Trump: If I were treasury secretary...
(CNN) - Donald Trump responded Monday to Mike Huckabee's suggestion that he serve as treasury secretary, predicting who would be hurt most by the potential appointment.
"I'll tell you, it would be very painful for China, it would be very painful for OPEC, it would be very painful for many of the countries that are just ripping us off," the real estate mogul said on Fox News.
Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee, who first made the suggestion last week, reiterated his call Monday morning, saying current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has "failed the economy and failed this president."
"The president needs to have him walk the plank, if not for policy reasons, he needs to do it for the political optics," Huckabee said on Fox News. "And bringing Donald Trump in is a real optical game changer."
Geithner announced Sunday he would remain in his post through the 2012 election.
Although Trump seemingly dismissed the suggestion, he showered Huckabee, the former 2008 GOP presidential candidate, with praise.
"I think he would have gotten the nomination personally [in 2012], but you know he had lots of considerations," Trump said. "So, he said that, I'm greatly honored."
Huckabee and Trump decided against bids for the White House earlier this year after public flirtations. Criticism of China and OPEC were oft-heard lines from Trump as he traveled to early presidential voting states mulling a bid.
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To the Donald youre an idiot and youre fired if not you should be
Why are my comments not being posted??? They are relatively vanilla compared to others on this blog. Would really appreciate an explanation??
This is how Democrats keep getting elected and why our country and many states are bankrupt.
Damn Day, you are as dumb as the day is long. Why is the country short on revenue? Let me clue you in - GWB is the only idiot in history that decided to get his war chest in order by......CUTTING taxes. That makes sense in your world I guess, but you just embody what I said about low-information voters. Meanwhile, revenues compared to GDP are at historical lows. Not an opinion my slow friend, this is fact. Being poor not by one's choice is now a crime in this country according to you. Please reconcile that with your party's holier than thou bible-thumping when it's convenient for them.
You are long on GOTP talking points, and alarmingly short on common sense and factual data. History is not on your side: unfunded wars, unfunded Rx plans, unfunded tax cuts, TARP. The financial reckoning started way back chief - back when we were told deficits don't matter....
I say let him. RIght now. Carte blanche. The economy is yours, Mr. Trump.
I would then fully expect him to produce what he's saying he will, no excuses.
There's a reason he talks about all this, but refuses to run for any office: he's full of it, and he knows it. It's much easier to TALK a good game than to actually PLAY one. He's an armchair fiscal quarterback, and it's a Monday.
Why in the world would anybody with an ounce of common sense report on what this moron says? He's a raving maniac that makes money the old fashion way (going bankrupt, kinda like space cadet Mitt)..
Trump is a blowhard, and moreover, he's a failure! The man went bankrupt with casinos! Do you have any idea how hard that is to do? Why do people still look at this guy like he knows something about business? All he ever does is run them into the ground and shoot off his mouth. He's a lot of noise with no track record to back it up.
In fact, if Donald Trump had just put all the money he got from his father into CDs and never done anything else with it, he'd be four times richer than he is from all his business ventures! He'd have made four times the money by doing nothing! He's no financial whiz.
"if i were preseident" ... "if i were Treasury secretary"... Trump is a pompous morron that casre mainly about himslef and his image. It is beyond me why the media are so infatued with this expensive white trash. He shopuld just be ignored and left to twist arms to do his NY deals and claim he his a multibillionaire.
this guy has lost all credibility a whileback.
Disregard my last comment. My previous one did get posted. My apologies.
Fair is Fair
"Said the low-information voter that consistently votes against his own self-interest to the Republicons delight....."
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Hey Kreskin – how in the world do you know what their – or anyone else's – best interests are?
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Easily enough. You must be like Cantor and have had some interest in our country defaulting. Next question SFB?
How can anyone take this joker seriously? After that noise about how he was going to find President Obama's birth certificate in Hawaii . .. . I don't care how much money he has. He's a big, worthless bag of hot air.
Are Americans just plain dumb?
Donald Trump likes to be in the limelight. That is all he is about.
it would be very painful for the American Pepole...
The following is Mr. Trump's stated plan (both in this article and in other publications" for fixing the current economic conditions, including the high unemployment, lack of investor confidence, mounting debt, and a disappearing stability of the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve:
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**** Said plan has been previously co-opted by Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Jon Huntsman Jr., Hermain Cain, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, and others. Copyright conflicts are pending.
There are so many clueless empty suits in this administration and replacing any of them with Trump would be an improvement.
Trump would bankrupt the US in less than one week. He's as big a wind bag as our Congresscritters who are totally clueless.
Anybody remember the demonizing ridiculing of the Republicans for supporting stimulus, Omnibus, GM bailout, Wall St bailoug and & the spending of this Admin? Do u remember Obama, Reid & Pelosi along with CNN, MSNBC and all the other liberal media calling Republicans "THE PARTY OF NO"? .
Now we know why the Republicans said NO to all THE OBAMA spending that did NOTHING for this economy but only made it worse.
I guess THE PARTY OF NO was right all along!!!
Anybody remember the demonizing ridiculing of the Republicans for NOT supporting stimulus, Omnibus, GM bailout, Wall St bailoug and & the spending of this Admin? Do u remember Obama, Reid & Pelosi along with CNN, MSNBC and all the other liberal media calling Republicans "THE PARTY OF NO"? .
Now we know why the Republicans said NO to all THE OBAMA spending that did NOTHING for this economy but only made it worse.
I guess THE PARTY OF NO was right all along!!
What a clown. So, his plan is to tick off the people holding our debt? Just in case we need more? Sounds absolutely brilliant.
The true morons are CNN for giving this guy a forum, at all.
THe GOP is becoming a characature of itself. What a sad joke they have become. Hucabee and Trump and Palin and Bachman and Romeny........all they need is a tiny clown car to ride around in.
Mr. Trump this is a serious time for serious people – Go Away!
Use the media to your advantage at someother time please.
Have some decency!
If you were Treasury Secretary, Mr. Trump, I would be moving out of the country.
This man is morally and financially bankrupt, so why would anyone listen to him???
We need John Huntsman's expertise on China badly. Huntsman 2012!