Des Moines Register Editorial: Trump Should Pull The Plug On His Bloviating Side Show
The Register's editorial 8:01 p.m. CDT July 20, 2015
It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States.
People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day. That's particularly true of presidential candidates, most of whom must devote two years of their lives to hard-fought campaigns that involve staggering personal and financial sacrifices, all in an effort to serve their country.
And then there's Trump.
In the five weeks since he announced his campaign to seek the GOP nomination for president, Trump has been more focused on promoting himself, and his brand, than in addressing the problems facing the nation. If he were merely a self-absorbed, B-list celebrity, his unchecked ego could be tolerated as a source of mild amusement. But he now wants to become president, which means that he aspires to be the leader of the free world and the keeper of our nuclear launch codes.
That is problematic, because Trump, by every indication, seems wholly unqualified to sit in the White House. If he had not already disqualified himself through his attempts to demonize immigrants as rapists and drug dealers, he certainly did so by questioning the war record of John McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona.
more...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2015/07/20/donald-trump-end-campaign/30439253/
bvf
(6,604 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)when will the Register write similar editorials about the rest of the clowns? Not holding my breath...
bvf
(6,604 posts)Trump got into the mix to begin with.
Now newspapers (and presumably other media will shortly follow suit) can take the bold stance of calling for the most obvious nutjob* to exit the race, leaving the Republican base to marvel at how (relatively) sane the remainders are.
Trump will exit soon, but not before performing his function as a vaccine of sorts.
*No one will convince me that the RNC wasn't behind his jumping in to begin with. Call me a CT--I don't care. I'm simply that jaded.