As someone that lives outside of the US I see Trump as a really smart man that makes stupid statements with a logic behind them. Basically he's all about stereotypes and disinformation so that the "smartless" (I know it's wrong but I love to call them as such) part of the population agrees with him without really knowing what he's talking about, meanwhile the supporters of his party will still vote for him to get advantages.
Of course he might very well be just a moron...

While I try to stay out of other country's politics, and far be it for me to tell Americans how to run their own country, I would sign a petition to bar him entry to Australia in a heartbeat.

We only just got rid of our own boorish right wing clown in Tony Abbott.

I'm about 98. 7% sure he is a democratic plant. He is not just close with the Clintons he is nearly IN BED with the Clintons. He is extremely good friends with Bill Clinton and just as close with Hilary. He has been a registered democrat his ENTIRE life and has said great things about democrats, the Clintons, and Barack Obama up until he decided to run on the Republican ticket. Now he is destroying the party, saying the most outlandish things he can possibly conceive, and is splitting (and destroying) the Republican brand. He will undoubtedly come out and say all this once Hilary (or Bernie) is elected. He has NEVER had a single good thing to say about the GOP until he decided to run. He is a plant by the Clintons. The fact that he has so many supporters speaks volumes of the Republican party and how low they have sank. Hope this thread gets resurrected down the line when all of this is true.

That sounds a bit far fetched to me.

Bush inherited a surplus that he decided to give tax cuts to the mainly rich.  He then went on to pass a Medicare bill that was drafted by the drug companies.  Started a war with Iraq based on lies and misinformation.  His cronies stated the Iraq war could be paid with oil revenues with min cost to the country and that they was an immediate threat to US national security (WMDs which we gave him during the 80s to fight Iran and false accusations of harboring terrorist).  Add a few trillion for the wars, the crash of 08 and any president following would have a tough time.  Becoming president in 2000 was a lot easier than 2008.  Yes, it is Bush's fault to what happened to Iraq.  Don't try and put blame on the troop pullout considering the agreement came under the Bush admin due to Iraq not allowing US soldiers to be free from prosecution. 

Is Obama perfect?  Far from it.  He helped fuck up Libya, made numerous campaign promises that never happened (such as getting rid of Patriot Act, Gitmo, etc...), passed a healthcare bill that was in favor of the insurance and drug companies, and many more.  However, it is obvious that Bush did more harm to this country (domestic and foreign relations) than Obama could ever dream of.  Only the Rush Limbaughs of the world think otherwise.

Don't worry. Putin will start stuff far sooner than the US ever would. In fact, it's safe to say he has.

Can't be any worse than the bush and Obama years.

Oh wow trickle down economics, such a new and well functioning concept

First of all, there is no Anti Christ. Wether there is a god is up for debate but the whole Anti Christ thing is bullshit. If there is was however and if he was walking around right now, he would have a lot to live up to. I mean, if Hitler or Stalin were not the supposed Anti Christ figures, I don't know who else could be worse.

The truth about Donald Trump is he's just a rich guy with a big ego. He says all the things he says because he has nothing to lose. He doesn't actually have a career in politics. Even if he loses out on the Presidential bid, he still has his money, his houses and everything that has his name. If he does win, then the White is just another credential for him.

The top 1% are already taxed at an absurd level (what tax rate do people actually expect everyone to pay?). There's just so many loopholes that allow them to avoid paying as much taxes because almost everything is tax deductible these days.

It's also revisionist history to claim that the infamous 90% tax rate actually taxed 90%. It was a mariginal tax rate, with an effective tax rate of around 60-70% (which almost no one paid, since the mariginal rate was set for income earned over 450k).  This was done not to fix inequality (to even think so is a complete joke), but to pay for FDR's "New Deal" and help the US get out of the cost of WW2.