{"id":3767,"date":"2016-06-07T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2016-06-07T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T01:06:00","slug":"trump-campaign-wheels-falling-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/trump-campaign-wheels-falling-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Campaign Wheels Falling Off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3774\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3774\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/trump-campaign-wheels-falling-off\/image-republican-u-s-presidential-candidate-donald-trump-addresses-the-media-regarding-donations-to-veterans-foundations-at-trump-tower-in-manhattan-new-york\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg?fit=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Reuters&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 31, 2016.  REUTERS\/Lucas Jackson&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Image: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Image: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 31, 2016.  REUTERS\/Lucas Jackson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg?fit=830%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3774\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 31, 2016.  REUTERS\/Lucas Jackson\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-05-31-trump.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media regarding donations to veterans foundations at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 31, 2016. REUTERS\/Lucas Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a bad few days for Donald J Trump (couldn&#8217;t happen to a nicer guy). \u00a0Just a few stories:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/06\/trump-university-a-scam-just-like-trump-campaign.html\">Trump University a Scam Just Like Trump Campaign<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/06\/clinton-lays-into-trump-over-sham-university.html\">Clinton Lays Into Trump Over Sham University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/06\/clinton-roasts-trump-in-foreign-policy-speech.html\">Clinton Roasts Trump in Foreign Policy Speech<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>In response, and in the absence of any backup from either <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/?utm_source=feed#note-485804\">campaign staff or other sympathetic prominent Republicans<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/#note-485738\">Trump himself\u00a0tweeted that she was making it all up<\/a>. \u00a0Which she wasn&#8217;t, as she had the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/briefing\/updates\/2016\/06\/02\/trump-literally-said-all-those-things\/\">documentation to prove, conclusively and emphatically<\/a>. \u00a0No, she hasn&#8217;t got under his skin at all (makes me think of\u00a0a scene from one of my favorite movies, Chef: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDBq3PkBD44\">&#8220;You&#8217;re not getting to me!&#8221;<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.msnbc.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/trumps-veterans-controversy-goes-bad-worse\">Trump&#8217;s veterans controversy goes from bad to worse | MSNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Trump University fallout has been particularly damaging to him, with its predatory sales tactics and un-subtle whiff of &#8220;scam.&#8221;\u00a0 And he has <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/trump-mexican-americans-not-really-americans\">responded to it<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/?utm_source=feed#note-485678\">most self-destructive possible way<\/a>, attacking the presiding judge in\u00a0an ever-more-furious web of bigotry and bluster that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/06\/the-un-american-essentialism-of-donald-trump\/485831\/?utm_source=feed\">could not be more un-American<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/?utm_source=feed#note-485951\">insisting that his (few) surrogates turn up the heat, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James Fallows has been constructing what he calls a &#8220;Time Capsule&#8221; to &#8220;catalogue some of the things Donald Trump says and does that <em>no real president would do&#8221;<\/em> (you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/\">find all of the entries here<\/a>). \u00a0One of the most distressing things he is chronicling is the spectacle of the GOP&#8217;s &#8220;grown-ups,&#8221; who should be disassociating themselves from this bullying bigot, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2016\/06\/02\/3784357\/paul-ryan-trump-islamophobia\/\">getting on board with him<\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/?utm_source=feed#note-485435\">And they know what they&#8217;re signing on to!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But in the last few days &#8211; and maybe this is wishful thinking &#8211; Fallows\u00a0thinks he may be seeing some signs that a few of them are beginning to look for an &#8220;off ramp.&#8221; \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/?utm_source=feed#note-485951\">Lindsey Graham was never a fan<\/a>, but now I see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/all\/2016\/05\/the-daily-trump\/484064\/#note-486062\">Mark Kirk has decided to return his ticke<\/a>t.) \u00a0We can only hope.<\/p>\n<p>Schadenfreude is fun for a while, but this has long ago passed into the frightening zone.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Other articles of interest:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/06\/donald-trumps-plan-to-govern-for-fun-and-profit.html\">Donald Trump\u2019s Plan to Govern for Fun and Profit &#8212; NYMag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/27\/opinion\/trumps-delusions-of-competence.html\">Trump\u2019s Delusions of Competence &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=newrepublic.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/133830\/can-donald-trump-wrestle-democracy-submission?utm_source=New+Republic&amp;utm_campaign=af6c5ee5be-Daily_Newsletter_6_1_20166_1_2016&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c4ad0aba7e-af6c5ee5be-59492993\">Can Donald Trump Wrestle Democracy into Submission? | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/05\/hillary-clinton-candidacy.html\">Did Hillary\u2019s Campaign Have to Be This Hard? &#8212; 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