Donald Trump has to be either the smartest strategist to ever run for president of the United States, or the luckiest. Whether planned or not, he is headline news every day without spending a dime. Often it is because of some controversial position or statement he has made, and you would think that would be a 50/50 proposition, sometimes benefiting from the controversy, and sometimes ending up on the short end of the debate, but it rarely ends up like that. And often, even those who are not supporters will be pulled into the controversy and end up defending his position, or at least his right to take that position.
One of the earliest examples, and one which continues to generate controversy and has forced virtually all other candidates to respond and take a clear position, is that of illegal immigration and immigration in general. Trump did not say that we need to “fix our broken immigration system” like so many other politicians, because often that is political speak for giving amnesty to all the illegals now in this country. Instead, Trump stated that we need to send the illegals home, to enforce immigration laws and stop immigrants from entering our country and taking jobs and benefits, and he insisted that he would finish building the wall on our southern border that the politicians promised us they would do about ten years ago. It never happened.
When he made those statements, many of the pundits and TV talking heads declared that would be the end of his political campaign, since it was perceived as mean-spirited and racist, at least by the Left and the Republican establishment. But the shock was almost palpable as American citizens shouted their agreement, and Trumps popularity zoomed ahead. Americans feel betrayed by politicians on the Left and the Right who have promised to respect the American worker and to prevent the dramatic dilution of American culture as waves of illegal immigrants have flowed into the country with little stopping them, including the federal government whose job it is to enforce immigration law.
After Pope Francis seemingly took a direct shot at Trump, and it would generally be assumed that his support and respect would be diminished by such harsh criticizm from a respected world figure. Instead, it seems that people from all walks of society are rushing to defend Trump, and as always, Trump himself is good for some excellent rejoinders in response to the criticism.
See who is criticizing Trump plus video response, page 2:
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Sure hurt the un-Godly pope! .people now know he is just a socialist!
Helped.
No it helped him
Pope was right from his mission is help poor, lame, sick, etc like Jesus would have. Trump was right politically from biolations in laws perspective.
think it made him look good as he stood up to some one that need to be stood up to in it shows he will not take c**p from anyone that is what we need in the office not a lip man
Why is the p**p sticking his nose in America’s business? It’s none of his.
Yes He The Pope Has a Say In Everything . He is The Pope Not God . He needs to mind His Own Country . To Come over here to tell us about the Borders . We are the Ones to Live Here and Have to Deal with it. Maybe He Needs to WAtch “Act Of Valor ” with the Navy Seals ,. Maybe then He would Know what we are up against.
Too many don’t want to hear the unvashied truth……because even though they know its the truth they still prefer to think everything is rosey and peaches snd cream. The Pope needs to stay out of our political and finanical problems which he and the UN seem to think we can get money out of our………. we are do far in debt.and we have a adminstration who abviously never had a class called Economics .or Business Math or Book keeping….Like
Many of us in High School. He always has asinine ideas…and dumb answers like globial warming….Which has nothing to do with. Spending money on other countries citizens.on the back of American taxpayers.
I am christain but last ten or more years I didn’t go church every Sunday…due to my husband and my health issues but I never left my faith…..my God is everywhere every day ….I see God in all the natural beauty of the trees ,flowers, the streams, the animals.,mountains and people……I don’t need.someone as a middleman to speak to God and to get his word. I’m a follower of John the Baptist….he never lost his faith. When I. Pray it is to God in Jesus the son’s ,name..amen