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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:21 PM Jul 2015

Trump Wishes America Had Invaded Mexico Instead of Iraq

Source: Mediaite

As Donald Trump continues to both suffer economically and benefit politically following his controversial remarks about Mexican “rapists,” the candidate has attempted to shift the focus of his ire from the Mexican people to the Mexican government. That strategy appeared to reach its apex over the weekend when Trump reportedly said the U.S. should have invaded Mexico instead of Iraq.

According to an anonymous attendee of a speech Trump gave to the Hollywood conservative group Friends of Abe on Friday night, the candidate reiterated his stance on the Iraq War, arguing that the removal of Saddam Hussein eliminated an important check on Iran.

“Instead, we should have invaded Mexico,” Trump then added to what was reportedly “rousing applause” from the crowd in attendance, which included conservative celebrities like Lou Ferrigno, Paul Sorvino and Trump’s new friend Ann Coulter.

This shift in Trump’s rhetoric to focus on the Mexican government, which he claims is intentionally “sending” its worst criminals into the United States, was also seen in remarks made by his longtime business advisor Michael Cohen on CNN’s Reliable Sources.


Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-wishes-america-had-invaded-mexico-instead-of-iraq/

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Trump Wishes America Had Invaded Mexico Instead of Iraq (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 OP
Guess he flunked American history at Penn KamaAina Jul 2015 #1
Guess he never heard about how we got the American S.W. too. Botany Jul 2015 #7
That was it. KamaAina Jul 2015 #18
Saying stupid shit... 3catwoman3 Jul 2015 #27
Yeah, yeah...that was possible... KansDem Jul 2015 #2
I wonder where that major bug up his ass came from Warpy Jul 2015 #3
Maybe some hot Mexican woman murielm99 Jul 2015 #4
Exactly what I was thinking. A pig like that can't handle rejection. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #31
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Jul 2015 #5
He's friggen obsessed. n/t complain jane Jul 2015 #6
he may have mental issues samsingh Jul 2015 #9
LOL!!! Plucketeer Jul 2015 #11
"may have"? AngryDem001 Jul 2015 #14
a would-be president that wishes that a nonthreatening country is invaded samsingh Jul 2015 #8
Well, Mexico had the same WMDs as Iraq ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #10
In all fairness, Mexico has a few less WMD's than Iraq did. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #32
Don't tell anyone, but they've got it surrounded ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #35
There you go. The second Mexican-American war is imminent! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #36
'Longtime business advisor Michael Cohen on CNN’s Reliable Sources?' Maybe he owns it? freshwest Jul 2015 #12
What will be worse is Republican Trump will continue to 'mock' and threaten Mexicans and Mexico. Sunlei Jul 2015 #25
It takes a special brand of crazy to think a war with a border nation is the better of two choices. dakota_democrat Jul 2015 #13
Tonald Dump is Pat Buchanon without abortion. AngryAmish Jul 2015 #15
Do it Trump! Make this the GOP platform IronLionZion Jul 2015 #16
...Trump's new friend Ann Coulter... IcyPeas Jul 2015 #17
WELL......! cynzke Jul 2015 #30
i gotta pick up more supplies.... restorefreedom Jul 2015 #19
The "rousing applause" is truly disturbing JonLP24 Jul 2015 #20
the rw loons have their hero restorefreedom Jul 2015 #34
I wish fleas would invade Donald's hair. olddad56 Jul 2015 #21
They'll get along fine with the crabs already living in there. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #33
Trump supports a strong US military left-of-center2012 Jul 2015 #22
Only Trump can take a facially correct premise and turn it into something completely idiotic Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #23
He does a great job carrying the republican flag & so does the media publicity he generates Sunlei Jul 2015 #24
Im a little surprised HassleCat Jul 2015 #26
on the flip side, would it really have been much *worse* to have invaded Mexico, instead of Iraq? HFRN Jul 2015 #28
JUST SHOWING OFF..... cynzke Jul 2015 #29
If We Had Invaded Mexico and defeated them Wolf Frankula Jul 2015 #37
He is completely insane. smirkymonkey Jul 2015 #38
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
1. Guess he flunked American history at Penn
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:22 PM
Jul 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico (which became the Second Federal Republic of Mexico during the war) from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. It was the fourth of the five major wars fought on American soil which was preceded by the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and succeeded by the American Civil War.


Botany

(70,567 posts)
7. Guess he never heard about how we got the American S.W. too.
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:16 PM
Jul 2015


I think Trump is either batshit crazy or saying stupid shit in order to help some other republican.
Either way he is gonna get out of the race at some point.

Warpy

(111,332 posts)
3. I wonder where that major bug up his ass came from
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:29 PM
Jul 2015

Did an undocumented maid steal a favorite trinket, hock it, and retire wealthy in Mexico? Do tacos give him gas? Just what the hell is going on with that man?

This isn't policy. It's pathological.

murielm99

(30,755 posts)
4. Maybe some hot Mexican woman
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:47 PM
Jul 2015

gave him the brush-off. He thinks he can buy anything he wants. Sometimes it does not work that way.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,363 posts)
10. Well, Mexico had the same WMDs as Iraq ...
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:30 PM
Jul 2015

... so one's as good as the other.

We can still invade Mexico, just as soon as Trump gets sworn in.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
32. In all fairness, Mexico has a few less WMD's than Iraq did.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 09:08 AM
Jul 2015

But I wouldn't trust them. They've been wanting to recapture the Alamo for years!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,363 posts)
35. Don't tell anyone, but they've got it surrounded ...
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 09:38 AM
Jul 2015

... all those fine Mexican or TexMex eateries on the Riverwalk ...

Weapons of Diet Destruction.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
12. 'Longtime business advisor Michael Cohen on CNN’s Reliable Sources?' Maybe he owns it?
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:33 PM
Jul 2015

Trump's achievements consist of LCD television shows, filing lawsuits, filing bankruptcy and losing presidential runs.

Are the GOP polls faked? I'm wondering if he's on the DNC payroll to help the Democrats. No one can be as mud fence dumb as this.

Keep it up, Scrooge McDuck.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
25. What will be worse is Republican Trump will continue to 'mock' and threaten Mexicans and Mexico.
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:26 AM
Jul 2015

Republicans hope for attacks, conflicts, oppression on USAs 5 million? undocumented

His threats will bring 'actions' on Mexicans who live in America and Americans who vacation in Mexico.

IcyPeas

(21,901 posts)
17. ...Trump's new friend Ann Coulter...
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 07:52 PM
Jul 2015
“Instead, we should have invaded Mexico,” Trump then added to what was reportedly “rousing applause” from the crowd in attendance, which included conservative celebrities like Lou Ferrigno, Paul Sorvino and Trump’s new friend Ann Coulter.


http://www.mediaite.com/online/ann-coulter-addresses-that-time-she-called-trump-a-clown-we-all-make-mistakes/

Ann Coulter wrote in her new book Adios, America! a lot of the things Donald Trump has been saying now about illegal immigration, but back in 2011, she was trashing him as a “clown.” She dismissed conservative enthusiasm about him, pointed to his donations to Democrats, and said, “It’s all just a big act for the moment.”

So when Coulter spoke with Fox’s Alan Colmes on his radio show last night, Colmes asked her what happened. Coulter, who insisted that “the people” want Trump to be president, said Trump is “magnificent now.”


so she said he was a clown and it was a big act a couple of years ago - but now he is magnificent.....



left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
22. Trump supports a strong US military
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 04:45 AM
Jul 2015

Trump was too busy going to various colleges to serve in the US military during the Vietnam War.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
23. Only Trump can take a facially correct premise and turn it into something completely idiotic
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:06 AM
Jul 2015

He's like a reverse Rumpelstiltskin.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
24. He does a great job carrying the republican flag & so does the media publicity he generates
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:17 AM
Jul 2015

of course he won't really run but Trumps work over the next year is invaluable to the republican party.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
26. Im a little surprised
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:32 AM
Jul 2015

Trump knows we invaded Iraq. Pretty deep understanding of foreign policy for a Republican.

 

HFRN

(1,469 posts)
28. on the flip side, would it really have been much *worse* to have invaded Mexico, instead of Iraq?
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:44 AM
Jul 2015

beyond the fact that we'd have to live next to what we'd done, instead of having it far away, out of sight and mind, consequences for *other* neighbors to live with?

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