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This Is the Video of Trump Explaining Why He Cancelled His Debate
- Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:05am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Yesterday, we brought you the story of Donald Trump announcing he was pulling out as the moderator of the Newsmax debate on Dec. 27. At the time, we had his statement, which made it clear that he was still considering a run for president as a third-party candidate come the spring. However, what we didn’t have was the video Trump shot at his desk explaining the move. We have it now.
In it, Trump repeats some of what he said in his statement, but also expounds on a few points:
Trump also spoke with Fox’s Neil Cavuto yesterday on the decision. You can watch that below:
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Comments (72)
Simonne
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:26pmI wish he would shut up also. He decided not to run last year so I wish he would move on. He decided not to do the debate because he was dissed period.
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:36pmTrumps a clown. He wanted them to go on his show, so he can manipulate the debate and make people look bad so he can run a third party.
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 3:56pmTrump is going to pull a Ross Perot. Split the party vote and hand TOTUS the election. And if he does he had better move from United States. Because he will not be very welcomed any longer.
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:05pmWhy would a Democrat run as a third party as a 2nd option if the Republicans pic a true conservative…. O thats right. Because he is a democrat and the republican voting base is made up of retarded baby boomers unable to walk through a door without bumping their heads.
Report Post »eyedoc5
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:08pmTrump is awesome, but he’s being a tool. If he runs independent he’s giving Obama 4 more years, the thing he claims to want the least. Don’t be a tool Trump, be the Donald.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:05pmDon’t you see what is going on? Trump will run as an independent to do nothing more than split the ticket. Obama will be President for another 4 years and I doubt Trump will be in tears if that happens. So, we have a decision to make. To vote progressive or not to vote progressive. Right now, with all that is going on, every Constitutional conservative should be looking really hard at Ron Paul (whether he runs as a Repub or an Independent). You may not agree with his foreign policy, but at least his domestic policy would strengthen the US so that we can deal with whatever happens overseas. Right now, we are weakened and bankrupt and a progressive will only take us further into that trench. The rest of this is all show and we are all being played. Once again, we are being handed two candidates where one is only slightly less progressive than the other. Obama/Gingrich is turning out to be a replay of Obama/McCain. How much longer will we be satisfied with voting for the “lesser of two evils”? Why do we need to? Time for people to stand up and make the change happen. If you want to get back to the Constitution, there is only one candidate that will make the changes we need and that’s Ron Paul. He’s not owned by the progressives, Wall Street, the religious right, the left, or the Washington machine. He doesn’t believe in the military industrial complex and endless wars. And, he would end the cartel known as the Fed. Everyone, left and right, would benefit.
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:55amTrump is the ONLY one who CONFRONTS the tough issues-
Obama & NO one else speaks about them, leave alone acknowledges them,
Trump puts all the world’s ugliness on the table with solutions….on AMERICA’s behalf.
Denigrate him all you want-
it’s understandable in doing so, in some small, trite way, it makes you feel big
but don’t deny his concern & urgency for the country’s woes.
He doesn’t NEED any of this-
time is everyone’s valued commodity
and Trump has spent a considerable amount of his time
expounding on the importance of protecting & defending America.
Nothing ANYONE says or does can make him do any different-
it’s comforting to know someone other than a regular girl or guy cares so much
and cares AS much.
THAT is why the American people admire him.
He doesn’t need a political party on his side.
He doesn’t need this failing administration on his side.
He doesn’t need a faltering media on his side.
He HAS the heart of America
and Trump would verify THAT’S the BEST reason of all.
To all of the juvenile trolls, disguised as Ron Paul supporters & Trump-haters
who peruse this blog & all the others do not fool anyone-
you give yourself away, in name, speech and mental patterns.
Don’t EVER think you can shakedown Trump
Report Post »or count him OUT of anything-
he’ll ROLL right over you…..with the support of the American people.
zoro51
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:35amsay what you want to say about his hair n his way of making it one thing for sure HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE IT LOSE IT AND REBUILD IT BETTER evita obama TAX N SPEECH SOCIALIST MUSLUM LOVING APOLEGETIC WANNA BEA KISS ASS CANT,, n thats make this nation RUN n function again HE is right all other nations OWE THE US CASH.. when they get in a major earth quake WHOM do they call on first??? THE USA not thier OWN nations to help.. n THEN they bite the HAND that FEEDS THIER SORRY ASSES.. NO america has LOST its eye n will get it back MEN like the donald ARE what IS right about america GETTING IT DOEN RIGHT THEN N THERE admitting when they are wrong n right.. NOT arrogant or look at me.. DONALD is respected n well liked loved even.. .. HES made it where obama USED it.. now we have SOCIALISTIC cronies in depts who are SO inept to run them ITS SHOWING ALL THE TIME.. FIRE OBAMA NOW SAVE AMERICA i HOPE donald DOES run n gives them HELL cause this nation cant go on as it is as this SOCIALIST has ruined it it was NEVER BUSH its OBAMA… fire evita obama NOW in 2012 REMOVE HIM n ALL HIS CRONIES.. return BACK to america that which WAS REMOVED LOST STOLEN N WIPED AWAY for WE ARE A CHRISTIAN NATION not MUSLUM.. REMOVE OBAMA NOW!
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:03amTrump does have some gualities I wish the other runners have. He is very bold in his speech, and I do not think he would back down in the things he believes in. I do not see him flip floping. Newt has a great deal of knowledge but I do not care for the progressives. Trump has a lot of knowledge because in hiw business he has dealt with China, and he go all over the world and knows what the foreign governments think about Obama and his policys. If he ran for prez. i would vote for him unless Bachmann was running of the GOP ticket.
Report Post »superman
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:42amWow………Sometimes I can’t believe how gullible you blazers are, and sometimes I can’t believe how brazen the the media has become by producing the B.S. that they do, and expect us to believe it. However, it is your own fault for excepting this B.S. Let me help you free you mind. Please find the error in logic in this one sentence, Trump: “I will consider running, if the republicans nominate is a person that can’t beat Obama.” Hint: What would happen to Obama, if Trump ran as a third party candidate against the republican ticket? And now for the CLARITY!!!! Is Trump and his directors smart enough to know the answer?
Report Post »11:11
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:57ami actually felt bad for the guy and the fact that only newt and santorum were the only 2 participants willing to go on his debate really left a bad taste in my mouth for those that did not, the trump debate would have been interesting, i can only watch maybe an hour of these debates but i would have stuck around for trump’s
Report Post »jerannco
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:47amYou guys are missing the point here: If “The Donald” runs as an Independent, he will split the Republican/Conservative vote. This makes Obama a shoe-in for a second term. Sneaky, effective and likely. Trump is all about one thing; WEALTH. He can be bought.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:47amYou are correct. Listen up people. If Americans do not get their sht together and vote for the one best republican and stick to that one then Owebama will win again!! My vote is for Ron Paul. HE WILL REDUCE THE GOVERNMENT + STICK TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:58amDonald has a SENSE OF HUMOR in a leadership context……the birth-certificate thing….WOKE UP THE SLEEPING-GIANT……YUUUUUUUUUUP!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:45am“Step right up and watch ‘LITTLE EGYPT’ dance!!!!” Trump is a con artist.
Report Post »Mr Galt
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:15amSo basically “the Donald” was stood up by all but 2 of the candidates, and now to save his big giant ego, he is claiming he might wind up running.
Oh, and just for good measure, it’s a way to say “I’ll show you!!!!”
What a douche.
Report Post »GeorgieBaby
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:04amDid any of you notice the relief of John F. Kennedy in the corner behind Trump?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:56amWho cares why this narcissist does anything ? ( Though I do question why in the world he does his hair in this goofy- looking “do.” )
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:48amShave his head and you’ve got Mortimar Snerd.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:51amBABS . . .You ALL cared about a week ago when this freak show got launched. “Oh it’s gonna be great! No more journalists asking questions! Oh, Donal,d he’s really smart you know. He‘s got lots of money so hr’s gonna be great.! Oh I can’t wait, Can you imagine the ratings! Democrats are terrified!”
Well, not so much. There WAS tremendous excitement about the Trump debate, but only among liberals because we see Trump for what he is – a cartoon buffoon – just like we see Perry and Cain and Bachmann and now Newt for what they are.
But hey, don’t let that stop you jumping from car to car as you speed down the highway to hell. It’s fun to watch. And it’s fun to hear this on Monday, “I was ALWAYS in support of (insert radical idiot candidate name here)“ followed on Friday by ”I was never for (insert radical idiot candidate name here)”
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:31pm@ SENSEI Please tell me one good reason that you would want Owebama in the office. (Besides your welfare check) I can list fifty reasons for him not to be. The first one is the trillions in debt that we are in now. Should I continue?
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:32amYes, it seems that Donald Trump is simply trying to get his 15 minutes of fame, just like he normally would on any day. I really do hope that he abandons his idea of running for President – another corporation-supporting ego maniac is the very last thing we need at this moment, given the fact that we already have almost every single presidential candidate that’s more interested in corporate welfare and less interested in allowing people to have an equal opportunity at success through reasonable labor. “The Donald” is simply a mere diversion set up by the establishment.
Report Post »westtitus
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:36amIt doesn’t matter! WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING AND DOESN’T MATTER IN WHAT FORUM! Otherwise you just get to hear how great Obama is and all the other lies.
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:09amTrump may have an inflaed ego but he is a good business man, and I think he could turn this country around and produce jobs. He is tough as nails dealing with China and others, so I see him standing up to other countries and putting America. I do not think it just happened with Trump releasing his new book Time To Get Tough. It is a good read and shows Trumps sided of being a prez.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:20pm@SweatHog1948
How is Donald Trump being a “good businessman” by allowing his Trump International Hotel and Tower to default on a $40 million loan, use the “force majuere” clause to avoid the loan payment, and then order the bank to pay him nearly EIGHT TIMES what the bank loaned him, all the while being bankrupt? Are these the sort of practices you would expect from a skilled businessperson?
Report Post »Susie
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:02amIt is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish Fox News from the rest of the agenda driven media. FNC used to be on all day long in our house. Now we occasionally turn on Fox & Friends. We went from watching O’Reilly every night to never. Unfortunately we don’t get Fox Business network which has excellent hosts.
FNC has no problem giving Trump an open mike and I‘ll bet they don’t tell him what he can and can’t say – like they did with someone else whose truth, we all know and respect.
Momma Bear Carlson is sickening in her roll as Circus Master on Fox & Friends.
Report Post »Her agenda of being “nice” to everyone has completely castrated the show. “Nice”, Gretchen, can also be a form a tyranny.
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:16amThe left’s agenda for sometime now was to “take down Fox” Looks like they have been taken into the collective, i.e. State media
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:58amAny media outlet that airs “the donald’s” viewpoints is liberal. This man is a joke. He is not a businessman, he is a TV entertainer, one heartbeat away from hollywood. He has never made a profit in his entire life, and has only lost his investor’s money while living high on the hog on their capital. What a joke. If America believes him, they will believe anything.
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:22amGreat to see the Donald get FIRED. He’s an egotistigal nut-job that has the potential of doing great harm to this country. My fear of his distructive capabilities is exceed only by that of Barry’s.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:36amAgreed. Only for “Barry” I would substitute “Newt.”
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:57amAnd I should care about Donald Trump why?
Report Post »The dumbest thing I’ve heard today, Dec 14, 2011 is, “We have to fill out these new forms to make sure everyone is paying their taxes, because if everyone paid their taxes then they wouldn’t have to raise taxes.” That folks is the rational of middle idiotic America. I just walked away since I can not go on having the same conversation each time but expecting a different result, because that is “Is” the definition of stupid. I can definitely say that there is no dry ground in America for more than just this reason alone.
Eliasim
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:03amThe only thing about America that doesn‘t make me sick is about the first 20 years of America’s existence, because after that it became a dying carcass of what it was for twenty years. Yes, you see that was the only ever Morning in America, and then the prey was killed slowing coming to become a rotten corpse, and now we are entering the evening in America, and the prey is getting divided.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:12amIf people are condemned to be earthly thinkers the thing that would behoove them is to buy things of quality durable goods, things notable that say “America”, antiques made in the U.S.A, and store them away someplace that may endure. But if they are not earthly, then they are the elect and their time will be shortened for their own good.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:21amBecause the Raven is about to be released from the Ark to fly back and forth drying up the waters.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:32amHow did Beck say it the other day “This genie can not be put back in the bottle.”
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:52amNOT ELIASIM . . .Take a clue. Nobody cares what you say.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:46amDouche with bad hair….
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:45amThis just confirms to me that Trump is an Independent Democrat.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:34amHehehehehe You Lose Donold.
Report Post »AZindependent
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:54amThe guy has run several companies into the ground. He is a loud mouth, ego maniac who wouldn’t know how to run or fix anything. He likes to say outrageous statements in front of TV cameras, to get publicity for himself.
Let’s actually try to save the Country, take a real close look at Ron Paul. If you can agree with 90% of his positions, support him. He won’t flip flop, he won’t pander. He is a patriot, and he loves this Country. America won’ t be the bully of the world under RP, but we won’t be the kid who gets beat up everyday either. Ron Paul might win Iowa now, let’s keep it going in the rest of the US.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:41pmAZindependent
Report Post »It’s Paul’s Foreign policy that bothers me. Letting Israel negotiating their own peace treaties, borders, National Defense, etc. that is just foolhardy. We need to keep the boot on the neck of Israel.
EJ1979
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:31amHes right Newt will be another Mccain, and Santorum doesn‘t have a shot because nobody knows who he is that doesn’t live in PA. Trump owns and operates his own billion dollar business and everyone knows who he is, I think hes our best shot at beating Obama, and hes a little crazy, which is what we need.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:54amIt’s Christmas. Lets roast his nuts on an open fire.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:35am@EJ1979
“Trump owns and operates his own billion-dollar business…”
May I ask, just how is Donald Trump “operating” his business by allowing his Trump International Hotel and Tower to default on a $40 million loan, use the “force majuere” clause to attempt to evade the loan payment, and then demanding that the bank that gave him access to that loan pay him $3 BILLION for “undermining his project and damaging his reputation” while undergoing bankruptcy? These are business practices that I find seriously questionable.
Source: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/donald-trump-not-as-great-a-businessman-as-he-claims-to-be/
Report Post »CtznRespondent
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:29amI was wondering how Trump was going to “save face” in this situation. I guess this excuse, um er, explanation is as good as any other.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:25amI dislike: Communists, Socialists, Radicals, Anarchists, Progressives, the Revolutionaries, Atheists, the Greedy, Fascists… thereby most of the Democrat Party & GOParty.
I am an Constitutionalist, Conservative, and TEA!
Report Post »westtitus
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:34amI am also all of the above but would have liked to have the debate because AT LEAST WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS instead of beating each other up. Obama is scared to death of debates because he cannot use his teleprompter so we need ANY discussion and ALL debates!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:25am.
Report Post »I wanna see Megan Kelly fondel his hair again……………….
your sensei
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:54amI winder if his carpet matches the drapes. Her‘s doesn’t. Trust me, We went to law school together.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:08amShe has a job and your in your mom’s basement typing away. You flunked life!!!! I’m retired and having a ball. Time to go fishing. Guess I’ll drive my HARLEY to the lake. Case of beer? Check!!!!
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:20pmCHIPS1 Which one are you, Ponch or Jon?
I tend to ride my Harley, not drive it But, to each my own.
Report Post »Go-rin-no-sho
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:22amIf what he says is true, then he won’t run, because the Republicans will simply not lose.
Report Post »fobama
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:13amAll Donald knows is Bankruptcy, the guys a shlub, secret agent to the progressive’s
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:22amGlenn will like this:
Iowa conservative Christian leaders hit the road in Iowa for Bachmann – not Gingrich
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/13/conservative-christian-leaders-hit-the-road-in-iowa-for-michele-bachmann/
Report Post »Go Michele!!!
redfish83
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:27amI wish this blow-hard would just shut up. It’s funny to see hot-lips Carlson and the rest of the gang on Fox and Fools have brown all over their faces from being up Donald’s rear. Not to mention the rest of the news staff since Donald makes an appearance on the channel just about everyday. If people would actually do some research for themselves and not hang on every word from the MSM, you would see how Donald is suckering everyone on behalf of the establishment.
Tea Party: Think with yourself and don’t be a sucker
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