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Donald Trump Report
Democratic National Committee
Submitted: 12/19/15

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents 2
Background 7
Top Narratives .................................................................................................................................. 7
Top Narratives Backup ................................................................................................................... 11
Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself ................................................................................................ 11
Trump Is A Liar ........................................................................................................................... 16
Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims… .................................................................................. 18
Trump’s Campaign Is Defined By Offensive And Extreme Immigration Rhetoric ................. 22
Trump Has Repeatedly Offended Minorities With Demeaning Comments ............................. 26
Bad Businessman ........................................................................................................................ 29
Trump’s Business Have Gone Into Bankruptcy Multiple Times .............................................. 31
Trump’s Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off ................................................ 33
Trump Has Repeatedly Proven To Be Clueless On Key Foreign Policy Issues ....................... 33
Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World ................................. 35
Trump’s Gun Policy: More Guns ................................................................................................. 39
Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care .................................................................................... 41
Climate Change Denier ............................................................................................................... 42
Trump Has Supported The GOP’s Reckless Approach To Governing ...................................... 42
Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career ............... 44
Trump On Military Sexual Assaults… ....................................................................................... 47
Out of Touch/Hand-Outs For The Wealthy At The Expense Of The Middle Class ................. 48
Trump’s Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape ..................................................................................... 50
Trump Timeline
53
Trump’s Career Overview 57
Early Life ......................................................................................................................................... 57
Family and Upbringing ............................................................................................................... 57
Childhood ..................................................................................................................................... 58
Education ..................................................................................................................................... 59
Draft Deferments ......................................................................................................................... 60
Business Ventures ........................................................................................................................... 61
Employees and Contractors ........................................................................................................ 61
Rent-Controlled Housing ............................................................................................................ 63
Licensing Agreements ................................................................................................................. 63
Casinos ......................................................................................................................................... 65
Golf Courses ................................................................................................................................. 66
Hotels ........................................................................................................................................... 68
Trump University ........................................................................................................................ 68
Development and Land Deals ..................................................................................................... 68
Beauty Pageants .......................................................................................................................... 69
Business Associates ..................................................................................................................... 69
Bankruptcies and Debts ................................................................................................................. 70
Bankruptcy: “A Great Deal” and a “Business Tool” ................................................................... 70
Bankruptcy Filings ...................................................................................................................... 71
Debts ............................................................................................................................................ 71
Lawsuits .......................................................................................................................................... 72

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Labor and Employment Issues ................................................................................................... 72
Trump as Plaintiff ....................................................................................................................... 73
Philosophy on Leadership, Business and Management ................................................................ 75
Loving Bad Markets and “Amazing” Housing Market Collapses ............................................. 75
Use of Eminent Domain .............................................................................................................. 75
Negotiations ................................................................................................................................. 76
Reliance on Chinese Goods ......................................................................................................... 76
Trump On The Issues
77
Agriculture ....................................................................................................................................... 77
Campaign Finance and Ethics ....................................................................................................... 78
Criminal Justice System ................................................................................................................. 78
Body Cameras .............................................................................................................................. 78
Death Penalty .............................................................................................................................. 79
Marijuana Legalization ............................................................................................................... 79
Crimes Committed By Undocumented Immigrants .................................................................. 80
Defense and Foreign Policy ............................................................................................................ 80
“Advisers” ..................................................................................................................................... 80
Hawkish Tendencies .................................................................................................................... 81
Defense Spending ........................................................................................................................ 81
Foreign Aid .................................................................................................................................. 81
Military ........................................................................................................................................ 82
Nuclear Triad ............................................................................................................................... 83
Afghanistan .................................................................................................................................. 84
China ............................................................................................................................................ 85
Cuba ............................................................................................................................................. 86
Egypt ............................................................................................................................................ 87
France ........................................................................................................................................... 87
Germany ....................................................................................................................................... 88
Iran ............................................................................................................................................... 88
Iraq ............................................................................................................................................... 90
ISIS ............................................................................................................................................... 91
Israel ............................................................................................................................................ 93
Kuwait .......................................................................................................................................... 93
Libya ............................................................................................................................................. 94
Mexico .......................................................................................................................................... 96
Russia ........................................................................................................................................... 96
Saudi Arabia ................................................................................................................................ 97
South Korea ................................................................................................................................. 97
Syria ............................................................................................................................................. 98
Vietnam ........................................................................................................................................ 99
Economic Issues .............................................................................................................................. 99
Great Recession ........................................................................................................................... 99
Wall Street Reform .................................................................................................................... 101
Employment and Job Creation ................................................................................................. 103
Government Assistance ............................................................................................................. 103
Debt Ceiling ............................................................................................................................... 104
Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy ...................................................................................... 107
Federal Budget .......................................................................................................................... 108

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Business Regulations ................................................................................................................ 109
Treasury ..................................................................................................................................... 110
Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records ......................................................................... 111
Education ....................................................................................................................................... 111
K-12 ............................................................................................................................................ 112
Higher Ed ................................................................................................................................... 113
Entitlements .................................................................................................................................. 113
Social Security ........................................................................................................................... 114
Medicare ..................................................................................................................................... 115
Environment and Energy ............................................................................................................. 116
Energy Extraction ..................................................................................................................... 116
Keystone XL ............................................................................................................................... 116
Energy Prices ............................................................................................................................. 117
Climate Change Denier ............................................................................................................. 118
Nuclear Energy .......................................................................................................................... 118
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) .............................................................................................. 119
Wind Power ................................................................................................................................ 119
Gaming .......................................................................................................................................... 121
Guns ............................................................................................................................................... 122
Background Checks ................................................................................................................... 123
Magazine Limits ........................................................................................................................ 124
Permits and Concealed Carry ................................................................................................... 124
Assault Weapons Ban ................................................................................................................ 125
Gun Free Zones .......................................................................................................................... 125
NRA ............................................................................................................................................ 126
Mass Shootings .......................................................................................................................... 126
Health Care ................................................................................................................................... 129
Health Care Plan ....................................................................................................................... 129
Affordable Care Act ................................................................................................................... 130
Universal Health Care .............................................................................................................. 132
Homeland Security/Terrorism ...................................................................................................... 132
Torture ....................................................................................................................................... 132
Surveillance ............................................................................................................................... 133
Immigration ................................................................................................................................... 137
Immigration Plan Overview ...................................................................................................... 137
Mass Deportation ...................................................................................................................... 138
Path to Citizenship .................................................................................................................... 140
Border Security .......................................................................................................................... 140
Undocumented Immigrants ...................................................................................................... 141
Birthright Citizenship ............................................................................................................... 142
Visas ........................................................................................................................................... 143
Executive Actions on Immigration ........................................................................................... 145
Offensive Rhetoric Towards Hispanics And Latinos ............................................................... 145
Conspiracy Theories .................................................................................................................. 150
Undocumented Laborers at Trump Projects ............................................................................ 151
Miscellaneous Comments .......................................................................................................... 153
Labor .............................................................................................................................................. 154
Salaries and Wages ................................................................................................................... 154

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Unions/Right-To-Work .............................................................................................................. 155
LGBT .............................................................................................................................................. 156
Religious and Racial Minorities ................................................................................................... 156
Affirmative Action And Quotas ................................................................................................ 156
Black Lives Matter (BLM) ........................................................................................................ 157
Muslim Surveillance and Database Proposal .......................................................................... 157
Offensive and Insensitive Comments on Minority Groups ..................................................... 161
Support from White Supremacists ........................................................................................... 164
Taxes .............................................................................................................................................. 165
2016 Tax Plan ............................................................................................................................ 165
Tax Burden ................................................................................................................................ 168
Deductions and Incentives ........................................................................................................ 170
Flat Tax and Fair Tax ............................................................................................................... 171
Bush Tax Cuts ........................................................................................................................... 173
Net Worth Tax ........................................................................................................................... 173
Corporate Taxes ......................................................................................................................... 174
Capital Gains and Carried Interest .......................................................................................... 175
Estate Tax .................................................................................................................................. 176
IRS .............................................................................................................................................. 176
Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................. 177
Trade .............................................................................................................................................. 178
TPP ............................................................................................................................................. 178
Free and Fair Trade .................................................................................................................. 178
Trade Wars ................................................................................................................................ 179
NAFTA and WTO ...................................................................................................................... 179
Tariffs ......................................................................................................................................... 180
Trade with China and Currency Devaluation ......................................................................... 181
Transportation and Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 184
Women and Families .................................................................................................................... 184
Abortion ...................................................................................................................................... 184
Planned Parenthood and Women’s Health Care ..................................................................... 185
Equal Pay ................................................................................................................................... 188
Employer-Provided Child Care ................................................................................................. 188
Sexual Assaults ......................................................................................................................... 189
Offensive Comments .................................................................................................................. 191
Working for Trump .................................................................................................................... 196
Working Families .......................................................................................................................... 196
Comments on Contributors to American Society ..................................................................... 196
Minimum Wage ......................................................................................................................... 197
SNAP Benefits ........................................................................................................................... 197
“Free Stuff” ................................................................................................................................ 197
Veterans ......................................................................................................................................... 198
Plan for the VA .......................................................................................................................... 198
Trump’s Politics
200
2016 ................................................................................................................................................ 200
GOP Loyalty Pledge .................................................................................................................. 200
Campaign Finance ..................................................................................................................... 201
Going Negative .......................................................................................................................... 204

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Staffing Problems ...................................................................................................................... 205
Polling ........................................................................................................................................ 205
Dishonesty .................................................................................................................................. 205
Political Philosophy ....................................................................................................................... 206
Changing Party ID .................................................................................................................... 206
Obama Administration ................................................................................................................. 207
Birtherism .................................................................................................................................. 207
Impeachment ............................................................................................................................. 208
Press Corps. ................................................................................................................................... 208
Endorsements ................................................................................................................................ 208
Trump’s Personal Life
209
Finances ......................................................................................................................................... 209
Member Of The Elite ................................................................................................................. 209
Net Worth .................................................................................................................................. 210
Inheritance ................................................................................................................................. 211
Dodging Personal Bankruptcy .................................................................................................. 212
Personal Health ............................................................................................................................. 213
Marriages and Other Relationships ............................................................................................. 216
Ivana Trump .............................................................................................................................. 216
Marla Maples ............................................................................................................................. 218
Melania Trump .......................................................................................................................... 219
Comments on Fidelity and Pre-Nuptial Agreements .............................................................. 220
Children ......................................................................................................................................... 221
Parents and Siblings ..................................................................................................................... 222
Parents ....................................................................................................................................... 222
Siblings ....................................................................................................................................... 222
Religion .......................................................................................................................................... 223
Trump’s Top Video Clips By Issue
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BACKGROUND
TOP NARRATIVES

TRUMP HAS NO CORE

One thing is clear about Donald Trump, there is only one person he has ever looked out for and that’s
himself. Whether it’s American workers, the Republican Party, or his wives, Trump’s only fidelity has
been to himself and with that he has shown that he has no problem lying to the American people. Trump
will say anything and do anything to get what he wants without regard for those he harms.

Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself. Trump has repeatedly proven that he is only loyal to himself.
Trump has switched his policy positions and political party affiliations multiple times over the course of
the last few decades, most often latching on to whatever set of ideas or party is in power or whichever
reactionary bandwagon he could jump on to keep his name in the headlines. And despite his rants against
outsourcing, China, and free trade deals, Trump has eagerly invested abroad and showed little loyalty to
America in allowing his clothing line to import clothes from China. He’s laid off American workers and
even complained that American wages are “too high.” Even in his personal life, Trump has openly
discussed his view that fidelity is the right thing to do unless a marriage is going poorly, and described
his relationship with women as a game.

Trump Is A Liar. While Trump’s campaign speeches and commentary have grabbed attention for
being outrageous and often offensive, they have also been marked by a consistent theme: dishonesty.
Trump has repeatedly used dishonesty and straight-up lies to back up his extremist rhetoric. Trump
repeatedly defended a bold-faced lie that he watched “thousands” of Muslims celebrating the attack on
the World Trade Center in New Jersey on 9/11. Trump falsely claimed that President Obama was not
born in the United States, and when challenged on the facts, simply resorts to polling evidence showing
the popularity of the issue among the GOP base. What is clear is that Trump will say anything – no
matter how untrue and ugly it may be – to advance his position in the presidential race.

DIVISIVE AND OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN

There’s no nice way of saying it – Donald Trump is running a campaign built on fear-mongering,
divisiveness, and racism. His major policy announcements have included banning all Muslims from
entering the U.S., and calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and “drug dealers” while proposing a U.S.-
Mexico border wall. And Trump’s campaign rallies have become a reflection of the hateful tone of his
campaign, with protestors being roughed up and audience members loudly calling for violence.

Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims From Entering The U.S. In December 2015, Donald
Trump called for a “total and complete” ban on all Muslims entering the United States. Trump’s
spokeswoman said under his plan, even American citizens traveling abroad would be prohibited from
reentering the United States and Trump defiantly told his supporters he didn’t care if his plan was
politically incorrect. Trump claimed his plan was “common sense,” citing two polls for support; however,
one of the polls was published by a group the Southern Poverty Law Center called an “extremist think
tank” and was widely discredited. The other poll’s publisher — the highly respected, nonpartisan Pew
Research Center — said it could not even determine what polls Trump was referring to. Trump’s call to
ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. was widely condemned — one of his rivals for the Republican
nomination likened it to Nazism, and even former Vice President Dick Cheney denounced it, saying it
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however. White Supremacists and neo-Nazis are thrilled about Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from
entering the U.S. and see it as an energizing force for their movement.

Trump’s Campaign Is Defined By Offensive And Extreme Immigration Rhetoric. Trump’s
campaign is fueled by extreme, xenophobic and sometimes dangerous rhetoric about immigration. Trump
doesn’t just oppose comprehensive immigration reform like his fellow GOPers, he vilifies immigrants for
political gain and proposes outrageous solutions based on absurd and false information. One of the
centerpieces of Trump’s campaign is his pledge to build a “great wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border to
keep out the “druggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers” coming up from Mexico. As if his promise to
rescind President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, deport American citizens whose family
members lack proper documentation, and end birthright citizenship for children he proudly derides as
“anchor babies” weren’t bad enough on their own, Trump’s declared he will use a “deportation force” to
execute the mass deportation of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants based on the model
of Dwight Eisenhower's brutal and deadly mass deportation of the mid-1950s.

→ Trump Says He Would Build A Border Wall To Keep “Druggies, Drug Dealers,
Rapists, And Killers��� Out Of The U.S. One of the centerpieces of Trump’s campaign is his
pledge to build a “great wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out the “druggies, drug dealers,
rapists and killers” coming up from Mexico. Trump then repeatedly stood by his assertion after it
created considerable controversy.

→ Trump Has Banned Univision From Events And Kicked Its Reporters Out Of Press
Conferences. Donald Trump’s disrespectful behavior towards Univision and its reporters is
unlike anything we’ve seen from a presidential candidate in recent memory. Trump has barred
Univision from covering his rallies, and removed a Univision reported from a press conference
after getting angry at questions regarding his broad mischaracterizations about immigrants being
criminals.

Trump Has Repeatedly Offended Minorities With Demeaning Comments. From the start of
his campaign, and well before it, Donald Trump has repeatedly made demeaning and offensive comments
about minority groups in the U.S. In June 2015, Trump said Black youths are at “a point where they’ve
just about never done more poorly, there’s no spirit, there’s killings on an hourly basis, virtually, in places
like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places.” And his comments pre-date his presidential
campaign by decades: in 1991, he was quoted as saying “laziness is a trait in blacks.”

BAD BUSINESSMAN

Despite Trump’s continual boasting about his business success, he has repeatedly run into serious
financial crises in his career and his record raises serious questions about whether he is qualified to
manage the fiscal challenges facing this country. Trump’s business resume includes a long list of
troubling issues, including his company’s record of forcing people from their homes to make room for
developments and outsourcing the manufacturing of his clothing line to take advantage of lower-wage
countries like China and Mexico. His insight about the marketplace has proven wrong many times,
including in the run-up to the Great Recession. And Trump’s record of irresponsible and reckless
borrowing to build his empire – behavior that sent his companies into bankruptcy four times – is just one
indication of how out-of-touch he is with the way regular Americans behave and make a living, and it
casts doubt on whether he has the right mindset to tackle the country’s budget problems.

Trump’s Business Have Gone Into Bankruptcy Multiple Times. Donald Trump likes to brag
that he is “very smart,” tout his ivy league education and exaggerate his net worth, but in reality, Trump
is not the master businessman he claims to be. Donald Trump’s businesses have gone bankrupt four times
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Trump and would actually have become more wealthy by simply putting his inheritance in a boring
mutual fund than he became by “making deals.”

Trump’s Predictions On The 2007 Downturn Were Wildly Off. Despite his false claims later on,
Trump also failed to foresee the economic crisis, which he blamed, at least in part, on ordinary Americans
who got mortgages that eventually went underwater.

DANGEROUS & IRRESPONSIBLE POLICIES

Trump’s policies – if you can call them that – are marked by the same extreme and irresponsible thinking
that shape his campaign speeches. There is no question that Donald Trump’s rhetoric is dangerous – but
his actual agenda could be a catastrophe.

Trump Has Repeatedly Proven To Be Clueless On Key Foreign Policy Issues. Over the
course of his campaign, Donald Trump has proven time and again that he lacks the knowledge and
expertise to be America’s Commander-in-Chief. During a debate in December, Trump clearly did not
understand the principle of the “nuclear triad.” Earlier, for example, Trump admitted during a radio
interview that he did not know the answers to many of the foreign policy questions he was asked. Trump
wasn’t familiar with the commander of Iran’s Quds force, and then mistook “Quds” for “Kurds” during a
subsequent answer. When Trump was asked who advised him on foreign policy, he stated he gets a lot of
advice from the “weekend shows.”

Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Make America An Enemy Of The World. While everything
about a Trump presidency is frightening, the notion of Trump as commander and chief and America’s
principal geopolitical strategist might take the cake. He has repeatedly boasted about his interest in
using extreme force to solve problems around the world, and at almost every campaign rally, Trump brags
that he is the “most militaristic person” there is. At the same time, he has antagonized other countries on
multiple occasions while on the campaign trail.

→ Trump Supports Using Waterboarding And Other Methods Of Torture, Because
“Even If It Doesn’t Work, They Deserve It Anyway.” When asked if he would approve
waterboarding, Trump boasted, “You bet your ass I would.” Despite evidence that waterboarding is
ineffective as an intelligence gathering method and serves as a recruitment tool for America’s
enemies, Trump insisted “only a stupid person would say it doesn’t work” but declared even “if it
doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway.

→ Trump Has Repeatedly Antagonized Other Countries On The Campaign Trail.Trump
has repeatedly antagonized other countries, and proposes outrageous foreign policy plans that use
aggression to resolve differences – even with allies. Trump has repeatedly and explicitly called for
starting a trade war with China, said he’d bomb countries in the Middle East to take their oil and
bragged that he would force Mexico to build a wall along the U.S. border. He has said that he
views the Chinese as our “enemies.” At almost every campaign rally, Trump brags that he is the
“most militaristic person” there is.

→ Trump’s Strategy For ISIS: “Bomb The Sh*t Out Of Them” And Send 10,000
American Ground Troops. Despite an utter lack of specificity or detail, Donald Trump insists
he does have a plan to combat ISIS: “People are thinking like I don't have a plan…I would bomb
the shit out of them... I would just bomb those suckers…and I’ll take the oil.” Trump boasted he
would employ a policy of “shoot first, talk later” and he supports sending 10,000 American ground
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Trump’s Gun Policy: More Guns. Trump doesn’t just oppose gun control like most of his GOP
colleagues; he has actively pushed the idea that more guns are the answer to gun violence. Trump claims
that fewer people would be killed by guns if more people carried guns and could thus fight back if
attacked. Trump has also bragged repeatedly that he has a “concealed carry” license and sometimes
carries a handgun, despite his own admission that “I’m not such a great shot.” Like he has on most issues,
Trump has positioned himself as far to the right as possible on gun control. Trump opposes nearly all gun
control measures and has frequently claimed that had the victims of recent attacks — such as those in
Paris and San Bernardino, California — been armed, fewer people would have died. Trump opposed
expanding background checks, opposed regulations on the number of rounds allowed in magazines, and
even opposed a ban on military-style assault weapons designed to kill people. Trump also said he would
get rid of gun-free zones in public places, because, he claims, “Gun free zones are like meat to these
animals.”

Repeal Without A Plan On Health Care. Like every member of the current Republican presidential
field, Trump has called for the repeal of Obamacare. He called it a “total catastrophe,” despite the fact
that it has provided more than 17 million Americans with quality, affordable health care. When asked
what he would do in the ACA’s place, Trump said he would replace it with “something terrific.”

Climate Change Denier. Donald Trump seems to be on a mission to out-do his fellow GOP candidates
when it comes to denying the scientific reality of climate change and has repeatedly called climate change
a hoax. Like on every issue, Trump uses over-the-top language to get attention, like when he declared,
“This very expensive global warming bullshit has got to stop.” However, Trump’s bombast doesn’t stand
up to reality. Just two weeks after he told a South Carolina crowd “you can’t get hurt by extreme
weather,” he tweeted his “thoughts and prayers” to the people of South Carolina after 12 people were
killed by historic flooding.

Trump Has Supported The GOP’s Reckless Approach To Governing. Trump has expressed
support for the GOP’s reckless and irresponsible threats to shut down the government over politically-
charged and divisive issues. Trump has expressed support for the shutdown that occurred over
Obamacare, has said he agreed with playing chicken with the debt ceiling, and officially blessed” a
strategy that would force Congress to defund Planned Parenthood or face a government shutdown.

MISOGYNIST IN CHIEF

Through both his words and actions, Trump has made clear he thinks women’s primary role is to please -
men. Trump’s derogatory and degrading comments to and about women, as well as his tumultuous
marriages, have been well publicized. And as a presidential candidate, Trump has adopted many of the
backwards GOP policies that we’ve come to expect from his party.

Trump Has Devalued And Demeaned Women Repeatedly Throughout His Career.Trump has
said men need “support at home…not someone who is always griping and bitching,” and once told Esquire
that “as long as you’ve got a nice and young piece of ass,” it didn’t matter what the media wrote. Among
other things, he’s called women pigs, slobs and dogs. He has frequently made disparaging comments
about women’s weight. He’s complained about being asked legitimate questions during a debate by
speculating about a news anchor’s menstrual cycle, and once said of the high rate of sexual assaults in the
military: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?”

→ Trump On Military Sexual Assaults: “What Did These Geniuses Expect When They Put Men &
Women Together?” In 2013, Trump weighed in on the high rate of sexual assault and rape in the
military—and in doing so, pinned the blame on women who volunteered to fight for their country.
Referring to the increase in the number of reported sexual assaults in the military, Trump asked
rhetorically, “What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?

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OUT OF TOUCH

Trump’s policies clearly reflect his life as a 1-percenter. His plans would slash taxes for the rich and
corporations while shifting more of the burden to the shoulders of working families. He stands with
Republicans in opposing Wall Street reform and opposing the minimum wage. Trump clearly has no
conception of the everyday lives of middle class Americans. His description of the “small” $1 million loan
that his father gave him to launch his career is proof enough that his worldview is not grounded in
reality.

Hand-Outs For The Wealthy At The Expense Of The Middle Class. Trump’s policies put him
and those like him ahead of hardworking American families. Like Bush and Rubio, Trump's tax plan
would give the rich a tax cut by slashing top marginal rates, the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the
estate tax. All told, Trump's tax plan will give the wealthiest 1% of Americans 34% of the benefit. He also
stands with fellow Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in opposing
Wall Street Reform, which was passed to help protect our economy from another Bush-like recession.
Further, Trump opposes raising the federal minimum wage, which could lift millions of American families
above the poverty line.

Trump’s Tax Plan Would Save Him Millions Each Year. According to analyses of Donald
Trump’s tax plan, his proposals would cost in the area of $12 trillion while saving him millions in
personal taxes each year. The plan would represent the lowest tax rate since World War II – but would
shift more of the tax burden onto middle class families while creating windfalls for Trump and his fellow
1-percenters. The plan would dramatically lower the tax rate for the top income earners in America, lower
the capital gains rate, eliminate the estate tax, and cut the corporate tax rate to 15%.

PERSONAL HISTORY

Trump’s Ex-Wife Accused Him Of Rape. Ivana trump once accused the real-estate tycoon of
“rape,” although she later clarified: not in the “criminal sense.”Not only does the current front-runner for
the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks about sexual assault, but
as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used the word rape to describe an incident between them in
1989. She later said she felt “violated” by the experience.Ivana Trump’s assertion of rape came in a
deposition in her early 1990s divorce case. The episode was described as a “violent assault.”

→ Trump’s Organization Responded By Claiming “You Can’t Rape Your Wife.” Michael
Cohen, special counsel at The Trump Organization, defended Trump, saying, “You’re talking about
the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never
raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your
spouse…You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.” Of course, that is not true,
but it is not surprising coming from the mouth of one of Donald’s yes men.


TOP NARRATIVES BACKUP


Trump Is Loyal Only To Himself

OVER THE YEARS, TRUMP SWITCHED HIS PARTY AFFILIATION MULTIPLE
TIMES

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Trump Was A Registered With The Republican Party, The Independence Party,
The Democratic Party, And Was Unaffiliated. “Mr. Trump registered in New York as a
Republican in 1987, switched to the Independence Party in 1999, became a Democrat in 2001,
returned to the Republican Party in 2009, gave up his party affiliation in 2011 and came back to
the GOP in 2012.” [Wall Street Journal, 12/10/15]

TRUMP SWITCHES HIS POLICY POSITIONS AND LATCHES ON TO THE IDEAS
OF THE MOMENT

ON GAY MARRIAGE

In 2005, Trump Suggested He Was In Favor Of Marriage Equality. TRUMP: “Well,
there's nothing like family. And there's nothing like a great marriage. I mean, having a great
marriage is a very important thing and a very good thing, if you find the right person. Male,
female, I don't care. I mean, having a great marriage and a great family to me is ultimately the
most important thing.” [Canada AM, CTV Television, 9/7/05]

But In 2015, Trump Said He Was Against Gay Marriage Because Of Religious
Teachings. TRUMP: “I’ve gone to gay weddings. I’ve been at gay weddings. I have been against
[gay marriage] from the standpoint of [the] Bible, from the standpoint of my teachings as
growing up and going to Sunday school and going to church and I’ve been opposed to it and we’ll
just see how it all comes out.” [“With All Due Respect,” BloombergPolitics, 8/26/15]

ON TAX POLICY

Trump On Tax Policy: “High-Income People Should Pay High Percentages.”
TRUMP: “Well, what they did is they just kept cutting the tax rates, cutting the tax rates. And
I'm not talking about for the middle income or the poor. Leave 'em. Keep 'em low. And I
shouldn't say this, but high-income people should pay high percentages, but have the ability to
spend vast amounts of money on bringing their tax rates down to nothing. If a man is in the 50
or 60 percent bracket, he's going to invest. If a man's in the 25 percent bracket or the 30 percent
bracket, which is what you have now, there's no real reason for him to invest. He'll say, 'Hey,
look, I'll pay the tax and that's it.' So what's happened.” KING: “So you're saying the rich are
under-taxed?” TRUMP: “I'm saying the rich should be taxed at a much higher rate and should
have the incentive that, if they want to spend some money by investing in housing, investing in
other things, they can get their tax rate down to nothing, if need be.” [Larry King Live, CNN,
11/19/91]

2015: Trump Proposed Lowering The Top Individual Tax Rate From 39.6% To 25%.
“All other Americans will get a simpler tax code with four brackets – 0%, 10%, 20% and 25% –
instead of the current seven. This new tax code eliminates the marriage penalty and the
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) while providing the lowest tax rate since before World War II.”
[Trump Tax Plan, Donald J. Trump For President, Released 9/28/15]

ON HEALTH CARE


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Trump In 1999: “I'm Very Liberal When It Comes To Health Care. I Believe In
Universal Health Care.” KING: “Patients' Bill of Rights: You mentioned health care as one of
the social issues; you for it?” TRUMP: “I think you have to have it, and, again, I said I'm
conservative, generally speaking, I'm conservative, and even very conservative. But I'm quite
liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things. I really say: What's the
purpose of a country if you're not going to have defensive and health care? If you can't take care
of your sick in the country, forget it, it's all over. I mean, it's no good. So I'm very liberal when it
comes to health care. I believe in universal health care. I believe in whatever it takes to make
people well and better.” [Larry King Live, CNN, 10/7/99]

Trump On Obama’s 2009 Health Care Plan: “I Love The Idea.” VAN SUSTEREN:
“What is your thought about the health care reform that is being at least proposed, at this
point?” TRUMP: “Well, I think it's noble, except I just don't know how a country that's in such
debt -- we are really a debtor nation right now, and I just don't know how a country in this kind
of trouble can afford it. It's very -- I love the idea, but can this country afford it? Will it destroy
the country? Will it destroy other people that have been paying into health care for years? I
mean, will that destroy other people? It's a very, very tough situation. I love it from many
standpoints, but can this country afford it? And maybe this isn't the right time.” [On The Record
With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 6/29/09]

2015: Donald Trump Called For Obamacare To Be Repealed. There’s no question.
Obamacare is a catastrophe, and it has to be repealed and replaced. And it was only approved
because President the different provisions kick in over the next few years, individual deductibles
are going to continue to rise. People will have to get hit by a truck to be eligible for coverage
because those deductibles are going to be so high. [Trump, Crippled America, 68]

ON ABORTION

Trump: “I Used To Not Be Pro-Life. I Have Become Pro-Life.” O'REILLY: “Ok. Real
quick, social issues. Abortion…You favor it?” TRUMP: “No, I'm as you know, I'm pro-life.”
O'REILLY: “Ok, so you're pro-life on abortion. But would you outlaw abortion?” TRUMP: “Well,
I'd -- I'd go a step -- I'd go a pretty strong step. Something I don't like, I used to not be pro-life. I
have become pro-life. I have seen friends that had children that they didn't want. And now they
have children and they are the apple of the eye. So I really have changed in my views over the
years but I am pro-life. I would -- I would really -- I'm forming an opinion, I'm forming a very
strong opinion but I'll let you know in about three or four weeks if I decided it.” [The O’Reilly
Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11]

ON GUNS

Donald Trump Played Up His Support For Nearly Unrestricted Gun Rights
Despite Having Supported The Assault Weapons Ban And Longer Background
Checks In The Past. “Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports allowing Americans to legally
buy and own assault weapons…. Trump has played up his support for nearly unrestricted gun
rights throughout the campaign as he has looked to bolster his conservative credentials,
especially given his past support for some gun control measures. ‘I generally oppose gun control,
but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to
purchase a gun,’ Trump wrote in his 2000 book ‘The America We Deserve.’” [CNN, 10/6/15]

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TRUMP HAS RANTED AGAINST CHINA, OUTSOURCING AND FREE TRADE
DEALS…

Trump Has Eagerly Taken Advantage Of The Global Marketplace Despite His
Rhetoric Against Outsourcing And Free Trade Deals. A Significant Percentage Of
Trump’s hotels Company’s Hotels And Major“Donald Trump’s appeal is said to be his straight
talk. But when it comes to international trade, he sounds like a hypocrite, the classic ‘Do what I
say, not what I do’ politician. While bashing companies for investing in foreign countries, Donald
Trump’s own company has shown no inclination to invest and build only in America. In fact, a
significant percentage of his company’s hotels and major real estate properties are located
abroad.” [Forbes, 8/17/15]

BUT HE HAS EAGERLY INVESTED ABROAD AND HIS BUSINESSES HAVE
IMPORTED MATERIALS FROM CHINA

Trump’s Clothing Brand Imports Clothes From China. “Perry notes Trump has
imported clothing from China and Mexico produced for his brand. ‘For Trump to operate,
outsource and invest globally while criticizing companies like Ford for doing the same is the
ultimate hypocrisy. To be fair to Ford, Trump should either agree to impose a 35% tax on Trump
Collection clothing and agree to stop investing overseas, or he should stop his threats against
Ford for operating as a global carmaker.’” [Forbes, 8/17/15]

TRUMP HAS LAID OFF AMERICAN WORKERS AND COMPLAINED THAT
WAGES ARE “TOO HIGH”

Donald Trump Laid Off Or Furloughed 370 Employees From His Taj Mahal Casino
Resort And Trump Shuttle Operations. “Two of developer Donald Trump's operations, the
Taj Mahal Casino Resort and the Trump Shut-tle airline, announced Friday they are eliminating
a total of about 370 jobs as part of streamlining efforts. The cutbacks come amid speculation that
Trump has overextended himself with rapid expansion into the airline and Atlantic City, N.J.,
casino industries. The Taj Mahal Casino Resort said it is cutting 300 jobs, mostly in its culinary
section, less than two months after it opened. In a separate announcement, a spokesman said the
Trump Shuttle, which serves air passengers on the busy Boston-New York-Washington, D.C.
route, had furloughed about 70 of its roughly 1,000 employees.” [Associated Press, 5/25/90]

9/20/90: Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino In Atlantic City, NJ Laid Off 500
Employees, And The Trump Plaza Hotel Laid Off Another 150. “The post-summer
casino slowdown and a weak gaming market spell 500 layoffs at Donald Trump's Taj Mahal
Casino Resort, a top Trump official said in a published report. Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino
will also end up with 150 fewer workers, the official said. The casino industry traditionally lays
off employees after the busy summer months. Few casinos have been able to turn a profit or
boost gross gaming revenues this year, due largely to competition from the Taj Mahal, which
opened in April.” [Newsday, 9/20/90]

Donald Trump Laid Off Nearly 200 Employees From His Trump Castle Casino
Resort In Atlantic City, New Jersey. “Nearly 200 employees were laid off Monday at the
Trump Castle Casino Resort in a money-saving move. Casino president Roger Wagner, who was

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hired away from rival Claridge Casino Hotel earlier this month to cut costs at Trump Castle,
said the layoffs of 190 workers came across the board at the management and executive levels.
The layoffs leave the casino with about 3,400 employees, Wagner said. Wagner said the declining
economy and flat gaming market prompted the need to cut costs.” [Associated Press, 1/29/91]

4/6/11: Trump Entertainment Resorts, Of Which Donald Trump Owned 10 Percent,
Laid Off 600 Workers. “Marc Lasry, chairman and CEO of Avenue Capital Group, was given
final approval Wednesday by New Jersey casino regulators to control the Atlantic City casino
company that was founded by Donald Trump. Avenue, which specializes in distressed
investments, won the company in a bankruptcy battle last year, and is the largest shareholder at
nearly 22 percent. Trump, the real estate magnate and reality television star, owns 10 percent.
… The company has been paying down debt and cutting jobs since the new owners took over last
July. The sale next month of Trump Marina Hotel Casino to a Texas firm will bring its debt to
near $300 million from its current level of $332 million, Griffin said. … Trump Entertainment
Resorts has cut 600 jobs since last fall and now has a work force for their three casinos of about
8,000 employees, Griffin said.” [Associated Press, 4/6/11]

Donald Trump Opposed Raising The Minimum Wage, Saying American Wages
Were “Too High” And That Workers, “Have To Work Really Hard.” “The Fox Business
Republican Debate kicked off Tuesday night with a question about raising the minimum wage,
as protesters across the country call for the floor to be raised to $15-an-hour. Donald Trump was
the first candidate to answer. ‘Taxes too high, wages too high,’ said Trump, arguing it would
damage the United States’ ability to compete internationally. ‘We’re not going to be able to
compete against the world,��� he said. ‘I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. People
have to go out, they have to work really hard, and they have to get into that upper stratum. But
we cannot do this if we are going to compete with the rest of the world, we just can’t do it.’”
[Boston Globe, 11/10/15]

TRUMP ONLY BELIEVES IN FIDELITY WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL

Trump: “I'm An Absolute Believer In Fidelity. But If A Marriage Isn't Working,
That's A Different Ball Game.” WALTERS: “Do you believe in fidelity in marriage?”
TRUMP: “Yes, absolutely I do. Absolutely. I think that there's nothing better than a good
marriage. There is nothing worse than a bad marriage. I'm absolutely a believer in marriage, I'm
an absolute believer in fidelity. But if a marriage isn't working, that's a different ball game.”
[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]

TRUMP THINKS RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN ARE A GAME

Trump: “I Think The Hunt Is Always Fun, Whether It's Deals, Whether It's
Women, Whether It's Anything.” WALTERS: “I want to clear something up. In your book,
the new book, you say, ‘The fun is in the getting, not the having.’ Does that include women? No
kidding.” TRUMP: “Interesting question. I think the hunt is always fun, whether it's deals,
whether it's women, whether it's anything. I think, however, that with respect to women, there
would be nothing that would make me happier than having a great marriage. An absolutely
great marriage, and that would certainly supersede the hunt.”[20/20, ABC News, 8/17/90]


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Trump Is A Liar

TRUMP HAS HABITUALLY LIED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT MATTERS
OF POLICY

Drezner: Trump “Will Continue To Lie As Long As It Works For Him.” “To sum up:
Trump has lied so many times about so many things during the past week that it’s difficult to
keep track of all of them. But it doesn’t matter whether one focuses on Trump’s attitudes about
crime or American Muslims or trade policy. He lies about all of these issues. And he will continue
to lie as long as it works for him.” [Post Everything, Washington Post, 11/23/15]

USA Today: “Trump Claimed That Economic Growth Has ‘Never’ Been Below Zero
Until Last Quarter's Drop, Which Is Far From True. It Has Been Below Zero 42
Times Since 1946.” [USA Today, 6/16/15]

USA Today: “[Trump] Said ‘There Are No Jobs’ To Be Had. In Fact, There Were
5.4 Million Job Openings Recorded At The End Of April, The Most In 15 Years.”
[USA Today, 6/16/15]

USA Today: “[Trump] Said The ‘Real’ Unemployment Rate Is ‘Anywhere From 18
To 20%’ And ‘Maybe Even 21%.’ We See No Factual Basis For This Opinion.”[USA
Today, 6/16/15]

USA Today: “[Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico
By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And
Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would
Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.”[USA Today, 6/16/15]

USA Today: “Trump Claimed The Five Taliban Leaders Exchanged For Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl ‘Are Now Back On The Battlefield Trying To Kill Us.’ But All Five
Remain In Qatar, Where They Continue To Be Monitored And Are Subject To A
Travel Ban, According To The State Department.”[USA Today, 6/16/15]

USA Today: “[Trump] Also Made The Misleading Claim That Health Care
Premium Costs Are Going ‘Up 29, 39, 49 And Even 55%.’ He's Talking About Some
Proposed Rate Increases On The Individual Market That Still Need Regulatory
Approval. There Are Also Proposed Rate Decreases Or Single-Digit Increases That
Did Not Have To