> I've got a lot of info nicely organized on my computer, but I could have more.

I hope the info is sourced, well. It's not just about how much info you have, or what it says, it's about how trustworthy and accurate it is and how unbiased it is together. It's relatively simple to have completely correct statements that through simple omission of relevant info can complete change the calculus. I find locating trustworthy information is the real challenge, and even then, it's rarely without it's problems if you find a good source from the other side.

> For immigrants or refugees from the Mideast, for now, mostly for what I want just say no and otherwise be quite careful.

That's your prerogative, and obviously you aren't along in that view.

> But I don't think that Trump is racist.

Well, to clarify, I don't think he is either. I do think he's pandering to people that harbor feelings bordering on racism. I think his persona is carefully calculated and does not reflect his real thoughts and opinions. I think Trump University was a complete scam (the documents they didn't want shown are fairly damning). I also think if was not a good omen as to what his presidency might entail (and completely inappropriate) that he decided to use his pulpit to go after a judge who he disagreed with.

If you want the liberal side of this, I recommend John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight. He likes to go fairly in-depth on things (but of course it's going to be biased). He goes quite deep into the Trump University topic[1]. It's worth a watch, if for no other reason than it's amusing, and gives you the liberal points on the issue, which you can use to research whether there's something relevant that was left out so you have an answer to the questions raised (if you don't already).

To me, he comes across as a very, very successful con man. Even if I agreed with more of his stances, I just don't feel I can trust him on anything. I truly believe he will say whatever it takes to become president, with little or no intention of following through. Or, to be clear, far, far less intention on following through than your run-of-the-mill career politician. I think his speech is damaging to the nation as it creates divisions and fear-mongers. To me, he's everything I dislike and mistrust about the media dialed to 11. Needless to say, we've come away with fairly different opinions of the man. ;)

> IMHO your contributions here are exceptional, in particular way above the content of all the mass media I've ever seen.

I appreciate that, but really all I did was respond to your specific points and try to keep it civil. :) I enjoy rational discourse, and I was actually far less versed on the specifics of Trump before our back-and-forth. All the items I cited were found as I tried to look up the items you presented. My default stance is that all stories presented by the media have an agenda, so they rarely present an accurate picture of events. I try to remember this to keep me from making strong statements regarding issues where my primary source of information is the media, and if I want to use them in some statement here in a strong way I'll try to do a quick search for what looks like a good less biased source (because unbiased is a pipe dream. Even if you find it, you can't be sure).

Have a nice day! :)

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcID-LxYFwA