The Club for Growth came out swinging at the Donald, casting him a liberal big-spender. Lloyd Grove talks to Trump about why he's drawing fire-and how he doesn't know who his assailant is.
The New York Daily News calls Donald Trump a clown. The Obama White House dismisses him as "a sideshow" who has, according to presidential adviser David Plouffe, "zero chance of being hired by the American people."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
But at least one influential advocacy organization, the Republican-oriented Club for Growth, is treating him as a major presidential prospect-and a significant threat to the country.
The economically conservative Club-which supports low taxes, free trade, and deregulation-has yet to express an opinion concerning any other Gop hopeful. But it has singled out Trump for harsh attacks in recent days, issuing two press releases accusing the Celebrity Apprentice star...
The New York Daily News calls Donald Trump a clown. The Obama White House dismisses him as "a sideshow" who has, according to presidential adviser David Plouffe, "zero chance of being hired by the American people."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
But at least one influential advocacy organization, the Republican-oriented Club for Growth, is treating him as a major presidential prospect-and a significant threat to the country.
The economically conservative Club-which supports low taxes, free trade, and deregulation-has yet to express an opinion concerning any other Gop hopeful. But it has singled out Trump for harsh attacks in recent days, issuing two press releases accusing the Celebrity Apprentice star...
- 4/20/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
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