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After Images of Shocking Pics Emerge of Safari, Donald Trump Says He‘s ’Not Thrilled’ About His Sons Hunting
- Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:30pm by
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After shocking photos emerged of Donald Trump‘s two sons’ — Eric and Donald Jr. — hunting expedition while on safari in Africa, the outspoken media personality and real estate mogul spoke out in an interview with CNN‘s AJ Hammer. Trump’s sons have been receiving harsh press over the incident. Below, Trump explained that while his sons are excellent hunters, he is “not thrilled” at all over their hunting of these exotic creatures:
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perry1980
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:56pmWake Up America
Report Post »Donald Trump is a Republican Progressive
We don’t need him or want him in our politics
SgtB
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:46pmI agree, however, I would go so far as to say that he is just an instinctual predator and will do whatever it takes to keep himself rolling in dough. Right now there is a battle in Texas between the anti-hunters and the exotic animal breeders and owners. The breeders bankroll their entire operation off of the capital earned from selling hunts to people with the highest bids. These hunts are quite literally saving numerous exotic species from Africa. In alot of cases, there are actually more of the animals in Texas than in Africa due to the demand and proper care given to animals when people are able to own them as they would any other livestock.
However, I think that if you are a hunter, you should eat what you kill. So if you kill a giraffe, you better have a damn big freezer or jerky recipe. People who just take their trophy and leave are just distasteful and unappreciative of what nature has provided them.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:12pm@SGTB All the meat is eaten by the local people It is not wasted…Plus hunters provide Jobs for local people..Typical safari employs A Pro Hunter as guide,a cook ,2 trackers and maid ,to clean and do laundry at camp..believe me these people are happy to work for hunters..
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 9:39amHe’s a liberal comunist with no concern for the rights of any but himself.
Report Post »frankrfuder1
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:55pmtrump is a shmuck i am so tired of hearing how great he is he‘s a legand in his own mind the guy dosen’t care about you me or anybody else it‘s all ratings for him whats he gonna do endorse Santorum not that he’s on a roll he’s a back stabber on what did to my man Mr. Gingrich
Report Post »Marsh626
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:01pmYet another example of our sissification…
Report Post »SpeckledPup
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:55pmwe are disgusted by that too. safari, africa. ugg.
what is wrong with helping cull and harvest these magnificent good-tasting White Tail Deer whose numbers are abounding across our nation as they populate faster than ever, just to get sick and starve, and/or go crashing into cars and killing the innocent humans inside? Venison, Nature’s OTHER Roast Meat.
Report Post »roagie1
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:26pmagree
Report Post »suz
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:38pmgrow a pair mr. trump. your kids are awesome.
Report Post »EndTheFedNOW
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:57pmwho cares about donald the dick and his kids? WHOCARES
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:14amEndTheFedNOW – You care apparently, you took the time to comment on it, der!
Report Post »jlthor
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:35pmI hunt deer with a .270 bolt action. I do not hunt kitty cats. I have deer meat in my fridge. Does the Trumpster have kitty cat burgers in his fridge? Killing cats is what Jeffery Dalmer did before he killed people.Duh!!!
Report Post »M1A2_Tanker
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:41pmOh Really? What a waste of Data space!
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:15amThat said, the African Jaguar is the most dangerous game to hunt on earth. I’ve restrained wounded deer by hand in the past, but a wounded Jaguar will hunt YOU if when you attempt to track it. Most PH‘s won’t even let a client go after a wounded Jag, they do it themselves with a 12ga, because when they find it, it’s usually when it ambushes you.
Report Post »I’ve been hunting my entire life, and my .280 Browning A-bolt has never let me down on any North American game. But African game doesn’t even compare. By law, the minimum caliber you can hunt with is .375 H&H, and .416 Rigby or above is preferred. There IS a reason for that!
JDoke
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:41pmHunting in Africa consists of an African guide making next to nothing taking you around in a jeep, getting you 30 ft away from the animal so you can pull the trigger and call yourself a hunter. Its pathetic. Whats more pathetic is how much money some Americans will spend for that photo opp.
Report Post »Huguenot1732
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:03amHey JDOKE, I don’t know who you’re hunting with in Africa, sounds like your PH’s name was Peta Propaganda. Bye the bye the Donald is a civilized man of discriminating taste, translated that means he’s rich and can have his killing done by others.
Report Post »blondenblueeyed
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:26pmHey RAMV6. Jaguars don’t live in Africa. They are in South America. Leopards and Cheetahs are the large spotted cats in Africa.
Report Post »BoehnerMustGo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:01pmTrumps a LIB working with Obama…. its why he endorsed Romney… because Romney is who Obama DESPERATELY wants to run against. DONT trust Trump!
Report Post »BoehnerMustGo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:00pmTRUMPS A LIB WORKING WITH OBAMA.
Report Post »Thats why he endorsed Romney….. Obama DESPERATELY wants Romney as our candidate. Trump has been PRETENDING to be conservative….. he‘s one of Obama’s minions.
DONT TRUST TRUMP!!
MCDAVE
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:36pmTrump does not like Obama..he has criticized Obama when few others will…Obama is bad for his business interests as well.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:59pmNYC Pyssy!
Report Post »TexBork
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:55pmAw snap! I wished I cared about this.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:40pmYay, another Trumpster story. Blah, blah, blah..Next.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:29pmAnimals have the right to live, to be killed, to be cooked, and to be eaten.
It’s a Flukeing safari moron. That’s what you do.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:18am“Flukeing” HAHA!
Glad to see this gaining traction. Though I hate to see that Flukeing chick get even more publicity.
Report Post »BostonHarold
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:23pmIt‘s called ’Bush Meat’ and is usually donated to the local natives. I’m sure those Water Buffalo steaks are mighty tasty. If he wants to hang his trophies on his rec room wall that’s fine with me. It’ll give him the opportunity to bore his guests with total BS about how he almost died. Besides…ya never know…he could’ve been bit by a tootsie fly and caught watoota flatulence fever.
Report Post »father_of_10
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:15pmTrump is no longer relevant. It is too bad he has to air family laundry. I’m envious of his son. I would LOVE to hunt in Africa! I have friends from Nairobi and they tell me that their economy loves the hunters because of the money they bring in and how they help with managing the herds of game animals. If vegetarians ruled the world we would have starving animals, massive extinctions and mankind would dwindle to scrawny, sickly little spectres running from shadows . . . like Democrats!
I hated communists even before they started calling themselves liberals.
Report Post »http://fatherof10.com
MCDAVE
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:58pmBeen to Africa on safari..greatest vacation in my life..You can do this cheaper than you might think..Went to south Africa And hunted plains game.Got seven different antelopes in six days…I hunted, my wife did photo safari cost for everything ..$8000..Saw hundreds of animals every day.If you ever get the chance you need to go..
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:27pmclicked on your link…you got that right..
Report Post »gypsyman
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:14pmTrump ought to check out how much hunting in Africa adds to the local economy’s. Rich guys from America pay big bucks, donate all the meat. It’s a win,win program for the Africans. Matter of fact, 20 years ago or so, National Geo. did a story on how govt. troops were out killing poachers, just so the money guys could come in and hunt.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:24amTrue. If you ever watch African hunting shows on tv, look for the guy in the back of the group, usually carrying a Glock sidearm and either a slung AK or FN-FAL….that guy isn’t there to hunt, he’s there to guard the party against poachers they may encounter, who WILL engage you if they feel you’re encroaching their territory, or a witness. Poaching is really no different than drug-lord-ing, you stake out a territory and viciously and violently defend it.
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:13pmTrump getting some good press on the Blaze now that he supports Romney……..
Just saying.
Report Post »marvel
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:23pmHow is it good press? Most of us here like hunting and disagree with Trump.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:23pmRomney goes to africa: “in africa the trees are the right height and the water holes….well all those water holes are just so perfect”. “my wife, she owns a couple zebras”
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:23pmI‘m not a fan of making fun of appearances but doesn’t Trump look like ……
an “Oompa Loompa”
His face is Orange
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
Report Post »I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee,
If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets?
Eating as much as an elephant eats.
What are you at getting terribly fat?
What do you think will come of that?
I don’t like the look of it
Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da,
Given good manners you will go far.
You will live in happiness too,
Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo.
Do-ba-dee-doo
marvel
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:32pmOh my… The bright ones have spoken.
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:17pmNo Question – Glenn is not very good at paying attentions to the details – Glenn means well – but Glenn’s downside is that he dose not have anyone on his staff that is overseeing the day to day operation of the Blaze. In other words, there maybe a spy in the Wood Pile.
I Notice that – every time Glenn is gone – the Blaze goes on a hiatus – then the articles on the Blaze rise and fall at a different rate – The Blaze still has articles in the top two slots from Friday. Sloppy Management or Glenn is getting set up to fail!
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 1:58am@SOYBOMB315
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:23pm
Romney goes to africa: “in africa the trees are the right height and the water holes….well all those water holes are just so perfect”. “my wife, she owns a couple zebras”
The Best Post I have seen on the Blaze yet. Thank you
For;
Abbygirl
Libertygoddes
P8triot
TeapartyforRomney Drinking Romney-Aid
this is what he is talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMqHh5NZ4
Today Romney asked people how they pronounce Missouri… Presidential this willard is…. Almost as important as the final 4.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:39am“Today Romney asked people how they pronounce Missouri”
Yeah, he better ask. You pronounce it incorrectly we’ll never let your Yankee ass live it down, and that goes for everyone. It is Missour-E…and if I remember correctly we had a state-wide vote not so long ago to establish a State-endorsed standard pronunciation.
Report Post »We pronounce everyone else’s State correctly, so the least they can do is suck up enough self-respect to return the favor. Although, occasionally I do use a French pronunciation for ‘Illinois” (Illi-noir), since they resemble a European country more than a US State when you consider their bankruptcy, extreme citizen and business and tax burden, and their blatant (and ruled illegal by the Supreme Court) suppression of Constitutional rights. (See “McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010))
Hopefully, someday, backwards-states such as California, Illinois, and New York will join the rest of us in the new Millennium…
soybomb315
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:10pmat first i wondered why trump would endorse romney. now it all makes sense
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:17pmThe trumpster sends his kids hunting in africa and then takes the moral high ground. sounds about right
Report Post »marvel
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:27pmThen what do you make of Ted Nugent supporting Romney?
Nothing you guys constantly point out proves anything. The truth is the Republican electorate, and the “establishment” (whatever that means) likes Romney. Even Santorum and Ron Paul like Romney, and I think deep down inside Newt likes Romney too. What’s not to like. He’s a good American guy who has been very successful, and he is true to his marriage.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:33pmi cant speak for ted. the establishment types like romney because either 1. they want a job or 2. they see it as a popularity contest. neither one is very heartwarming
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:48amWhen you think about recent Presidential history, you’ll realize that, based on our last three consecutive Presidents, Romney is not qualified for the job, for these reasons:
1) He hasn’t publicly admitted to past drug use
2) He hasn’t been sued for multiple sexual harassments
Think about it: Clinton, Bush ‘42, and Obama have all admitted to past illegal drug use, and Clinton was sued several times by women he worked around, they won, and he’s paid millions in settlements. This is not a good thing.
I think it’s a quite unsettling commentary on our society that we finally get a candidate with no history of personal vices…and we think there’s something WRONG with that.
When did being respectable make you abnormal?
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:52pm@ramv36
Romney & grits. In the 60′s(Mt.) & starting out, times were tough & I learned that since I had a watch with a second hand, I could “hock-it” & get $6.00 so I would buy grits/homny/chicken-wings(cheap-food those days). When I got paid, would go back to the pawn-shop & get back my watch..of course a shark-charge but hey, when you got to eat…Maybe it is the memory but haven’t eaten grits/homny since & chicken-wings very rarely & has to have tons of barbeque sauce on them.LOL I still am on a budget & like most people, watch my spending. Alittle off the subject but in the 60′s, homeowners insurance, $25.00 deductible on losses & people would put in a claim for a broken window..alot of variables why rates have gone up yr after yr but insurance should be for CATASTROPHIES..not household maintanance.So, on my belief, I paid cash for my flu shot this year and I am now on medicare. I can afford the $25.00 price & will not hit up Medicare/seconday policy. I am just doing my part & beliefs to help medicare costs. If you think that is stupid, fine..I don’t care!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:04pmHow about gambling? Is that better Don…
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:57pmAmerica’s favorite pass time………and wow hunting in Africa, what a treat….dad
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:57pmI wonder if Mr.Trump was created after “Their” kind or if he was created after “His” kind?
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:54pmTed Nugent for president.
Report Post »fande3rls
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:12pmabsolutely , and will from sons of guns for VP
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:50amHe should at least be mayor of his hometown, Detroit. If anyone could clean that place up, I’d bet on him!
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:54pmThere’s something scary about a person who approves of troops killing people, but is against hunting animals.
Report Post »NoNannyState4me
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:53pmThat is some solid truth.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:52amWhen will the Blaze comments section get a “Like” button, because I need it for this comment.
Report Post »captgeobob
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:49pmTrump is a chump.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:45pmMr. Trump,
You just threw your own sons under the bus when they needed a father. Do you eat meat? Yes? Then get over it! You have two sons who carry on one of mankind’s most ancient traditions. You should be proud.
Report Post »Balthazor
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:58pmI would point out that slavery is also one of mankind’s oldest traditions. Just because it‘s old and tradition doesn’t automatically make it good.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:51pm@ Balthazor:
a few small differences in your comparison-
(1) slaves are/were people
(2) most slaves are/were not consumed for food
(3) most slaves’ hides were/are not used for clothing
(4) animals are not people
(5) most humans (living now and in times past) do consume animals for nutrition
Had Donald Trump lived in any other era, he would have been laughed to scorn for poo-pooing hunting – the very activity which ensured the survival of the human species.
Report Post »Ramv36
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 6:06am“I would point out that slavery is also one of mankind’s oldest traditions. Just because it‘s old and tradition doesn’t automatically make it good.”
Leaving those who are unable to hunt for themselves to die while the providers moved on is also a tradition dating back hundreds of thousands of years. That’s evolution, removing the useless from the gene pool. Having strayed from this tradition, if the electricity disappeared altogether today and we reverted to a 19th century-era lifestyle, the human population would decline by several billion in only a year, because the vast majority of humans today are so far removed from where they came from that it’s impossible for them to get back.
Report Post »When the Meritocracy falls, the merit-less thrive.
Chuck Stein
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:42pmI saw the interview posted here. Then I went to find the pictures. Just a bunch of big, dead animals. A water buffalo (I think), a croc, a leopard, and an elephant. The picture of the son holding the elephant’s cut of tail reminded me of a “Far Side” cartoon. An elephant with a bandaged-up leg stump is in a phone booth, talking on the phone. He says: “They made a WHAT out of it?!”
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:47pmReal hunters don’t kill just for the fun of it – hunters use the “sport” for food – trophy hunters aren’t real hunters
Report Post »so3
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:19pmOK, that’s a Cape Buffalo, not water buffalo…no water buffalo in Africa. The elephant’s tail is to establish ownership of the elephant. This is an ancient tradition/law and in fact, if you do not take care of the tail and someone else has it and claims ownership of it, THEY win!
Very few people actually know what life is like in Africa. And very few people know how truly in the fence the wildlife if from being eradicated as pests by people’s farms and housing. The FACT is that the money made in these areas from hunters dollars goes to pay for and to protect the land where these animals live. Only a very few are killed and yes for high prices because keeping the land wild, even in Africa is an uphill battle. Also the money goes to pay for anti-poaching squads. Eliminate these funds and the animals everyone cares for so deeply will be done, period. You can thank the Chinese, the Yemeni‘s and Omani’s for the extinction of the rhino, they STILL poach then for their horn and dagger handles. They fly in helicopters, kill the rhino, cut the horn and fly out.
Unless these people who are crying their eyes out are donating the kind of money (ten’s of thousands of dollars) that EACH hunter pays for their safari, they need to simply shut their ill-informed mouths.
Just like the people of Zimbabwe have no right to tell us how to live and what to do do with our country, neither do a bunch on internet hacks have the right to do so in Zimbabwe.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:45pm“Just like the people of Zimbabwe have no right to tell us how to live and what to do do with our country, neither do a bunch on internet hacks have the right to do so in Zimbabwe.” True enough. Reminds me of a letter sent by an English boy (no doubt encouraged by his parent & teachers) to a govt official in Malaysia back in the 1980′s. The letter asked that Malaysia not cut down its rain forests because the kid wanted to study animals in the rain forest when he grew up. The Malaysian sent the kid a letter saying that his country needs to provide jobs and economic growth and “how would you like it if someone were to tear down your nice house in England to bring back the forest so that some Malaysian boy can study bears and wolves in England when he grows up?” Some folks were upset at the Malaysian’s response — probably because it was so spot-on.
Report Post »LiveforFreedom
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:41pmOur Country is falling apart!!! WHO CARES about Trumps view on HUNTING!!!!
Report Post »kennycannon
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:40pmGood thing he isn’t running. I can’t vote for an anti-hunting bunny hugger.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:52pmDitto! There are a bunch of other reasons I would not have voted for him either. Like the fact that he is a big fat progressive.
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