Trump asks all white crowd in all white town for the African American vote!

[yellowcanine]

WTF? Trump addressed much of his speech to African Americans, all the while to an all white crowd in an all white town 40 miles from Milwaukee. If this is an example of the genius of Roger Ailes - and yes the speech sounded very much like Roger Ailes - I would say that maybe Ailes is not going to be such an asset for Trump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I lived in West Bend for a few years when I was a kid.

I guess I'm glad we don't live there any more - that part of WI has gone kind of nuts, it seems.

[applegrove]

2. If he is afraid of more mixed crowds within his own country how on

earth will he have the guts to go after ISIS?

[procon]

3. His speech wasn't meant for the audience. It was intended to ignite a media firestorm.

Every news outlet, every journalist, pundit and commentator is discussing, parsing, examining and critiquing avery word Trump said, and not focusing on Hillary (and there are both pluses and minuses there) as the front runner. If he's achieved nothing else, Trump won the news cycle for the next several days.

[yellowcanine]

4. Maybe but the Ailes story sort of stepped on the speech.

And there was speculation about how much Ailes influenced the speech and why the Trump campaign is denying that Ailes is advising Trump.

[TeamPooka]

6. Because Trump can't share credit. He did all this "himself." didn't even need many voters. nt

[33taw]

5. I think he intended the national media to communicate that he was in Milwaukee

In front of a cheering African American audience. He was actually in front of a nearly all white audience in one of the most republican communities in the country. The crime rate in West Bend is nearly zero and they are not economically deprived nor ever have been.

[rusty quoin]

7. I wonder how much a difference it will make to the Trump supporters,

that pervert Roger Ailes is working for them. My bet, it won't make a difference. They are loyal to the man. And that includes the women who love the man. To me it's a cult.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, 98.5% white town... he doesn't have enough minerals to go to Milwaukee