Cartoonist Gary Varvel: Donald Trump’s third party threat

“Not at all. I think the frustration, quite frankly, was building”.

When the GOP sought to rebrand itself following Mitt Romeny’s loss to President Obama, “Trump” is not the brand they had in mind.

Despite his many assertions about Mexican immigration and crime, Trump was apparently unfamiliar with the fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. He repeatedly said he wants to win the Republican nomination.

Donald Trump has arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Donald Trump will be met by over a thousand protesters when he lands in Texas to visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday, according to the League of United Latin American Citizens (Lulac).

The back-and-forth is the latest in a series of showdowns between Trump and fellow GOP candidates frustrated by Trump’s brash campaign, which has often overshadowed their own in recent weeks. Trump traveled in a massive police-escorted motorcade on roads closed for his entourage.

Local 2455 announced early Thursday it would “pull out of all events involving Donald Trump“, citing discussions with its national organization.

But a border patrol union said it was boycotting the visit “after careful consideration of all the factors involved”. Instead of being greeted by a throng of supporters, he was greeted by a throng protesting his derogatory comments about Mexicans, McCain and POW’s.

Trump came in on top of the field nationally, with 24 percent of Republican registered voters supporting him in a poll by the Washington Post and ABC News released this week. He left after less than four minutes after losing patience with a reporter’s question.

The real estate mogul came under fire this week for questioning the heroism of Arizona Sen. Yet, paradoxically, he’s praised globalization for tearing down barriers to global markets. The majority of citizens of Laredo are Hispanic.

Trump remained unbowed. “I’m called a jackass”, he said Wednesday on CNN.

He has assets of at least $1.4 billion and debt of at least $240 million, the regulators said in a report with such broad categories that his wealth could well be much greater.

“Because people realize the problem we have I this country with illegal immigration”.

“You are not POTUS material”, she said of the businessman.

“I’ll have to see how I’m being treated by the Republicans“, Trump told The Hill newspaper when asked whether he might consider an independent bid. They are “colored by prejudice, racism – or just plain ignorance”, he said. John McCain’s status as a war hero.

Erstwhile Texas governor and current presidential candidate Rick Perry’s campaign is in danger of dying before it really gets underway, but Perry is doing everything he can to avoid a premature exit.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told MSNBC on Thursday, “I think he’s sort of a political vehicle wreck where people slow down and watch”.