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Enter LOOKING FORWARD IN ANGST JASON LINKINS HUFFINGTON 08.18.13 AP PHOTO/MANUEL BALCE CENETA WHY THE GOP SHOULD KEEP PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP OFF TV AST SUNDAY, This Week With George Stephanopoulos kicked off with a question: “Why is Donald Trump stumping in Iowa?” The answer to that question is that Trump is an orange-skinned hucksterclown who wants to pretend to be L a big deal in politics and a perennial presidential contender. He is the sort of buffoon that the Republican Party opted to keep far, far away from their convention — and this was in spite of the fact that they nevertheless chose to allow Clint Eastwood to do the weird things that he did. It’s a question that doesn’t really ever need to be asked, let alone answered, on a Sunday show. But Donald Trump speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in March 2013.