Republican viewers to weigh in on his campaign, his political style. Republicans only for the first 45 minutes. Give us a call, if you are in the easter or central time zone, 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain are pacific time zone, 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter, facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. A very good saturday morning to you. We are beginning with donald trump this morning. We are talking to just our republican viewers, asking you to call in, to get your take on his lead in the gop primary polls and his political style. Of course, that event last night, we aired on cspan. You can see it online at cspan. Org. Be will be showing you clips during the first 45 minutes. A victory lapd it for donald trump. Badmouth his rivals. Here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] you know, i brought back a term that hasnt been used in a long time. Silent majority. There is a tremendous sign the majoritythat silent that politicians have taken advantage of. They have taken advantage of the people of this country for a long enough. They are largely incompetent, except for when it comes to getting reelected. That is what they do. Betterws that than me. They are great at one thing. Dont make any waves, get reelected, serving out, then get reelected again. I have been watching it for so many years, and i personally am sick and tired of it. Trump, the topic of our first 45 minutes. We are talking with just a republican viewers. We will get to all of our viewers later in the show, but taket to get republicans as he surges in polls. Lets get right to the phones. Glenn is waiting in lakeland, florida. Your thoughts on donald trump and his lead in the primary polls . Caller good morning first. I think the reason he is leading in the polls is because the if you thinkates about it, he doesnt have to worry about money. To be honest, he is telling the truth. He hasnt lied about anything. A lot of things he is actually saying, and maybe dont like his style and delivery, but he is being honest about his thoughts and everything else. His competitors are not Strong Enough to challenge him directly. If one of them was to come out of the pack and challenge him, they might say, he is not serious, we will let him die out. They will not do that. Challenge himo directly, maybe he would actually move up in the polls, because that is what people want to see. He says what he wants to say, called names, and everything else, but everyone else falls behind because they dont want to challenge him directly. Style,o you think the the intimidation that you are talking about, doesnt translate to a characteristic you want to see in your president . Caller no. I would not want him to be on foreign soil, dealing with our allies, or even the enemies. You cannot do the same thing in a foreign country because that will not work. Ive decided about what theyre doing here, as far as the other candidates. They need to get more aggressive towards him and stop looking at him as being a sideshow because what the voters are saying is he is actually dominating them verbally. That is why he is getting all the support. Host one of the other candidates who has challenged him is senator rand paul, actually releasing and recently about donald trump. Here is a bit from that ad. [video clip] donald trump in many cases, i actually identify more as a democrat. I have been around a long time, and if you go back, it seems the economy gets better under the democrats. We have to take care of people who are sick. Universal Health Coverage . I love universal Health Coverage. Hillary clinton is a great woman. Think she really works hard. I think she does a good job. Bill clinton it depends upon what the meaning of the word is. Paul to fix washington, we ca cant have business as usual. Despite that ad, senator rand paul trailing in the polls at 4. 5 compared to trump at 22. 5 . ,his is in real clear politics taking all the pulling out there, and giving the average. If you want to see specific the rasputin poll you can go to real clear politics as well to see a chart of how the gop candidates are doing. Hisld trump, you can see urge since july. Sean is up next from augustine, georgia. Go ahead. Caller yes. The reason he is surging so well is because he is talking about state issues. Hes talking about the infrastructure, helping veterans , issues in the United States. Seems to bee focused on foreign issues, which we care less about right now. People starving in america. Their veterans dying. We have social issues. We need to take care of home first. That is what donald trump is focusing on. That is why we are rallying behind him. Host what you think of some of the criticism of donald trump . Twitter,ng writes on donald trump is singlehandedly destroyed the Republican Party, and they have no idea what to do about it. Caller donald trump is singlehandedly destroying all parties. He is showing them that you dont have to tailor to special interests, that you can actually tailored to the people of america. He is destroying everybody. He is building something new. When something new comes along, when change comes along, people get scared. Of course they will criticize him. Willurse special interests fund the attack ads as they dont want new, they want the same old regime that has been going on in america for years. Host that is shot and augustine, georgia this morning. We will show you more from Donald Trumps event last night, and the coverage of it. The coverage extending to political cartoons. This is what that appears today in the Washington Post, emica is up next. Caller thank you for taking my call. It is not much about the style. More than money. I can see the media pushing him polls, and in the end, they will make republicans lose the election. It takes a certain character to be president , and i dont see that in donald trump. I know he has built empires, but doesnt translate into building america. He has to learn to talk to other people. Even his fellow republicans. Will give it to democrats again. Host who would you think is saying the right things . Aller i like ted cruz he has been very formal on the constitution. People think it is something that can be destroyed, just to achieve a certain objective. I think we are in for problems. Host here is the front page of the Chicago Tribune, the headline, sanders, trump ride disruptors wave. We will be talking about that for the first 45 and last 45 of todays washington journal. Eventsaid, the town hall for donald trump have the best night. At the event, donald trump was talking about the summer of trump. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] donald trump i was called by one of the biggest journalists in the world other day. He asked me, how does it feel . He said,hat jack go you have done something that no one else has done, you have taken over television, the airways, it is the summer of trump. [applause] and this is a highly respected guy, an amazing guy. I said, i havent done anything, because i havent one. Is it just so happens that i it starts with winning the primaries, and going on to win. I consider a total waste of time. He said, you about, you have done a great thing. [applause] host we are talking about Campaign Rally and town hall. Getting your thoughts on his campaign. Mike is up next in massachusetts. Good morning. Caller good morning, cspan, good morning america. Thisnk the only hope country has is a man like donald trump. The American People are sick of the politicians. Ted cruz says, they are a cartel, a bunch of crooks and thieves. The only hope why donald trump is doing so well they did a poll the other day on fox, would you prefer a politician or nonpolitician . 85 of the viewers said they want a nonpolitician. I would love to see donald trump and ben carson as his feet the. I would be the ultimate ticket. The only hope america has in this day and age is a nonpolitician. We need something different. He is being all parties. I just hope to god that donald trump becomes president. The only hope america has. Thank you for hearing me out. Next. Brandon is up were just talking to republicans about donald trump. Do you want a politician or nonpolitician and using donald trump fits the bill . Caller that is a great question. My thoughts is this. There are two parts to an election. One, getting elected. Two, doing the job. I think the problem we have had in the last 2030 years, probably since reagan, is that andpeople who are qualified have the attitude to do the right job, have just not been good enough at the first part of the job, and that is getting elected. I think donald trump is the first guy in a long time, since reagan probably, that he really cares about doing what needs to be done in the best interest of this country, and is good enough at the job of getting elected. Host do you feel like you know enough about his policy positions of where he stands on important issues that come up during his potential presidency . Key. R here is the first thing is you have to have attitude to do the right thing. Just like he said in his speech tonight, politicians, they are beholden to their donors. That is the problem. Just like with health care, in the first two years of obama tried to get health care, never once did you hear him talk about doctors and hospitals, all you heard was insurance. I thought we were talking about health bill, not insurance. That was printed in california. For more on trumps policy toitions, we can look september and a pair of policy papers expected to come out. This from the Washington Post, he will release a series of position papers in early september, beginning with a plan to address immigration policy that was crafted with senator jeff sessions. That document will follow soon by trumps plan to revamp the tax code. The iowal be at state fair today. There are plans for a grand appearance, including Donald Trumps helicopter. Of course, we will have Coverage Today of the iowa state fair. You can watch that live at 1 30 eastern time, that is when we are expected to hear from donald trump. Jeffrey is on the phone from florida. Good morning. Aller trump loves the country he will make the country great again, and i have to believe him. And hasbusinessman great deals and his company. His company is successful. He is the ultimate leader right now. Theyre taking flight at him swipe at him because he is the front runner right now. Im happy with them and hope he will be the president of this country. America needs somebody who loves the country. If it is i ask you, not trump for some reason, who is your number two . Caller ted cruz. Host why is that . Caller he is on message. Ted cruz is telling it like it is. He is a man who believes in saying it like it is. I listen to ted cruz, and i like what he has to offer for this country. He would be my second choice. Host as you said, donald event was also a town hall type event where he took six questions from members of the audience. Here is one of those questions he got on the issue of alzheimers and how he would address that condition as president. [video clip] trump go ahead. Come on. Lets get with it. Go ahead. For have been a caretaker about 10 years. My husband has alzheimers. Trump alzheimers, tops. Tough. My question to you is what will you do to ensure this devastating disease is a top priority . I have so many friends whose families is devastated by alzheimers. Believe me, it is a total parity. That is something we should be working on. There are some answers. Have made less progress, as behoves, you know, but there are answers. The if you want to watch four event, you can go to cspan. Org. We are giving thoughts from republican viewers this morning. Melissa is up next from ohio. Said thatmeone had politics is the showbiz for the ugly. This is what were getting, showbiz. I think he is up to no good. He i will screw around and screw around until the democrats win. He is just in the way, he needs to get out of the way. Politician or beautician, get out of the way. Hillary they just had sol chelsea have that baby that she could run around and say, i am a grandma. Host on twitter, lisa says, the other gop candidates are intimidated by trumps, how can they do with leaders from other nations . How do you think the other candidates should deal with donald trump in some of these intimidation and toughness that he shows . Caller maybe they should talk back to him like how he talks back to everybody. Obama should not is dealing with him. He is giving into every communist in the world. What you can say about obama is he never met a communist he didnt like. Ook at cuba, look at iran he never met a communist or boxes that he didnt like. I like ted cruz and carly fiorina. There is you a good ticket. Host melissa brings up cuba. In the news yesterday, because of the america five raising at the u. S. Embassy there, here is a front page headline from the Financial Times sphe. Alsoall street journal with the story about this. Stand ins go to yonkers, new york. Your thoughts on donald trump s candidacy and rise in the polls . Caller i am very upset with donald trump running for president. A lot of the reason has to do with the video you showed about 1015 mins ago. You should a video of him praising Hillary Clinton, and talking about many of his liberal views. Frankly, i dont understand why the press isnt on to what is happening. Obviously, donald trump thinks his money is worth more with a democrat in office than a republican. He has nothing to lose whatsoever by running for president. The president. Is if you lose his, democrat wins, and he has more money. I dont understand why people dont get this. Host that for you you were talking about is an ad from senator rand paul. We are showing the viewers some of that video on their screens now. Caller can i get one other point . Host go ahead. Caller i happen to be one of the big donors they are talking about, when trump was belittling the big donors. To me, he is talking out of two sides of his mouth. The wealthy people in this country know what should be done. We know more than people working and will work on obama, or something. I dont know why that is the obvious. And, we are exercising our free speech. There is a reason we give large amounts of money to certain politicians. It is not always for selfish reasons. Host who are you giving your money to end the cycle . Caller im giving money to rick perry. Im giving money to scott walker. And, im thinking of giving some money to carly fiorina. Carson has a great chance too. I dont know why the media isnt. Aying more attention i think somebody like ben carson ip blacks intoh shape and stop talking about racism this, racism that. We would go on to dylan. Caller i am a disabled veteran. I go to fort meade. I like trump. At least, he is the only one who has ever mentioned veterans benefits. I am an agent orange victim. Have cancer in my colon i also like what he says about isis. He was to go get isis. I dont blame him at all. Now,r as the American Flag it saddens me. I see we are bending into all of. Hese terrorists it is ridiculous. I dont know what president we have. You can cut me off, but he seems like a terrorist to me. Im sorry, but i love my country or than anything. I have a flag in front of my window right now with the American Flag and pow flag. I did two years in vietnam, and im so proud of my country, but you know what, this president is really abominable. Donald trump talking about foreignpolicy issues as part of that Campaign Rally and town hall event last night. Here is a bit of him talking about iraq. [video clip] fan oftrump im not a Saddam Hussein, but he ran the place, and he had no weapons of mass destruction. Now, instead of Saddam Hussein , we have isis. Iraqd where the leaders of are visiting the leaders of iran. What do we get . We have stupid leadership. If you remember [applause] and it want to go in, was right, but then we were in, and it was bad. Europe at some point, we have to go out. We cant stay there forever. Cap to rebuild this country, we our country. Ld our bridges are falling apart. I will dollar mess. Rms. R roads everything. Its a mess. When it comes to donald trump on foreign policy, steve writes, trump will have all of our allies turned enemies within months. We want to hear your thoughts this morning, just from republican viewers for the next 15 minutes or so. Brooke is up next in florida. Caller good morning. I want to speak my mind a little bit on the fact that i think trump represents what a lot of feel and think. His foreign policy, i really agree with. I personally sick of our nation bowing down to other countries. It seems that almost all of them think of it as nothing more than a laughingstock at this point. Host let me ask you, in wall morning,urnal, this it says, the more people come down on trump, the more his supporters think that he is the. Nly honest one in the race Republican Leaders will be patient, because there is no other choice. Trump ison to write, is ism here now. What would be a response . Degree, yes. Me a heart of the nation falls on trump, the more his supporters will fight back. Absolutely, that is human nature. If it is not a president trump, who would be the person you would give your vote to . Caller i think no one. Honestly, no one. Countrythis needs a nonpolitician to step up and run it. Ve something to say too someone said if trump loses, he gets more money. On the flipside, i want to bring to your attention that a lot of politicians, they want to line their pockets. Alreadypockets are rides. He knows how to make a financial gain otherwise. Host do you think that makes him a more honest candidate . Caller yes, i do. I was wanting something earlier he is not reading from a teleprompter, he is out there speaking from his heart. Host weight is up next is upyrtle beach wayne next from myrtle beach. Caller good morning. Thest love when they turned political world upside down. All of these paid pundits, they dont get it. Are these people who get paid to be political advisers have no idea what is going on. He has tapped into passion, he has tapped into fire. He is the only one who has got it. All of the other guys are going. This country is a business. This economy is a business. You need a businessman to run in. Host as we said, donald trump is expected to be at the iowa state fair this afternoon. Here is a headline from usa today, trump plans a grand entrance at iowa state fair. Of course, speech is already fairning at the iowa state. Here is a headline from New York Times or coand a photo of jeb bush with the deepfried snickers bar. He also