Trump Statement Backlash Edition
This one is all on one topic, Donald Trump. Most of these are various takes and opinions on his statement yesterday suggesting that “second amendment people” could stop Hilary appointing judges they don’t like.
There are some arguing that meant he wanted gun owners to vote. No, I’m sorry. I’ve been an English speaker my whole life and as an attorney can spot the implications of a remark. And if it was meant as a joke, it was in incredibly poor taste. When a politician gets shot, our choices become more limited and thousands who might run for office are deterred from doing so.
It’s not funny and it’s incredibly reckless.
So, today is all Donald.
James Pilant
What does Trump think about gun owners?
It’s been suggested that what Trump actually said was “Although the Second Amendment, people, maybe there is, I don’t know.” From the tape, this is plausible. But it’s not likely. For one thing, the Trump campaign itself used the phrase “2nd Amendment people” in its press release defending the comments, and for another, the rest of the quote makes clear that Trump’s remark was less a stirring call to arms for gun lovers than a casual crack at their expense. Where the rest of us might feel like we have no options in a Hillary Clinton presidency, the subtext goes, they’re so insane that they might shoot a judge. That’s what his “I don’t know” means. Who knows what those loons are capable of?
The contempt Trump feels for supporters of the Second Amendment may seem out of step with the Republican platform he’s ostensibly running on. But it’s not at all inconsistent with who Trump is: a city slicker from Manhattan who has, over the years, held all kinds of liberal positions on issues such as abortion; universal health care; and, oh yeah, the assault weapons ban. In 1999, as seen in this amusing videoposted by Boing Boing, Trump even said in an interview that “the Republicans are just too crazy right. What’s going on is just nuts.”
Barely 24 hours after Donald Trump delivered a speech intended to reset his staggering presidential campaign, his off-the-cuff suggestion that people resort to violence against his opponent has him right back in the ditch.
At a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, Trump applied his signature sarcasm to a political third rail, stating that “the Second Amendment” may be the only way to stop Clinton from getting to appoint federal judges if she defeats him in November.
RNC bleeding staffers because of Trump
And the political ride will only get rockier for Trump in the coming days after he suggested that one way to keep a conservative Supreme Court after Hillary Clinton got elected would be to assassinate her or federal judges. Trump and his supporters have been scrambling wildly all day to explain away the inexplicable, but they can stop wasting their time. The GOP nominee was clearly suggesting that some of the “Second Amendment people” among his supporters could kill his Democratic opponent were she to be elected.
Can we get a real medical report on Trump?
In the latest twist on the weirdest campaign ever, Donald Trump seems to have encouraged supporters to kill Hillary Clinton. Trump said, “By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although, the Second Amendment people maybe there is. I don’t know.” Of course in the immediate aftermath of the loony homicidal comment, the Trump campaign is now saying that the “dishonest media” is misreading his claim. That might hold water if it weren’t actually the second time that his campaign has supported killing Trump’s competition in the last month.
What did Trump mean? Was it a joke?
Pilant's Business Ethics Blog 
I recall the book ‘How to be an alien’ by George Mikes, wherein he says: “In continent you get good dishes, in England good table manners’. I also remember London Times report on Queen Mother’s 90th birthday where the Lady gracefully handed over her fork to the Archbishop of Canterbury sitting next to her after he used up one of the dozens he was given that he ought not to have. America is trying to shackle the burden of free speech to a set pattern of behaviour, at least in the public arena, similar to the Victorian era.
Trump did say what he did but being what he is, the intent is to show the power [of votes] against Hillary. On the same day Hillary VIP enclosure had given a place to Orlando terrorist’s father. When she was questioned about it today she just ignored it. With Trump you get good dishes, with Hillary good table manners.
There’s an interesting article by Pat Buchanan: Trump’s road is still open: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/trumps-road-is-still-open/
It is an interesting study of what USA has to look for now. Not the same repetitive Russia is a monster, Saudis are crucial in our roadmap etc. If Hillary comes in as the next Prez, USA will meet the fate of the Ottoman Empire. If Trump becomes one there is a good chance of change in US direction. It is good he doesn’t conform to the stiff-upper-lip category and do things nasty till wikileaks releases the info. Trump interests me a lot with great hopes for change not Hillary. She is an old bag that needs to be discarded for the sake of USA. He is battling alone the establishment.
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