One to take you through this . Im chris matthews, thanks for watching. Trump. What do we want . Trump. Trump is right, and americans know hes right. Ladies and gentlemen. I dont think he can become president of the United States. I dont think its mathematically possible. I am officially running. This guy is saying what people are thinking. For president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again. Hes tapped into the e let trit that is angry with the
economy. I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. I tell you that. Dont have to talk about his ego. I mean, its sinks out of every pour in his body. Youre kidding . Donald trump full throttle readily to destroy anyone who gets in his way. We are going to start winning again and were going to win so much, youre going to be so happy. Were going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before. Good evening. Im chris matthews, i dont think this countrys establishment, politics, the
media ever got this guy. They certainly underestimated him. Not going anywhere, cant last. What about the man himself . Who is this guy so many told pollsters they want as president . Has he done to get where he is and would kill anyone else in public life whats he got hold of . Over the next hour, well look at the donald trump story as a whole. Youll see him as a young man, as a budding business tycoon, and as an entertainer. Youll see that the experts have been counting him out for decades. In the movie, citizen kaine orson welles plays the newspaper baron, foster kaine. Trump told the new york times, it was his alltime favorite movie. Its also my pleasure to see decent hardworking people in this community arent robbed blind. Trump the candidate echoed those sentiments for months in a roiling campaign. But in december, many believe he went too wbr id wbr1742 far. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the b United States, until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. It played well with some of his supporters. Okay, we are civilized people. These people, these with their beliefs are not civilized. And we cant change them. Theyre not willing to change. But many in his own party criticized him. The white house Spokesman Says it disqualified him from the presidency. And experts questioned its feasibility whether its the right way to fight terrorism. Hes hurting the best tool that Law Enforcement and people in both parties believe we have to fight terrorism, which is the help of the Muslim American community. And this hurts us abroad, too. As he had with his campaign kickoff, it once again displayed trumps readiness to conquer by dividing. When mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. Theyre sending people that have
lots of wbrid wbr2412 problems. And theyre bringing those problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists. And some, i assume, are good people. No one was really focusing on immigration policy. And then, suddenly, it is the issue that america is obsessed with. Trump is acting in a very old and shameful american tradition. It goes back to the 1850s, when there was a party that had the name know nothing. And it was an anticatholic, antiimmigrant political party. It didnt last that long, was then, every so often, like a fever, antiimmigrant feeling arises. He has tapped into a part of the electorate that is, i think, deeply angry about the state of the economy. Its a group of people who are still suffering from the downturn in 2007 and 2008. As trumps numbers rose in a crowded field no, no, no the hispanic population reacted with anger. On june 26th, 2015, univision canceled its broadcast of trumps Miss Universe pageant. Nbc then announced it would not air the Miss Universe or the miss usa pageants and macys removed trump merchandise from its stores. But trump stayed resolute in his message. We are taking mexicos problems. Mexico is beating us on trade and theyre beating us at the border. But mexico doesnt want to take
these people. Controversy didnt seem to hurt him. By midjuly, he passed the great establishment hope jeb bush in the polls. He was finding his audience. Hey, i like this guy. Hes saying what were saying in the pool hall, or, hes saying what were saying around the coffee table in the morning. So hes tapped into something. I think it is both a bit of populism, a bit of racism. It is also real. On july 11th, 5,000 people showed up for a trump rally in arizona, a state at the epicenter of the nations battle over immigration reform. These are people that shouldnt have been in this country. They flow they flow in like water. Hes playing on our aspirations to be rich, which most americans have. And hes playing on our disgust with politics as usual. And thats a pretty potent combination for him. In certain parts of theRepublican Party. Trump led in the polls by a wide margin, heading into the first Republican Debate, hosted by fox news on august 6th. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter account only Rosie Odonnell. When he gave the line about Rosie Odonnell and megyn, i think, was very surprised, that the audience didnt boo, but instead, they cheered. They laughed. They rallied. They were supportive. That changed everything. You once told a contestant on celebrity apprentice, it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president . I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. And honestly, megyn, if you dont like it, im sorry. Ive been very nice to you, although i could probably maybe not be, based the on way youve treated me, but i wouldnt do that. She wanted to talk about whether he was sexist. He flipped this into a discussion of whether hes politically correct and what did he say. You know what, im not politically correct and if you dont like it, too bad. You know, there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever. Comments during a phone interview with cnns don lemon got trump uninvited from a republican red state event. Critics roared, but his poll numbers held strong. Later in august, trump held a Campaign Rally in alabama. 30,000 people showed up. Were going to build a wall. And at a press conference in dubuque, iowa, univision anchor jorge ramos stood up to ask a question without being called on. Mr. Trump, i have a question about immigration. Okay, who is next . Mr. Trump excuse me, sit down. You werent called. Sit down. Again, exactly what weve been waiting for. People did not fly all the way to dubuque to listen to you read from your little speech, and thats exactly what jorge ramos was doing. He was reading from a speech. Trump had him thrown out. It was great. Then trump invited him back in and took his question. Yes, good. Absolutely. Good. Absolutely. Good to have you back. Thank you very much. Okay. Theres an illusion in the American Press that we cherish what we do. Ive got news for you, if theyve got somebody whos going to give him a black eye, trump knew what he was doing. With the jorge ramos confrontation worked well with his base. That represented why it is very possible for trump to win the nomination, but impossible for him to win the election. Any republican candidate needs to get at least 40 of the latino vote to have a chance, electorally. The more controversy, the higher his numbers went. The more people criticized him,
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