Marketing and more: My meeting with Donald Trump

Meeting Donald Trump: Marketing Maven Robin Itzler, along with other members of the Rossmoor-Los Alamitos Republican women, met privately with the candidate.

Several weeks ago, 200 businesswomen were invited to join Professional Women for Trump. The inaugural meeting was a private event with Donald Trump at the Anaheim Convention Center prior to the huge rally on Wednesday, May 25.

To say I was excited would be an understatement! As regular readers know, I have been on the Trump Train since the day he first announced. Donald Trump talks to middle-class Americans about issues that are important to them and does so without ridiculous politically correct filters.

Among those also invited were Doris Castillo George, Pat Kunkel, Katherine Gerdis, Cindy Zarember, Mari Barke and several other Rossmoor-Los Alamitos Republican Women Federated club members.

Marketing Maven Robin Itzler in Anaheim, waiting for the arrival of Donald Trump. Photo courtesy of Robin Itzler.

Women Support Trump

Since attendees would be in close proximity to Mr. Trump, there were stringent security demands. For instance, anyone leaving the room had to be escorted in and out.

I soon found myself surrounded by dozens of women of all ages and ethnicities. Some women appeared fresh out of college while others were retired, but most seemed at the peak of their professional success. There were entrepreneurs who founded successful businesses along with employees who worked for successful corporations. Some were dressed in jeans while others wore expensive suits. Some were first generation legal American immigrants and others whose ancestry went back several generations.

About a half-hour before Mr. Trump arrived, Noel Irwin Hentschel, CEO of AmericanTours International, encouraged the women to share why they wanted to be part of Professional Women for Trump. Speaking from the heart, their stories were as passionate and diverse as the women themselves. The Marketing Maven shared this:

Most Jewish people are born Democrat. My mom has never been into politics, ALWAYS voting for whoever has a “D” following their name. Since she’s 88+ years old, this could be her last presidential election. She would welcome seeing either a woman or Jew elected president.

However, a few weeks ago, mom changed her registration from Democrat to Republican so she could vote for Donald Trump! She will not vote for deceitful Hillary Clinton or socialist Bernie Sanders.

How many of you know at least one Democrat who switched to Republican? The 2016 presidential campaign is an excellent opportunity to bring more people into the Republican Party. When Donald Trump wins in a landslide, there won’t be red, blue or purple states just Trump states!

Marketing Maven Robin Itzler stood a few feet away as Donald Trump addressed Professional Women for Trump. Photo courtesy of Robin Itzler.

About ten minutes later, The Donald arrived!

“I honor you and I respect you and I have such a great feeling and this is an amazing group of people. So I just want to thank you very much,” he said to thunderous applause.

Mr. Trump shared how much he values having so many professional women throughout the United States supporting his candidacy.

He also spoke about the just-breaking news that the State Department’s independent Inspector General report found that as secretary of state, “Crooked Hillary” had repeatedly violated department rules by maintaining a personal server.

Inside: The rally!

With more than 5,000 enthusiastic supporters waiting in the arena to hear Donald Trump speak, we were led to the seating area directly behind the podium.

Trump told the energetic crowd that he had just met with a group of a “couple hundred women” supporters. “They’re women that love Trump! I’m telling you, women do like me, I’m telling you.” Some of the women from the meeting took the stage (I was not in that small group).

Speaking on behalf of all the women, Ms. Henstchel said, “God bless America! Thank you, God, for sending us Donald J. Trump to be our next President of the United States of America! He’s a job creator, he’s a father, he’s an American patriot!”

Trump spoke to his enthusiastic supporters for nearly an hour, with applause and shouts of praise often interrupting his comments. It was such a special feeling to be surrounded by thousands of equally proud Americans who recognize that the country desperately needs a successful business leader to stop the madness in Washington.

Outside: Thugs Yelling ¡Viva México!

While law-abiding Americans were inside the Anaheim Convention Center celebrating their first amendment right of free speech, pro-illegal immigration Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters were outside blocking traffic, waving Mexican flags, throwing rocks and tossing fire bombs at both the police and their horses.

When the rally ended, Trump supporters waited in the parking structure and on sidewalks as our outstanding police quelled the violent pro-illegal immigration protests. After an hour, police in riot gear came through the parking structure to let us know we would soon be able to leave. We applauded and thanked the courageous men and women in blue who risk their lives every day to protect law-abiding citizens.

50 states are in play

The following day, Donald J. Trump clinched the Republican nomination. Prior to the Indiana primary, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gringrich said that if Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination all fifty states will be in play:

Hillary Clinton represents all of the elements of Washington DC that people are in rebellion against… I think a lot of the millennials who were voting for Bernie Sanders are not going to vote for Hillary Clinton. I think they think she’s not honest. I think they’re bothered by her scandals with the Clinton Foundation, her scandals with her email server… There’ll be a lot of Democrats out there looking for someone to go to. In addition, Trump has somehow communicated with blue collar workers across America and we certainly see this in terms of registration numbers… We’ve had a 60% increase in Republican turnout this year compared to four years ago. There’s been about a 30% Democrat turnout decrease over 2008, the last time they had a contested nomination… Secretary Clinton is not exactly rousing people’s excitement…

I think it’s important this year because of the unique moment in time and because of the uniqueness of Donald Trump to erase all of our thinking about what kind of states could be in play. I think if Trump runs as aggressive campaign in the general election as he has done in the primaries all 50 states could be in play.

The enthusiasm at the Anaheim Convention Center during the Trump rally, where everyone realizes this will be a historic election, reached the stratosphere. Supporters believe that Donald Trump is the United States’ final opportunity to stop the slow drip of losing at home and abroad. Donald Trump loves America and wants our wonderful country to win at everything we do. After nearly eight years of Barack Obama apologizing for the United States and pushing us toward socialism, President Donald J. Trump will Make America Great Again.

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