Nearly half of all Americans see 'nothing positive' in Donald Trump

US citizens were more likely to focus on Trump's personal traits and style when talking about potential negative aspects of Trump's presidency, according to the survey.

More than four out of 10 US nationals cannot say anything positive about billionaire businessman Donald Trump possibly becoming the country's president, a poll released on Wednesday found.

The United States will elect a new president this November. Despite his controversial remarks on migration, Trump leads other Republican hopefuls in opinion polls.

US citizens were more likely to focus on his personal traits and style when talking about potential negative aspects of Trump's presidency, a new Gallup survey conducted between January 6 and 10 showed.

Most of those polled said he did not think before he spoke, while others said that as president Trump would lack political experience and be too arrogant, racist, hot-headed or simply "idiotic." A few people said they feared he would be an embarrassment to the country.

Issue-wise, respondents focused on the negative effect he would have as the US leader on foreign relations, saying he would probably drag the country into wars.

Comment: Nothing new there. Also see: Empire of Chaos: Planet full of fear

Among the best things about a potential Trump presidency were his business background, honesty, confidence and that he "doesn't back down." Some of those polled admitted he was "entertaining."

Other issue-related positives to Trump's leadership were his stance on immigration - specifically his promise to build a wall on the Mexican border - and hopes that he would improve the economy as well as boosting defense and cutting spending.

Trump's standing in national polls is expected to solidify after former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin threw her weight behind the outspoken real-estate mogul, urging voters to risk their reputations for him.

Reader Comments

answerman · 2016-01-20T15:04:04Z

They must have forgotten...

He is NOT Hillary Clinton or any "main-stream" Democrat or Republican. He shares this distinction with Bernie Sanders.

locust · 2016-01-20T15:47:33Z

Trump's pluses:

1. His name isn't Bush.
2. uh…um
3. see #1

cope2 · 2016-01-20T16:04:10Z

Biff

I heard once that Biff from Back to the future, was modeled after D Trump..
Biff for president!

Katos · 2016-01-20T17:56:01Z

Answer man, Bernie Sanders is a seasoned politician who knows his way around Washington. The fact that he is not a caustic warmonger, and he thinks the American people are important over and above the corporations, in my mind makes him a far superior candidate!

Winston Smith · 2016-01-20T19:25:58Z

Be aware of this.......

Bernie Sanders openly says, "Assad must GO!!" Which makes him in favor of continuing the destabilizing of the Middle East by destroying and partitioning Syria and its innocent peoples, thereby sentencing them to the same fate as Libya and Iraq, which is, of course, the zionist's wet dream called the "Yinon Plan". You may not be aware of that, as many of his supporters I speak with are utterly in the dark that this guy is a zionist wolf in sheeple's clothing, sad to report. Google it, and you'll see I am right. The MIC likes what they hear there, too. Not good.

Next, are you aware that his calls for regulating Wall Street are likely a complete sham? Pay very close attention to what he SAYS, not the BS sloganeering that is being substituted for truth. When he 'called out' Wall Street a while back, in a highly touted speech (touted by the zionist-controlled US media who we know are always on the American people's side, of course) I looked at what he actually said, which in critical part was that, "If Wall Street will not regulate themselves, we'll do it for them".

Wall Street? "Regulate themselves"? Hmmmmmmmm......

My, my, just another smart lawyer (like me) playing with words. Here's the translation: "We'll do just like BO and give the banksters one last chance to 'do the right thing', meaning, he will let them engage in window dressing, stalling for time until they can arrange whatever plan will continue their economic reign of terror and plunder inviolate, except for a few crumbs they will throw our way, which will be hailed as a 'break through' and 'real progress' and 'true reform'. Yeah, in a pig's butt! Read the fine print. It sucks.

Nope, America is totally screwed. The dummocraps have Killary and Bernie to 'choose' from, which is no choice, to my mind. I, too, wanted to 'believe' in Bernie, just like I 'believed' in BO's message of 'change'. And you saw what we got with Obomber.

Bernie will do what the zionists tell him, because I believe he's one of them at heart, and they control Wall Street. So he's going to be all smoke and mirrors at home, and more blood and destruction in the ME/NA, i.e., business as usual, I am very sad to report. Because like you, I too, had very high hopes for Bernie, until I looked close and read his own words. Check it out. It's a big bummer, no doubt. :-(

(Now, if we could clone and import Jeremy Corbin from the UK, we might actually have a chance at some REAL change that would likely do some good, but that will never happen, obviously, which is a crying shame, because Corbin has a pair between his legs instead of these ubiquitous American political twats....)

Ruth · 2016-01-21T00:54:09Z

Well, hopefully over half Americans see Hillary Clinton as something out of a horror movie. She's simply not as entertaining as Trump. And most likely far more dangerous.

Jeffs · 2016-05-20T15:18:48Z

Trump's pathology explained

You may want to see this:
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Yet people drive on through it.

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