Trump Goes On Ebola Rant: The Plague Will Spread Inside Our Borders!

Donald Trump Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Course & Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland, Britain - 02 Jul 2014 Funny-haired US businessman Donald Trump was at his newly purchased Turnberry Golf Course and Resort Scot... Donald Trump Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Course & Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland, Britain - 02 Jul 2014 Funny-haired US businessman Donald Trump was at his newly purchased Turnberry Golf Course and Resort Scottish links golf course with ever-doting Eastern European wife Melania Trump. Renamed Trump Turnberry, it brings the number of golf courses owned by the property magnate to 17. The businessman has already pledged GBP 100 million to renovate the hotel that overlooks the Turnberry course, which he bought last month, and he will discuss more developments during a visit to Ayrshire today. It is Mr Trump's second Scottish course, following on from his Aberdeenshire resort which opened in July 2012. Plans for a second golf course, club house and hotel on the same site remain on hold amid a bitter dispute over a proposed wind farm adjacent to the resort, involving Alex Salmond, the BBC and local protesters. (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump let loose on Twitter with a series of doomsday predictions following news that a pair of Americans who had contracted the Ebola virus would be brought to the U.S. for treatment.

Trump began his rant Thursday night and quickly ratcheted up the rhetoric, including condemning the two aid workers who contracted the virus while treating Ebola patients in Africa.

“People that go to far away places to help out are great,” Trump wrote in one tweet, “but must suffer the consequences!”

Here’s a small taste of Trump’s outrage, which also included retweets from others who praised his stance on the matter:

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  1. Is he talking about Borders, the bookstore?

  2. You know, Trump is actually starting to look like that orangutan Bill Maher claimed was Trump’s father.

  3. I get it. He’s an early version of the Sunday funnies. There’s no other reason to pay him any attention.

  4. How is it possible that anyone this stunningly, appallingly, unbelievably stupid can manage to extract so much cash from a collection of clueless bankers?

  5. Avatar for dswx dswx says:

    The really sad thing is that when it is shown that Ebola did not threaten the US populace, he will take credit for stopping it. Equally sad is that this racist’s rant will probably get more coverage than the coverage given to the health experts who have already clearly stated that it is an extremely low risk.

    As for his calling for the stoppage of flights from Ebola-stricken areas, that is his rancid racism coming through loud and clear.

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