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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 08:36 AM Aug 2016

Questions for Trump for debates ?

Last edited Tue Aug 30, 2016, 05:23 PM - Edit history (4)

As soon as they announce moderators, want to FedEx them a list of debate questions for Trump.

I can accumulate a list from here, if anyone has ideas.

1a. CRIME REDUCTION PLAN - You have said that you will eliminate crime on day one. And, creating jobs will help in the long term. But how can you eliminate crime on day one short of adding millions upon millions of police or calling out the National Guard ? And how would the Government and cash strapped cities pay for this and wouldn't this be creating a police state?


1b. CRIME REDUCTION PLAN - Does your crime reduction plan include harsher enforcements of current laws? longer sentences? Limiting liability for police wrongdoing?


2a.IMMIGRATION - What is your time line for building the wall? Will you build on our side or the Mexican side of the Rio Grande on the Texas border?


2b. iMMIGRATION - What is your strategy for getting Mexico to pay for the construction of the border wall?


2c. IMMIGRATION - Why have you been getting waivers on H1B visas to get room housekeepers, valets & cooks from overseas to work at your resort when the local employment agency has American workers available for the spots?


3a. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - Due to your vast holdings worldwide, how will you assure the American people you will maintain firewalls between your actions as president and your companies? And, since you have debt to foreign entities in countries such as China and Russia how will you ensure the American people that you are not influenced by these debts. To prevent conflict of interests will you pay off all foreign loans you have received before the elections? And if so when?


4a. WORLD AFFAIRS - Do you believe the US should remain a part of NATO and abide by its treaty terms? If not, what will be your strategy to get out of NATO without damaging relations with our allies?


4b. WORLD AFFAIRS - Would you oppose a Russian military invasion of the Ukraine or other sovereign nation? How so?


4c. WORLD AFFAIRS - Are there circumstances where you believe the use of nuclear weapons is appropriate? Give us examples of when you might authorize their use?


5a. EQUAL RIGHTS - Do you believe women should receive equal pay for equal work?


6a. THE COURT - What - if any - would be your litmus test for the nomination of a justice for the SCOTUS?


7a. ELECTION REFORM - Do you believe the Court's Citizens United decision was a good one? Why?


7b. ELECTION REFORM - You frequently say the election process is rigged. Exactly what is rigged about it and what are you proposing to change?

8a. ECONOMY -Do you support ANY regulation of Wall Street activities? How would you protect American citizens from predatory financial schemes?

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Questions for Trump for debates ? (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 OP
Along the lines of your #1 question on the police state duncang Aug 2016 #1
ADDED, thanks D Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #8
On the Texas border ... IggleDoer Aug 2016 #2
added...thanks ID Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #9
I'm adding something to the part about his finances duncang Aug 2016 #3
Next one duncang Aug 2016 #4
added Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #11
If it Is OK for us to waterboard and torture detainees, is it also OK KingCharlemagne Aug 2016 #5
like where you are going. just wondering ...wouldn't he just say "they already are"? Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #10
Yeah, he probably would, although that's not the question I'm KingCharlemagne Aug 2016 #13
perfect....thanks...will add Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #21
what planet is your "hair" from? martin mike Aug 2016 #6
1. What will be your strategy to... Whiskeytide Aug 2016 #7
why no abortion question? PLEASE ADD ONE. trueblue2007 Aug 2016 #12
they aren't mine...just the first. come up with one :) Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #23
Since health is so important in our Presidents.... kentuck Aug 2016 #14
"Are you Meredith McIver?" randome Aug 2016 #15
ok, since you opened the door by mentioning MM, no one thought Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #24
I agree with you, I think it's a big deal. Blatant lying for nothing to gain. For years. randome Sep 2016 #25
A few more duncang Aug 2016 #16
One of the reasons duncang Aug 2016 #17
His Muslim ambiguity duncang Aug 2016 #18
Gun control issues duncang Aug 2016 #19
How would you protect Americans from predatory financial schemes like Trump U? FSogol Aug 2016 #20
excellent !!! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #22
Do you think that owners of businesses that employ illegal workers should be prosecuted? Doodley Sep 2016 #26
When do you plan to provide your tax returns? Motley13 Sep 2016 #27

duncang

(1,907 posts)
1. Along the lines of your #1 question on the police state
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 09:05 AM
Aug 2016

I'm having a tough time putting some of this in to a pure question mode.

Dipshit said he talked to tough cops about this. Were you suggesting having harsher enforcement laws or sentences? The possible use of profiling for enforcement? Limiting liability for police wrong doing?

Muslim Americans profiling there seems to have been some ambiguity on his stance. At one point it sounded like he was suggesting investigating or interrogating Muslim American citizens. What is your stance on this?

Are you going to recuse yourself from any action that could affect your personal or family fortune?

duncang

(1,907 posts)
3. I'm adding something to the part about his finances
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 12:23 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Tue Aug 30, 2016, 01:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Since you have debt to foreign entities in countries such as China and Russia how will you ensure the American people that you are not influenced by these debts. To prevent conflict of interests will you pay off all foreign loans you have received before the elections? And if so when?

duncang

(1,907 posts)
4. Next one
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 01:47 PM
Aug 2016

Why have you been getting waivers on H1B visas to get room housekeepers, valets & cooks from overseas to work at your resort when the local employment agency has American workers available for the spots?


 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
5. If it Is OK for us to waterboard and torture detainees, is it also OK
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 02:22 PM
Aug 2016

for the Taliban and Daesh (aka "ISIS&quot to waterboard and torture American captives?

Why or why not???

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
10. like where you are going. just wondering ...wouldn't he just say "they already are"?
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 05:03 PM
Aug 2016

thinking how to rephrase so he can't just say that. I work from home and have news on 24/7...and have heard him say a million times that what they do is SO much worse than waterboarding

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
13. Yeah, he probably would, although that's not the question I'm
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 06:31 PM
Aug 2016

asking. He advocates that we return to waterboarding and torture, implying that he finds it morally acceptable to do so. Well, if it's morally acceptable for us to do so, does he have a problem with any of our adversaries doing it to captive Americans like, say, Senator John McCain.

Hmm, let's see:

"Mr. Trump, you've said you want us to be able to torture those who fall under our control, correct? Mr. Trump, were the North Vietnamese justified to torture Senator McCain and other American POWs during the Vietnam War?"

The idea behind the question is that anyone who votes for Trump is voting for torture. Make the bastard choke on Kan'ts Categorical Imperative.

Whiskeytide

(4,463 posts)
7. 1. What will be your strategy to...
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 04:11 PM
Aug 2016

... make Mexico pay for the construction of a border wall?

2. Do you believe the US should remain a part of NATO and abide by its treaty terms? If not, what will be your strategy to get out of NATO without damaging relations with our allies?

3. Would you oppose a Russian military invasion of the Ukraine or other sovereign nation? How so?

4. Do you believe women should receive equal pay for equal work?

5. Are there circumstances where you believe the use of nuclear weapons is appropriate? Give us examples of when you might authorize their use?

6. What - if any - would be your litmus test for the nomination of a justice for the SCOTUS?

7. Do you believe the Court's Citizens United decision was a good one? Why?

8. Do you support ANY regulation of Wall Street activities? How would you protect American citizens from predatory financial schemes?

9. You know you're really not answering any of these questions, right?

10. If you are a self-promoting huckster, completely clueless about world affairs outside your lifelong bubble of wealth, and possess zero understanding of how to govern a condo association, let alone a free nation, respond with "We'll have to get the best people to look at it".



 

randome

(34,845 posts)
15. "Are you Meredith McIver?"
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 06:55 PM
Aug 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
24. ok, since you opened the door by mentioning MM, no one thought
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 11:20 PM
Aug 2016

this was a big deal like I did, but I found that Trump's great grandmother is a McIver - it's on his own website.
http://www.trumpgolfscotland.com/ancestry

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
25. I agree with you, I think it's a big deal. Blatant lying for nothing to gain. For years.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:17 AM
Sep 2016

I really want a reporter to dig into this. I think it would be the ultimate embarrassment for Trump.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.
[/center][/font][hr]

duncang

(1,907 posts)
16. A few more
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:12 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's one for trueblue

Do you believe life begins at conception and would you stop all forms of abortion no matter the circumstances? Do you support the Roe vs Wade decision?

Do you believe in birth control other then abstinence or rhythm such as the pill or iud's? (For the Catholic voter.)

You have previously said more countries should have or develop their own nuclear weapons. Do you still support that or have you pivoted from that stance?

You have made several references to enhanced interrogation for Muslim immigrants. What exactly is enhanced interrogation? And why would it only be used for one religion? Isn't that religious discrimination?

Since you said you will be building a wall. What is your stance on Eminent Domain and would you use it to get land to build the wall on? If not how would you build a complete wall if you can't buy the land?





duncang

(1,907 posts)
17. One of the reasons
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:20 PM
Aug 2016

One of the reasons people come to America illegally is to get jobs. If there were stronger laws and punishments for the people and companies employing illegal immigrant workers would you support things like mandatory sentences for employers?

duncang

(1,907 posts)
18. His Muslim ambiguity
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:27 PM
Aug 2016

Immigration
During a few interviews you have mentioned different ideas on Muslims entering the U.S. you would enact as President. Do you have a definitive statement yet on Muslims coming in to the U.S. It has been from a total temporary ban to certain countries.

Internal
Also you said "We’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully." Could you clarify this statement? For clarity which agencies are you saying should look at them? And don't you think that could set a dangerous precedent for targeting specific religious groups?

duncang

(1,907 posts)
19. Gun control issues
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 05:34 PM
Aug 2016

I don't think I have really heard anything definitive on what his stance is on gun regulations other then generic I support the NRA stuff.


What is your stance on the sale of high capacity magazines?

What is your stance on the sale of military style weapons?

What is your stance on the loop holes on gun sales at gun shows and on line sales?

What is your stance on background checks? Do you support laws as is, decreased back ground checks, or stronger back ground checks?

What is your stance on smart guns?

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
27. When do you plan to provide your tax returns?
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:50 AM
Sep 2016

Being audited is not an excuse, at least provide the ones before the audit

Question, wouldn't the wall have to be built on the US side, preventing access to the Rio Grand?



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