Donald Trump Report

A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee has leaked online following this week’s report that the DNC was breached by Russian hackers. In it, Trump is pilloried as a “bad businessman” and “misogynist in chief.”
A hacker claiming credit for breaching the Democratic National Committee’s computers released some of the documents on Wednesday he said he had stolen.
A cybersecurity firm hired by the DNC confirmed the party’s opposition research against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was lifted from its computers but attributed the breach to “sophisticated adversaries” with ties to Russian intelligence. Representatives for the security firm said they were examining the documents that surfaced Wednesday.
Someone calling himself “Guccifer 2.0” emailed The Smoking Gun with a document dump of 237 pages he said comprises the party’s playbook to defeating Trump in November. He posted other excerpts from the documents on a separate website.
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Donald Trump Report 
Democratic National Committee 
Submitted: 12/19/15 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Table of Contents 2 
Background 7 
Top Narratives .................................................................................................................................. 7 
Top Narratives Backup ................................................................................................................... 11 
Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself ................................................................................................ 11 
Trump Is A Liar ........................................................................................................................... 16 
Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims… .................................................................................. 18 
Trump’s Campaign Is Defined By Offensive And Extreme Immigration Rhetoric ................. 22 
Trump Has Repeatedly Offended Minorities With Demeaning Comments ............................. 26 
Bad Businessman ........................................................................................................................ 29 
Trump’s Business Have Gone Into Bankruptcy Multiple Times .............................................. 31 
Trump’s Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off ................................................ 33 
Trump Has Repeatedly Proven To Be Clueless On Key Foreign Policy Issues ....................... 33 
Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World ................................. 35 
Trump’s Gun Policy: More Guns ................................................................................................. 39 
Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care .................................................................................... 41 
Climate Change Denier ............................................................................................................... 42 
Trump Has Supported The GOP’s Reckless Approach To Governing ...................................... 42 
Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career ............... 44 
Trump On Military Sexual Assaults… ....................................................................................... 47 
Out of Touch/Hand-Outs For The Wealthy At The Expense Of The Middle Class ................. 48 
Trump’s Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape ..................................................................................... 50 
Trump Timeline 
53 
Trump’s Career Overview 57 
Early Life ......................................................................................................................................... 57 
Family and Upbringing ............................................................................................................... 57 
Childhood ..................................................................................................................................... 58 
Education ..................................................................................................................................... 59 
Draft Deferments ......................................................................................................................... 60 
Business Ventures ........................................................................................................................... 61 
Employees and Contractors ........................................................................................................ 61 
Rent-Controlled Housing ............................................................................................................ 63 
Licensing Agreements ................................................................................................................. 63 
Casinos ......................................................................................................................................... 65 
Golf Courses ................................................................................................................................. 66 
Hotels ........................................................................................................................................... 68 
Trump University ........................................................................................................................ 68 
Development and Land Deals ..................................................................................................... 68 
Beauty Pageants .......................................................................................................................... 69 
Business Associates ..................................................................................................................... 69 
Bankruptcies and Debts ................................................................................................................. 70 
Bankruptcy: “A Great Deal” and a “Business Tool” ................................................................... 70 
Bankruptcy Filings ...................................................................................................................... 71 
Debts ............................................................................................................................................ 71 
Lawsuits .......................................................................................................................................... 72 
 
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Labor and Employment Issues ................................................................................................... 72 
Trump as Plaintiff ....................................................................................................................... 73 
Philosophy on Leadership, Business and Management ................................................................ 75 
Loving Bad Markets and “Amazing” Housing Market Collapses ............................................. 75 
Use of Eminent Domain .............................................................................................................. 75 
Negotiations ................................................................................................................................. 76 
Reliance on Chinese Goods ......................................................................................................... 76 
Trump On The Issues 
77 
Agriculture ....................................................................................................................................... 77 
Campaign Finance and Ethics ....................................................................................................... 78 
Criminal Justice System ................................................................................................................. 78 
Body Cameras .............................................................................................................................. 78 
Death Penalty .............................................................................................................................. 79 
Marijuana Legalization ............................................................................................................... 79 
Crimes Committed By Undocumented Immigrants .................................................................. 80 
Defense and Foreign Policy ............................................................................................................ 80 
“Advisers” ..................................................................................................................................... 80 
Hawkish Tendencies .................................................................................................................... 81 
Defense Spending ........................................................................................................................ 81 
Foreign Aid .................................................................................................................................. 81 
Military ........................................................................................................................................ 82 
Nuclear Triad ............................................................................................................................... 83 
Afghanistan .................................................................................................................................. 84 
China ............................................................................................................................................ 85 
Cuba ............................................................................................................................................. 86 
Egypt ............................................................................................................................................ 87 
France ........................................................................................................................................... 87 
Germany ....................................................................................................................................... 88 
Iran ............................................................................................................................................... 88 
Iraq ............................................................................................................................................... 90 
ISIS ............................................................................................................................................... 91 
Israel ............................................................................................................................................ 93 
Kuwait .......................................................................................................................................... 93 
Libya ............................................................................................................................................. 94 
Mexico .......................................................................................................................................... 96 
Russia ........................................................................................................................................... 96 
Saudi Arabia ................................................................................................................................ 97 
South Korea ................................................................................................................................. 97 
Syria ............................................................................................................................................. 98 
Vietnam ........................................................................................................................................ 99 
Economic Issues .............................................................................................................................. 99 
Great Recession ........................................................................................................................... 99 
Wall Street Reform .................................................................................................................... 101 
Employment and Job Creation ................................................................................................. 103 
Government Assistance ............................................................................................................. 103 
Debt Ceiling ............................................................................................................................... 104 
Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy ...................................................................................... 107 
Federal Budget .......................................................................................................................... 108 
 
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Business Regulations ................................................................................................................ 109 
Treasury ..................................................................................................................................... 110 
Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records ......................................................................... 111 
Education ....................................................................................................................................... 111 
K-12 ............................................................................................................................................ 112 
Higher Ed ................................................................................................................................... 113 
Entitlements .................................................................................................................................. 113 
Social Security ........................................................................................................................... 114 
Medicare ..................................................................................................................................... 115 
Environment and Energy ............................................................................................................. 116 
Energy Extraction ..................................................................................................................... 116 
Keystone XL ............................................................................................................................... 116 
Energy Prices ............................................................................................................................. 117 
Climate Change Denier ............................................................................................................. 118 
Nuclear Energy .......................................................................................................................... 118 
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) .............................................................................................. 119 
Wind Power ................................................................................................................................ 119 
Gaming .......................................................................................................................................... 121 
Guns ............................................................................................................................................... 122 
Background Checks ................................................................................................................... 123 
Magazine Limits ........................................................................................................................ 124 
Permits and Concealed Carry ................................................................................................... 124 
Assault Weapons Ban ................................................................................................................ 125 
Gun Free Zones .......................................................................................................................... 125 
NRA ............................................................................................................................................ 126 
Mass Shootings .......................................................................................................................... 126 
Health Care ................................................................................................................................... 129 
Health Care Plan ....................................................................................................................... 129 
Affordable Care Act ................................................................................................................... 130 
Universal Health Care .............................................................................................................. 132 
Homeland Security/Terrorism ...................................................................................................... 132 
Torture ....................................................................................................................................... 132 
Surveillance ............................................................................................................................... 133 
Immigration ................................................................................................................................... 137 
Immigration Plan Overview ...................................................................................................... 137 
Mass Deportation ...................................................................................................................... 138 
Path to Citizenship .................................................................................................................... 140 
Border Security .......................................................................................................................... 140 
Undocumented Immigrants ...................................................................................................... 141 
Birthright Citizenship ............................................................................................................... 142 
Visas ........................................................................................................................................... 143 
Executive Actions on Immigration ........................................................................................... 145 
Offensive Rhetoric Towards Hispanics And Latinos ............................................................... 145 
Conspiracy Theories .................................................................................................................. 150 
Undocumented Laborers at Trump Projects ............................................................................ 151 
Miscellaneous Comments .......................................................................................................... 153 
Labor .............................................................................................................................................. 154 
Salaries and Wages ................................................................................................................... 154 
 
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Unions/Right-To-Work .............................................................................................................. 155 
LGBT .............................................................................................................................................. 156 
Religious and Racial Minorities ................................................................................................... 156 
Affirmative Action And Quotas ................................................................................................ 156 
Black Lives Matter (BLM) ........................................................................................................ 157 
Muslim Surveillance and Database Proposal .......................................................................... 157 
Offensive and Insensitive Comments on Minority Groups ..................................................... 161 
Support from White Supremacists ........................................................................................... 164 
Taxes .............................................................................................................................................. 165 
2016 Tax Plan ............................................................................................................................ 165 
Tax Burden ................................................................................................................................ 168 
Deductions and Incentives ........................................................................................................ 170 
Flat Tax and Fair Tax ............................................................................................................... 171 
Bush Tax Cuts ........................................................................................................................... 173 
Net Worth Tax ........................................................................................................................... 173 
Corporate Taxes ......................................................................................................................... 174 
Capital Gains and Carried Interest .......................................................................................... 175 
Estate Tax .................................................................................................................................. 176 
IRS .............................................................................................................................................. 176 
Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................. 177 
Trade .............................................................................................................................................. 178 
TPP ............................................................................................................................................. 178 
Free and Fair Trade .................................................................................................................. 178 
Trade Wars ................................................................................................................................ 179 
NAFTA and WTO ...................................................................................................................... 179 
Tariffs ......................................................................................................................................... 180 
Trade with China and Currency Devaluation ......................................................................... 181 
Transportation and Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 184 
Women and Families .................................................................................................................... 184 
Abortion ...................................................................................................................................... 184 
Planned Parenthood and Women’s Health Care ..................................................................... 185 
Equal Pay ................................................................................................................................... 188 
Employer-Provided Child Care ................................................................................................. 188 
Sexual Assaults ......................................................................................................................... 189 
Offensive Comments .................................................................................................................. 191 
Working for Trump .................................................................................................................... 196 
Working Families .......................................................................................................................... 196 
Comments on Contributors to American Society ..................................................................... 196 
Minimum Wage ......................................................................................................................... 197 
SNAP Benefits ........................................................................................................................... 197 
“Free Stuff” ................................................................................................................................ 197 
Veterans ......................................................................................................................................... 198 
Plan for the VA .......................................................................................................................... 198 
Trump’s Politics 
200 
2016 ................................................................................................................................................ 200 
GOP Loyalty Pledge .................................................................................................................. 200 
Campaign Finance ..................................................................................................................... 201 
Going Negative .......................................................................................................................... 204 
 
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Staffing Problems ...................................................................................................................... 205 
Polling ........................................................................................................................................ 205 
Dishonesty .................................................................................................................................. 205 
Political Philosophy ....................................................................................................................... 206 
Changing Party ID .................................................................................................................... 206 
Obama Administration ................................................................................................................. 207 
Birtherism .................................................................................................................................. 207 
Impeachment ............................................................................................................................. 208 
Press Corps. ................................................................................................................................... 208 
Endorsements ................................................................................................................................ 208 
Trump’s Personal Life 
209 
Finances ......................................................................................................................................... 209 
Member Of The Elite ................................................................................................................. 209 
Net Worth .................................................................................................................................. 210 
Inheritance ................................................................................................................................. 211 
Dodging Personal Bankruptcy .................................................................................................. 212 
Personal Health ............................................................................................................................. 213 
Marriages and Other Relationships ............................................................................................. 216 
Ivana Trump .............................................................................................................................. 216 
Marla Maples ............................................................................................................................. 218 
Melania Trump .......................................................................................................................... 219 
Comments on Fidelity and Pre-Nuptial Agreements .............................................................. 220 
Children ......................................................................................................................................... 221 
Parents and Siblings ..................................................................................................................... 222 
Parents ....................................................................................................................................... 222 
Siblings ....................................................................................................................................... 222 
Religion .......................................................................................................................................... 223 
Trump’s Top Video Clips By Issue 
224 
 
 
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BACKGROUND 
TOP NARRATIVES 
 
TRUMP HAS NO CORE 
 
One thing is clear about Donald Trump, there is only one person he has ever looked out for and that’s 
himself. Whether it’s American workers, the Republican Party, or his wives, Trump’s only fidelity has 
been to himself and with that he has shown that he has no problem lying to the American people. Trump 
will say anything and do anything to get what he wants without regard for those he harms.    
 
Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself.  Trump has repeatedly proven that he is only loyal to himself.  
Trump has switched his policy positions and political party affiliations multiple times over the course of 
the last few decades, most often latching on to whatever set of ideas or party is in power or whichever 
reactionary bandwagon he could jump on to keep his name in the headlines. And despite his rants against 
outsourcing, China, and free trade deals, Trump has eagerly invested abroad and showed little loyalty to 
America in allowing his clothing line to import clothes from China. He’s laid off American workers and 
even complained that American wages are “too high.” Even in his personal life, Trump has openly 
discussed his view that fidelity is the right thing to do unless a marriage is going poorly, and described 
his relationship with women as a game. 
 
Trump Is A Liar.  While Trump’s campaign speeches and commentary have grabbed attention for 
being outrageous and often offensive, they have also been marked by a consistent theme: dishonesty.  
Trump has repeatedly used dishonesty and straight-up lies to back up his extremist rhetoric. Trump 
repeatedly defended a bold-faced lie that he watched “thousands” of Muslims celebrating the attack on 
the World Trade Center in New Jersey on 9/11. Trump falsely claimed that President Obama was not 
born in the United States, and when challenged on the facts, simply resorts to polling evidence showing 
the popularity of the issue among the GOP base. What is clear is that Trump will say anything – no 
matter how untrue and ugly it may be – to advance his position in the presidential race. 
 
DIVISIVE AND OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN 
 
There’s no nice way of saying it – Donald Trump is running a campaign built on fear-mongering, 
divisiveness, and racism.  His major policy announcements have included banning all Muslims from 
entering the U.S., and calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and “drug dealers” while proposing a U.S.-
Mexico border wall.  And Trump’s campaign rallies have become a reflection of the hateful tone of his 
campaign, with protestors being roughed up and audience members loudly calling for violence. 
 
Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims From Entering The U.S.  In December 2015, Donald 
Trump called for a “total and complete” ban on all Muslims entering the United States. Trump’s 
spokeswoman said under his plan, even American citizens traveling abroad would be prohibited from 
reentering the United States and Trump defiantly told his supporters he didn’t care if his plan was 
politically incorrect. Trump claimed his plan was “common sense,” citing two polls for support; however, 
one of the polls was published by a group the Southern Poverty Law Center called an “extremist think 
tank” and was widely discredited. The other poll’s publisher — the highly respected, nonpartisan Pew 
Research Center — said it could not even determine what polls Trump was referring to.  Trump’s call to 
ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. was widely condemned — one of his rivals for the Republican 
nomination likened it to Nazism, and even former Vice President Dick Cheney denounced it, saying it 
“goes against everything we stand for and believe in.” Trump’s plan was supported by some groups, 
 
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however. White Supremacists and neo-Nazis are thrilled about Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from 
entering the U.S. and see it as an energizing force for their movement.  
 
Trump’s Campaign Is Defined By Offensive And Extreme Immigration Rhetoric. Trump’s 
campaign is fueled by extreme, xenophobic and sometimes dangerous rhetoric about immigration.  Trump 
doesn’t just oppose comprehensive immigration reform like his fellow GOPers, he vilifies immigrants for 
political gain and proposes outrageous solutions based on absurd and false information. One of the 
centerpieces of Trump’s campaign is his pledge to build a “great wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border to 
keep out the “druggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers” coming up from Mexico. As if his promise to 
rescind President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, deport American citizens whose family 
members lack proper documentation, and end birthright citizenship for  children he proudly derides as 
“anchor babies” weren’t bad enough on their own, Trump’s declared he will use a “deportation force” to 
execute the mass deportation of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants based on the model 
of Dwight Eisenhower's brutal and deadly mass deportation of the mid-1950s. 
 
→ Trump Says He Would Build A Border Wall To Keep “Druggies, Drug Dealers, 
Rapists, And Killers��� Out Of The U.S.  One of the centerpieces of Trump’s campaign is his 
pledge to build a “great wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out the “druggies, drug dealers, 
rapists and killers” coming up from Mexico.  Trump then repeatedly stood by his assertion after it 
created considerable controversy. 
 
→ Trump Has Banned Univision From Events And Kicked Its Reporters Out Of Press 
Conferences.  Donald Trump’s disrespectful behavior towards Univision and its reporters is 
unlike anything we’ve seen from a presidential candidate in recent memory.  Trump has barred 
Univision from covering his rallies, and removed a Univision reported from a press conference 
after getting angry at questions regarding his broad mischaracterizations about immigrants being 
criminals.   
 
Trump Has Repeatedly Offended Minorities With Demeaning Comments.  From the start of 
his campaign, and well before it, Donald Trump has repeatedly made demeaning and offensive comments 
about minority groups in the U.S.  In June 2015, Trump said Black youths are at “a point where they’ve 
just about never done more poorly, there’s no spirit, there’s killings on an hourly basis, virtually, in places 
like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places.”  And his comments pre-date his presidential 
campaign by decades:  in 1991, he was quoted as saying “laziness is a trait in blacks.”  
 
BAD BUSINESSMAN 
 
Despite Trump’s continual boasting about his business success, he has repeatedly run into serious 
financial crises in his career and his record raises serious questions about whether he is qualified to 
manage the fiscal challenges facing this country. Trump’s business resume includes a long list of 
troubling issues, including his company’s record of forcing people from their homes to make room for 
developments and outsourcing the manufacturing of his clothing line to take advantage of lower-wage 
countries like China and Mexico.  His insight about the marketplace has proven wrong many times, 
including in the run-up to the Great Recession. And Trump’s record of irresponsible and reckless 
borrowing to build his empire – behavior that sent his companies into bankruptcy four times – is just one 
indication of how out-of-touch he is with the way regular Americans behave and make a living, and it 
casts doubt on whether he has the right mindset to tackle the country’s budget problems.   
 
Trump’s Business Have Gone Into Bankruptcy Multiple Times.  Donald Trump likes to brag 
that he is “very smart,” tout his ivy league education and exaggerate his net worth, but in reality, Trump 
is not the master businessman he claims to be. Donald Trump’s businesses have gone bankrupt four times 
and he only barely was able to avoid personal bankruptcy himself. Finally, and most ironically, Donald 
 
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Trump and would actually have become more wealthy by simply putting his inheritance in a boring 
mutual fund than he became by “making deals.”  
 
Trump’s Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off.  Despite his false claims later on, 
Trump also failed to foresee the economic crisis, which he blamed, at least in part, on ordinary Americans 
who got mortgages that eventually went underwater.  
 
DANGEROUS & IRRESPONSIBLE POLICIES 
 
Trump’s policies – if you can call them that – are marked by the same extreme and irresponsible thinking 
that shape his campaign speeches.  There is no question that Donald Trump’s rhetoric is dangerous – but 
his actual agenda could be a catastrophe.  
 
Trump Has Repeatedly Proven To Be Clueless On Key Foreign Policy Issues.  Over the 
course of his campaign, Donald Trump has proven time and again that he lacks the knowledge and 
expertise to be America’s Commander-in-Chief.  During a debate in December, Trump clearly did not 
understand the principle of the “nuclear triad.”  Earlier, for example, Trump admitted during a radio 
interview that he did not know the answers to many of the foreign policy questions he was asked.  Trump 
wasn’t familiar with the commander of Iran’s Quds force, and then mistook “Quds” for “Kurds” during a 
subsequent answer.  When Trump was asked who advised him on foreign policy, he stated he gets a lot of 
advice from the “weekend shows.” 
 
Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World.  While everything 
about a Trump presidency is frightening, the notion of Trump as commander and chief and America’s 
principal geopolitical strategist might take the cake. He has repeatedly boasted about his interest in 
using extreme force to solve problems around the world, and at almost every campaign rally, Trump brags 
that he is the “most militaristic person” there is.  At the same time, he has antagonized other countries on 
multiple occasions while on the campaign trail.   
 
→ Trump Supports Using Waterboarding And Other Methods Of Torture, Because 
“Even If It Doesn’t Work, They Deserve It Anyway.” When asked if he would approve 
waterboarding, Trump boasted, “You bet your ass I would.” Despite evidence that waterboarding is 
ineffective as an intelligence gathering method and serves as a recruitment tool for America’s 
enemies, Trump insisted “only a stupid person would say it doesn’t work” but declared even “if it 
doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway. 
 
→ Trump Has Repeatedly Antagonized Other Countries On The Campaign Trail.Trump 
has repeatedly antagonized other countries, and proposes outrageous foreign policy plans that use 
aggression to resolve differences – even with allies. Trump has repeatedly and explicitly called for 
starting a trade war with China, said he’d bomb countries in the Middle East to take their oil and 
bragged that he would force Mexico to build a wall along the U.S. border.  He has said that he 
views the Chinese as our “enemies.” At almost every campaign rally, Trump brags that he is the 
“most militaristic person” there is. 
 
→ Trump’s Strategy For ISIS: “Bomb The Sh*t Out Of Them” And Send 10,000 
American Ground Troops.  Despite an utter lack of specificity or detail, Donald Trump insists 
he does have a plan to combat ISIS: “People are thinking like I don't have a plan…I would bomb 
the shit out of them... I would just bomb those suckers…and I’ll take the oil.”  Trump boasted he 
would employ a policy of “shoot first, talk later” and he supports sending 10,000 American ground 
troops to Syria.   
 
 
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Trump’s Gun Policy:  More Guns.  Trump doesn’t just oppose gun control like most of his GOP 
colleagues; he has actively pushed the idea that more guns are the answer to gun violence. Trump claims 
that fewer people would be killed by guns if more people carried guns and could thus fight back if 
attacked. Trump has also bragged repeatedly that he has a “concealed carry” license and sometimes 
carries a handgun, despite his own admission that “I’m not such a great shot.” Like he has on most issues, 
Trump has positioned himself as far to the right as possible on gun control. Trump opposes nearly all gun 
control measures and has frequently claimed that had the victims of recent attacks — such as those in 
Paris and San Bernardino, California — been armed, fewer people would have died. Trump opposed 
expanding background checks, opposed regulations on the number of rounds allowed in magazines, and 
even opposed a ban on military-style assault weapons designed to kill people.  Trump also said he would 
get rid of gun-free zones in public places, because, he claims, “Gun free zones are like meat to these 
animals.” 
 
Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care. Like every member of the current Republican presidential 
field, Trump has called for the repeal of Obamacare. He called it a “total catastrophe,” despite the fact 
that it has provided more than 17 million Americans with quality, affordable health care. When asked 
what he would do in the ACA’s place, Trump said he would replace it with “something terrific.” 
 
Climate Change Denier.  Donald Trump seems to be on a mission to out-do his fellow GOP candidates 
when it comes to denying the scientific reality of climate change and has repeatedly called climate change 
a hoax. Like on every issue, Trump uses over-the-top language to get attention, like when he declared, 
“This very expensive global warming bullshit has got to stop.” However, Trump’s bombast doesn’t stand 
up to reality. Just two weeks after he told a South Carolina crowd “you can’t get hurt by extreme 
weather,” he tweeted his “thoughts and prayers” to the people of South Carolina after 12 people were 
killed by historic flooding. 
 
Trump Has Supported The GOP’s Reckless Approach To Governing.  Trump has expressed 
support for the GOP’s reckless and irresponsible threats to shut down the government over politically-
charged and divisive issues.  Trump has expressed support for the shutdown that occurred over 
Obamacare, has said he agreed with playing chicken with the debt ceiling, and officially blessed” a 
strategy that would force Congress to defund Planned Parenthood or face a government shutdown.   
 
MISOGYNIST IN CHIEF 
 
Through both his words and actions, Trump has made clear he thinks women’s primary role is to please -
men. Trump’s derogatory and degrading comments to and about women, as well as his tumultuous 
marriages, have been well publicized.  And as a presidential candidate, Trump has adopted many of the 
backwards GOP policies that we’ve come to expect from his party.  
 
Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career.Trump has 
said men need “support at home…not someone who is always griping and bitching,” and once told Esquire 
that “as long as you’ve got a nice and young piece of ass,” it didn’t matter what the media wrote.  Among 
other things, he’s called women pigs, slobs and dogs. He has frequently made disparaging comments 
about women’s weight. He’s complained about being asked legitimate questions during a debate by 
speculating about a news anchor’s menstrual cycle, and once said of the high rate of sexual assaults in the 
military: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?”  
 
→ Trump On Military Sexual Assaults: “What Did These Geniuses Expect When They Put Men & 
Women Together?” In 2013, Trump weighed in on the high rate of sexual assault and rape in the 
military—and in doing so, pinned the blame on women who volunteered to fight for their country. 
Referring to the increase in the number of reported sexual assaults in the military, Trump asked 
rhetorically, “What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together? 
 
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OUT OF TOUCH 
 
Trump’s policies clearly reflect his life as a 1-percenter. His plans would slash taxes for the rich and 
corporations while shifting more of the burden to the shoulders of working families.  He stands with 
Republicans in opposing Wall Street reform and opposing the minimum wage.  Trump clearly has no 
conception of the everyday lives of middle class Americans. His description of the “small” $1 million loan 
that his father gave him to launch his career is proof enough that his worldview is not grounded in 
reality.  
 
Hand-Outs For The Wealthy At The Expense Of The Middle Class. Trump’s policies put him 
and those like him ahead of hardworking American families. Like Bush and Rubio, Trump's tax plan 
would give the rich a tax cut by slashing top marginal rates, the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the 
estate tax. All told, Trump's tax plan will give the wealthiest 1% of Americans 34% of the benefit. He also 
stands with fellow Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in opposing 
Wall Street Reform, which was passed to help protect our economy from another Bush-like recession. 
Further, Trump opposes raising the federal minimum wage, which could lift millions of American families 
above the poverty line. 
 
Trump’s Tax Plan Would Save Him Millions Each Year.  According to analyses of Donald 
Trump’s tax plan, his proposals would cost in the area of $12 trillion while saving him millions in 
personal taxes each year.  The plan would represent the lowest tax rate since World War II – but would 
shift more of the tax burden onto middle class families while creating windfalls for Trump and his fellow 
1-percenters. The plan would dramatically lower the tax rate for the top income earners in America, lower 
the capital gains rate, eliminate the estate tax, and cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. 
 
PERSONAL HISTORY 
 
Trump’s Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape.   Ivana trump once accused the real-estate tycoon of 
“rape,” although she later clarified: not in the “criminal sense.”Not only does the current front-runner for 
the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks about sexual assault, but 
as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used the word rape to describe an incident between them in 
1989. She later said she felt “violated” by the experience.Ivana Trump’s assertion of rape came in a 
deposition in her early 1990s divorce case. The episode was described as a “violent assault.”   
 
→ Trump’s Organization Responded By Claiming “You Can’t Rape Your Wife.” Michael 
Cohen, special counsel at The Trump Organization, defended Trump, saying, “You’re talking about 
the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never 
raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your 
spouse…You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.” Of course, that is not true, 
but it is not surprising coming from the mouth of one of Donald’s yes men. 
 
 
TOP NARRATIVES BACKUP 
 
 
Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself 
 
OVER THE YEARS, TRUMP SWITCHED HIS PARTY AFFILIATION MULTIPLE 
TIMES 
 
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Trump Was A Registered With The Republican Party, The Independence Party, 
The Democratic Party, And Was Unaffiliated. “Mr. Trump registered in New York as a 
Republican in 1987, switched to the Independence Party in 1999, became a Democrat in 2001, 
returned to the Republican Party in 2009, gave up his party affiliation in 2011 and came back to 
the GOP in 2012.” [Wall Street Journal, 12/10/15] 
 
TRUMP SWITCHES HIS POLICY POSITIONS AND LATCHES ON TO THE IDEAS 
OF THE MOMENT 
 
ON GAY MARRIAGE 
 
In 2005, Trump Suggested He Was In Favor Of Marriage Equality. TRUMP: “Well, 
there's nothing like family. And there's nothing like a great marriage. I mean, having a great 
marriage is a very important thing and a very good thing, if you find the right person. Male, 
female, I don't care. I mean, having a great marriage and a great family to me is ultimately the 
most important thing.” [Canada AM, CTV Television, 9/7/05] 
 
But In 2015, Trump Said He Was Against Gay Marriage Because Of Religious 
Teachings. TRUMP: “I’ve gone to gay weddings. I’ve been at gay weddings. I have been against 
[gay marriage] from the standpoint of [the] Bible, from the standpoint of my teachings as 
growing up and going to Sunday school and going to church and I’ve been opposed to it and we’ll 
just see how it all comes out.” [“With All Due Respect,” BloombergPolitics, 8/26/15] 
 
ON TAX POLICY 
 
Trump On Tax Policy: “High-Income People Should Pay High Percentages.” 
TRUMP: “Well, what they did is they just kept cutting the tax rates, cutting the tax rates.  And 
I'm not talking about for the middle income or the poor.  Leave 'em.  Keep 'em low.  And I 
shouldn't say this, but high-income people should pay high percentages, but have the ability to 
spend vast amounts of money on bringing their tax rates down to nothing.  If a man is in the 50 
or 60 percent bracket, he's going to invest.  If a man's in the 25 percent bracket or the 30 percent 
bracket, which is what you have now, there's no real reason for him to invest.  He'll say, 'Hey, 
look, I'll pay the tax and that's it.' So what's happened.” KING: “So you're saying the rich are 
under-taxed?” TRUMP: “I'm saying the rich should be taxed at a much higher rate and should 
have the incentive that, if they want to spend some money by investing in housing, investing in 
other things, they can get their tax rate down to nothing, if need be.” [Larry King Live, CNN, 
11/19/91] 
 
2015: Trump Proposed Lowering The Top Individual Tax Rate From 39.6% To 25%. 
“All other Americans will get a simpler tax code with four brackets – 0%, 10%, 20% and 25% – 
instead of the current seven. This new tax code eliminates the marriage penalty and the 
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) while providing the lowest tax rate since before World War II.” 
[Trump Tax Plan, Donald J. Trump For President, Released 9/28/15] 
 
ON HEALTH CARE 
 
 
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Trump In 1999: “I'm Very Liberal When It Comes To Health Care.  I Believe In 
Universal Health Care.” KING: “Patients' Bill of Rights: You mentioned health care as one of 
the social issues; you for it?” TRUMP: “I think you have to have it, and, again, I said I'm 
conservative, generally speaking, I'm conservative, and even very conservative.  But I'm quite 
liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things.  I really say: What's the 
purpose of a country if you're not going to have defensive and health care? If you can't take care 
of your sick in the country, forget it, it's all over.  I mean, it's no good.  So I'm very liberal when it 
comes to health care.  I believe in universal health care.  I believe in whatever it takes to make 
people well and better.” [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99] 
 
Trump On Obama’s 2009 Health Care Plan: “I Love The Idea.” VAN SUSTEREN: 
“What is your thought about the health care reform that is being at least proposed, at this 
point?” TRUMP: “Well, I think it's noble, except I just don't know how a country that's in such 
debt -- we are really a debtor nation right now, and I just don't know how a country in this kind 
of trouble can afford it. It's very -- I love the idea, but can this country afford it? Will it destroy 
the country? Will it destroy other people that have been paying into health care for years? I 
mean, will that destroy other people? It's a very, very tough situation. I love it from many 
standpoints, but can this country afford it? And maybe this isn't the right time.” [On The Record 
With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 6/29/09] 
 
2015: Donald Trump Called For Obamacare To Be Repealed. There’s no question. 
Obamacare is a catastrophe, and it has to be repealed and replaced. And it was only approved 
because President the different provisions kick in over the next few years, individual deductibles 
are going to continue to rise. People will have to get hit by a truck to be eligible for coverage 
because those deductibles are going to be so high. [Trump, Crippled America, 68] 
 
ON ABORTION 
 
Trump: “I Used To Not Be Pro-Life. I Have Become Pro-Life.”  O'REILLY: “Ok. Real 
quick, social issues. Abortion…You favor it?” TRUMP: “No, I'm as you know, I'm pro-life.” 
O'REILLY: “Ok, so you're pro-life on abortion. But would you outlaw abortion?” TRUMP: “Well, 
I'd -- I'd go a step -- I'd go a pretty strong step. Something I don't like, I used to not be pro-life. I 
have become pro-life. I have seen friends that had children that they didn't want. And now they 
have children and they are the apple of the eye. So I really have changed in my views over the 
years but I am pro-life. I would -- I would really -- I'm forming an opinion, I'm forming a very 
strong opinion but I'll let you know in about three or four weeks if I decided it.” [The O’Reilly 
Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11] 
 
ON GUNS 
 
Donald Trump Played Up His Support For Nearly Unrestricted Gun Rights 
Despite Having Supported The Assault Weapons Ban And Longer Background 
Checks In The Past. “Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports allowing Americans to legally 
buy and own assault weapons…. Trump has played up his support for nearly unrestricted gun 
rights throughout the campaign as he has looked to bolster his conservative credentials, 
especially given his past support for some gun control measures. ‘I generally oppose gun control, 
but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to 
purchase a gun,’ Trump wrote in his 2000 book ‘The America We Deserve.’” [CNN, 10/6/15] 
 
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TRUMP HAS RANTED AGAINST CHINA, OUTSOURCING AND FREE TRADE 
DEALS… 
 
Trump Has Eagerly Taken Advantage Of The Global Marketplace Despite His 
Rhetoric Against Outsourcing And Free Trade Deals.  A Significant Percentage Of 
Trump’s hotels Company’s Hotels And Major“Donald Trump’s appeal is said to be his straight 
talk. But when it comes to international trade, he sounds like a hypocrite, the classic ‘Do what I 
say, not what I do’ politician. While bashing companies for investing in foreign countries, Donald 
Trump’s own company has shown no inclination to invest and build only in America. In fact, a 
significant percentage of his company’s hotels and major real estate properties are located 
abroad.”  [Forbes, 8/17/15] 
 
BUT HE HAS EAGERLY INVESTED ABROAD AND HIS BUSINESSES HAVE 
IMPORTED MATERIALS FROM CHINA 
 
Trump’s Clothing Brand Imports Clothes From China.  “Perry notes Trump has 
imported clothing from China and Mexico produced for his brand. ‘For Trump to operate, 
outsource and invest globally while criticizing companies like Ford for doing the same is the 
ultimate hypocrisy. To be fair to Ford, Trump should either agree to impose a 35% tax on Trump 
Collection clothing and agree to stop investing overseas, or he should stop his threats against 
Ford for operating as a global carmaker.’” [Forbes, 8/17/15] 
 
TRUMP HAS LAID OFF AMERICAN WORKERS AND COMPLAINED THAT 
WAGES ARE “TOO HIGH” 
 
Donald Trump Laid Off Or Furloughed 370 Employees From His Taj Mahal Casino 
Resort And Trump Shuttle Operations. “Two of developer Donald Trump's operations, the 
Taj Mahal Casino Resort and the Trump Shut-tle airline, announced Friday they are eliminating 
a total of about 370 jobs as part of streamlining efforts. The cutbacks come amid speculation that 
Trump has overextended himself with rapid expansion into the airline and Atlantic City, N.J., 
casino industries. The Taj Mahal Casino Resort said it is cutting 300 jobs, mostly in its culinary 
section, less than two months after it opened. In a separate announcement, a spokesman said the 
Trump Shuttle, which serves air passengers on the busy Boston-New York-Washington, D.C. 
route, had furloughed about 70 of its roughly 1,000 employees.” [Associated Press, 5/25/90] 
 
9/20/90: Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino In Atlantic City, NJ Laid Off 500 
Employees, And The Trump Plaza Hotel Laid Off Another 150. “The post-summer 
casino slowdown and a weak gaming market spell 500 layoffs at Donald Trump's Taj Mahal 
Casino Resort, a top Trump official said in a published report.  Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino 
will also end up with 150 fewer workers, the official said. The casino industry traditionally lays 
off employees after the busy summer months. Few casinos have been able to turn a profit or 
boost gross gaming revenues this year, due largely to competition from the Taj Mahal, which 
opened in April.” [Newsday, 9/20/90] 
 
Donald Trump Laid Off Nearly 200 Employees From His Trump Castle Casino 
Resort In Atlantic City, New Jersey. “Nearly 200 employees were laid off Monday at the 
Trump Castle Casino Resort in a money-saving move. Casino president Roger Wagner, who was 
 
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hired away from rival Claridge Casino Hotel earlier this month to cut costs at Trump Castle, 
said the layoffs of 190 workers came across the board at the management and executive levels. 
The layoffs leave the casino with about 3,400 employees, Wagner said. Wagner said the declining 
economy and flat gaming market prompted the need to cut costs.” [Associated Press, 1/29/91] 
 
4/6/11: Trump Entertainment Resorts, Of Which Donald Trump Owned 10 Percent, 
Laid Off 600 Workers. “Marc Lasry, chairman and CEO of Avenue Capital Group, was given 
final approval Wednesday by New Jersey casino regulators to control the Atlantic City casino 
company that was founded by Donald Trump. Avenue, which specializes in distressed 
investments, won the company in a bankruptcy battle last year, and is the largest shareholder at 
nearly 22 percent. Trump, the real estate magnate and reality television star, owns 10 percent. 
… The company has been paying down debt and cutting jobs since the new owners took over last 
July. The sale next month of Trump Marina Hotel Casino to a Texas firm will bring its debt to 
near $300 million from its current level of $332 million, Griffin said. … Trump Entertainment 
Resorts has cut 600 jobs since last fall and now has a work force for their three casinos of about 
8,000 employees, Griffin said.” [Associated Press, 4/6/11] 
 
Donald Trump Opposed Raising The Minimum Wage, Saying American Wages 
Were “Too High” And That Workers, “Have To Work Really Hard.” “The Fox Business 
Republican Debate kicked off Tuesday night with a question about raising the minimum wage, 
as protesters across the country call for the floor to be raised to $15-an-hour. Donald Trump was 
the first candidate to answer. ‘Taxes too high, wages too high,’ said Trump, arguing it would 
damage the United States’ ability to compete internationally. ‘We’re not going to be able to 
compete against the world,��� he said. ‘I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. People 
have to go out, they have to work really hard, and they have to get into that upper stratum. But 
we cannot do this if we are going to compete with the rest of the world, we just can’t do it.’” 
[Boston Globe, 11/10/15] 
 
TRUMP ONLY BELIEVES IN FIDELITY WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL 
 
Trump: “I'm An Absolute Believer In Fidelity. But If A Marriage Isn't Working, 
That's A Different Ball Game.” WALTERS: “Do you believe in fidelity in marriage?” 
TRUMP: “Yes, absolutely I do. Absolutely. I think that there's nothing better than a good 
marriage. There is nothing worse than a bad marriage. I'm absolutely a believer in marriage, I'm 
an absolute believer in fidelity. But if a marriage isn't working, that's a different ball game.” 
[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90] 
 
TRUMP THINKS RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN ARE A GAME 
 
Trump: “I Think The Hunt Is Always Fun, Whether It's Deals, Whether It's 
Women, Whether It's Anything.” WALTERS: “I want to clear something up. In your book, 
the new book, you say, ‘The fun is in the getting, not the having.’ Does that include women? No 
kidding.” TRUMP: “Interesting question. I think the hunt is always fun, whether it's deals, 
whether it's women, whether it's anything. I think, however, that with respect to women, there 
would be nothing that would make me happier than having a great marriage. An absolutely 
great marriage, and that would certainly supersede the hunt.”[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90] 
 
 
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Trump Is A Liar 
 
TRUMP HAS HABITUALLY LIED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT MATTERS 
OF POLICY 
 
Drezner: Trump “Will Continue To Lie As Long As It Works For Him.”  “To sum up: 
Trump has lied so many times about so many things during the past week that it’s difficult to 
keep track of all of them. But it doesn’t matter whether one focuses on Trump’s attitudes about 
crime or American Muslims or trade policy. He lies about all of these issues. And he will continue 
to lie as long as it works for him.”  [Post Everything, Washington Post, 11/23/15] 
 
USA Today: “Trump Claimed That Economic Growth Has ‘Never’ Been Below Zero 
Until Last Quarter's Drop, Which Is Far From True. It Has Been Below Zero 42 
Times Since 1946.” [USA Today, 6/16/15] 
 
USA Today: “[Trump] Said ‘There Are No Jobs’ To Be Had. In Fact, There Were 
5.4 Million Job Openings Recorded At The End Of April, The Most In 15 Years.” 
[USA Today, 6/16/15] 
 
USA Today: “[Trump] Said The ‘Real’ Unemployment Rate Is ‘Anywhere From 18 
To 20%’ And ‘Maybe Even 21%.’ We See No Factual Basis For This Opinion.”[USA 
Today, 6/16/15] 
 
USA Today: “[Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico 
By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And 
Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would 
Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.”[USA Today, 6/16/15] 
 
USA Today: “Trump Claimed The Five Taliban Leaders Exchanged For Sgt. Bowe 
Bergdahl ‘Are Now Back On The Battlefield Trying To Kill Us.’ But All Five 
Remain In Qatar, Where They Continue To Be Monitored And Are Subject To A 
Travel Ban, According To The State Department.”[USA Today, 6/16/15] 
 
USA Today: “[Trump] Also Made The Misleading Claim That Health Care 
Premium Costs Are Going ‘Up 29, 39, 49 And Even 55%.’ He's Talking About Some 
Proposed Rate Increases On The Individual Market That Still Need Regulatory 
Approval. There Are Also Proposed Rate Decreases Or Single-Digit Increases That 
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