Blueprint for provoking Trump

[piechartking]

Based on some reading I've done, I think we can safely say that Trump doesn't have the self-control or discipline to be President.

However, Hillary must hit harder than just "loose cannon" and "temperamentally unfit" - while avoiding getting into the mud a la Rubio (small hands) etc.

But harsher and more specific lines of attack must be used. Maybe the standard for creating new attack lines should be:
1) Personal trait of Trump (this will be provocative to him and force a response)
2) Deficiency directly affects the job of President in a negative way (so avoids frivolous attacks like "small hands&quot

Examples:

Attention Deficit Trump; Attention Deficit President (if we can not offend the millions who have this disorder, can leverage this concept to great impact). I have read several sources about how he exhibits the signs of a person with ADHD/ADD. Obviously, this could potentially negatively affect his performance as President.

Homebody Trump, Tuck-me-in Trump: He ALWAYS flies home to his bed in New York. What the hell is that about? Our leader has to snuggle in his special monogrammed sheets every night?

The Result: Although people don't like Trump, allowing him to self-destruct, thereby disqualifying him in the eyes of independent and moderate voters, will be the nail in the coffin. But it has to be done artfully, no "small hands" and other nonsense.

[Sunlei]

1. Ask him how will he pass a security clearance?

[piechartking]

2. what do you mean ? I'm not familiar with that one. EOM

[Doodley]

3. The attention deficit is a good one. It could be used to link his lack of

learning and knowledge with his negative activities. This could be done by implying he doesn't read anything apart from the National Enquirer, that he recently said was a credible source to suggest Ted Cruz's father had something to do with JFK. And mock his conspiracy theories and his Twitter activity as immature distractions.

For example:

If Donald Trump spent less time using Twitter to insult people, he might find time to read the constitution....

Or

Yes, we know we have to keep working at solving our problems, but you don't solve problems by running down America every second of the day. It seems Donald Trump has nicer things to say about Putin than he does the United States. It's time he payed attention to real news, not the National Enquirer and saw all the great things that are happening in this great nation of ours because of hard working Americans.

Or

He says the National Enquirer is a credible source;. Yes, it is credible for a reality TV host, but not for the president of the United States.

Or

If he bothered to read the report, Donald Trump would see that the threat from climate change is very real, and not a hoax. Let me read one of Donald Trump's Tweets. "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive." I'm sorry, Donald, but it is time to put all your conspiracy theories away and to listen to the experts. Why do you think you know better than thousands of scientists around the world?

[piechartking]

5. I agree with all your points except...

...I think it's not "mean" enough. Of course, we don't want to offend people with a disorder, but if you can thread the needle and attack a "trait" such as being ADD, or illiterate - that will get a rise from him more than just generically saying that he spends too much time on Twitter or that he thinks the National Enquirer is journalism.

That stuff bounces off him, but you call him ADD, your call him illiterate, all of a sudden that strikes at his self-conception. And a person like Trump will lose it every time. And that's good for us.

so if we can just figure out a way to achieve that without collateral damage to innocent and good people who also suffer from ADD or maybe are illiterate, that's the way to go.

[duncang]

4. Ask if he will handle enamies of the state the same way as he has his political enamies.

By sending out a twitter saying their mean and nasty.

Poor Donnie Trump people were so mean and nasty to him. He went home and pouted.

[piechartking]

6. Right! But give him a nickname...

...Mr. Pouty. Baby got Trump. Donald Grump.

[greymattermom]

7. Just keep asking about Putin

This is going to be big. Connect his taxes to his Russian debts.

[piechartking]

9. What's the elemental thing for that? Comrade Trump?

From Russia with Trump? Something to really get under his skin.

[meow2u3]

8. Bring up his ties to organized crime

If we bring up his mob ties to both the Cosa Nostra and the Russian mob, moderates and independents wouldn't want a gangster in charge.

[piechartking]

10. Trump will make them offer they can't refuse?

[JHB]

11. "Did you manage to learn what the nuclear triad is yet?

Back in December (seven months ago), he'd just got finished saying that for national security we "need someone who knows what he's doing", then got caught flatfooted being stumped by one of the most basic national defense strategies for the last 50 years.

Use it to attack him for his laziness about anything other than himself.

If he answers you can chide him for it even being an issue in the first place. How many other things does he talk so-surely spout off on while not knowing "how to tie your own shoes".

And if he does what he's more likely to do, balk at answering, lay into him: How can you not know this? It tripped you up seven months ago (seven!) and you still haven't bothered? What next? Are you going to tell us how you'll win 50 gold medals in Olympic swimming only for us to find out you don't even know how to doggie-paddle? You have to know this stuff, Donald. Are you going to "create jobs" by outsourcing the one you're supposed to be doing? You can say you'll hire the "best" people all you like, but you have to actually know things or else you don't even know how to tell who's "the best". So who's going to tell you? Your pal Vlad?