Here’s why he sounded good to me.
He said Planned Parenthood helps a lot of women and he is not going to close their doors.
He said private insurers are making a fortune and their lobbyists and ivory tower are sitting out in the audience, because they are helping to fund Rubio and Cruz. He said he will not let people be medically ill and not receive help. For this Cruz accused Trump of wanting socialized medicine. Trump said to Cruz basically, “maybe you well let people die, but I won’t.” How can any candidate who plays the religious Christian card feel ok about just letting that slide? They will let people die. Trump, one of the biggest capitalists up there and in the country, is proposing EXACTLY what a lot of republicans proposed right before obamacare passed, to bring in more competition to the market by letting insurers compete across state lines. Rubio kept asking him, “but what are you going to do?” Trump said it more than once, increase competition by opening up the playing field. What’s so hard to understand about that? That is the detail.
He has given tons of money to Israel. I actually don’t question any candidates commitment to Israel.
He tells the truth about politicians being bought and that he has bought them in the past.
Everyone up there talks about building a better barrier so people south of our border can’t walk over easily. However, Kasich especially makes a point to say he will not deport anyone already here who has no criminal record. Carson seemed to be inclined to not deport anyone either. Cruz was asked if he is missing an opportunity to court Latinos over to the Republican Party. Personally, I doubt Cruz identifies strongly will Latin Americans. He’s a white guy with educated parents and grew up in TX where he probably distanced himself from the Mexicans. That’s my guess, I could be wrong. Does he even speak Spanish? People don’t usually speak their father’s language. It’s just his dad who is Hispanic right? Or, am I wrong about that? I have spent time with a lot of Hispanics, and many who aren’t Mexican distance themselves, actually almost every country sees themselves as different than another country.
Trump wasn’t saying all immigrants are bad people or anything close to that last night. I don’t think he ever did.
I do think once in a while Trump says something to play to the religious right that sounds like BS to me, and that bothers me. He did say he is changing the Republican Party, and I think he means he will get away from the religious right stronghold. I don’t know for sure though.
Trump takes to task the US’s decisions in the past to go to war, or remove leaders, in the Middle East. He believes we have caused more harm than good and probably helped increase the growth of terrorist groups.
He question decisions of previous Republican Presidents no matter how popular they were with the right wing regarding specific decisions and events.
I’m voting for Hillary most likely, but that’s besides the point. I really see the appeal of Trump if you just focus on certain things about him. I don’t agree with how he wants to solve some of our problems, but I generally agree with where he does see problems and where he doesn’t. He can be scary with how he handles himself. I think it can hurt us in diplomacy with other countries, but as a northeasterner myself, him being a little loud doesn’t bother me much. It does bother me he can seem dismissive and full of himself.