The Trump manifesto
Mexican walls and an import tax of 35 per cent - here's what a Donald Trump presidency might look like...
Donald Trump announces his presidential bid, today in New York Photo: Rex
Donald Trump, the luxuriously-coiffed real estate mogul, has announced he is running for the White House.
Donald Trump announces his presidential bid, today in New York Photo: Rex
Donald Trump, the luxuriously-coiffed real estate mogul, has announced he is running for the White House.
And as you'd expect from the host of the American version of The Apprentice, his campaign launch was delivered with an eccentric mix of populist rhetoric and self-aggrandising gags. Here we cut through the bluster to bring you his key election pledges:
Donald Trump making a typically low-key entry to Scotland last year
“We have to rebuild our infrastructure, our bridges, our roadways, our airports. You come into La Guardia Airport, it's like we're in a third world country. You look at the patches and the 40-year-old floor.” And when it is all visible from the VIP suite and your $100m private 757 then you know that the problems must be really bad.
So now the Trump Administration will be fighting wars against Iran, ISIS, and Mexico??— TrueBlue Liberal (@TrueBlueLiberal) June 16, 2015
A beautiful plan to defeat Isil
Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria (AP)
There were few clues about how Mr Trump plans to take on the threat of Islamic terrorism, other than that he would be very good at it. “Nobody would be tougher on Isil than Donald Trump,” he said. “Nobody.” Which means the best clue we have about the policy specifics is what he told The Des Moines Register, one of Iowa's major newspapers. “I have an absolute way of defeating Isil, and it would be decisive and quick and it would be very beautiful. Very surgical.” Only he can't describe it for fear someone else will pinch the idea.
A protected free market for Americans
“I'm a free trader. But the problem with free trade is you need really talented people to negotiate for you.” So here's how Mr Trump would negotiate with Ford if it unveiled plans for a massive plant in Mexico on his watch: “I'd call up Ford and say: 'Let me give you the bad news. Every car and every truck and every part manufactured in this plant that comes across the border, we're going to charge you a 35 per cent tax, and that tax is going to be paid simultaneously with the transaction, and that's it.” The head of Ford would call back within an hour – or the next day if playing it cool - and the negotiations would consist of Mr Trump hanging up.
"Under Pres Trump, the head of Ford would call me back within an hour, but he would want to act cool so he'd wait til the next day" - #Trump— Andy MacCracken (@maccracken) June 16, 2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry riding his bike in Lausanne in March Photo: AFP
“I will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. And we won't be using a man like Secretary Kerry that has absolutely no concept of negotiation, who's making a horrible and laughable deal, who's just being tapped along as they make weapons right now, and then goes into a bicycle race at 72 years old, and falls and breaks his leg.
“I won't be doing that. And I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you.”
If there was one key message, it was simply that the American dream is dead and Mr Trump is the one man to revive it by reclaiming off-shored jobs, paying down the debt and keeping China at bay. “... if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and we will make America great again,” he said, before marching off triumphantly to the strains of Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young, who is well known for being, erm, Canadian. And not very Republican.
I don't think Neil Young is going to be too happy Donald Trump is using "Rockin' In The Real World" as his election song.— Christine Campbell (@ChristineJessie) June 16, 2015
Rebuild American infrastructure
Donald Trump making a typically low-key entry to Scotland last year“We have to rebuild our infrastructure, our bridges, our roadways, our airports. You come into La Guardia Airport, it's like we're in a third world country. You look at the patches and the 40-year-old floor.” And when it is all visible from the VIP suite and your $100m private 757 then you know that the problems must be really bad.
The great wall of Mexico
The world is dumping its problems on America, according to Mr Trump, none more so than Mexico. “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists,” he said, before briefly admitting that some might be good people. The solution for a property and construction tycoon is simple. “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”So now the Trump Administration will be fighting wars against Iran, ISIS, and Mexico??— TrueBlue Liberal (@TrueBlueLiberal) June 16, 2015
A beautiful plan to defeat Isil
Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria (AP)There were few clues about how Mr Trump plans to take on the threat of Islamic terrorism, other than that he would be very good at it. “Nobody would be tougher on Isil than Donald Trump,” he said. “Nobody.” Which means the best clue we have about the policy specifics is what he told The Des Moines Register, one of Iowa's major newspapers. “I have an absolute way of defeating Isil, and it would be decisive and quick and it would be very beautiful. Very surgical.” Only he can't describe it for fear someone else will pinch the idea.
A protected free market for Americans
“I'm a free trader. But the problem with free trade is you need really talented people to negotiate for you.” So here's how Mr Trump would negotiate with Ford if it unveiled plans for a massive plant in Mexico on his watch: “I'd call up Ford and say: 'Let me give you the bad news. Every car and every truck and every part manufactured in this plant that comes across the border, we're going to charge you a 35 per cent tax, and that tax is going to be paid simultaneously with the transaction, and that's it.” The head of Ford would call back within an hour – or the next day if playing it cool - and the negotiations would consist of Mr Trump hanging up.
"Under Pres Trump, the head of Ford would call me back within an hour, but he would want to act cool so he'd wait til the next day" - #Trump— Andy MacCracken (@maccracken) June 16, 2015
Tough on Iran and tough on bike races
US Secretary of State John Kerry riding his bike in Lausanne in March Photo: AFP“I will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. And we won't be using a man like Secretary Kerry that has absolutely no concept of negotiation, who's making a horrible and laughable deal, who's just being tapped along as they make weapons right now, and then goes into a bicycle race at 72 years old, and falls and breaks his leg.
“I won't be doing that. And I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you.”
Restore the American dream
If there was one key message, it was simply that the American dream is dead and Mr Trump is the one man to revive it by reclaiming off-shored jobs, paying down the debt and keeping China at bay. “... if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and we will make America great again,” he said, before marching off triumphantly to the strains of Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young, who is well known for being, erm, Canadian. And not very Republican.
I don't think Neil Young is going to be too happy Donald Trump is using "Rockin' In The Real World" as his election song.— Christine Campbell (@ChristineJessie) June 16, 2015
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