But running inside the Democratic party, he will not get the nomination; too late for that, he is polling 3%, so, he won't actually steal votes from anybody in the general election, because he won't qualify. Running as an independent, he might steal those votes, and might be able to target the ideological profile he thought would be most favorable to stealing votes from Trump, by simply using his immense fortune to flood the airwaves with ads pretending to be conservative. Trump was a lifelong Democrat then suddenly pretended to be a Republican. Bloomberg, much richer, would be able to do the same. Don't underestimate the stupidity of the Republican voters; with massive ads, he might be able to fool many.
Right. But he will help Warren and Sanders more than anyone else.
I'm okay with that, I'm voting for Warren, as long as she's toning down her "M4A" rhetoric.
As for Trump being a democrat, you have to understand who Trump is. He is whoever he thinks is better for his bottom line.
During his bout with the celeb apprentice reality show, the vast majority of celebs are dems, so therefore, he's a "dem"
In other words, he wasn't a dem because of convictions, principles, no, he was a dem because it was expedient at the time. Trump, long before tossing his hat in the ring, was a celebrity hound, THAT IS WHY he was a dem.
Running for prez, he knows damn well no democrat is going to vote for such a guy as Trump, but he does know that repubs are more favoring rich guys who troll the the opposing party. so, to become president, viola, he's a republican! He's a fake, a conman, a charlatan.
The height of proof of this was when he was questioned about whether or not a woman should be punished if she had an abortion.
Now, for a true conservative, who has given tremendous thought about this subject, the answer would be a no brainer, "NO". (punish the abortion providers, the woman is a victim here )
But, trump, hesitated, he hadn't really thought about that one as a true conservative would have, so he searched is mind, for what? He searched his mind for what he thought might be how a conservative would answer that question, so he said "yes, they should be punished".
Of course, it was a miscalculation. He got scolded by the right on that point. See, the point is, he wasn't a true republican, because a true republican wouldn't have hesitated on that point. Yes, I know, some extreme righties have supported punishment for a woman, but that is not the majority, and the majority is where Trump wants to be.
It really doesn't matter which party Trump is, Trump is, and always will be, an empty suit.
