Real estate magnate and Republican presidential candidate spoke for 95 minutes at an event Thursday in Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
He zeroed in on Ben Carson for about 9 minutes which you can watch below.
Some thoughts…
- I’m done predicting what will do Donald Trump in. Â His base loves him and I’m to the point of thinking he can do almost anything short of murder on stage and they’ll eat it up.
- That said I think his antics – I’m not sure what happened between the debate where he was pretty self-controlled and this event – has capped his support. Â Iowans don’t much care for personal attacks, and what Trump had to say was pretty personal. Â Criticizing issues, positions and record is fine, but Trump crossed a line.
- Before Trump calls people stupid perhaps he needs to make sure he knows what pathological means because it’s obvious he doesn’t know.
- Trump’s discounted Carson’s transformation, “He goes into the bathroom for a couple of hours, and he comes out, and now he’s religious. And the people of Iowa believe him. Give me a break. Give me a break. It doesn’t happen that way. It doesn’t happen that way,” Trump said. Â So apparently Donald Trump is an expert now on spiritual transformation? Â He apparently doesn’t understand how radically God can change a heart. Â Considering he’s never asked God for forgiveness it’s likely he’s never experienced it.
- When discussing Ben Carson’s growing popularity in Iowa he asked “how stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?” Â Trump provides a great lesson here on how not to expand his base.
Disclosure: I have endorsed Bobby Jindal for President, but my words are my own and not necessarily the opinion of Governor Jindal, his staff or his campaign.