Las Vegas – Donald Trump: ‘A Little Establishment’ Doesn’t Hurt

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    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)Las Vegas – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday there’s nothing wrong with a little deal-making to get things done.

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    “You know what? There’s a point at which: Let’s get to be a little establishment,” Trump told about 1,500 people at a rally at the Las Vegas South Point Resort and Casino. “We’ve got to get things done folks, OK? Believe me, don’t worry. We’re going to make such great deals.”

    It was an effort by the billionaire developer to draw contrasts with Ted Cruz, his top rival in the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses. The author of “The Art of the Deal” suggested that Cruz, largely boxed out of Senate deal-making circles, can’t operate effectively in office.

    “Guys like Ted Cruz will never make a deal because he’s a strident guy,” Trump said.

    Trump, who is dominating national polls, highlighted his endorsement this week from tea party darling Sarah Palin as validation of his outsider status. But he also pushed back against the idea that collaboration is a dirty word.

    He pointed to the famous relationship between Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill in the 1980s. “That’s what the country’s about really, isn’t it?”

    The attack comes as Trump and Cruz are locked in a tight battle in Iowa. Cruz is an ideological purist who has long argued that Republicans need to elect a conservative who will energize the base instead of another moderate.

    Speaking to reporters in New Hampshire, Cruz repeated his charge that the Republican establishment is “rushing to support Donald Trump.”

    “So if as a voter you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with” congressional Democratic leaders, Cruz said, “then I guess Donald Trump is your guy.”

    Trump, who has questioned Cruz’s eligibility to serve as president because he was born in Canada, also noted that none of Cruz’s Senate colleagues had come to his defense on the issue.

    “There’s something wrong there. And I can tell you, they like me, those guys. And there’s nothing wrong with that, folks. We’ve got to make deals!” he said. The next president, he said, shouldn’t have to rely on executive orders to push through his agenda on issues like improving trade imbalances with countries like China.


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    hashomer
    hashomer
    8 years ago

    Carnival barker Trump makes no sense, grammatically or rationally, like his pal Shanda Palin. His only message, with no plans, platform pieces or substance is, “trust me, trust me”. This pied piper is the American Shabatai Zvi who said “trust me”. I don’t.

    cool-3931
    cool-3931
    8 years ago

    It’s a sad day for America that this is what this country has to offer us for the US presidency. And when we have a remarkable, young, energetic and charismatic candidate in the running such as Marco Rubio he is unable to get the traction that he really should be getting, and not because he is not a viable candidate but it’s due to the obsession with Donald Trump. It’s mind boggling.