician, business leader or celebrity I know would have immediately, shame-facedly backtracked after he outrageously suggested that all Mexican illegal immigrants were ‘rapists’.
Not Trump.
Instead, he doubled-down on his comments, swiftly turned them into a wider national debate on the undeniably important issue of illegal immigration in the United States, and insisted he’d win the Latino vote at the election.
You don’t have to agree with him to recognise that this was a master-class in how to turn a potentially overwhelming, campaign-ending negative into a vote-winning positive.
Trump deployed the same tactic when he said Senator John McCain wasn’t a real war hero because he got captured. (Although he qualified this in the same sentence by saying he might be, he wasn’t sure…and then clearly said McCain WAS a hero, several times)
Daring to question the heroism of a man who by any yardstick is a true American war hero was an extraordinarily inflammatory thing to even imply.

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[superbeets]

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Trump may have been wrong to doubt McCain's heroism, and he probably knows it, which is why he corrected himself as soon as he’d said it. But it was also wrong of McCain to say that Trump’s supporters are a bunch of ‘crazies’. Trump sniped at him because McCain sniped first





I know John McCain well, and respect him enormously.
He once showed me the citation that hangs on his office wall in Washington, detailing his valour in Vietnam.
Tears filled his eyes as he recounted some of what happened to him.
There is no doubt; McCain was astoundingly brave, to his own physical and psychological detriment, and deserves every plaudit.
Trump, in my opinion, was wrong to doubt that heroism, and he probably knows it, which is why he corrected himself as soon as he’d said it.
But it was also wrong of McCain to say that Trump’s supporters are a bunch of ‘crazies’.
Trump sniped at him because McCain sniped first.
They used to be good friends. I know this because when I interviewed Trump for GQ just before the 2009 Election, he said: ‘I know John well, and I like him. We had dinner together recently.’
Now it’s open war between them, and I have to admit I’m rather enjoying it – as I suspect is every journalist in America.


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[superbeets]

After Trump’s comments, all hell predictably broke loose.
He was condemned from all sides for his ‘outrageous’, ‘disgusting’ and ‘unpatriotic’ assault on America’s hero PoWs.
There were furious calls for him to quit the GOP race in disgrace.
He listened to them, and declined.
Politics is a rough old game and if you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the DC kitchen.
Trump is straight from the ‘smack ‘em in the eyeballs’ school of political fighting.
Not for him the niceties of polite to-ing and fro-ing, of calmly debating the issues and leaving it to the American people to decide who they like best.
The best-selling of Trump’s many best-selling books is entitled ‘Think Big And Kick Ass.’
This is a man with unshakable self-confidence and quite breath-taking bravado who takes a battering ram to every point he makes and every argument he has.
As McCain demands Trump apologises to every PoW veteran in America, Trump instead attacks McCain for letting down EVERY veteran, PoW or otherwise, in America with his supposed failed involvement in policies relating to the VA.
As with the Mexican immigrants ‘scandal’, Trump has switched the debate from an unacceptable, personally offensive quip to a far larger issue.
He’s done it by simply refusing to apologise.
And again, whether you agree with Trump or not, it’s hard not to admire his resolute strength and resilience under colossal fire.
America is crying out for leadership right now.
On the domestic and world stage, there’s a sense among many of the population that this once unassailable superpower is slipping behind.
President Obama is seen as weak in dealing with everyone from ISIS and Russia to China and OPEC.
Trump has tapped into that insecurity and nervousness by sounding ever more aggressive, dominant, and strong.
And it’s working.


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[superbeets]

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A lot of Americans love the way he speaks, behaves and takes his enemies down. And they especially like the way he never says sorry. For anything.

A lot of Americans love the way he speaks, behaves and takes his enemies down.
And they especially like the way he never says sorry. For anything.
That’s why he’s soaring in the polls, and that’s why I think he will continue to be a hugely significant presence in this GOP race.
Particularly as he has the wealth to go on as long as he chooses.
Whether he can win the GOP nomination or not remains to be seen, but I’d never bet against him.
I’m not an apologist for Trump, as some claim.
Apart from anything else, if I were, he’d see that as weakness!
But I’ve known him a long time, I like the man personally, and it’s frankly a breath of fresh air in this ever more timid, turgid PC world of ours to see a political figure speak his mind, even at the risk of offending people, and brush off the inevitable indignant clamour for slavering apologies.


I’m sorry, but I’m glad Donald Trump never says sorry.


The best piece of advice I ever received was from legendary UK tabloid editor Kelvin MacKenzie: ‘If you get into trouble, get out of it a million miles an hour.’


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[SheriffJoe]

Unapologetically American - that's why Trump is soaring in the polls.

Why can't most Republicans be this way?

 

[JDeuce]

Neither the GOP-e assholes nor dimocraps knows how to handle Trump. We haven't seen a candidate like this in quite some time...maybe ever. Don't like what he says? Tough...get fucked. That's why both sides are so anxious to get rid of him. Every time they hear something they think may be damaging, you'll hear "ahhh, haha...this is the end of the Trump campaign!" It turns out to be nothing but wishful thinking...he's gained in every recent poll.

And thank God...it's about time we see what a non-career politician can do when given the reigns.

 

[neverbend]

I would much rather have a successful business man who understands the economy
and the solutions to the problems. Than a career politician who has never run anything
and is willing to sell out America's best interest for their own personal gain. Politicians
are only good at one thing, and that's getting elected. Let's get someone in there that
knows how to get things done!

Trump is the only Republican in decades who uses the democratic playbook well.
No other Republican I've seen in awhile can exaggerate with sincerity &
come out smelling like roses like all Democrats can. That's a needed asset against
those guys.

 

[superbeets]

[h=1]Obama the ‘apologist’ president.[/h]

‘It is a good rule in life never to apologize,’ said the great English author P.G. Wodehouse. ‘The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.’

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[The Guesser]

What a shock. An arrogant asshole like Piers Morgan thinks it's a great thing that another arrogant asshole doesn't have the decency to apologize when it's appropriate.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/02/24/everyone-hates-piers-morgan/

 

[The Guesser]

Obama the ‘apologist’ president.



‘It is a good rule in life never to apologize,’ said the great English author P.G. Wodehouse. ‘The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.’

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Unfortunately There was ALOT to apologize for when he took over from the prior disgrace. That's what happens when you replace the worst President in most people's lifetimes.

 

[Albatross]

Unfortunately There was ALOT to apologize for when he took over from the prior disgrace. That's what happens when you replace the worst President in most people's lifetimes.

That's what the next president will be doing

 

[SheriffJoe]

That's what the next president will be doing

Spammy wants another effeminate JV community organizer with a blank resume and ZERO real world experience.

 

[festeringZit]

Unfortunately There was ALOT to apologize for when he took over from the prior disgrace. That's what happens when you replace the worst President in most people's lifetimes.

"ALOT" isn't even a word you fucking retard.

 

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[Dave007inVegas]

I would much rather have a successful business man who understands the economy
and the solutions to the problems. Than a career politician who has never run anything
and is willing to sell out America's best interest for their own personal gain. Politicians
are only good at one thing, and that's getting elected. Let's get someone in there that
knows how to get things done!

Trump is the only Republican in decades who uses the democratic playbook well.
No other Republican I've seen in awhile can exaggerate with sincerity &
come out smelling like roses like all Democrats can. That's a needed asset against
those guys.

 

[scottcarter]

I would much rather have a successful business man who understands the economy
and the solutions to the problems. Than a career politician who has never run anything
and is willing to sell out America's best interest for their own personal gain. Politicians
are only good at one thing, and that's getting elected. Let's get someone in there that
knows how to get things done!

Trump is the only Republican in decades who uses the democratic playbook well.
No other Republican I've seen in awhile can exaggerate with sincerity &
come out smelling like roses like all Democrats can. That's a needed asset against
those guys.

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[neverbend]

'Newest polls out of Iowa and nationally already suggest that the breathless predictions of Mr. Trump’s demise
from every corner of the national, political media set have been a wee bit premature. Once again, the experts
utterly fail to understand the allure of a “Teflon Don” presidency.

 

[Albatross]

I like the efforts of Trump and really respect the backbone of the guy, but it's tough for me to take him seriously. Mixed thoughts about him. Just seems like he could fly off the radar.

 

[mountain]

I like the efforts of Trump and really respect the backbone of the guy, but it's tough for me to take him seriously. Mixed thoughts about him. Just seems like he could fly off the radar.

If he gets pissed and runs as an Independent, the Pubs are screwed. With his ego, this is a real possibility. Don't know of anyone in the field that can reason with the guy