Trump is a racist because.......?

[chick'sfridge]

Because Trump wants to close the borders....?

Because Trump wants to deport illegals....?

while he received only a small % of the Afro-American and Latino vote, that seems to be a byproduct of the democratic social programs, as seen by many.....

please list his incidents of racism (not sexism), for all to evaluate

 

[KingEleven]

you beat me to it! I was gonna come in today and post the same thing....someone said months ago that Trump was racist towards blacks and somehow that became fact. "booger" on ESPN this morning said "with all the racist stuff said by Trump throughout the campaign" ......I cannot recall ONE racist thing he said about blacks....so C-Fridge, I am with you...can anyone name one thing he said that I must have missed?

 

[MantisToboggan]

How about violating fair housing by refusing to rent to black people? That good enough for you?

 

[FearTheRaven]

Because the media and people like to twist his verbiage.

 

[ChugsMcGee]

Let me start by saying I do not think that Trump is an out and out racist..at least not specifically to black people. Many point to his housing discrimination suits from the 70's ...and I don't know but I doubt Trump was on the front lines denying applications.

He has made a lot of (at least described as) inflammatory comments against Muslims and Mexicans, but I don't see that upsetting too many people here anyways. That's the rhetoric that started his surge. He cut back on some of that recently, but I don't think that can be argued.

There are racist things that occurred at his rallies (chants/signs/etc.) Now I understand he can't control everybody at his rallies and their thoughts don't necessarily encompass his thoughts or encompass the thoughts of all of his supporters. But I think the biggest issues are his failure to denounce any of these blatant acts of racism or denounce the KKK following their endorsement of him. Is that his obligation to do so?...I don't think it is necessarily, but I think it could have eased some minds. Obviously, didn't hurt him, so I guess he played it right.

 

[KingEleven]

How about violating fair housing by refusing to rent to black people? That good enough for you?

I was under the impression that was never proven, because they refused to rent to welfare recipients regardless of color? But even so, for the Trump organization to not rent to someone in the '70's and you are gonna call that racist...will you then call the DROVES of black people that voted for Obama for one reason, that he was BLACK and then refuse to vote for anyone else because they are not black racist?

 

[KingEleven]

Let me start by saying I do not think that Trump is an out and out racist..at least not specifically to black people. Many point to his housing discrimination suits from the 70's ...and I don't know but I doubt Trump was on the front lines denying applications.

He has made a lot of (at least described as) inflammatory comments against Muslims and Mexicans, but I don't see that upsetting too many people here anyways. That's the rhetoric that started his surge. He cut back on some of that recently, but I don't think that can be argued.

There are racist things that occurred at his rallies (chants/signs/etc.) Now I understand he can't control everybody at his rallies and their thoughts don't necessarily encompass his thoughts or encompass the thoughts of all of his supporters. But I think the biggest issues are his failure to denounce any of these blatant acts of racism or denounce the KKK following their endorsement of him. Is that his obligation to do so?...I don't think it is necessarily, but I think it could have eased some minds. Obviously, didn't hurt him, so I guess he played it right.

he made comments about illegal Mexicans being here...never understood why that is wrong

 

[ChugsMcGee]

he made comments about illegal Mexicans being here...never understood why that is wrong

I don't have the exact quote...but there were blankets comments about them being rapists and murderers. All legal Mexicans-Americans were at one point in time illegal or their family members were. If people can't see how irresponsible blanket comments like that could be insensitive to a large number of people then there's no discussion to be had.

But again, that was (I'm still hoping) mostly rhetoric to cater to his base. And I'm not the fucking PC police...everybody needs to laugh more...but if your going to be the President of the USA, we need a little more careful choice of words to not incite.

 

[chick'sfridge]

I posed the question, because I did not recall any circumstances.

The fair housing issue of 1973 was resolved at the Supreme Court level. He paid a small settlement to the government. (In a nutshell) His contention was that he did not want, to rent apartments to welfare recipients (Black, white, or turquoise).

As an owner of rental properties, I have been stiffed several times (non payment, sub leasing, & damage). I can relate, to needing a level of scrutiny, in this process.

43 years later...Is there anything else......from the last couple of decades.....the protestors obviously think so

 

[metro]

the people near me that i interact with do not care if he if he is a racist or not .. they just don't want their food stamps allowance lowered, or their section 8 vouchers taken away , or rather just tightening the qualifications and not releasing new section 8 vouchers , theres a huge list of people waiting its in the hundreds .. i know people on that list are hoping to get new vouchers released .. he will be a king in our community if he just would release new section 8 vouchers, not tighten restrictions on ebt card eligibility, for those on the work , no work carousel they rely on unemployment check extensions far beyond the mandate , obama was actually huge for the community in that regard (or whoever he appointed for that) .. he can be as racist as he wants just as long as he does those things he will be loved by minorities.

 

[metro]

thats why i was saying we need another Oj trial just for the diversion.. wars and stuff don't rely get our community distracted we have our own issues.. but another Oj trial would be perfect we spent a few years watching every minute of the trial, focusing our hatred at Marsha Clark.

 

[HacheMan]

Simply point the finger the other way.

If someone says you are racist for voting Trump, the just tell them thats ridiculously unfair, and that means they must be racist for voting for Hillary...

 

[ChugsMcGee]

I posed the question, because I did not recall any circumstances.

The fair housing issue of 1973 was resolved at the Supreme Court level. He paid a small settlement to the government. (In a nutshell) His contention was that he did not want, to rent apartments to welfare recipients (Black, white, or turquoise).

As an owner of rental properties, I have been stiffed several times (non payment, sub leasing, & damage). I can relate, to needing a level of scrutiny, in this process.

43 years later...Is there anything else......from the last couple of decades.....the protestors obviously think so

I'm in that business as well, and I get it. We don't accept Section 8, mainly because parts of our lease would need to be altered and not willingly to do that.

 

[metro]

 

[HacheMan]

He has made a lot of (at least described as) inflammatory comments against Muslims and Mexicans

Trump is not racist as many of his black & Latino supporters know.

As far as any comments he's made regarding Muslims, he has every right & the rest of the world feels the exact same way about them in general, so it's warranted.

Some day ALL blacks, Latinos, etc. who have this hatred towards trump & white ppl in general, will wake up & understand we're not all enemies, we should be one together, and those terrorists are our actual enemies, not each other.

The terrorists don't care if you're black, they still want to cut your head off.

The terrorists don't care if you're Latino, they still want to cut your head off.

Thats the way Trump sees it & the way so many of us see it, and it's time all of the true racists stop being so easily manipulated by lies from ppl like Obama & Hillary, and see it as well...

 

[metro]

stuff like this people i know (not me) blamed Obama for directly and some became Trump voters basically making them republicans and
colleagues to many of you / us.

 

[Willie99]

This post is to counter all the blind character assassination against Donald Trump. I'm borrowing heavily from thispost, and will happily add any contributions in the comments. Suggestions/advice always welcome!!
It will be better organized in the future.
PRO-WOMEN

• "Donald Trump employs more women than men at the upper echelons of his real estate empire, and in many cases pays them more." http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/17/attorney-trump-companies-employ-more-female-execs-than-male-video/ To add to this, "today, according to Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, there are more women than men holding executive positions in the Trump Organization, heading such departments as human resources, golf and hotel management, and global licensing, even though women make up just 43 percent of the overall workforce. Women who are in similar positions as men, Cohen said, 'are compensated at equal and in many cases higher pay rates.' ”
  
• "Black Female Executive Speaks Out About Working For Trump Family"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxaKUo5naoY

“I can no longer remain silent about the repeated and reprehensible attempts to align my boss and his family with racist hate-mongering groups, campaigns and messaging,” wrote Patton, director of the Eric Trump Foundation and assistant to Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. She said the video was not part of her employment, but was triggered by the reaction Trump has received during his campaign.
“To the skeptics who will undoubtedly claim that I am doing this at the behest of the Trump family or with the promise of reward, I deliberately chose not to seek their approval nor counsel in advance to this video for fear that there would be more concern for me and its potential viral ramifications than they would be for themselves and the fact that quite simply this is the right thing to do,” said Patton, who posted the video on YouTube and has been flooded with comments on Twitter.
​

• Donated $25,000 to a mostly black women's basketball league after the founder was killed in the 9/11 attack. http://www.slamjamwbc.org/
  
• Barbara Res at 33 years old became the first woman to ever be put in charge of supervising the construction of a skyscraper, when Donald Trump hired her in 1980. http://imgur.com/PK6YiDr A section from her book:

"Unfortunately, construction remains a heavily male dominated industry, but in 1972, it was a "no woman's land", and Res met resistance at every turn, in the form of discrimination, sexual harassment and intimidation. She was literally barred from the work site, a move that prevented her from advancing in her job. She quit several positions because of discrimination. Finally, she took a chance on a part time position she parlayed into a career beginner with a major Construction company in NY. After holding several "men's jobs" in contracting, Res met Donald Trump, at the Grand Hyatt project he was developing for the hotel company. She impressed him and when he had a new ground up project, he installed her as Executive in charge of Construction. The project was the world famous Trump Tower and the rest is history - a history filled with travail and triumph."
​

• Over two decades ago, 50 percent of the people in his business inner circle were women. He hired people regardless of whether they were men or women because he thought they were going to be the best for the job. He treated them equally. He mentored them and allowed them to advance. Many of his female employees were better paid than men (naturally, as many of them had worked for him for longer). http://news.yahoo.com/whats-up-with-donald-trump-and-the-women-not-090043983.html
  
• "Trump: a champion of women? His female employees think so." - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...afac80-88da-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html
  
• "Donald Trump's History of Promoting Women" http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...d-trumps-business-history-of-promoting-women/
  
• Trump's spokesperson is Katrina Pierson, a black woman.
  
• Trump on women, from "Crippled America" (thank you, /u/Trump_wino!):

"Anybody who wonders how I feel about women should just take a good look at the Trump Organization. My positive feelings about women are reflected in the number of women who have worked in my organizations. I placed women in important leadership positions in the Trump Organization long before anybody else gave them that opportunity because I knew they could handle it. I was the first developer ever to put a woman in charge of a major construction project in New York City."
[...]
"I’ve done things that nobody else has done. The 68-story Trump Tower, on Fifth Avenue right next to Tiffany’s, was the tallest entirely glass-exteriored building in Manhattan when it opened in 1983. That helped pioneer the modern luxury-building industry. One of the things I’m most proud of about that building is that the person I put in charge of overseeing construction was a 33-year-old woman. I made that decision in 1983, when the fight for gender equality in business was really beginning. None of the people who whine about the way I talk to women mention the fact that I voluntarily promoted gender equality in a male-dominated industry. The women who work and have worked for me will vouch for the fact that I was as demanding of them as I was of their male counterparts. That’s the kind of “gender equality” we need: Leadership that inspires the best in people, male or female, not a wishy-washy former secretary of state who doesn’t understand the lunacy of having her own private e-mail server."
​

PRO-MINORITIES (will have some overlap with pro-women section):

• Trump defended Mar-a-Lago's open door policy for people of all races in the 1990s. http://spectator.org/articles/64643/when-trump-fought-racists , http://netrightdaily.com/2016/03/tr...nd-blacks-at-palm-beach-golf-course-in-1990s/
  
• Trump worked with the Rainbow-PUSH coalition to bring blacks and minorities into corporate America. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d2_1451242991#XIfETKQXKv1Qgfwl.99
  
• Trump donated to Raising Malwai, a "volunteer organization which helps orphans in one of the poorest countries in the world by providing water, food, medical care, and schooling."
  
• Trump donated $25,000 to a mostly black women's basketball league after the founder was killed in the 9/11 attack. http://www.slamjamwbc.org/
  
• Trump flew a critically ill Jewish boy in his private jet from California to New York for medical treatment. He was refused entry to an airplane because he was in a wheelchair and in the middle of chemotherapy. Trump skipped some meeting he was going to for a lending of his private jet to fly them to their destination. http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/...ick-child-so-donald-trump-came-to-the-rescue/
  
• Gave $10,000 to a black (I hate that I even need to point that out) bus driver who gained worldwide fame after rescuing a "suicidal" woman from a freeway bridge. http://news.sky.com/story/1162957/donald-trump-gives-hero-bus-driver-10000
  
• "Mr. Trump learned about Clyde Frazier Jr., a young African-American man in New York who ran the Harlem Hoops Basketball tournament in the inner city. Clyde died in the 9/11 attacks on New York, and the tournament had to be shut down. Mr. Trump told his aides to find Clyde's father and when they did, Trump donated the money to keep the tournament operating." - Jerry Falwell Jr.
  
• "Black Female Executive Speaks Out About Working For Trump Family"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxaKUo5naoY

“I can no longer remain silent about the repeated and reprehensible attempts to align my boss and his family with racist hate-mongering groups, campaigns and messaging,” wrote Patton, director of the Eric Trump Foundation and assistant to Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. She said the video was not part of her employment but was triggered by the reaction Trump has received during his campaign.
“To the skeptics who will undoubtedly claim that I am doing this at the behest of the Trump family or with the promise of reward, I deliberately chose not to seek their approval nor counsel in advance to this video for fear that there would be more concern for me and its potential viral ramifications than they would be for themselves and the fact that quite simply this is the right thing to do,” said Patton, who posted the video on YouTube and has been flooded with comments on Twitter.
​

• Trump helped Jennifer Hudson after her family members was killed http://www.ijreview.com/2015/11/461...donald-trump-than-just-his-celebrity-persona/
  
• Trump dated black supermodel Kara Young in the early 2000's.
  
• Trump's spokesperson is Katrina Pierson, a black woman.
  
• Trump's daughter (Ivanka) and son-in-law (Jared Kushner) are Jewish.
  
• His wife is a (legal) immigrant.

PRO-LGBT

• In 2000, he declared that he supported gay anti-discrimination laws and the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell. He also advocated for “a very strong domestic-partnership law that guarantees gay people the same legal protections and rights as married people. His book, released that same year, wistfully described his dream of an America “unencumbered by racism, discrimination against women, or discrimination against people based on sexual orientation.” The details of Trump’s gay rights views are even more impressive. Trump didn’t just want states to pass their own anti-discrimination laws: He supported amending the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban sexual orientation discrimination. Like Trump’s other pro-gay positions, this stance was extremely liberal for its time. In fact, it’s strikingly progressive even today. http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/...obviously_the_most_pro_gay_gop_candidate.html
  
• Donald Trump changed Miss Universe rules to allow transgender contestants like Jenna Talackova to compete. http://www.ibtimes.com/miss-univers...transgender-contestants-allowed-compete-trump

MORE KINDNESS

• Gave to help a little girl with bone disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bY_QmA9Vu4&feature=youtu.be&t=189
  
• "Donald Trump saved my family: Widow's daughter recalls how The Donald paid off her mom's $300,000 mortgage after her father committed suicide" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...00-000-mortgage-father-committed-suicide.html
  
• Beauty Queen with incurable illness thanks Donald Trump for helping her, and Trump promises to help her again during rally... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5th4KA7fH8
  
• Donald Trump saved Ed McMahon's home from foreclosure. http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/donald-the-benevolent-trump-saves-ed-mcmahon-s-home
  
• Donald Trump pulled over his limousine and jumped out to stop a mugging. http://articles.philly.com/1991-11-20/news/25769814_1_donald-trump-marla-maples-big-bat (Not only kind, but awesome, too.)
  
• In 2010, Whirlpool Corporation bought Maytag and promptly shut down their Newton, Iowa facility (and moved it to Mexico). Donald Trump learned about this from a report on 60 Minutes, and proceeded to get in touch with several local businesses to help them in various ways. http://www.crowsnestpolitics.com/2015/11/20/an-evening-with-donald-j-trump/
  
• He has also donated over a hundred million dollars of his own money to various charities (https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/donald-trump), but still finds these opportunities to go out of his way to help individual people and families.
  
• When Trump decided not to fire Miss USA Tara Conner after revelations of drug use, underage drinking and sexual activities, the co-owner of the Miss USA pageant raised some eyebrows.
  "I've always been a believer in second chances. Tara is a good person. Tara has tried hard. Tara is going to be given a second chance," Trump said on December 19. Conner was allowed to keep her crown but had to go to rehab.
  ​
  http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/politics/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-feud/ Rosie attacked him for this the next day, thus beginning their famous feud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64YhFQ99a-c

NOTABLY ENDORSED BY...

• National Black Republican Association, http://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-trump-gets-endorsed-by-national-black-republican-association/
  
• Americans for Legal Immigration PAC http://universalfreepress.com/2015/...ith-two-key-additions-to-make-it-even-better/ and National Border Patrol Council, the largest border patrol union in U.S. (first presidential endorsement in history) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/30/national-border-patrol-council-endorses-donald-tru/
  
• Ben Carson https://www.facebook.com/realbencarson/posts/607001686132968
  
• Saba Ahmed, patent attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Democratic candidate for the 2012 Oregon special Congressional election, and founder and president of the Republican Muslim Coalition. Source
  
• Sajid Tarar, Pakistani-American and founder of the group American Muslims for Trump http://www.latinpost.com/articles/117110/20160301/5-latinos-who-actually-support-donald-trump.htm , http://fusion.net/story/289038/sajid-tarar-muslims-for-donald-trump/ (Video on page)
  
• Jesse Singh, chair of Maryland Governor's Association on South Asian Affairs and founder of the group American Sikhs for Trump http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35758156
  
• West Virginia State Senator Donna J. Boley http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/candidate-search/
  
• Former Arizona State Senator Lori Klein http://blog.4president.org/2016/201...by-jeff-dewit-state-treasurer-of-arizona.html
  
• Former New Hampshire State Representative Paula Johnson - http://www.p2016.org/trump/trump070915prnh.html "The Trump Campaign Releases Initial List of “Women for Trump” Coalition in New Hampshire"
  
• Mary Hawkins Butler, Mayor of Madison, Mississippi - http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2016/mar/04/long-time-republican-charles-evers-joins-madison-m/ "Long-time Republican Charles Evers Joins Madison Mayor, Others on Trump's Mississippi Team"
  
• Margaret Frontera, member of the Bergen County Republican Organization convention committee http://www.northjersey.com/news/ber...late-of-candidates-for-june-primary-1.1531117
  
• Nancy Ruth Mace, American businesswoman and the author of In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel , http://www.thestate.com/news/politi...s-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article32402991.html
  
• Ann Coulter ("I used to support him. Now I ferociously support him.") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFRIMaXqRGk&feature=youtu.be&t=409
  
• Pastor Darrell Scott of New Spirit Revival Center Ministries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCHZbB-M9oE
  
• Paster Mark Burns "Black Pastor Backs Trump: 'I'm No Uncle Tom. He's A Strong Leader Who Will Bring Strength Back To America'" http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi..._who_will_bring_strength_back_to_america.html , Pastor Mark Burns gives speech at Trump Rally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGUOWxfm-Bc
  
• James David Manning, chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church - "Black Pastor: Donald Trump Is The Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o4rROypo9Q
  
• Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission director, Adrienne Foster http://www.wibw.com/content/news/De...-Hispanic-commission-to-resign-371972052.html
  
• Sarah Palin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvlm3LKSlpU
  
• Day Gardner, National Black Pro-Life Union President http://www.charismanews.com/politics/primaries/56291-donald-trump-picks-up-a-surprise-endorsement
  
• 91-year-old conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...-schlafly-makes-the-case-for-president-trump/

Also see: A Running List of Influential Women Who Endorse or Support Donald Trump by our own /u/swampdaisy!!
BILL CLINTON'S SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS ENDORSE TRUMP...

• "Kathleen Willey Thanks Donald Trump for Highlighting Bill Clinton’s History with Women, Urges More Sexual Assault Victims to Come Forward" http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presi...ms-to-break-silence-nobody-can-touch-you-now/
  
• Similar to Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones is another victim of Clinton who supports Trump. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-paula-jones-attends-little-rock-trump-rally/Here's a video of them talking at the rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=66&v=OnOPEwnQdXk
  
• Juanita Broaddrick, former nursing home administrator who accused Bill Clinton of rape, supports Trump http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/juanita-broaddrick-supports-trump-217446?cmpid=sf

“I’ve been quiet for too long, and now with the possibility of [Hillary Clinton] being the Democratic nominee and possibly president, I feel the need to get involved,” she said. "Hillary tried to silence me."
​

• Bill Clinton’s former Mistress, Sally Miller, endorses Trump. She speaks of fearing death for coming out with the truth about the Clintons. She wrote of her support of Trump in a Facebook post:

LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, Trump's political run has forced Americans to see, once again, the corrupt and nasty Democrats for who they really are. Best of all, Trump forced the two-faced Republicans to come out of hiding and show their true colors.
Trump's candidacy has thrown open the outhouse door so we can "See and Smell" the vileness inside Congress.
It took Trump stepping forward and putting a spotlight on Career Politicians to reveal their lazy, shallow, and low-life ways!!!! And, it took Trump's Presidential Bid to expose the phony label "Fair and Balanced" ---so smugly flaunted by FOX NEWS.
Yes, Americans, like him or not, It takes a Donald J. Trump to sound the TRUMPET!!!!!
Trump, Trump, HE's my man....If he can't do it....nobody can!!!!!!
​

BONUS

• "Meet the Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus supporting Trump" http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35758156
  
• Founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values, Ani Zonneveld, supports Trump's proposed ban. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP97pREMx4Y
  
• Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan supports Trump on Muslim immigration http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/24/farrakhan-supports-trump-on-muslim-immigration/
  
• Famous video bloggers Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, better known by their stage names 'Diamond' and 'Silk', support Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGv_PSVVKIw , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIXGpScZ0Cg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_and_Silk
  
• MSNBC hosts get flustered after 'racist' narrative is shattered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQjLxGYZSE
  
• "A new poll, which still has Trump leading the race, shows 40 percent of blacks are lining up behind Trump, as are 45 percent of Hispanics, and even nearly 19 percent of Asians. Blacks and Hispanics, in fact, even support Trump at a higher level than whites." http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/minorities-line-up-behind-donald-trump/
  
• "Geraldo Rivera: Trump is NOT Racist. Actually the LEAST Racist Person" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC5L_yOR0Nc
  
• Paster Dowell's reaction to abortion comment 'controversy': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0heJN_Yz_s
  
• Sabbath Rachel Lafleur advises fellow women to support Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRQXSM9TCg4
  
• Code Pink, a women led anti-war organization, lauds Donald Trump for Iraq views: ‘I’d give him a Pink Badge of Courage’ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/16/code-pink-lauds-donald-trump-for-iraq-views-id-giv/

Information about Melania Trump (Thank you, /u/FierceQuacker!! source comment)

She was born in a very small town in Slovenia with a population of only about 5,000 people. She obviously knows the small town feel, even if it wasn't an American small town.
She studied Design and Architecture at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, long before she met Trump.
Her father owned a car/motorcycle parts shop while her mother was a fashion designer/clothes maker.
She is an intelligent, supportive woman who cares deeply for all people, not just specific beneficial (politically) groups.
Some of the charities/foundations she is/has been a part of: Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Police Athletic League (resulted in 2006 Woman of the Year), The American Red Cross (which awarded her the title Good Will Ambassador).
Driven/Ambitious, Caring, Understanding and appreciates America. I feel she even further respects America after having grown up in a communist country.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...del-White-House-favorite-s-wife-revealed.html
​

Ivanka Trump on her father:

"I am a female executive at his company of the highest level, and I wouldn't be the person I am today if he didn't deeply believe in opportunity for women. . . Any company who doesn't believe in equality for women -- Any company who isn't hiring women at the highest level and equally for men is not going to be relevant going forward. They're just going to fail. . . That's true of the Trump Organization, and it's true of my own company. We're really thinking about creating a culture that's conducive to women and what they need from a workplace, and it's something I spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about to enable opportunities for women who have families and to not be penalized for that, and to create cultures, which is something I learned at the Trump Organization of meritocracy. I would not be there if I wasn't able to excel." Source
​

 

[Willie99]

knowledge and truth are powerful weapons

conversely, everybody should understand how the media distorts the truth, they have an agenda and they fail to provide mitigating facts

the people closest to Trump all love the guy, every gender, race and religion

 

[metro]

i know someone that complained to the housing court that when she asked about her number on the waiting section 8 waiting list the case worker snickered.. the judge ordered housing to move her to the top of the list .. didn't take long for that to get around , soon the office was slammed with all sorts of similar complaints of case workers rolling eyes , snickering etc .. was a shit show for everyone involved , the housing authority lost patience and convinced the judge to have the authorities release enough vouchers to wipe out the list .. soon after someone that claimed to be working for obama had a "worshop" in the community rec center claiming responsability for getting all the vouchers issued with Obama's help.. the workshop had some doozy including off topic questions that the community shared tips such as how to collect disability AND unemployment at the same time without throwing up red flags

 

[chick'sfridge]

"He has made a lot of (at least described as) inflammatory comments against Muslims and Mexicans, but I don't see that upsetting too many people here anyways. That's the rhetoric that started his surge. He cut back on some of that recently, but I don't think that can be argued."

CM-I agree that he can be totally "politically INcorrect", at times. Muslim is a religion not a race. His blanket stereotyping needs fixing.

Williie-awesome post!