To avoid telling voters what they really planned to do—i.e., give the donors whatever they want—Republican politicians have an annoying habit of saying, “People are frustrated.” They understand, they’re listening—and they’re not answering the question. It’s as if Republican consultants all read a book on how to pick up girls and the only thing they learned was “mirroring.” Candidates have learned to recite a series of facts about the topic as if that constituted a full and satisfactory answer. What would you do to create jobs? Our economy has changed. How would you handle ISIS? ISIS is an organization formed in 2006 by a number of Iraqi insurgent groups . . . What would you do about immigration? People are frustrated!



Mirroring is fine for the non-front-burner issues candidates are asked about—transgender bathrooms and whether they talk to God. But pointlessly reciting facts has become a vehicle for candidates to avoid telling us their positions on anything.

You’re Not Reagan



The only deep insight Republicans have had for the past three decades is: Be Reagan! This wouldn’t be a bad plan, inasmuch as Reagan was a wildly successful president (followed by a typically incompetent Bush), except: (1) Reagan was president in the 1980s, and (2) today’s Republicans don’t seem to remember Reagan.



They are the political version of the cargo cult, a primitive tribe that worshiped modern technology without understanding how it worked, holding coconuts up to their ears as if they were air traffic controllers. Republicans believe they can capture Reagan’s greatness by repeating his answers to the problems of three decades ago.

Our current national security threat comes from millions of Islamic savages spread throughout half the globe. Americans are slaughtered not by invading Soviet troops, Red Dawn style, but by Islamic terrorists flying commercial airplanes into our skyscrapers, setting off bombs at the Boston Marathon, and shooting up American military bases, community centers, and gay nightclubs. Americans are raped and maimed not by the Red Army but by millions of illegal aliens waltzing across our wide-open border. Our freedoms are being taken away not by a foreign power but by our own government—in order to protect us from terrorists, international crime rings, and Mexican drug cartels.



The downside to our new enemy is: no war can defeat them. But the upside is: they have no capacity to harm a hair on any American’s head, unless we let them come here. Does a candidate who calls illegal immigration an “act of love” really care about making Americans “safe”?

Even after Trump began to release position papers loaded up with policy details, journalists and pundits agreed: No policy specifics! The public could not be allowed to imagine for one minute that Trump’s appeal had anything to do with his issues.



Here are a few examples. You don’t want to pore through forty or fifty of them, so . . . Oh, the hell with you—here are forty or fifty examples:

It would be as if we were dying to go to Milwaukee. We pack our bologna sandwiches, go to the Greyhound terminal, pay our fare, and walk to the line of buses. San Francisco—Nope! St. Louis—Nope! The Grand Tetons—Nope! Milwaukee—That’s us! We ask the driver if the bus is going to Milwaukee and he says yes, so we get on board. The doors close, and just as the bus is taking off—the driver announces that we’re headed to Austin, Texas.



We curse, ride the bus for three days, get out in Austin, and look for another bus to Milwaukee. We pay the fare, find the signs, ask the driver where he’s going—Milwaukee!—and as soon as we’re in our seats and the doors are locked, the driver tells us the bus is going to Atlantic City.



After this happens a dozen more times and we’ve been all over the country, we’re bleary-eyed, sleepless, and frustrated. We get on another bus, it takes off, and this time the driver turns around and . . . it’s Donald Trump! He tells us, We’re going to Milwaukee. We don’t care what route he’s taking. We don’t care if he sticks to interstate highways or prefers the back roads. We don’t care if he keeps the air-conditioning too hot or too cold. We just want to go to Milwaukee. As long as we finally have a guy who’s going to take us where we want to go, WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS.

GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS—ESPECIALLY IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CHILD-RAPING DRUG DEALERS.

GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS—ESPECIALLY IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CHILD-RAPING DRUG DEALERS.

Neither Angela nor Alfredo spoke English, despite having lived in this country for twenty-two and twenty-eight years, respectively. Nor did their teenage children.



Two of Angela’s illegal alien sisters—out of ten siblings in the country illegally—had already fled California for Lexington, Kentucky, because—I quote—there were “fewer Mexicans there.” The sister Alejandra raved about Kentucky, saying, “We’re in a state where there’s nothing but Americans.” She noted the clean streets, police presence, and lack of gang activity. In California, she complained, “everyone thinks like in Mexico.”



That was in 2006. Two years later:



DRAMATIC INCREASE OF IMMIGRANTS IN KENTUCKY



Police tell us that the Latin Kings, Surenos and MS-13 gangs, all with ties to the Mexican Mafia are operating criminal enterprises in Kentucky. Cells have been identified in Shelbyville, Louisville and Lexington. A narcotics officer told us some illegals have wired 15,000 dollars a week for months to cartels in Mexico.



[Shelbyville city councilman] Shane Sutter said, “We don’t have a swat team. We don’t have a gang task force. We’re just a small town.187

In Trump We Trust

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I read In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! the minute it came out on Kindle. It comes out today. It's 12:30am where I live. I've finished it.You should read it too. It's amazing.Thank you Ann Coulter I took breaks while reading to tweet about it. Here's my tweets:Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 7 hours agoElliot Temple Retweeted Ann CoulterIf you buy the Kindle version, you can read In Trump We Trust early at 9pm pacific tonight. :)Ann Coulter @AnnCoulterOUT TOMORROW: IN TRUMP WE TRUST: E Pluribus Awesome! http://amzn.to/2bcS9NV Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 6 hours agoElliot Temple Retweeted Donald J. TrumpYeah! It comes out at 9pm pacific time (midnight eastern) tonight if you buy on Kindle! :)Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump [email protected] 's new book, 'In Trump We Trust, comes out tomorrow. People are saying it's terrific - knowing Ann I am sure it is!You RetweetedDonald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 7h7 hours ago [email protected] 's new book, 'In Trump We Trust, comes out tomorrow. People are saying it's terrific - knowing Ann I am sure it is!4,807 retweets 14,113 likesElliot Temple ‏@curi42 3 hours agoCHAPTER TENIslam’s PR Agency: The American MediaElliot Temple ‏@curi42 3 hours agoCHAPTER TWELVESo Close! The Plan to Destroy America Was Almost CompleteElliot Temple ‏@curi42 3 hours agoCHAPTER THIRTEENTrump Builds Wall, Makes GOP Pay for ItElliot Temple ‏@curi42 3 hours agoThe table of contents for In Trump We Trust by @AnnCoulter looks great :)Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 1 hour ago"You don’t want to pore through forty or fifty of them, so . . . Oh, the hell with you—here are forty or fifty examples:"Luv u @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 1 hour agoCHAPTER SEVEN: No Policy Specifics!best one so far @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 46 minutes agoThe media always lies. The media always lies. The media always lies.Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 45 minutes agoRead https://www.amazon.com/Trump-We-Trust-Pluribus-Awesome-ebook/dp/B01FEQHVLA … right nowElliot Temple ‏@curi42 44 minutes agoThen [Trump] did something completely unprecedented: He didn’t back down. Spoiled by decades of Republicans asking "Who do I apologize to?"…Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 43 minutes agothe public kept trying to tell the media that they rather liked his idea to suspend Muslim immigration.Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 42 minutes agoMaybe Russia should call CNN’s Randi Kaye … next time, so she’ll at least know as much as random South Carolinians attending a Trump rally.Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 40 minutes agoI don’t know what Trump supporter Lauren Martel does 4 a living, but she knows more about the govt's vetting process than CNN correspondentsElliot Temple ‏@curi42 40 minutes agoquotes are fromElliot Temple ‏@curi42 39 minutes agoOur current national security threat comes from millions of Islamic savages spread throughout half the globe.Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 39 minutes agoAmericans are raped and maimed not by the Red Army but by millions of illegal aliens waltzing across our wide-open border.Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 23 minutes agoGOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS—ESPECIALLY IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CHILD-RAPING DRUG DEALERS.LOVE YOU @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 21 minutes ago2 of Angela’s illegal alien [siblings. out of 10] had already fled California for … Kentucky, because … there were “fewer Mexicans there.”Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 21 minutes agoAlejandra raved about Kentucky, saying, “We’re in a state where there’s nothing but Americans.”Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 19 minutes ago2 yrs later: Police [say] Latin Kings, Surenos & MS-13 gangs, all w/ ties to Mexican Mafia are operating criminal enterprises in KentuckyElliot Temple ‏@curi42 5 minutes agoFirst! Finished https://www.amazon.com/Trump-We-Trust-Pluribus-Awesome-ebook/dp/B01FEQHVLA Thank you so much @AnnCoulterMy favorites were chapter 7 and the appendix. So many quotes!Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 5 minutes agoTrump’s closest competitor, Ted Cruz, was the only rival smart enough to adopt nearly all of Trump’s positions on immigration. @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 4 minutes agoBetween them, they won 80 percent of the vote in a multiple-candidate field @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 3 minutes agoIt is no longer a question of what the party wants. The combined vote for Trump and Cruz is a ringing chorus …Elliot Temple ‏@curi42 2 minutes agoAnd the voters said: WE CAN’T WAIT! WE’RE GOING TO BE LIVING IN AMERICA AGAIN! @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 1 minute ago“Jeb Bush, who might be president, & … Trump, who won’t be president, competing for media oxygen, and well, it was a contest.” @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 1 minute ago“At the end of the day, it’s quite possible that Donald Trump will get 11 percent in New Hampshire, but that might be his cap.” @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 53 seconds ago“He’s an entertainer. And therefore he’s popular. But he will not be the nominee.” @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 33 seconds agoThe Drudge Report, April 28, 2016: Trump most votes in Republican history. @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 [I edited my post to add this one in :)]My IN TRUMP WE TRUST review is done! Great book! Great read! What a thriller! Couldn't put it down! http://curi.us/1881-in-trump-we-trust … @AnnCoulterElliot Temple ‏@curi42 [I edited my post to add this one in too ]#InTrumpWeTrust Thank you @AnnCoulter#InTrumpWeTrust I also had a few book comments I wrote on IMs. Here you go:omg dude Ann referencing pua shit [editor's note: "shit" means "stuff". this isn't an insult.]ann wrong that just keeping muslims out makes us safe. iran! nukes & icbms!omgTHIS IS GREATBEST CHAPTER SO FAR[Twice was for emphasis.]FINISHEDHere is the message I sent my parents after reading