* And then there was one; Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee for 2016 * I remember when this Republican Primary started and the field was very wide * They had to split the debates up between the main event and the under card because there were so many candidates * Nobody in the mainstream really gave Donald Trump a shot * Even though I wasn't supporting, Trump - I was supporting Rand Paul and more recently Ted Cruz as the candidates who were ideologically closest to me * I always thought that Donald Trump was a very serious candidate and thought that he had the best odds of winning and that's what happened * I always recognized the appeal of his message * I know the economy is much worse than is generally perceived and, for the typical American, living in a rotten economy, Trump seems to be the candidate that is going to appeal to them * He's not talking about cutting social security or taking away government benefits, he's trying to be all things to all people * It's a populist message - Everybody's going to win, just elect me and I'm going to make all your problems go away * How am I going to make them go away? Because I'm different * I'm not your typical politician, I'm a billionaire businessman who knows what I'm doing and everybody in government are incompetent fools * He's right about that part - everybody in government is incompetent * But that does not mean that Trump is a panacea to immediately make these problems go away * But you know what? Why not take a shot at it? * I knew that his message is powerful and would resonate * Everybody is writing him off, saying he will lose to Hillary Clinton * I don't believe so * I think the media is still underestimating Donald Trump, despite the fact that they completely surprised them by winning the Republican nomination * He might surprise them again by winning the General Election and being our next President * Because, if you are anti-establishment, why would you vote for Hillary Clinton, even if you are a Democrat * Why do you think Bernie Sanders continues to get so much support? * He beat Hillary again in Indiana yesterday * But of course Hillary has such a massive lead, thanks to all these super delegates, it doesn't even matter how many primaries he wins - he can win all the primaries from now until the election and Hillary is still going to be the nominee * Unless Bernie Sanders can flip the super delegates * Maybe if she gets indicted between now and the convention, well maybe that will do the trick * But Hillary Clinton couldn't win in Indiana because there weren't enough minorities there * When you just look your basic Democratic American, they're overwhelmingly going for Bernie Sanders * The reason they're doing that is for the same reason that Republicans are going for Donald Trump * I said many times I think Donald Trump will be able to tailor his message specifically to appeal to the Bernie Sanders Democrats * He's not going to get all of the Bernie Sanders Democrats - the far left Socialists * But there are a lot of people who are voting for Bernie Sanders because they can't stand Hillary Clinton * Trump has a good shot at getting those people, in fact I think Donald Trump can do better with the Democrats than Ronald Regan * And it was those Regan Democrats that really put Ronald Regan in the White House * Many people are too young to remember, but when Ronald Regan first got the nomination, the media said, well that's it, he's going to lose in a landslide * Nobody thought he could beat Jimmy Carter, an incumbent President and Ronald Regan was so far to the right, he was even more to the right than Barry Goldwater,Our Sponsors:* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/GOLD* Check out Justin Wine and use my code SCHIFF20 for a great deal: https://www.justinwine.comPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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