I’m not a Trump fan at all, but he will say what’s on his mind. Like, ‘No more Muslims!’ You just said that. And of course in this country, a lot of people agree. Trump, one day he held up his cellphone and said, ‘Here’s Lindsey Graham’s number!’ I could not not laugh. That was FUNNY. He would be a disastrous president, but at the same time I don’t think he wants to be president. I think he’s a bored rich guy just being crass.”
— Punk icon and awesome straight ally Henry Rollins chatting with The Daily Beast and offering what would be an incredible holiday gift for all of us
Wil Chaney
And his opinion matters why?
#moretrumpbashingtosavekillary
Bernard Welt
Well, he’s right. Trump doesn’t have the slightest interest in being president. Neither do Huckabee or Cruz. Unless they’re completely delusional, most of the Republican candidates are in this for the same reason they do everything else: to solidify and extend their position in playing media to their advantage. Trump is scary because he’s galvanizing dangerous interest groups. But he has about as much interest in governing as Sarah Palin did, whatever happens. He has the same single principle he had at 22: there s no such thing as bad publicity
Michael1500
I totally agree, and have been saying that all along. As idiotic as Trump is, he has to realize how incapable he actually is—- he’s just having a good time with his ego and his money. I’m sure he’s privately just as amazed at his poll standings as is the rest of the country.
Realitycheck
@Michael1500: His huge ego loves it LOL
Ross Perot elected the first Clinton to the white house, Trump will elect the second, and there is nothing the Republicans can do about it.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
90s Henry Rollins in tight cop uniform and Superman costume earns him the right to opine on anything and everything in perpetuity
Kieran
Sounds like Henry was high on something when he tried to verbalize a stream of consciousness. Donald Trump is obviously the most serious candidate running.
Sansacro
@Wil Chaney: Same reason you think your opinion matters, except that he is a celebrity, and The Daily Beast is not calling you up asking for your opinion. Besides, you and I clicked on this story, baby. I did it because I’m a fan of Rollins. You?
Sansacro
@Kieran: Guess that’s on how you define “serious.” He will not be president. I’d bet on that.
benandy
I think the phrase Henry was looking for was “attention whore”.
But, he’s right. The Donald will bolt from serving even IF elected. The first thing the prez-elect has to do is put his assets into a BLIND TRUST. Donny will NOT put his Monopoly set into the control of someone else. Ivanka and Donny Jr. cannot do it either, that is called a 1/2 blind trust.
dwes09
@Wil Chaney: His opinion matters much more to many more people than the opinion of a right wing toady who’d go back into the closet for the chance to lick an evangelical or ultra right wing asshole. Do folks like you actually get off on advancing the agenda of those who think you less than human?
robho3
I totally agree although I have no idea who this person is.
Douglas Ray
All it comes down to is Trump do not know what the hell to do with his money now
Avery Alvarez
I tend to agree with his analysis.
Randy Parce
I don’t like him eather
Brian
Trump would not have spent time and money to come this far because he simply wants to have a bit of fun. He’s in it for keeps. He wants to be President, and I believe he will be.
unclemike
“Who is Henry Rollins?” –people who have never heard of Google.
Sandy McLendon
Yeah, Trump says what he thinks. Only more often than he thinks.
Giancarlo85
@Kieran: Serious yes. Serious at total BS. Trump has no grasp of real issues facing this nation and has no solutions. Keep up with the perpetual brownnosing. The most serious candidate is the lady running for the other party. At least she is very well versed with real world issues. Her economic and foreign policy knowledge and experience is unmatched. The most international experience Trump has is with offshore accounts and shady real estate dealings in central America.
Giancarlo85
@Brian: You believe a lot of stuff. You can’t back up any of it. Trump doesn’t want to be President. He is a huge troll and is pissing off voters. Latinos and women will send Hillary to the White House. Congrats on showing your true colors. It won’t surprise me if republicans lose the popular vote by nearly 10% this time.
odawg
@Wil Chaney: What’s your damage Heather?
odawg
@Brian: LOL!@Brian: LOL!
1EqualityUSA
Trump is a travesty. He will never be president. Could you imagine how that rube would decorate the Casa Blanca? Gag! He embarrasses himself and the nation every time he opens his fat lower lip. Those protruding nubbins he calls teeth are like childhood nightmares. No, Trump will go down in defeat, beaten by a woman….(Brian)… Late night comedy has been fun at Trump’s expense. (Check out the Bill Maher/Donald Trump battles, hilarious.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuP1e0RNF-0
Michiel Naude
And who is Henry Rollins?
Lisa Worksman
The only person I find more irritating than Donald Trump is Henry Rollins….a perfect pair of know it alls.
odawg
@Kieran: LMAO!
Giancarlo85
@1EqualityUSA: Trump is trolling the GOP. Would be funny if he votes for Hillary in the end. I could see that. This could all be a great effort to mobilize voters against the GOP. Latinos cannot stand Trump and he recently attacked women now too. Plus Trump has a rather shady past (ask his exwife what she thinks of him).
brdude09
Trump says he wants to date his daughter and his supporters are like “yeah sure go ahead”.
Frankie Trice
Already making excuses a la Romney!
scotty
i agree. been thinking it for awhile now. but im also thinking he might just hang in long enuf and say what the hell im gonna do it. now i understand all my “dead zone” dreams
damn you stephen king ! damn you
Phillip Bernal
And yet the RETARDS in the GOP are buying hook line and sinker.. this is going to be EPIC!
Giancarlo85
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35066940 – LMAO. Nailed it. The BBC even sees it when the American media is too blind to see it.
If the BBC is right about this one, this would be a political masterstroke move by democrats.
Hillary was practically goading Trump into saying more controversial shit with her recent comments on him (her comments were true by the way).
o.codone
Giancarla85 must have a day off from her job, wiping the asses of fat people in Disney World after they take a giant dump. The way I know this is because he has the time to post at lease a half dozen responses on this thread alone. I please get another job girl, we really don’t want to read your stupid posts anymore.
darian
Syphilis is rotting Donald trump’s brain. I just can’t help but laugh everytime I see him.
Kieran
For somebody who doesn’t want to be President, he’s doing a pretty good job:
Latest Reuters Rolling Poll:
Dec 19, 2015 – Dec 24, 2015 (5 Day Rolling) December 24, 2015
624 Respondents
Donald Trump 39.3%
Ted Cruz 12.8%
Ben Carson 9.6%
Marco Rubio 8.5%
Wouldn’t vote 7.4%
Jeb Bush 6.1%
Mike Huckabee 3.9%
Rand Paul 3.5%
Chris Christie 3.1%
Carly Fiorina 2.3%
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Giancarlo85
@o.codone: You are unemployed and live off your mom. You’re too lazy to get a job even at Dairy Queen.
@Kieran: As I said he’s trolling the entire party and won’t win the nomination in the end. But who cares about republican primary voters anyways? I don’t care. And I saw another poll where he had just a 4% lead over Ted Cruz. One with a bigger sample too.
Trump has a 59% disapproval/negative rating. Astonishing!
THe same Quinnipac poll says as far as Presidential experience Hillary has 63% approval (35% disapproval), and Trump has a 67% dispproval (29% approval). Flip flopped. LOL. SHELLACKED. In fact, Trump fares the worst against Hillary in that poll, yet he leads among republican primary voters. Disturbing.
THe American people overall view Trump as a pretentious idiot with no experience and a vast majority don’t like him.
joeyty
When Henry Rollins comes out of the closet I’ll begin to listen to his opinions.
o.codone
@Giancarlo85: You make-up these poll results the same way the administration wants America to believe that unemployment is 4.5%. More proof you’re an idiot. Santa Claus is real. Oh sorry for fu cking with your head like that. I know just for that split second you were hoping … yeah, that was mean. Okay, my bad. Hit me.
Giancarlo85
@o.codone: Hey moron… I see you’re out here posting your typical republican bullcrap. The unemployment rate is not 4.5% (nobody ever claimed that). It is 5.1% (and this is a figure tabulated by non-partisan agencies, not by a right wing crapshoot source like Faux News or Townhall.com).
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us12222015_Uhkm63g.pdf
Oh and moron I cited this poll two different times on this site.
I know you’re too stupid, you believe in the man in the sky and you like the republican party. Your support of the republican party signifies your idiotic mindset and believe in fairytales. I require proof for my arguments. You have no proof.
I didn’t make up any poll results, you tool. You just can’t handle your little party is performing like shit. Your head is so F*CKED up beyond belief.
Giancarlo85
I love it when dumbpublicans like OxyTurd say “THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHER THAN IT IS”. I say BULLSHIT. Just another claim they can’t back up like the Benghazi derangement syndrome they suffer from.
Hun
I always knew Henry Rollins was dumb, but holy f*ck.
trell
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID:
AMEN TO THAT!!!!
I can’t believe that so many comments are anti-Rollins. He is one of the biggest supporters of LGBTQ rights in America, and is a true activist. He has been around for decades, as a musician, comedian, actor, activist, and all round cutter of bullshit. The guy is a legend as far as I am concerned, and has done more to further the cause than the plethora of insta-celeb narcissists we seem to have nowadays, who seem to represent the gay community vicariously though topless photos & miming to musical numbers.