Donald Trump Is Not a Clown

Everybody is talking about tomorrow evening's first primetime Republican 2016 presidential debate. The talk is most often about Donald Trump -- will he be polite, will he attack every other candidate, will he make a mockery of the debate with outrageous comments. We have been bombarded by the liberal US mainstream media with a repetition of several Trump quotes that are meant to convince us that Donald Trump is a stupid and mean-spirited racist whose closest relative is Ghengis Khan. This is simply not the case. So, in preparation for the debate, here are some Donald Trump quotes that show that Donald Trump can be a thoughtful and serious person. ~~~~~ "Real estate is at the core of almost every business, and it's certainly at the core of most people's wealth. In order to build your wealth and improve your business smarts, you need to know about real estate." ~~~ "It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate." ~~~ "I don’t do it for the money. I’ve got enough, much more than I’ll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form." ~~~ "I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their ideas would somehow take off by themselves, or that just coming up with an idea was enough. Let me tell you something -- it's not enough. It will never be enough. You have to put the idea into action. If you don't have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere." ~~~ "It’s important to focus on the solution, not the problem." ~~~ "If you're thinking already, you might as well think big." ~~~ "Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make." ~~~ "Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan but they don't take that critical step of putting their money and their effort on the line. To succeed in business, you must take risks. Even if you fail, that's how you learn. There has never been, and will never be, an Olympic skater who didn't fall on the ice." ~~~ "People who think achieving success is a linear A-to-Z process, a straight shot to the top simply aren't in touch with reality. There are very few bona fide overnight success stories. It just doesn't work that way. Success appears to happen overnight because we all see stories in newspapers and on TV about previously unknown people who have suddenly become famous. But consider a sequoia tree that has been growing for several hundred years. Just because a television crew one day decides to do a story about that tree doesn't mean it didn't exist before." ~~~ "I've seen people that are extremely brilliant and they don't have the staying power. They don’t have that never give up quality. I've always said that other than bad ideas which is a reason for failure, the ability to never ever quit or give up is something that s very, very important for success as an entrepreneur." ~~~ "Friendship can be really tested only in bad times." ~~~ "Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat. If they enter the world without financial knowledge, they will have a much harder go of it." ~~~ "You don't want to make the same mistake twice and you have to learn that early on in your life." ~~~ "Passion is absolutely necessary to achieve any kind of long-lasting success. I know this from experience. If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life?" ~~~ "I am no stranger to working hard. I have done it all my life." ~~~ "Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken." ~~~ "It's always good to be underestimated." ~~~ "I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business." ~~~~~ Dear readers, enjoy the debate tomorrow. And if you're looking for another candidate-debater who can stand toe-to-toe with Donald Trump in his direct and no-nonsense approach to political discourse, keep an ear tuned in to Governor Chris Christie.