Donald Trump Named Man Of The Year
Dec 31, 2015
They treated his campaign announcement as a joke. They tried to destroy his business. They called him every foul name they could come up with. But at the end of 2015, the biased journalists, political consultants, leftist activists, snarky comedians and embittered critics of every stripe had to concede one man had beaten them all.
Donald J. Trump is the Republican favorite for president of the United States. There’s no indication he’ll fall from the top spot any time soon. And he’s the WND 2015 Man of the Year.
“It is my great honor to be named Man of the Year by your publication,” Trump said in a statement to WND. “I very much appreciate your informative polls and coverage. Together, we will Make America Great Again.”
It’s been an incredible journey for Trump. Many supposed political experts and commentators laughed at him when, after years of hints, he finally announced he was running for president. The Democratic National Committee snarked about Trump’s “seriousness,” treating him as a phony candidate. Leftist comedian Jon Stewart called Trump “a gift from heaven.” Politico called him “God’s gift to the Internet” and contrasted him with the “more serious candidates.”
Yet it’s Donald Trump who’s had the last laugh. And Trump has not only proven he is in the race to win, he’s shown himself to be a skilled tactician and expert communicator, outwitting hostile reporters and political opponents at every turn and surviving media firestorms that would have destroyed any other candidate.
At the start, Trump was savagely attacked by leftist activist groups and journalists after referring to some illegal immigrants as “rapists” during his presidential announcement speech.
A couple of Trump’s business partners, notably NBC and Macy’s, cut ties with the candidate. It appeared Trump’s campaign was over before it even began.
But while most other politicians would have apologized, Trump responded with what has become his characteristic tactic – doubling down. Trump reframed the debate on immigration to focus on crimes committed by illegals. The arrest of a previously deported illegal immigrant for the murder of Kate Steinle in the sanctuary city of San Francisco gave Trump’s charges new weight.
Even Macy’s appeared on the defensive, as Trump’s supporters began shredding their credit cards. And suddenly, to the shock of the political class, Trump was riding high in the polls and addressing mass rallies alongside GOP heavyweights like Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Commentators acknowledged the “Summer of Trump,” but that was not yet enough. Experts continued to predict his collapse in the fall. And Trump began feuding with a host of figures, including Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Yet Trump showed an unmatched ability to cut down his opponents with a single remark, famously dismantling Jeb as “low energy” in a GOP debate and triggering the onetime GOP favorite’s collapse.
The angrier Trump’s opponents became, the higher Trump soared in the polls. Even as Trump savaged most reporters as “scum,” they couldn’t turn away. Throughout the campaign, Trump’s speeches and massive rallies have been often covered live on the cable news networks. And while other candidates struggle for airtime, Trump is driving the debate on both the left and right.
“Has any personality ever dominated the news more than Donald Trump did in 2015?” asked WND Editor and CEO Joseph Farah. “I don’t think I’ve seen it in my lifetime. That’s why there can be no question about who 2015′s Man of the Year is – at least not if we’re being honest. He didn’t just change the debate, he became the debate. And there doesn’t seem to be any let-up in sight as we move into the presidential election year of 2016.”
As Farah observed, Trump has done what almost no other conservative has ever been able to accomplish by repeatedly forcing the mainstream media to back down. As he repeatedly brags, Trump turned immigration into a central issue in the Republican primary. Trump shifted the national conversation on terrorism by calling for a ban on Muslim immigration. He even changed the accepted history of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by forcing the media to report Muslim celebrations in the United States that day.
But Trump has been regarded as a mortal threat by many Republican donors, some of whom have reportedly stated they would rather back Hillary Clinton. Even some conservatives have questioned Trump’s commitment to limited government principles.
Glenn Beck called him a “progressive” and said Trump’s supporters were “racists.” Columnist George Will argued a Trump nomination would destroy the Republicans as a conservative party. And Trump is a frequent target on Fox News by commentators like Charles Krauthammer, who has called him a “rodeo clown.”
But as Trump maintains his lead in the polls, he’s also starting to draw more conservative support. Diana West, a WND columnist, forcefully argued, “It’s time to rally around Donald Trump.” Former Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., has endorsed Trump. And legendary conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly even called Donald Trump the “last hope for America” and the only one “eager to fight.”
While most elected Republican officials and even most figures in the established conservative movement are shying away from Trump, Trump’s populist approach is still keeping him at the top of the polls. And the media’s scorn for Trump’s supporters may be leading some of his backers to keep their decision to vote for him a secret, meaning the polls may actually be understating his backing.
WND Senior Staff Writer and longtime political observer Jerome Corsi says Trump is the “real deal.”
He told WND: “Despite how much the Obama/Clinton leftists in the Democratic Party and the D.C. establishment leadership of the GOP hate Trump, he is not going away, he is not going to drop out, and he is positioned to win the GOP nomination and the White House despite all odds.”
Corsi believes Donald Trump is “one of those rare people who appear in U.S. history as the right guy for the times.”
“If these were the days of the American Revolution,” Corsi said, “Trump would be leading the Boston Tea Party and joining Sam Adams and Thomas Paine in carving the political room for a rebirth of the type of constitutional freedom our Founding Fathers had envisioned for the American Republic.”
Today’s challenge, Corsi stated, is political correctness. And Donald Trump is just the man to destroy it.
“Trump will succeed precisely because he is politically incorrect, because he dares to say what most Americans are thinking,” Corsi argued. “Calling Trump sexist, racist, and every phobe the leftist intolerant political ideologies can generate only boosts his popularity, as the mainstream media lose their power to control the news by calling their enemies a nasty name. He’s rising in the polls because he defies the politically correct rules ordained by pundits and exposes leftists – including those at Fox News – for what they are.”
Corsi, author of “What Went Wrong: Inside the GOP Debacle of 2012 and How It Can Be Avoided Next Time,” also says pundits are underestimating Trump’s chances to win both the primary and the general election.
“Trump will attract votes from women, Hispanics, and African-Americans,” Corsi predicted. “He has done more to improve the economic status of minorities in America than all the other candidates combined – in both the GOP and among the Democrats.”
Indeed, a new poll shows a significant number of minorities are lining up behind Trump, including 40 percent of blacks and 45 percent of Hispanics. And once again, Trump is dominating the media coverage, turning the Democratic Party’s “war on women” talking point on its head by starting a national debate about former President Bill Clinton’s treatment of women.
Recent polls show not only is Trump maintaining his national lead among Republicans, but he remains tied in a hypothetical head to head match-up with Hillary Clinton.
Yet Trump’s biggest challenges lie ahead. Though candidates such as Jeb Bush and Ben Carson have faded for now, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is consolidating the support of evangelical organizations and is in second place in many national polls. According to some reports, Trump is actually trailing Cruz in the critical state of Iowa, though Trump is promising to unleash an ad blitz. Ironically, it’s because Trump has so dramatically shifted the Overton Window of what is considered politically acceptable that Cruz has moved from being a pariah in the Republican Party to what some people are calling the GOP establishment’s last, best hope to keep a complete outsider from seizing the nomination.
Still, Trump remains the undisputed frontrunner and is arguably stronger than ever. He’s defied predictions of doom so many times even the doubters have learned to be cautious.
However the primaries shake out, Trump has already won in many ways. He’s refocused the election on issues like immigration, which GOP donors and insiders would rather ignore. He’s challenged the Republican consensus on questions from trade policy to relations with Russia. He’s provided a template for the GOP to win over the working-class voters unenthused by the usual Republican appeals for tax cuts for the wealthy or slashing Medicare. And he’s struck a powerful chord with Americans who are tired of being pushed around by what they see as a hostile media and taken for granted by what they regard as do-nothing Republican leaders.
Donald Trump is the Man of the Year because he’s already changed the primaries, the Republican Party and the country itself. And no matter what happens now, there’s no going back.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/man-of-the-year-donald-trump/
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Here’s why Trump appeals to minorities
Welcome to “The Michael Savage Newsletter,” your daily report on all things “Savage.”
In today’s issue: Donald Trump’s popularity among minorities, in comparison to other Republican presidential candidates, has perplexed many political pundits.
But Dr. Savage believes he knows the reasons so many African-Americans and Hispanics say they will vote for him.
“The African-American community, in my opinion, has been lied to so often and for so long, that even if they disagree with the man’s policies to a certain extent, they’d rather have a truth teller than a liar,” Savage told his listeners.
They know Hillary’s a liar through and through. They know what they’re going to get.
They don’t like her.
So, they like Trump, they like strength, and they like truth.
They don’t care, even if his policies disagree with theirs. At least they know he’ll tell it like it is.
That’s number one.
Why are so many Hispanics in favor of Trump? I’ll tell you why.
You have to understand the Latino culture — even though that’s not the proper word, we’ll use it for the sake of identity.
The Latino culture is a male-oriented culture. It’s extremely macho.
Do I have to say any more?
Is there a more alpha, macho candidate than Donald Trump? He appeals to the Latino male, because he is macho.
They like strength. They like leadership. They want a man running America, not a deceptive liar. They don’t want a snake running America, like Obama.
They see what the snake is. They know the snake has done nothing for the Latino community except threaten the Latino community by flooding America with millions of undocumented aliens who threaten who the most?
Who do these undocumented Hispanics threaten the most? The Hispanics who already are here, many of whom are on the bottom of the social ladder.
And who is being hurt more than anyone by the illegal aliens from south of the border? The African-American community.
The social welfare funds that should be going to the poorest of the poor is being diverted to illegal aliens from Third World nations.
They know what’s going on. And they know that Trump will actually be good for them financially as well as every other way.
That’s my analysis. You can take that to the bank. I’m Michael Savage.
http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/2015/12/michael-savage-newsletter-heres-why-trump-appeals-to-minorities/
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JOHN WAYNE’S DAUGHTER ENDORSES TRUMP: ‘I AM HUMBLY AT YOUR SERVICE’
My dad, I am sure, would be very proud of Mr. Trump…”
DECEMBER 31, 2015 by Adan Salazar
Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump has received an endorsement from the daughter of silver screen legend John Wayne.In a letter posted by Trump to Facebook Wednesday, actress Aissa Wayne revealed she admired the real estate mogul for giving a voice to the American people and said she stands by him.“My dad, I am sure, would be very proud of Mr. Trump and the goal to Make America Great Again!” Aissa said. “I want to thank Mr. Trump for the tireless work he is doing for this country.”“Please know that I am in your corner, and I am certain that my dad would have been a big supporter of Mr. Trump,” Wayne adds. “If there is anything I can do to assist in the campaign, I am humbly at your service.”Wayne joins other celebrities, such as boxer Mike Tyson, rocker Ted Nugent and most recently actor Clint Eastwood, who have all expressed support Trump.
http://www.infowars.com/john-waynes-daughter-endorses-trump-i-am-humbly-at-your-service/
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GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING BANNING DONALD TRUMP
GOP frontrunner not “conducive to the public good”
DECEMBER 31, 2015 by Steve Watson
The British government is considering ‘excluding’ Donald Trump from entering the country. The announcement came in response to a recent petition signed by 565,000 citizens calling for a Trump ban.
The UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced that she “may exclude” those who are not “conducive to the public good”.
A statement from the Home Office declared that “The Home Secretary may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good.”
“Exclusion powers are very serious and are not used lightly. The Home Secretary will use these powers when justified and based on all available evidence.” The statement explained, adding that visiting the UK is a privilege and not a right.
The petition against Trump reached the threshold of 100,000 signatures, meaning it is eligible to be discussed in Parliament.
The petition called for banning Trump from UK shores after he advocated stemming the influx of refugees into the US, following the Paris terror attacks.
The UK home office described Trump’s comments as “divisive, unhelpful and wrong”.
“The Prime Minister has made clear that he completely disagrees with Donald Trump’s remarks. The Home Secretary has said that Donald Trump’s remarks in relation to Muslims are divisive, unhelpful and wrong.” the statement reads.
“The Government recognises the strength of feeling against the remarks and will continue to speak out against comments which have the potential to divide our communities, regardless of who makes them.” it continues.
“We reject any attempts to create division and marginalisation amongst those we endeavour to protect.” it concludes.
Trump has dismissed the petition, stating “You know what 500,000 is? I have 10 million. Much more. Between Facebook and Twitter I have much more than 10 million. I could get 500,000 with one click.”
http://www.infowars.com/government-considering-banning-donald-trump/
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GOOGLE NOW CENSORING TRUMP FROM INTERNET
Filtering out front-runner will do nothing to stop his meteoric rise in the polls
DECEMBER 31, 2015
Hate Donald Trump? Want to erase him from the internet? There’s an app for that—or a Google Chrome web browser extension.
The Trump Filter, developed by Rob Spectre, blocks websites covering the front-runner and, according to the filter’s website, “makes America great again.”
“Eliminate Donald Trump from all your web browsing without leaving the Internet. Donald simply disappears from your view of every web page.”
According to Spectre, blocking news coverage of Donald Trump will “give concerned citizens the opportunity to actually focus on other candidates and learn about the issues.”
All candidates with the exception of Hillary Clinton trail Trump’s 35 percent lead by a wide margin. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are at 18 and 11 percent respectively in the polls while Ben Caron, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul and the others remain in the single digits. Obviously voters are not interested in those candidates.
Why Can’t We Filter Out Hillary Clinton?
Bernie Sanders might want to call Spectre and urge him to develop a Clinton filter.
The former Secretary of State gets 14 times more network news coverage than her Democratic primary challenger, according to the Media Research Center.
Clinton is the obvious choice for the establishment. Although her relationship with the corporate media has often been contentious, top fundraisers include lobbyists who serve the parent companies of CNN and MSNBC. Her top contributors include Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.
Democrats and Trump haters may enjoy the popular candidate disappearing from their web browsing, but putting on blinders will do absolutely nothing to blunt his meteoric rise in the polls.
No web browser filter can shunt dislike for the establishment or dampen frustration with a rotating roster of political class vetted candidates every election cycle.
“Trump is not a politician,” writes John Nolte. “He is a revolutionary leading a revolution against two of the most hated, corrupt and dangerous intuitions in this country: the elite political class and a rotted, fat, comfortable, left-wing DC Media that has set the politically correct rules for presidential campaigns in such a way that our country is falling apart.”
http://www.infowars.com/google-and-the-trump-free-internet/
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