Trump gnaws at shorter leash

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Bad, bad things are going to be happening with these people pouring into our country, Trump said. He continued to hint that he might soften some of his immigration policy ideas, but then offered the same applause line to supporters and promised to build a border wall and tighten screenings on legal immigrants.

Were going to build a wall, dont worry about it, Trump said. Were going to build the wall and Mexico is going to pay for it, 100 percent. And its going to be a big wall. Its going to be a real wall. Its going to be as beautiful as a wall can be, but its going to be a real wall.

The few thousand supporters gathered inside the Tampa rally cheered loudly.

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2016

Trumps baffling immigration wobbles

By SARAH WHEATON and TYLER PAGER

"We are going to keep terrorists the hell out of our country, Trump said near the end of his remarks. And finally, we are going to create a more inclusive society."

During the hour-long rally in which Trump veered from the teleprompter to his own ad-libbed lines and asides, there was no escaping the many incongruities and the mammoth challenge facing his revamped campaign over the final 76 days of the election as it attempts to retain the fiery iconoclast who struck so deep a nerve with the conservative base while somehow presenting a kinder, gentler persona who might appeal more broadly to the general electorate.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-rally-off-script-227374#ixzz4IId3JBjR

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Wonder how long before Kellyanne quits this circus....

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