Master of self deception Donald Trump went on another tear in an
unedited interview with NBC Wednesday. Per usual, Trump threw out a veritable smorgasbord of one-hit wonders:
On himself: "I think I'm helping the party greatly."
To the reporter: "You're a very naive person."
On immigration: "I will win the Latino vote cuz I'm going to put 'em to work."
Right. Last I checked, Trump's
Latino workers weren't all that enthused about him.
“Do you think that when we’re hanging out there from the eighth floor that we’re raping or selling drugs?” Ramon Alvarez, 48, a window worker from El Salvador, said during a break Monday morning just outside the construction site.
But one point he made that seems worth echoing is that without him, the GOP field would be sidestepping immigration altogether, except in front of nativist crowds where they can beat the drum of border-security-first.
"You wouldn't be hearing about immigration if it wasn't for Donald Trump," he said.
True dat. Except from Hillary Clinton—she's been
talking about it since the first weeks of her campaign.
But Trump—as deplorable and repugnant as his views are—is forcing the GOP field out of the shadows and into the light on an issue they'd rather not emphasize for two reasons: 1) they have no fresh ideas; 2) all of their stale ideas (like building a ginormous impenetrable wall) are killing their relationship with Latino voters, maybe irrevocably.
And for that—and that alone—I salute The Donald. Because he's definitively not "helping the party," he's slaying it.