Donald Trump: Chinese 'Looking to Strip Us of Everything'

Monday, 31 Jan 2011 07:11 PM

By Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter (with video, LP)

Billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump tells Newsmax he is considering a run for president in 2012 because he "hates what is happening to this country."

In the first part of his wide-ranging interview, Trump ripped China, OPEC, President Obama's Middle East policies and more.

Now he takes aim at the banks, oil prices, Obamacare, the weak dollar and American diplomats, asserts it is "insane" to spend fortunes in other countries when the United States is in dire need of rebuilding, and says if someone is going to take over the oil in Iraq, "maybe it should be us."

He also predicts gold prices will rise because Americans have no confidence in the president, warns that the United States could become "another Egypt" with riots in the streets over skyrocketing food prices — but insists this is a "great time" for Americans buy a house.

In his exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Friday, Trump was asked about his fellow billionaire George Soros' warning that economic conditions in the United States are likely to deteriorate.

"I would say that he possibly is right," Trump says.

"If oil prices are allowed to inflate and keep inflating, if the dollar keeps going down in value, I think there's a very distinct possibility that things could get worse."

A weak dollar "is not good because you're going to pay $25 for a loaf of bread pretty soon. Look at what's happening with our food prices. They're going through the roof. We could end up being another Egypt. You could have riots in our streets also."

http://www.newsmax.c...01/31/id/384561

LaoPo

Donald Trump on:

excerpts:

BRAZIL:

"Somebody I know very well is buying an airplane and the airplane is being made in Brazil. The reason is he's getting a big tax credit. The plane's going to cost $3 million. He's getting a $1.2 million tax credit in the United States. So he's buying a plane made in Brazil, with Brazilian workers, because he's getting a tax credit in the United States. Is it insane?"

AFGHANISTAN:

"We go to Afghanistan, we build a road, we build a highway. We build a school at the end of the highway. The school gets blown up, the road gets blown up, and we're starting all over again. Why aren't we building roads in Alabama? Why aren't we building roads in New Jersey coming into Manhattan? You come into Manhattan on roads that look like we're a Third World country.

"And you think they're going to have democracy [in Afghanistan]? I don't think so.

IRAQ:

"He adds: "We've totally defanged Iraq. As soon as we leave, Iran will come in and take over the oil of Iraq. And frankly, I think if somebody's going to take over the oil in Iraq, maybe it should be us.

"We've spent $1.2 trillion – now that's what they report — in Iraq and yet we can't fix New Orleans. We can't fix our own cities. It's insane."

USA:

"I would like to rebuild the United States. I go to Abu Dhabi, I go to Qatar and other places. You go to China and they have airports that are so unbelievable, that they are building with our money. China is rebuilding itself.

We are rebuilding China. Then you come into Kennedy International Airport and it's obsolete. It's a Third World airport. We have to rebuild ourself."

BANKS & HOUSING market:

"The good news is you get a good price. The bad news, the banks aren't there. The banks have really let us down. Number one, they did some bad things and caused some bad problems. Number two, if you have something that you want to buy, like a house, they're generally not there for you. So somebody has to get these banks moving.

"So with all the money the banks have taken in, they sit back and they keep their cash. They invest their cash in other things. But they have to invest their money also in people wanting to put money into houses. Otherwise you're not going to solve the housing problem for a long time."

GOLD:

Turning to gold prices, Trump tells Newsmax: "I think gold will go up as long as people don't have confidence in our president and our country. And they don't have confidence in our president. Look what's happened with healthcare. I have friends who want to close down their business over this new healthcare, or as we call it, Obamacare.

"So if you look at what's going on with costs and with healthcare and with lots of other things, gold is going to go up because they don't have confidence. They don't have confidence in our negotiators. They have confidence in other countries. Everyone wants to invest in China.

PRESIDENT:

"I'll say this: I'm not saying I'm running, but there's a very good chance that I will. If I run, people are going to want to invest in this country.""I don't need to do this interview unless I am seriously considering [running], and I am.

"I don't want to do it. I'm loving my business and having a lot of fun. I hate what's happening to this country. I hate to see this country ripped off by every other smart nation — China, India, Mexico. You look at the jobs that are pouring into Mexico. We give them incentives to move people out of Iowa. Newton, Iowa, got destroyed by Mexico. They had incentives from this government and they built the plant in Mexico and it wiped out a town called Newton

"If he does decide to run for president, Trumpssays he would "probably announce sometime in the month of June.

CHINA:

Trump would also tell him (Obama - LP) he should not hire "diplomats to negotiate with the Red Chinese, because we're dealing with people who truly are not only smart, they're great natural negotiators. They're not our friends. They're looking to strip us of everything they can strip us of.

"I would say go out and get the great business leaders. We have great business leaders, great minds, tough, smart, brilliant. Use those people to negotiate with these countries. Don't use a diplomat, whose training is to be a nice person. I don't want nice people. I want people that are going to bring this country back.

"This country is in serious trouble. It's not going to be a great country for long. It may not be a great country now. This country has to be brought back. Go out and get the toughest, smartest guys, because that's what you need if you're going to beat China and other countries."

From:

http://www.newsmax.c...01/31/id/384561

LaoPo

he would have my vote.....

maybe he could run the UK at the same time

somebody who cheated investors several times by bankruptcies lectures about running a country.

It would be nice to have our own potential Bunga Bunga guy.

Ah, master of the rolling bankruptcy. Yeah maybe that's the answer.

This is the Donald. He may run for President of the United States. Welcome to The Big Show

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011

By MICHAEL SCHERER

Sitting 26 stories above Fifth Avenue in the trophy room of a skyscraper he named for himself, boasting sweeping views of Central Park and the Plaza Hotel, which he once also owned, Donald Trump, 64, a golden mist of hair wafting perfectly across his forehead, holds up fresh evidence of his greatness. "This thing just came out," Trump says, waving a 2012 Republican primary poll from the website Newsmax. "This is Trump."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2065113,00.html#ixzz1JailObgz

LaoPo

Ah, master of the rolling bankruptcy. Yeah maybe that's the answer.

Yeah. Good businessman, my arse.

Ah, master of the rolling bankruptcy. Yeah maybe that's the answer.

Yeah. Good businessman, my arse.

can't even afford a proper haircut

I have mixed feelings about Trump. First, his big political ploy is to question Obama's Birth Certificate. That is a dead horse. They have copies of his Certificate of Live birth, but that's not good enough for Trump. This is politics at it's worst.

Second, his argument about China has been done before, first it was the Arabs that were taking over, then it was the Japanese, now it is the Chinese. This is scare mongering at it's worst. As for oil prices, the price is determined by international market forces, not who controls the oil directly. It's a finite resource and the price may drop a little but it will go up. The world runs on oil, simple as that. Oil is also the key ingredient in lubricating the economy.

If he wants to 'fix' America, what is he going to do to stimulate growth? In what industry/services does he believe the US can be competitive? Does he believe we can rebuild our industrial past, economically?

What about education? Whatever direction he envisions, the population has to be educated to produce the goods and services. If it's high tech, then that means investment in colleges and Universities. If it's manufacturing, then trade and technical schools need to be beefed up.

Not much of a mention about health care. It's expensive and it's necessary for a healthy work force. Not much about Social Security, welfare reform etc.

Oh, and he might want to take a look at Congress. They may do nothing, but they sure can prevent a president from doing something as well. Can't just look at them and say "Your fired."

He's a man with a fair amount of vision and he's pragmatic. Personally, I wouldn't want to see him as President, but some sort of Economic Czar would be nice.

Ah, master of the rolling bankruptcy. Yeah maybe that's the answer.

Yeah. Good businessman, my arse.

can't even afford a proper haircut

haircut? Don't you mean hair-piece?

America is doomed.....regardless of who is President.

So I've been hearing for the last 50 years.

So I've been hearing for the last 50 years.

The process is slow and certainly propped up with beams of illusion and fantasy. When the bow breaks, it will break hard.

America is doomed.....regardless of who is President.

hahaha. hello america hater. i'm joe and i'm here to help you make the transition to the real world.

America is doomed.....regardless of who is President.

hahaha. hello america hater. i'm joe and i'm here to help you make the transition to the real world.

this transition?

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

America is doomed.....regardless of who is President.

hahaha. hello america hater. i'm joe and i'm here to help you make the transition to the real world.

this transition?

impressive!

In Trump's eyes it's everybody's fault that America is in bad shape, except America itself. It's the Chinese, the OPEC, the Arabs...yeah, right....

"Trump also criticized Obama's handling of the conflict in Libya, saying the United States should just go in there and take the country's oil. "Either I'd go in and take the oil or I don't go in at all," he said. "We can't be the policeman for the world."

"He added that he would leave Libya "plenty" of oil so that "they can live very happily" as well."

From:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/donald-trumps-lower-gas-prices-opec_n_850202.html

Maybe Mr. Trump doesn't know that gas prices are almost 3 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE in my own country than in the US and although nobody likes it, people don't call upon the government to pressure OPEC for lower oil prices.

It's our own government itself who is so greedy, taking more than € 1 per liter of Gasoline at € 1,75 ! WHICH IS US$ 9,45 PER GALLON!! (€ 6,62 per Gallon), instead around US$ 3,50/Gallon.

LaoPo

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

I am afraid your a bit confused

Your correct that there were claims during the Clinton period but they

were claims of a balanced budget & nothing to do with the National Debt

Also.....yes the sky is falling.....But not to worry they will continue to raise the ceiling

or kick the can down the road if you prefer

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

I am afraid your a bit confused

Your correct that there were claims during the Clinton period but they

were claims of a balanced budget & nothing to do with the National Debt

Also.....yes the sky is falling.....But not to worry they will continue to raise the ceiling

or kick the can down the road if you prefer

Now if you want to get a real dose of current reality, take a ruler, add 7.2 centimers to the top line and you will see how much the national debt has increased during the period from 2005 to 2011.

Now if you want to get a real dose of current reality, take a ruler, add 7.2 centimers to the top line and you will see how much the national debt has increased during the period from 2005 to 2011.

Yes sadly I did not link a more current graph that shows the hockey stick shaped increase of late

But here is one that does show till 2010...your right it does make one dizzy

Just look at the separation between 2008 & 2010....incredible

Next month when they again raise the spending limit it will look much worse

The system is beautifully broken...

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

dead was never retired Scott. you are mixing up national debt with the balanced budget Clinton achieved.

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

dead was never retired Scott. you are mixing up national debt with the balanced budget Clinton achieved.

Clinton achieved it with a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich in the House, where as you should know, all money bills must originate.

Remember the Contract With America?

Not the first time the debt has gotten out of hand. They had a big sign board with the amount going up each second. It was in New York if I remember. Quite scary to watch. Then it was retired once the country was in the black (depending on the accounting method used). I believe this was during the Clinton presidency.

Then the world's big buddy, George II, decided he had to spend all that money. He did.

Now here we are again. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

dead was never retired Scott. you are mixing up national debt with the balanced budget Clinton achieved.

Clinton achieved it with a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich in the House, where as you should know, all money bills must originate.

Remember the Contract With America?

And of course the capital gains contributions from the biggest stock market bubble in 70 years.

Naam, thanks for the correction about the balanced budget and the debt.

I will let others argue the politics of the situation. Newt G. was hardly the architect of a balanced budget and Clinton certainly presided over an economic period that made balancing the budget relatively painless.

Clinton achieved it with a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich in the House, where as you should know, all money bills must originate.

Remember the Contract With America?

i therefore conclude that Newt Gingrich earned the laurels for balancing the budget. now please tell me who of the democrats was responsible that under the tenure of Jorge pequeño de Tejas balance budgets were not achieved and the national debt ballooned. can one perhaps blame certain "accomplished missions" which turned out to be quite expensive?

Two good articles ...........

Let us establish one point definitively: Bill Clinton didn't balance the budget. Yes, he was there when it happened. But the record shows that was about the extent of his contribution.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5656

Also a good article

http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16

All that aside .....It all pales in comparison to the depths we have fallen to today

Back then the deficit was a couple hundred billion

The national debt was 5 trillion

Today?.......

Clinton achieved it with a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich in the House, where as you should know, all money bills must originate.

Remember the Contract With America?

i therefore conclude that Newt Gingrich earned the laurels for balancing the budget. now please tell me who of the democrats was responsible that under the tenure of Jorge pequeño de Tejas balance budgets were not achieved and the national debt ballooned. can one perhaps blame certain "accomplished missions" which turned out to be quite expensive?

Perhaps it is also worth mentioning that under the tenure of GWB, the US was struck with the most serious attack in it's history (9/11) and one of the costliest natural disasters in history (Katrina).

The stimulus package cost us $700 Billion at the end of Bush's tenure, even though Obama had half of it at his disposal to pay off his union backers, et al.

Perhaps it is also worth mentioning that under the tenure of GWB, the US was struck with the most serious attack in it's history (9/11) and one of the costliest natural disasters in history (Katrina).

The stimulus package cost us $700 Billion at the end of Bush's tenure, even though Obama had half of it at his disposal to pay off his union backers, et al.

Interesting charts and facts:

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/index.php

LaoPo