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 “goes against everything we stand for and believe in.” Trump’s plan was supported by some groups, Confidential Page 7