Darth Trump

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Trump joins dark side in 'Star Wars' spoof

Funny stuff!

 

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sorry, couldn't make it all the way through, seemed a bit lame to me.

 

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Granny says, "He's made his point, now let's put this to rest...

Soldiers Tell Fearful Muslim Girl, 'I Will Protect You'
Dec 24, 2015 -- Melissa Yassini and her 8-year-old daughter, Sofia, spend some time every evening reading messages from the thousands of people who have told Sofia not to be afraid just because she's Muslim.

Sofia's story of terror that she would be forced to leave America inspired a social media campaign with a hashtag, "#IWillProtectYou," that has generated posts from soldiers, veterans and others supporting her. "A lot of them, they call her out by name," Melissa Yassini said on Wednesday. "That's very important to her." Melissa Yassini originally shared her daughter's response to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump calling for a ban all Muslim immigration into the United States.

Sofia heard about Trump's proposal while the family was watching the evening news. While Trump has said he isn't targeting American Muslims, her mother said Sofia didn't make that distinction. She packed a bag with Barbie dolls, a tub of peanut butter and a toothbrush. And she checked the locks of her family's home because she thought soldiers were coming to take her away. Sofia was featured in a Dec. 14 Associated Press story about how Muslim parents across the United States are grappling with frightened children amid rising anti-Islam sentiment, including several incidents and proposals targeting Muslims in Texas. The Yassinis live in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

Sofia Yassini, 8, poses outside a mosque in Richardson, Texas, Dec. 11, 2015. After seeing presidential candidate Donald Trump call for barring Muslims from entering the country, the 8-year-old started packing her favorite things.​

One reader, Kerri Peek, wrote about Sofia and called on soldiers to reassure her. Thousands did. Many posted messages of support with selfies of themselves in combat uniforms. The hashtag was trending in several cities this week. "#Iwillprotectyou with my last breath Sofia!" wrote Brandon Sterne, a 22-year Navy veteran who served in Iraq. Sterne told the AP Wednesday that he had seen in Iraq the importance of supporting people of all faiths and races. He said he was particularly heartened by all of the posts from "my brothers and sisters in arms." "I would just tell her that hatred's not going to win, that it's OK," Sterne said. "There are good people in the world, and the good people will always protect her from the evil people."

Yassini said her daughter is less afraid, but still nervous. She blamed Trump's comments about Muslims -- which also include suggestions that he would require Muslims to register with the federal government or carry identification cards -- for driving anti-Islamic sentiment. "Trump's words don't just end at what he says on that podium," she said. "It's far more reaching than that. When he goes on and says these things, it almost legitimizes or empowers the general public that they can say what they feel with Muslims." The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Soldiers Tell Fearful Muslim Girl, 'I Will Protect You' | Military.com

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Trump warns Clinton to be careful in using woman 'card'
Thu Dec 24, 2015 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Hillary Clinton after she said he had a "penchant for sexism," warning his Democratic rival against using the woman "card" and drawing his full attention.

In a familiar pattern for Trump, he responded to fire - this time over a vulgarity he used in describing Clinton's 2008 primary loss - with fire. "Be careful Hillary as you play the war on women or women being degraded card," Trump said in a Twitter post on Wednesday. Later he tweeted, "Hillary, when you complain about 'a penchant for sexism,' who are you referring to. I have great respect for women. BE CAREFUL!" The real estate tycoon, who is the front-runner for the 2016 Republican nomination, drew widespread criticism this week after using Yiddish slang for a man's genitals to describe Barack Obama's victory over Clinton in the 2008 Democratic presidential race, saying: "She got schlonged."

While Clinton's campaign would not comment on Thursday on Trump's warning, she addressed his rhetoric in an interview with the Des Moines Register in Iowa, where she was campaigning for the state's early presidential contest. "I really deplore the tone of his campaign, the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people, and his going after groups of people with hateful, incendiary rhetoric," she said on Tuesday, the day after Trump's slang remark. "It's not the first time he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism," she said. Clinton said she does not respond to the candidate personally "because he thrives on that kind of exchange."

Trump has been criticized for calling women fat pigs, dogs and slobs and in August his comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly were widely interpreted as referring to her menstrual cycle. He denied that was his intention. Whether the topic is women, Muslims or immigrants, Trump has consistently doubled down after making inflammatory statements during the 2016 White House campaign. Trump's political director, Michael Glassner, told ANN it was ironic for Clinton to talk about Trump's attitude toward women given her husband Bill Clinton's sexual scandal in the White House. In what may have been his most potent warning, Trump told Fox News on Wednesday, "I really haven't gone after Hillary yet and there's a lot to go after."

Trump warns Clinton to be careful in using woman 'card'