Category Archives: Donald Trump

Why Donald Trump is living in fantasyland

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

A remark by CC got me looking into the current state of the steel making business in the United States, a subject of interest to me as a native of Pittsburgh, a city largely devoid of its legacy. Could Donald … Continue reading →

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Trump makes his pitch to Black America

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Fred Stiening
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Today, Donald Trump puts it all on the line

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Donald Trump, with Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions at his side, is meeting with the President of Mexico today, and returns to Phoenix tonight to give his speech on immigration. Over the weekend, President Nieto invited both Trump and Hillary … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump invades Mexico today

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Over the weekend, Donald Trump decided he would visit Mexico today (Wednesday) to discuss the future of relations between the United States and Mexico.  This could be the day that makes or breaks the Trump campaign. There is significant risk … Continue reading →

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Walmart – Barack Obama’s ally

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Fred Stiening

That’s the opinion over at Bloomberg… Obama loves Walmart The Clinton ties with Walmart go back to the earliest days when Sam Walton ran the company and made a point of buying from American suppliers. That was then and this … Continue reading →

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The LA Times poll

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The poll being used by the LA Times is interesting. Not necessarily accurate, but it is a tracking poll. They have a group of 3000 people and about once a week update people’s answers, so you see trends, even if … Continue reading →

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Meet the new Donald Trump

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Donald Trump was in Charlotte today. His speech set a new tone for his campaign. Video and transcript The new Donald Trump is less combative, but perhaps more palatable to that group of people who still might vote for him. … Continue reading →

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Breitbart takes over Trump campaign

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Stephen Bannin has been named to take over the Trump campaign. He has a Harvard MBA and earlier in his life worked in the Goldman Sachs M&A division. He has been running the business aspects of Breitbart and has had … Continue reading →

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Meet Fred Trump

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Times The NY Times story is amazingly neutral. The only negative thing they mention is Fred Trump would not rent apartments to blacks, but that is already pretty widely known. Donald Trump is not going to get many black … Continue reading →

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Prepare for President Pence

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Something pretty extraordinary happened in the past couple days. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s primary is today. Donald Trump refused to endorse Ryan, mocking him with the “I’m not there yet” line Ryan used on Trump. Mike Pence then … Continue reading →

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