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Botany

(70,581 posts)
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 11:36 PM Apr 2018

I have now seen the video and read about "it" in the Washington Post but I still can't believe it.

Donald Trump brushed some "dandruff" off the President of France's
shoulder on a live t.v. feed and then said, "let me get that piece of
dandruff .... now you are perfect." Afterwards he called Kim Jung Un
"an honorable man."

WTF is wrong that man?

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I have now seen the video and read about "it" in the Washington Post but I still can't believe it. (Original Post) Botany Apr 2018 OP
I feel sorry for The Onion dalton99a Apr 2018 #1
But the late night television comedians are having a field day. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Apr 2018 #3
I feel sorry for America. Botany Apr 2018 #4
It was lint from Melania's 100 gallon hat ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #2
lol@melania's 100 gallon hat. Cha Apr 2018 #10
The Hat... PunkinPi Apr 2018 #32
"WTF is wrong with that man?" democratisphere Apr 2018 #5
I think thinkingagain Apr 2018 #6
It was totally that - belittling Macron. 100% pnwest Apr 2018 #11
"...Trump seems to have a handshake problem..." forgotmylogin Apr 2018 #14
"...Trump seems to have a handshake problem..." Meowmee Apr 2018 #27
PERFECT notinkansas Apr 2018 #19
Yes Meowmee Apr 2018 #29
I saw a clip of tRump on Larry King Live taped years ago... Laffy Kat Apr 2018 #30
Macron should have told Trump he smelled whore pee when he gets near him eleny Apr 2018 #7
Like when they lean in for the two kiss hug. Grammy23 Apr 2018 #8
I don't think Macron need say a thing. forgotmylogin Apr 2018 #16
We know what's wrong with him.. Cha Apr 2018 #9
You have to know arrogant men to get it sharedvalues Apr 2018 #12
He's a bully and sick. ginnyinWI Apr 2018 #13
So Hillary Clinton is "crooked," James Comey is "slippery," Barack Obama is "Cheatin'" but Still In Wisconsin Apr 2018 #15
This is an overused expression up here in the Pacific NW but, here goes... chwaliszewski Apr 2018 #18
. . . pnwmom Apr 2018 #20
But when we hit the nail on the head is it really overused? Doreen Apr 2018 #26
How do we move forward? notinkansas Apr 2018 #17
What's wrong with Trump? SergeStorms Apr 2018 #21
Betty Bowers explained it on twitter: barbtries Apr 2018 #22
A Jane Goodall quote about aging gorillas: beyond perfect. nt Hekate Apr 2018 #24
i thought so too. barbtries Apr 2018 #31
Trump is an egotistical low self-esteem racist bully Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #23
Those pesky high school kids at the local McDonald's in Washington DFW Apr 2018 #25
He's an ignorant buffoon.. eom SoCalDem Apr 2018 #28
I think it was disrespectful left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #33
I saw that video Catherine Vincent Apr 2018 #34
A complete and utter clod. His moral vapidity and arrogant god complex incompetency... Guilded Lilly Apr 2018 #35
All points you made are valid but the real question is what about Hillary's email server? Botany Apr 2018 #36

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
6. I think
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 11:52 PM
Apr 2018

The ass was trying to belittle him by saying that out loud and brushing away so called dandruff.

It’s to bad later when the they were outside
Macron didn’t turn to Trump and say
“ hey man you got some bird shit in your hair you should really have someone get that out for you”

Also since Trump seems to have a handshake problem world leaders should wear those joke hand zappers the first one at least would get away with it and after that Trump would be s bit leary of a hand grab.

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
11. It was totally that - belittling Macron. 100%
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:24 AM
Apr 2018

in keeping with his bullying nature. I wish he would evaporate.....

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
27. "...Trump seems to have a handshake problem..."
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 05:12 AM
Apr 2018

😹😹😹😹😹😳 could not believe it on some level and was wondering what was going through macron’s mind, total lunacy🤪

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
19. PERFECT
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 01:27 AM
Apr 2018

I love the bird shit strategy. Maybe Macron should have been the one to help him with that.

We are reduced to this?

God help us.

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)
30. I saw a clip of tRump on Larry King Live taped years ago...
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 05:58 AM
Apr 2018

And he told King right on the show that he had bad breath. This is how he belittles people to get the upper hand, except it makes him look like the asshole he is.

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
8. Like when they lean in for the two kiss hug.
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:04 AM
Apr 2018

Macron ought to tell him his breath smells like an ox fart. And be sure it is loud enough to be picked up by the microphones.

I am still stunned he would say it was dandruff he was flicking off. Why couldn’t he say lint...if he said anything?? What an ass. He just wanted to say something embarrassing. I dare him to do that to Little Rocket Man.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
16. I don't think Macron need say a thing.
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 01:03 AM
Apr 2018

He needs no type of grooming assistance a 71-year-old man with candy-floss sculpture hair plugs can provide. The President is jealous of Macron, so he's handsily trying to assert dominance by invading his space bubble, hoping some of that will rub off on him.

Cha

(297,655 posts)
9. We know what's wrong with him..
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:07 AM
Apr 2018

he's a social deviant.. and I believe it.

It's disgusting and the fucking m$m should be running it on 24/7 news cycles like they did President Obama's tan suit.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
12. You have to know arrogant men to get it
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:24 AM
Apr 2018

Bullies act that way.

Most men grow out of bullshit dominance play like that by the time they leave high school.

But you still get some of it with men walking down the hallway and refusing to move, shouldering around other men at bars, etc.

It’s a guy thing. A guy thing that sucks. You have to know arrogant asshole men to see this kind of behavior, but it’s not that rare.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
15. So Hillary Clinton is "crooked," James Comey is "slippery," Barack Obama is "Cheatin'" but
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:59 AM
Apr 2018

Kim Jong Un is an "honorable man."

OK, got it.

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
17. How do we move forward?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 01:21 AM
Apr 2018

The man is an imbecile, and I don't know how we recover from this disaster in the eyes of the rest of the world.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
21. What's wrong with Trump?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 02:12 AM
Apr 2018

Well, if you have a few days we can discuss it, but it's a lengthy and deeply troubling subject. There's nothing wrong with Trump that a few decades of intense psychological therapy can't make a dent in it. There will never be a "cure", he'll always be a narcissistic piece of shit, but he can get a little better. Nothing near "normal", ever, though.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
22. Betty Bowers explained it on twitter:
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 02:23 AM
Apr 2018



“When the aging gorilla is confronted with the much more virile, new alpha-male, he shows submissiveness by grooming the alpha-male, but the gesture is actually a vain attempt by the old gorilla to humiliate his much younger rival.”

— Jane Goodall

DFW

(54,436 posts)
25. Those pesky high school kids at the local McDonald's in Washington
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 03:19 AM
Apr 2018

Pouring LSD on Trump's burgers again before wrapping them and sending them on to 1600..............

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
35. A complete and utter clod. His moral vapidity and arrogant god complex incompetency...
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:12 AM
Apr 2018

and lack of human dignity, personal humility and thimble shallow intellect should be enough to sully America’s standing and reputation in the world for modern history.

But we have to live daily with the tortured knowledge that this dense, twisted narcissist punk is enabled, supported and manipulated by the most corrupt, thieving, anti-earth, anti-humanity, $ worshipping, corporate ass kissing, country destroying, Republican political scum, ever.

And millions of Americans are proudly STUPID and hateful enough to validate his empty soulless values.

Botany

(70,581 posts)
36. All points you made are valid but the real question is what about Hillary's email server?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 10:01 AM
Apr 2018

"And millions of Americans are proudly STUPID and hateful enough to validate his empty soulless values."



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