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R&D from Prepd: Trump’s Call to Taiwan

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On December 6, 2016

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This R&D provides resources on President-elect Donald Trump’s recent phone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen.  China blasted Trump for making the call, warning that it could endanger existing Sino-American relationship.  However, analysts wonder if the call was a way for Trump to show strength to Chinese leaders, whom he appears headed on a collision course with regarding trade issues.

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R&D from Prepd: The Trump Transition

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On November 15, 2016

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This R&D provides resources on the Donald Trump’s ongoing transition into the Oval Office.  Trump, who won last week’s presidential election, is currently seeking four thousand appointees to serve his administration.  He has already made some of the initial moves of a usual transition by naming Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus to be his chief of staff.

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R&D from Prepd: Trump Foreign Policy

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On May 10, 2016

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This R&D provides resources on Donald Trump’s foreign policy.  The presumptive Republican nominee has raised concerns in the foreign policy community over his plans to make Europe pay for more of its defense, make Mexico pay for a border wall, and his harsh trade rhetoric toward China.  Some pundits warn that if Trump were to win the election that it would lead to more chaos in the world, while his supporters say that an “American first” foreign policy is long overdue.  The 2016 presidential election could come down to Trump’s isolationist message versus presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s more globalist one.

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R&D from Prepd: Sarah Palin’s Endorsement of Donald Trump

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On January 28, 2016

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This R&D provides resources on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  Palin, who was also the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008, publicly endorsed Trump last Tuesday, which may help Trump’s chances among Iowa’s social conservatives for next week’s Iowa caucus.

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Donald Trump’s Presidential Candidacy

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On August 11, 2015

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Every few decades, there is a controversial personality that seeks the White House outside of the confines of conventional politics.  In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt sought the presidency on the Progressive Party ticket, splitting the Republican vote and enabling Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson to move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  In 1948, Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace came close to preventing incumbent Harry Truman from winning the presidency as they sought the votes of Southern segregationists and progressive Democrats, respectively.  In 1968, Alabama Governor George Wallace ran on a states’ rights and “law and order” platform that carried five states and nearly fourteen percent of the national vote.  In 1992 and 1996, billionaire Ross Perot tapped into American frustrations over the economy to capture sizable percentages of the popular vote and arguably help Democrat Bill Clinton win those elections.  And in 2000, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader cost Democratic candidate Al Gore the presidency by taking away crucial votes in Florida.

Unlike these others campaigns, which were third party runs, billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is taking place within the Republican Party.  Railing against American jobs moving abroad, big financial institutions, immigration, and “political correctness,” Trump has surged in the polls in recent months and his support is showing few signs of faltering.  His rise has befuddled political observers, who initially thought his popularity would be fleeting and that he did not have a significant chance of winning the Republican nomination.  Although critics bashed Trump’s recent performance in the Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, he has a devoted group of followers and some postulate that if Trump does not win the GOP presidential nomination that he might bolt and run as a third party candidate, something that would likely throw the election into the hands of the Democratic nominee.

This topic brief will discuss Trump’s rise in the polls and his positions, analyze his performance in the August 6 Republican debate, and then discuss some of the pitfalls that his candidacy could encounter in the coming months.

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R&D: Donald Trump’s Presidential Candidacy

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On August 11, 2015

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

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