The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

In a recent Q&A session at the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump engaged in the following back and forth. QUESTION: "If you win in November, can you commit to prioritizing legislation to make child care affordable? And if so, what specific piece of legislation will you advance?" TRUMP: "Well, I would do that, and we're sitting down. You know, I was somebody - we had, Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka, was so impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about - that, because look, child care is child care, couldn't - you know, there's something - you have to have it in this country. You have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers, compared to the kind of numbers that I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they're not used to. But they'll get used to it very quickly. And it's not going to stop them from doing b...

Not too long ago, Donald Trump drew criticism for telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that he believed women who have abortions should get punished. When he was asked by MSNBC's Willie Geist on Wednesday whether or not he stood by his previous comments, here is what the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said: "No, he was asking me a theoretical, or just a question in theory, and I talked about it only from that standpoint. Of course not. And that was done, he said, you know, I guess it was theoretically, but he was asking a rhetorical question, and I gave an answer. And by the way, people thought from an academic standpoint, and, asked rhetorically, people said that answer was an unbelievable academic answer! But of course not, and I said that afterwards." This is the Republican nominee for president, folks. This is one of your two main options to lead this country starting in 2017. Let that sink in for a second... Have you let that possibility sink in yet?...