The failed 'turning points' of Trump's campaign implosion (Update 28 Feb 2016)

Date: August 10th, 2015 12:08 PM
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March 18: upon learning that Donald Trump planned on launching an exploratory committee, the Washington Post declared him “as serious a candidate as Cherunda Lynn Fox,” a no-name candidate, and assured America that he “is not actually going to run seriously for president.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/03/18/donald-trump-promises-to-become-as-serious-a-2016-candidate-as-cherunda-lynn-fox/
April 22: Tufts University Professor Daniel Drezner wrote an “open memo” to Donald Trump calling his efforts a “faux-run,” and Trump a “nutjob,” before teasing that he should simply run as a Democrat. http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/22/a-very-important-memo-to-donald-trump/
April 28: after Trump tweeted, “Our great African American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!” the Washington Post emphasized, “you can yell at Donald Trump and he will go away,” assured that this “racist” would disappear quickly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/04/28/donald-trump-said-something-donald-trump-is-easy-baltimore-is-hard/
June 16: In his announcement Trump explains, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/full-text-donald-trump-announces-a-presidential-bid/
June 30: In the aftermath of Trump’s marks, NBCUniversal, Univision, and Macy’s, among others, begin ending their relationships with Trump. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/donald-trump-bad-businessman/397517/
July 1: Donald Trump explains in an interview with Don Lemon, “Well if you look at the statistics of people coming, you look at the statistics on rape, on crime, on everything coming in illegally into this country it’s mind-boggling! If you go to Fusion, you will see a story: About 80% of the women coming in, you know who owns Fusion? Univision! Go to Fusion and pick up the stories on rape. It’s unbelievable when you look at what’s going on. So all I’m doing is telling the truth. . . . Well, somebody’s doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody’s doing it! Who’s doing the raping? Who’s doing the raping?” he asked. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/01/politics/donald-trump-immigrants-raping-comments/
July 2: Alan Rappeport at the New York Times declares that the “backlash” has begun for Trump and the entire Republican part. http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/02/today-in-politics-a-backlash-costs-trump-and-possibly-republicans/
July 7: In the continued aftermath of Trump’s comments, deals with ESPN and the PGA, among others, begin to fall through. http://perezhilton.com/2015-07-07-espn-donald-trump-golf-club-espy-celebrity-golf-classic-pga-golf-grand-slam/
July 17: Donald Trump mocks John McCain, noting, “I like people who weren’t captured,” explaining “He’s not a war hero.” http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317.html
July 18: Nate Cohn at the New York Times declared this Trump’s “turning point,” the beginning of the end of his campaign. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/upshot/the-trump-campaigns-turning-point.html
August 6: Nate Silver provides Trump’s “Six Stages of Doom” and gives him a 2% chance of winning the Republican nomination. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/donald-trumps-six-stages-of-doom/
August 7: immediately following the presidential debate, Donald Trump remarks about how “off base” Megyn Kelly was in her questions, noting that he saw “blood coming out of her wherever,” she was “off base,” a “lightweight,” and “overrated.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/07/trump-says-foxs-megyn-kelly-had-blood-coming-out-of-her-wherever/
August 7: Erick Erickson at RedState disinvited Trump from the RedState Gathering, effectively excluding him from a roster full of serious Republican candidates. http://www.redstate.com/2015/08/07/i-have-disinvited-donald-trump-to-the-redstate-gathering/
August 8: Trump fires his longtime advisor Roger Stone. Stone clarifies that he resigned because he viewed the campaign as increasingly unreliable. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/sources-roger-stone-quit-wasnt-fired-by-donald-trump-in-campaign-shakeup-121177.html


August 11: Pundits note that Trump appears to be slipping in poll position after debates, suggesting that honeymoon is over and collapse is imminent. http://hotair.com/archives/2015/08/11/uh-oh-trump-down-nine-points-after-debate-in-new-rasmussen-national-poll/
August 19: Risking his job, an illegal immigrant working at a Trump hotel speaks out against Trump in an interview for "NewLeftMedia," which gets picked up by the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/nyregion/in-video-immigrant-worker-at-trump-hotel-criticizes-donald-trumps-views.html
August 19: Lambasted over his use of the offensive term "anchor babies," Trump shuts down a reporter who challenges the use, rejecting the use of a "politically correct" alternative. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-tom-llamas-anchor-babies
August 21: After a couple of Trump supporters beat up a homeless man in Boston, Trump answers, "The people following me are very passionate." Rolling Stone declared that Trump was no longer "funny," signalling the downfall of his campaign. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/donald-trump-just-stopped-being-funny-20150821
August 22: The Guardian breaks down early polls and explains why Donald Trump won't win. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/22/donald-trump-wont-win-republican-presidential-nomination
August 25: Univision's Jorge Ramos interrupts a press conference to ask Donald Trump a question, and Trump's staff physically ejects him from the scene. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-iowa-rally/
August 26: Jonathan Chait at the New Yorker explains that Donald Trump will lose because he's "crazy. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/08/donald-trump-is-going-to-lose-because-hes-crazy.html
September 1: Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Bernstein notes that Ben Carson has a chance at knocking off Donald Trump, if only the media will "help" him. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-ben-carson-donald-trump-iowa-20150901-story.html
September 2: FOX News host Brit Hume explains to Megyn Kelly that it appears other candidates have begun gaining ground on Trump. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/02/trump-sends-public-message-to-brit-hume-after-fox-analyst-said-candidates-are-gaining-ground-on-him/
September 3: Trump confuses the Quds Forces in Iran with the Kurds on Hugh Hewitt show, indicating a complete lack of understanding of foreign policy. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/09/03/donald-trump-flunks-foreign-policy-test-says-hell-learn-on-the-job
September 3: A Trump Tower guard hits a protestor in the face, sufficient to make the New York Times political beat. http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/guard-for-donald-trump-hits-protester/

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