Most recent polls from Iowa and New Hampshire show Donald Trump at the top
Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump came to the home state of the auto industry and
attacked Ford Motor Co. for building factories in Mexico. And the
Michigan faithful in attendance sided with the bombastic mogul.
“Ford
is building a $2.5 billion plant in Mexico,” he roared to a packed
auditorium in Birch Run, Michigan, and 2,000 voices responded with lusty
boos. “I’ll actually give them a good idea. Why don’t we just let the
illegals drive the cars and trucks right into our country?”
The
real estate developer and former reality TV star boasted that
“President Trump” won’t let Ford move jobs to Mexico and will convince
the automaker's Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields to bring jobs back
to the United States.
CNN:
Donald Trump said Tuesday that Bernie Sanders "showed that he's weak" by allowing #BlackLivesMatter protesters to take his microphone during a weekend event in Seattle.
And
Trump -- the Republican presidential contender who, he said, is
attracting the biggest crowds to campaign events along with the Democrat
Sanders -- vowed: "Believe me, that's not going to happen to Trump."
"I
would never give up my microphone. I thought that was disgusting. That
showed such weakness, the way he was taken away by two young women --
the microphone; they just took the whole place over," Trump told
reporters during an evening news conference before speaking to a
Republican group in Michigan
.In the fallout since the first GOP debate, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes
has found himself caught between Donald Trump, who has the full backing
of Fox’s misogynist audience, and Megyn Kelly, the star anchor whom
Ailes has nurtured and sees as the key to reaching younger viewers. For a few days, Ailes didn’t know how to handle Trump’s full-throated attack on Kelly, who accused Trump of sexism during the debate. Eventually, as I reported yesterday, he made the same choice he always does: follow the ratings, and mend fences with Trump.
But that process has meant that Fox has had to mute its defense of
Kelly, who is now watching uneasily as the Fox audience turns on her:
According to one high-level source, Kelly has told Fox producers that
she’s been getting death threats from Trump supporters.
Donald Trump never skips a chance to remind audiences of his wealth, but he is proving reluctant to spend his own money on campaign essentials typical of a major presidential candidate.
The New York developer has rejected paid television advertising as unnecessary, and he has resisted investing in efforts to secure ballot access, which can be expensive in some states, according to people familiar with his campaign. He also is rejecting appeals from his staff to appear at more in-person events, the people said, building his campaign instead on his ubiquitous cable-TV appearances.
Mr. Trump’s unconventional White House effort is a test of whether a wealthy candidate can flout the rules of political convention and build a durable presidential campaign. Surveys of Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans released Tuesday showed Mr. Trump leading the field, but few people involved in GOP politics believe he will be a top contender for the nomination by the time votes are cast next year.
