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Donald Trump Slams Mitt Romney As A ‘Small Business Guy’ Who ‘Got Rid Of Jobs’

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Possible presidential candidate Donald Trump has spent much of his burgeoning campaign taking swipes at President Obama, but in the second part of his interview with State of the Union‘s Candy Crowley, Trump made Mitt Romney the target of some (not so) friendly fire. He called Romney a “small business guy” who “got rid of jobs,” and boasted about his own net worth, compared to Romney’s.

Much of the appeal of recently-declared candidate Romney rests on his business bona fides, and Trump’s shots at Romney aren’t likely to change that (or to hurt Romney nearly as much as his own health care plan), but it does illustrate yet another downside of the Trump candidacy for the GOP. Trump’s Birther drumbeat undermines the party with general election voters, his possible independent run could torpedo the eventual GOP nominee, and now, his loose-cannon attacks on fellow candidates could make life very difficult for others who may soon join the race.

Maybe Tim Pawlenty is wise to try and stay on Trump’s good side.

Here’s the clip, from CNN:


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  • cjd ohio 1

    not going to vote for trump, but he does say whats on his mind

  • Nacho

    LOL, here we go, Trump is now taking down the only real GOP candidate with Trump’s personal style bullshit.

    Let’s see how the idiots respond to this…

  • Nacho

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    not going to vote for trump, but he does say whats on his mind

    HA! that’s not what’s on his mind, that’s his sales pitch.

    Jesus Christ…

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Tommy .
    Trump was on Hannity Friday night talking about Obama and his mobster friend/mentor/fixer Rezko , who was covicted years ago , still not sentenced , and being hidden away in a Wisconsin County jail .

    Why not look into it ?

    Obama is using Jean Paul Ludwig’s SS# , a Ct. resident who died in Hawaii . Not curious at all ?

    Why not look into it ?

    Ask Carney . You won’t get a straight answer ,but won’t that tell you something ?

  • cjd ohio 1

    Nacho said:
    HA! that’s not what’s on his mind, that’s his sales pitch. Jesus Christ…

    well then his sales pitch is on his mind

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    The party that supposedly hates elitists and the concept of education dotes over a guy who was born into wealth and constantly brags about it as though he’s self-made. All because he’s willing to attack our nagger President in the way they like. Ladies and gentleman, the modern GOP.

  • Yoda002

    They’re eating their own now.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Publius219 said:
    The party that supposedly hates elitists and the concept of education dotes over a guy who was born into wealth and constantly brags about it as though he’s self-made. All because he’s willing to attack our nagger President in the way they like. Ladies and gentleman, the modern GOP.

    obama does not nag me, never talked to the man

  • tatboy

    Yoda002 said:
    They’re eating their own now.

    Sense when is Trump a member of the GOP??? You might as well call him Donald “Ross Perot” Trump. The only way Clinton could win was with Ross (Clinton NEVER got 50 % of the vote) and Obama will walk to victory in 2012 the same way he did in 2008… on the shoulders of the MSM ( with help from Trump).

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    tatboy said:
    Sense when is Trump a member of the GOP??? You might as well call him Donald “Ross Perot” Trump. The only way Clinton could win was with Ross (Clinton NEVER got 50 % of the vote) and Obama will walk to victory in 2012 the same way he did in 2008… on the shoulders of the MSM ( with help from Trump).

    Who wants to play sport the logical fallacy? This one is sort of a gimme, I know.

  • Yoda002

    tatboy said:
    Sense when is Trump a member of the GOP??? You might as well call him Donald “Ross Perot” Trump. The only way Clinton could win was with Ross (Clinton NEVER got 50 % of the vote) and Obama will walk to victory in 2012 the same way he did in 2008… on the shoulders of the MSM ( with help from Trump).

    It sounds like he would be running on the GOP/Teabagger ticket. Bush could only win with a Supreme Court decision so what’s your point.

  • Davo

    Nacho said:
    LOL, here we go, Trump is now taking down the only real GOP candidate with Trump’s personal style bullshit.

    Let’s see how the idiots respond to this…

    We did see, the moment you posted.

    Do you expect Conservatives to take the advice of anti-American Democrats? We saw how well that worked when the GOP let the Democrat media tell them who to run last time. No thanks. Anyone the anti-Americans like can count on my NON-support.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Yoda002 said:
    It sounds like he would be running on the GOP/Teabagger ticket. Bush could only win with a Supreme Court decision so what’s your point.

    the same way obamacare is going to be decided, so who knows?

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    As long as THE HAIR keeps up the non-stop pit-bull attacks on everything obozo, I say let him do it. BUT – no rational person should jump from liking his (very appropriate and accurate) obozo bashing to actually supporting this self-serving, evil, duplicitous, manipulative, ostentatious, arrogant, narcissistic, lying, avaricious chameleon, who is as UNFIT for ANY PUBLIC OFFICE as “You Lie!” hussein.

    BTW: Romney is simply a trick by the Tea Party to get lunatic-left d-crat socialist heads to explode when they try to decide which they love more, ROMENYCARE or OBOZOCARE.

  • Barack Must Go

    Well now we’ll know for sure. If Trump’s numbers continue to go up and Obama’s continue to go down this week, now that The Donald is spreading out a bit, it definitively proves Barack is _____ed………BIG TIME.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Barack Must Go said:
    it definitively proves Barack is _____ed………BIG TIME.

    Yes, this without a doubt guarantees that Trump wil be elected over Obama. Moron. Stupidity, from both parties, extremes, and everywhere in between, is killing this country.

  • RowdyHoward

    Barack Must Go said:
    Well now we’ll know for sure. If Trump’s numbers continue to go up and Obama’s continue to go down this week, now that The Donald is spreading out a bit, it definitively proves Barack is _____ed………BIG TIME.

    Favor-ed?

  • rubberneck

    I wonder when someone is going to call him out for voting for Obama….

  • Barack Must Go

    Why can’t you libs just admit it, that you are shaking in your UGG’s knock offs, have chewed your nails down to bloody stumps and your dehydrated from three weeks of non stop diarrhea coming from both ends ?

  • Jaurez

    Nacho said:
    HA! that’s not what’s on his mind, that’s his sales pitch.

    Jesus Christ…

    “Change!”

    “Yes, we can!”

    Like that?

  • Nacho

    Jaurez said:
    “Change!”

    “Yes, we can!”

    Like that?

    You don’t think that there has been change? I hear a lot of people bitching and fighting it every inch of the way.

  • Montecore

    Barack Must Go said:
    Why can’t you libs just admit it, that you are shaking in your UGG’s knock offs, have chewed your nails down to bloody stumps and your dehydrated from three weeks of non stop diarrhea coming from both ends ?

    Yeah, donald trump scares democrats. LOL!!!!!! Give me a break the only viable candidate won’t be chosen, and each one you have is an insult to the intelligence of Americans.

  • notsofast

    Nacho said:
    Nacho says:
    April 17, 2011 at 3:09 pm Nacho(Quote)

    You are an idiot 25/8, son!

  • notsofast

    When did CNN hire Mama Cass?

  • Jaurez

    Nacho said:
    You don’t think that there has been change? I hear a lot of people bitching and fighting it every inch of the way.

    Most on your side. ;)

  • Jaurez

    Nacho said:
    You don’t think that there has been change? I hear a lot of people bitching and fighting it every inch of the way.

    Btw, you were ridiculing Trump in regards to his “sales pitch” all the while you forgot that “change!” and “yes, we can!” were nothing but sales pitches, as well. Talk in circles much?

  • Garth

    Another episode of the GOP Freak Show. I love it.

  • WCinWI

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    the same way obamacare is going to be decided, so who knows?

    That was a slick response. :)

  • WCinWI
  • Michael_T

    Donald Trump should should be careful about comparing resumes with Mitt Romney. What has this dishonest reality show host done comparable to rescuing the scandal plagued Salt Lake Winter Olympics and making it an unqualified success?

    Although political expediency precludes Romney from taking credit for shepherding in Massachusetts’ health care law, the latest polls show overwhelming satisfaction.

    As one Bay State resident commented recently, “The health plan our family of 4 is on now, that costs me only $302/mo, would have cost me about $1,500 if I were to (try to) buy it as a self employed small businessperson.”

    Even if you oppose Romney – or Romneycare – (as many do),, one has to ask what has Mr. Trump done that compares with helping cut costs to help the small business community?

    I would never vote for either of them, but I do think most would agree that Mitt Romney is far and away the lesser of two evils.

  • grafxmail7

    WCinWI said:
    http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2011/04/17/im-embarrassed-that-i-endorsed-him/

    Uh oh………….

    MASTERS!!! WOW!!!!

    ‘anonymous lawmaker’……THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE…….PATHETIC…..

    YOU HAVE TRUMP TEARING YOUR PARTY APART AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND YOU GIVE THIS…

    GO BACK TO DRINKING……

  • tedpoe

    For Donald Trump everyone is small and insignificant. I think he has no respect for anyone and will damage the republican party. http://www.digitalundivide.com

  • Jaurez

    WC, not sure what you did but you are living rent free in that weirdos head that uses the muslim prophet for an avatar. Kinda scary.

  • puck30

    Garth said:
    Another episode of the GOP Freak Show. I love it.

    Could be worse, you could wake up in the morning and find out your ‘The Goof’.

    Now for something intelligent ladies and gentlemen.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw

  • Greg

    The manner in which history turns is fascinating… To think that Trump would double down in an appeal to lead the new Confederacy…

  • labman57

    Trump is little more than Meg Whitman with a necktie. “Vote for me. I’m filthy rich, I’m bombastic, I don’t believe in federal regulations, I know how to cut subordinates down to size, …. and by the way, did I say I’m rich?”

    Trump has a fundamental character flaw shared by Palin and Bachmann — an arrogant aversion to doing his homework before making public proclamations concerning matters about which he is ignorant. All three alleged POTUS-wannabes appear to believe that if they say it is so, then it must be true.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Maybe next week he can tell Candy how he went bankrupt tree times without firing anyone.
    Doesn’t he make a living firing people?

  • Yoda002

    WCinWI said:
    That was a slick response. :)

    It’s not too slick when you can’t even stay on topic.

  • TfT

    So, Eleanore Clift is a birther:

    ‘What Would You Expect From Kenyan Socialist With No Birth Certificate?’

    Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/04/17/lowry-calls-obama-classless-clift-asks-what-would-you-expect-kenyan-s#ixzz1JpiNd7em

    mwahahahaha

  • puck30

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Maybe next week he can tell Candy how he went bankrupt tree times without firing anyone.Doesn’t he make a living firing people?

    Joey, Joey, Joey. Can you come up with something original or do you just regurgitate crap I’ve heard all weekend. Now folks, let’s see if Joey can complete what he just spewed.

    In 1989 the country was in a recession and Trump got caught in it while building the Taj Mahal and yes it almost busted him, but Joey didn’t the Taj Mahal re-emerged from bankruptcy on October 5, 1991?

    In 1992 The Trump Plaza Hotel went into ‘Chapter 11′ bankruptcy, Mind telling the class Joey what Chapter 11 means? And didn’t the The Plaza re-emerge also?

    By 1994, Trump had eliminated a large portion of his $900 million personal debt PLUS! reduced significantly his nearly $3.5 billion in business debt.

    Joey would you like to tell the class what the third bankruptcy was? Plus Joey, would you like to tell us what other companies have filed have filed for bankruptcy three times(there’s at least TEN of them Joey and they are not owned by Trump).

    Oh and Joey, Trump doesn’t make a living firing people, you see thats a reality show where people go on and try to compete for a top prize. Sort of the same thing they do on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ but Gordon Ramsay doesn’t make a living firing people. He’s a chef and Trump is a real estate mogol.

    Got it?

    And I did all that without saying Hitler………opps!

  • catfishjuggling

    I am really confused by this one, so let me call Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Candy Crawley, and Tommy Christopher all RINOs, just to cover all my bases.

  • Greg
  • grafxmail7

    puck30 said:
    Joey, Joey, Joey. Can you come up with something original or do you just regurgitate crap I’ve heard all weekend. Now folks, let’s see if Joey can complete what he just spewed.

    In 1989 the country was in a recession and Trump got caught in it while building the Taj Mahal and yes it almost busted him, but Joey didn’t the Taj Mahal re-emerged from bankruptcy on October 5, 1991?

    In 1992 The Trump Plaza Hotel went into ‘Chapter 11′ bankruptcy, Mind telling the class Joey what Chapter 11 means? And didn’t the The Plaza re-emerge also?

    By 1994, Trump had eliminated a large portion of his $900 million personal debt PLUS! reduced significantly his nearly $3.5 billion in business debt.

    Joey would you like to tell the class what the third bankruptcy was? Plus Joey, would you like to tell us what other companies have filed have filed for bankruptcy three times(there’s at least TEN of them Joey and they are not owned by Trump).

    Oh and Joey, Trump doesn’t make a living firing people, you see thats a reality show where people go on and try to compete for a top prize. Sort of the same thing they do on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ but Gordon Ramsay doesn’t make a living firing people. He’s a chef and Trump is a real estate mogol.

    Got it?

    OH GAAAAAAAAWD!!!!!! GIVE US A BREAK…..

    EVERYONE KNOWS TRUMP IS A PIECE OF SH!T!!!!! TO EVEN THINK OTHERWISE SHOWS ONE’S INTELLIGENCE TO BE LESS THAN LACKING, IT SHOWS YOU’RE A COMPLETE F&@KING IDIOT…..

    IF HE ACTUALLY DOES RUN AND DISCLOSES ALL HIS FINANCES THEN I’LL EAT MY WORDS……BUT I DON’T THINK I’LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT……..

    TRUMP WON’T RUN. HE’S A MEDIA WHORE…..AND IF THIS REALLY IS THE BEST THE RIGHTIES HAVE…..WELL THE FU@K YEAH!!!! 4 MORE YEARS OF OBAMA!!!

    HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHHHHHAAH!!!!

  • WCinWI

    Jaurez said:
    WC, not sure what you did but you are living rent free in that weirdos head that uses the muslim prophet for an avatar. Kinda scary.

    I earned a masters degree AND like Palin.

    Oh nooooooooooooooooo! :)

  • Gasket

    GOP fratricide. The GOP primary will be a spectacle….LOL!

  • grafxmail7

    WCinWI said:
    I earned a masters degree AND like Palin.

    Oh nooooooooooooooooo! :)

    Yes. We know. You state it nightly. Ignorance is bliss.

    Night Night Drunky!!!!

  • Sprocket

    WCinWI said:
    I earned a masters degree AND like Palin.

    Oh nooooooooooooooooo! :)

    A Masters is the new Bachelors.

    The Palin is the political verson of The Lohan.

  • skyfet

    This from the guy that fires people for his show.

  • skyfet

    I thought small business were responsible for majority of the jobs

  • Barack Must Go

    Montecore said:
    Yeah, donald trump scares democrats. LOL!!!!!! Give me a break the only viable candidate won’t be chosen, and each one you have is an insult to the intelligence of Americans.

    ………..but not ” real ” Americans. That’s all that really matters. The rest of you guys that fool ONLY yourselves….not so much.

  • Judge Mental

    Publius219 said:
    The party that supposedly hates elitists and the concept of education ….

    I don’t know where this ridiculous talking point originated, but allow me to put it to rest. The disdain for “elites” expressed by some on the right relates to those politicians (and academics) who think that, because they attended Ivy League schools, they’re superior to those who did not and qualified to tell everyone else what’s best. The GOP does not “hate” the “concept of education.” That’s an absurd statement and a lie.

  • justanotherconservative

    Greg said:
    to lead the new Confederacy

    i like that. this country needs a new confederacy.

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