about — like how China should be subjected to sig- nificant import tariffs in response to its currency manipulation. And all of a sudden I was leading in the presidential polls. For a time, I considered run- ning as a third-party candidate for president on the Reform Party ticket. “Then, last year, I made speeches in Nashua,
N.H., and at the annual CPAC gathering,” he contin- ues. “A lot of people say things in private that they’re afraid to say in public. Not me. I’m straightforward and fearless. I don’t equivocate. People want to hear the truth, and I’m known for my candor. And after those speeches, The Wall Street Journal did a poll that
What Trump Wants I
found I was leading among potential contenders for the Republican nomination. I had to decide whether to give up the TV show or run for president. “NBC was calling me, saying, ‘Please, please re-
up.’ And I’m home with Melania [Trump’s third wife and the mother of his fifth child] watching Entertain- ment Tonight, and the biggest stars are begging to have their TV contracts renewed, and I’m saying to myself, I’m not going to turn down 50 million bucks to run for president and get bad people writing ter- rible stuff about me.” Instead, Trump decided to play Republican presi- dential kingmaker. For weeks, the leading Repub-
n business, politics, and reality television, Donald Trump has demonstrated he usually gets what he wants. So what does Trump want from Uncle Sam?
The Banking
System According to Trump,
the banks “have really let us down.” The banks that survived thanks to taxpayer bailouts are very reluctant to lend people money to purchase homes. “Somebody has to get
U.S. Competitiveness
Abroad When it comes to global competitiveness,
Donald Trump is mad as hell and doesn’t mind letting people know it. He tells Newsmax “horrible” trade agreements have put America at a disadvantage, making it a “laughingstock” throughout the world. He accuses China of playing games with its currency valuation so it can flood American markets with cheap goods. America must drive a tougher bargain with other nations. Business people, rather than diplomats, should negotiate U.S. trade agreements. He says the United States should impose a tax on imports from China to level the playing field.
these banks moving,” he says. Trump is calling on banks to stop sitting on their vast cash reserves, and to invest it by lending to qualified real estate buyers.
Energy
Development Trump has described the
Middle East as “a tinderbox,” and has predicted it is going to explode. He has described OPEC as an illegal cartel. “They’re draining our life blood,” he says. Trump envisions a much
more aggressive policy encouraging domestic- energy production. The nation should take advantage of its huge natural-gas reserves by developing and using more of our own domestic energy resources.
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