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AZ8theist

(5,409 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:13 PM Sep 2018

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH TRUMP??!??

He could have stayed in NYC scamming contractors and laundering Russian illegal monies..

Yet he thought he could "do better" as the fucking President???

What the fuck is wrong with this imbecile....

I scratch my head thinking why anyone would want the FOCUS turned on their illegal activities.
Either he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever, or the dumbest motherfucker in recorded history.

I know, maybe he's both........SMH

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WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH TRUMP??!?? (Original Post) AZ8theist Sep 2018 OP
As a long time New Yorker, let me say this PJMcK Sep 2018 #1
Good ol NYC! Cha Sep 2018 #6
I will be in NYC next week dflprincess Sep 2018 #72
Scary though Separation Sep 2018 #82
This NYer couldn't agree more leftynyc Sep 2018 #89
He is both. CatMor Sep 2018 #2
It occurred to me, just today, that the banksters who skated after MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #3
YES. And what occurred to me as well is that these criminals, janx Sep 2018 #12
True MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #13
Obama got in his head malaise Sep 2018 #4
Bingo. The 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner was too much for him to handle. NT Bleacher Creature Sep 2018 #8
Oh, yes! MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #17
That is the meanest (and justifiably so) I ever saw President Obama be. Including when he rzemanfl Sep 2018 #25
I think the announcement about Bin Laden came right after the dinner. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #49
Obama is the coolest. Trump reacts to every moment. Trump does not think. rusty quoin Sep 2018 #86
Totally agree DownriverDem Sep 2018 #54
Trump had it coming. janx Sep 2018 #62
His face kept getting redder and redder 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #76
To think how good it would have been for it to have all ended right there at that dinner. yonder Sep 2018 #103
" 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished." 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #108
I have always gone back to this also. eom sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #79
Yea...That WH Correspondents Dinner wasn't good...I mean it Upthevibe Sep 2018 #115
He had it coming. Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #116
Ah, yah.......I have said this since Barack DID it to him ....... a kennedy Sep 2018 #23
Don't forget the racist birther shit malaise Sep 2018 #88
Yup!! It started when O became prez and the deal was sealed at the WHC dinner Thekaspervote Sep 2018 #53
Reminds me of the Netflix show Narcos. Scurrilous Sep 2018 #5
Ok, here's an analogy ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #7
You've accurately described the ship of state MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #15
They'd better put him on suicide watch once he's locked up Ohiogal Sep 2018 #9
I'm thinking that there might be some MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #19
he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever AND the dumbest motherfucker in.. Cha Sep 2018 #10
Your post should go on is headstone Pepsidog Sep 2018 #39
Yeah, if they want to be accurate Cha Sep 2018 #42
I've got something for his headstone, it ain't a post but it does begin with a pee. yonder Sep 2018 #105
Here are two great articles by psychologists... BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #51
My guess. Blue_true Sep 2018 #66
If he fires Mueller or Rosenstein there will be protests in a thousand US cities within hours of an BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #69
He is going to fire up his deplorables if he does fire someone. Blue_true Sep 2018 #77
His cult is pretty much all talk like most bullies. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #83
Thanks BP Cha Sep 2018 #67
He fits every single trait on both lists. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #70
He most certainly is. 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #75
so true Cha! nt steve2470 Sep 2018 #85
Beat me to it Cha! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #94
Smirky! Cha Sep 2018 #106
+1 Ohio Barbarian Sep 2018 #113
That's a rhetorical question... right? major debacle Sep 2018 #11
I honestly think he got in race for publicity, then is racists rants gained traction. Hoyt Sep 2018 #14
The right wants control of the courts. Initech Sep 2018 #16
I absolutely believe........ MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #22
This! dhol82 Sep 2018 #34
I honestly think D_Master81 Sep 2018 #18
Absolutely! He did not think he would win but it fed his ego to be in the running. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #55
Exactly. LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #68
I agree. meadowlander Sep 2018 #78
I saw it on election night. murielm99 Sep 2018 #109
Word. 'Intoxicating'. This. 👍 eom sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #80
Post removed Post removed Sep 2018 #20
HUH? MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2018 #28
OK, I'll go deeper..... MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #40
Just joined, but claims to have been here ten years. nt Ilsa Sep 2018 #32
Where is the moose and squirrel? n/t rzemanfl Sep 2018 #29
Whatsamatta U? dhol82 Sep 2018 #38
You're so right. It should be "Where ARE the moose and squirrel?" rzemanfl Sep 2018 #44
10 years on DU? Really? Ilsa Sep 2018 #31
just another lert dweller Sep 2018 #45
I pressed the Al Lert button on him. Ilsa Sep 2018 #91
Me too. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2018 #92
Wtf is wrong with you? dhol82 Sep 2018 #37
When anyone asks why Trump ... NanceGreggs Sep 2018 #21
Well, it SHOULD be.............. MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #30
Hey Nance, you are so right. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2018 #33
You are, as always, CORRECT NG..... AZ8theist Sep 2018 #93
Ego. And he wants to be like Putin. EllieBC Sep 2018 #24
I'm just here for the comments. underpants Sep 2018 #26
Ego. nt Atticus Sep 2018 #35
Everything. highplainsdem Sep 2018 #36
My thoughts are that he was heavily leveraged man Horse with no Name Sep 2018 #41
+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #50
He's both. Arrogant as hell, too. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2018 #43
He had no choice bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #46
The Russians told him it's time for him to enact their plan liberal N proud Sep 2018 #47
I vote this best post of this year! Hell throw in 2017 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #48
He obviously is not enjoying himself; anyone with any sense would just resign. northoftheborder Sep 2018 #52
Yes!, but this is where his narcissism will bite him in the ass. Canoe52 Sep 2018 #60
I'm going with dumbest eyeofnewt Sep 2018 #56
I think he lost his fucking mind because a black man was elected president. D23MIURG23 Sep 2018 #57
Not to mention Mr.Bill Sep 2018 #101
He owed the Russian mob money. AllyCat Sep 2018 #58
I think you are right on the money rurallib Sep 2018 #95
I'm going with Psychotic Sociopath. Liberal In Texas Sep 2018 #59
You have just defined borderline personality disorder! Canoe52 Sep 2018 #63
he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever, or the dumbest m/f in recorded history iluvtennis Sep 2018 #61
Trump is narcissist and sociopath. That's all there is to it. George Eliot Sep 2018 #64
Its all Illuminati guss Sep 2018 #65
We probably have no idea how much richer he's become as 45. Laffy Kat Sep 2018 #71
it's called sex on the wrong brain certainot Sep 2018 #73
His Malignant Narcissism dlk Sep 2018 #74
After I've read "Fear"... Xolodno Sep 2018 #81
A related question with a really short answer might... 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #84
I still think this was a desperate moneymaking scheme Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #87
Sometimes I think he is just "low IQ" leftyladyfrommo Sep 2018 #90
the moron thinks he is a peacock + all he is, is a turkey. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #96
What *isn't* wrong with him?! n/t Different Drummer Sep 2018 #97
A deep question Shoonra Sep 2018 #98
The Two towers could be seen from the 2nd floor of my childhood home. riverbendviewgal Sep 2018 #99
Because he has no working knowledge of how our federal government works. Mr.Bill Sep 2018 #100
drumpf is everything you described and a "hole" lot more! democratisphere Sep 2018 #102
"It's not a bug! It's a feature!" --- Republicans like folks like him out front, struggle4progress Sep 2018 #104
I believe it's called Neurosyphilis n/t Niagara Sep 2018 #107
That's easy to answer! Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2018 #110
Remember, he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. brush Sep 2018 #111
He never thought he would win! Denis 11 Sep 2018 #112
Definitely both and he was put up to it by others with an agenda IronLionZion Sep 2018 #114
I'm prone to agree - he was seen as a useful idiot. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #119
Everything! nahant Sep 2018 #117
He had to get back at Obama. Amaryllis Sep 2018 #118

PJMcK

(21,995 posts)
1. As a long time New Yorker, let me say this
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:15 PM
Sep 2018

Trump has been a boil on the ass of our great city for far too long.

His upcoming demise is going to be sweet.

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)
72. I will be in NYC next week
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:45 PM
Sep 2018

and I keep hoping something big will go down while I'm there so I can join the celebrations with those who have had to put up with ass longer than anyone else.


Separation

(1,975 posts)
82. Scary though
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:14 AM
Sep 2018

Even while the majority of people would be happy, there would be a small portion of this country that would absolutely lose their shit, those are the people I will be closely keeping an eye on. There are some seriously unhinged people out there.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
89. This NYer couldn't agree more
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:16 AM
Sep 2018

He'll never be able to return here. He'll have to live in FL. This assuming he won't be in a prison cell. I don't even see how his children can live here. The name is mud.

MaryMagdaline

(6,851 posts)
3. It occurred to me, just today, that the banksters who skated after
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:18 PM
Sep 2018

The big crash gave all the other mega-criminals the idea that they would not be prosecuted, even if they committed crimes under the noses of the FBI.

I think these prosecutions are hugely important for restoring a sense of lawfulness in the US.

FBI and Justice are sick to death of millionaire criminals.

Signed Pollyanna.

janx

(24,128 posts)
12. YES. And what occurred to me as well is that these criminals,
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:28 PM
Sep 2018

who were so used to getting the crazy loans, simply went out of the U.S. to do it after the crash. They carried on elsewhere.

malaise

(268,693 posts)
4. Obama got in his head
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:22 PM
Sep 2018

He had to show the black man he could be president by any means necessary.
Now it's off to prison in disgrace for him, his family and his goon squad.

Bleacher Creature

(11,252 posts)
8. Bingo. The 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner was too much for him to handle. NT
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:25 PM
Sep 2018

Last edited Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:56 PM - Edit history (1)

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
17. Oh, yes!
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:44 PM
Sep 2018

You could see the steam coming out of his ears at that one when every single person at every table in the hall was laughing - at him!

Man, a harder down-fall could not be more deserved than the one coming to this horse's ass!

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)
25. That is the meanest (and justifiably so) I ever saw President Obama be. Including when he
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:50 PM
Sep 2018

announced Bin Laden was dead. It was done with humor, but I am sure he knew he was making the Donald furious.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
49. I think the announcement about Bin Laden came right after the dinner.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:32 PM
Sep 2018

I remember thinking "how in the Hell was he able to be so calm, cool and funny at the dinner knowing he had just given the OK to go in and get him"?

DownriverDem

(6,226 posts)
54. Totally agree
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:51 PM
Sep 2018

The look on his face after Obama threw zingers said it all. trump is motivated by undoing everything Obama. Sick man.

3catwoman3

(23,947 posts)
76. His face kept getting redder and redder
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:20 AM
Sep 2018

His ugly scowl got ever deeper. His blood pressure must have been 300/200.

There is no doubt in my mind that this is when he decided to run, and no doubt that revenge for that ignominious and masterful skewering by President Obama is why he is doing everything he can to destroy anything and everything that President Obama accomplished. He cares about nothing else other than avenging insults, real or perceived.

yonder

(9,657 posts)
103. To think how good it would have been for it to have all ended right there at that dinner.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:06 PM
Sep 2018

Having a 65ish, overweight, loutish guy face-down in his over-cooked, ketchupy steak and calling the coroner instead of 911. Imagine how different things would be today.

Right now, I want to see him live as long as possible, providing he and the guilty members of his family are stripped of any claimed wealth and live in humiliation behind bars. Especially behind bars.

3catwoman3

(23,947 posts)
108. " 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished."
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:30 PM
Sep 2018

I would pay good money to see either of those scenarios in person.

Upthevibe

(8,012 posts)
115. Yea...That WH Correspondents Dinner wasn't good...I mean it
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 08:03 PM
Sep 2018
was funny at the time but.....now....in retrospect....

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
116. He had it coming.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 08:29 PM
Sep 2018

He dogged President Obama for years over the birth certificate thing, which even he knew was total BS. (Did he think he could just lie like that and no one would hold him accountable ?) It was something he glommed onto to rile up the racists. Then he lied that he had sent investigators to HI to uncover the real documents and said "You won't believe what we're finding." No investigators ever went to HI because there was nothing to find. More lies and BS.

So, he had it coming. I thought President Obama was restrained. He could have cleaned Spanky's clock and it still would have been deserved.

We've never seen anyone in the WH who lies like trmp has. And once he's out of office, we never will see this again, because NO in American will ever tolerate it again.

a kennedy

(29,615 posts)
23. Ah, yah.......I have said this since Barack DID it to him .......
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:50 PM
Sep 2018

I saw that White House Correspondence Dinner.......Barack was being the charming and cool guy.....tRump was the butt of a few of Brack’s Jokes and he decided right there Barack’s going down, and i’m the one going to do it.

malaise

(268,693 posts)
88. Don't forget the racist birther shit
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:11 AM
Sep 2018

Last edited Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:09 PM - Edit history (1)

started before that. Obama merely responded with hilarious ridicule and the bully couldn't take it.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
5. Reminds me of the Netflix show Narcos.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:22 PM
Sep 2018

Pablo Escobar's desire to run for political office was one of main factors in his ultimate downfall. Chalk it up to hubris.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. Ok, here's an analogy
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:24 PM
Sep 2018

There is a steward onboard a cruise ship. He has a small circle of buddies who commit small crimes, robbing the odd rich passenger and splitting the booty. The captain is about to retire and, for some reason, the owners of the cruise company replace him with the steward. What the hell does the steward know about navigation or safety? Not one damned thing. But it doesn't matter because now he "owns" the cruise ship and can fleece the passengers to his heart's content. But you see, the passengers start to catch on pretty quickly because of the steward's rise in prominence and the fact that he is stealing everyone's money and not just a very select few. The passengers start to complain, but what can they do against a "captain"? Plus, the new "captain" has put all his old thief cronies in charge of all the higher positions aboard the ship. There is a mutiny (note this is quite close to Rump's use of "treason" ), and some passengers vow to expose the new "captain". The passengers catch some of those cronies and threaten to throw them in the brig. The jig is up. The steward realizes he should have remained a steward, but it is just too late.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
19. I'm thinking that there might be some
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:47 PM
Sep 2018

who might schedule that "watch" every 4 hours or so, you know, just to be sure.............

Cha

(296,846 posts)
10. he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever AND the dumbest motherfucker in..
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:26 PM
Sep 2018

recorded history.

Thank you.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
51. Here are two great articles by psychologists...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:39 PM
Sep 2018

Narcissistic Personality Disorder
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder

Sociopath
https://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

He is both to the Nth degree. Add bigot, misogynist and racist and you have one big walking nut job sitting in the W House. What will he do when he becomes more and more cornered?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
66. My guess.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:27 PM
Sep 2018

He will try to end the Special Council investigation once it gets close to him and it is getting there. That is why it is SO important that we everywhere vote like our lives depend on it, and encourage family and friends to vote and ride their ass.

If Trump fails to stop Mueller and Mueller close in on him and trap him, my guess is that he tries to rile up his deplorable goons and have them cause violence, if that fails and the nuclear football is kept away from him, he likely does something fatal to himself. People like him can't face humiliation on the scale that he will face if he stays alive.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
69. If he fires Mueller or Rosenstein there will be protests in a thousand US cities within hours of an
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:33 PM
Sep 2018

announcement. This has been planned since last Dec. Here is the link if you want to see if one is near you and if you want to be notified right away. Yesterday I met a stranger who had it on her cell phone. I have had signs ready for family and friends. This would be really, really stupid but the moron only does really, really stupid things so ...we'll see...
https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
77. He is going to fire up his deplorables if he does fire someone.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:40 AM
Sep 2018

Police seem to not do their jobs and allow deplorables to assault people. Trump is a small minded, big narcissist, he won't go down without causing chaos.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
83. His cult is pretty much all talk like most bullies.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:30 AM
Sep 2018

Once they don't have the support of their bully peers they go home with their tail between their legs like the famous Crying Nazi after the chaos in Charlotte last summer. They also go down hard when their photos are published and they are outed and then they lose their jobs, etc.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
70. He fits every single trait on both lists.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:35 PM
Sep 2018

In the future they will have the moron's picture next to the definition in textbooks, etc. He is the poster child for personality disorders. They don't have a padded room that is large enough to contain the amount of crazy inside his bloated body.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
14. I honestly think he got in race for publicity, then is racists rants gained traction.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:33 PM
Sep 2018

And here we are.

Initech

(100,038 posts)
16. The right wants control of the courts.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:39 PM
Sep 2018

And they are so insane in their lust for absolute power that they will prop up any asshole who will give it to them. And Trump will give them whatever they want.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
22. I absolutely believe........
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:50 PM
Sep 2018

that is EXACTLY what keeps McTurtle and Cubby Ryan driving their agenda - they've got their asses covered, they know that there is no veto coming from above, and they can run the table and nobody gives a (select your own word here)!

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
18. I honestly think
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:44 PM
Sep 2018

when he announced he wasnt really thinking he would win but he would get some good publicity out of it and if everything went right he would end up being able to curtail that into some kind of right wing news industry. But once he saw the crowds and polls it was intoxicating and he began to believe in himself through the adulation of these crowds. Like their belief in him made him believe and also he loved the idea of the power he could attain. But again, I dont think Trump really thought he would end up President when he announced.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,164 posts)
68. Exactly.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:30 PM
Sep 2018

The closer he got to winning, the more he thought 'screw it, I'm going for it. And if I do win, I'll have all the power to 'disappear' all my past criminal behavior, and appoint heads of the AG and intelligence services with those that will swear a loyalty oath to me." He obviously had no clue about how the separation of powers works, and other limits of his office. It started to dawn on him I think after Comey refused to swear a loyalty oath to him, and Sessions recused himself.

meadowlander

(4,388 posts)
78. I agree.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:45 AM
Sep 2018

You can see on his face in the interviews in the weeks just after the election that he didn't think he was going to win. That's why he kept saying the election was rigged and people shouldn't accept the result.

I think the proposal from the Russians was:

"Run, throw some monkey wrenches, attack Hillary and Obama and erode their credibility so after she wins she won't be able to govern as effectively. In exchange, we won't tell everyone about the pee tape and all the money you've been laundering and we'll cut you in on the Rosneft deal and talk about Trump Moscow. And you'll get some good publicity for the network you want to launch".

Then he won and couldn't back out because the only thing keeping his ass out of jail was the powers of his office.

murielm99

(30,717 posts)
109. I saw it on election night.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:30 PM
Sep 2018

He could not believe he had won. He had a deer-in-the-headlights look. It was not his usual arrogant look or the scowl with the head lift.

I don't think he ever wanted the job.

Response to AZ8theist (Original post)

Response to MyOwnPeace (Reply #27)

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
40. OK, I'll go deeper.....
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:58 PM
Sep 2018

Who is "name-calling?"

Who is "making the "dims" look bad?

And, for your "tastes great, less filling" - where's the beef?

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)
44. You're so right. It should be "Where ARE the moose and squirrel?"
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:05 PM
Sep 2018

Do you think someone who is ESL will notice?

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
91. I pressed the Al Lert button on him.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 07:46 AM
Sep 2018

But I thought I'd try messing with him while the jury was set or MIRT caught up.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
21. When anyone asks why Trump ...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:49 PM
Sep 2018

... did something or said something, the answer is always the same: Because he's a fuckin' moron.

AZ8theist

(5,409 posts)
93. You are, as always, CORRECT NG.....
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 10:17 AM
Sep 2018

I realize my question(s) in the original post were rhetorical, but it makes my head explode thinking about this scumbag occupying the same position as Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Obama, etc....

I just hope when the time comes, they hang Dotards "official" portrait in the basement.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
41. My thoughts are that he was heavily leveraged man
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:00 PM
Sep 2018

Who would sell his mother to make a buck that decided to sell himself to Russia.
I think Putin whispered in his ear that he will take care of all the details and show him how to be one of the richest men in the world by looting this country like he did Russia.
Trump fell for it and got caught up in his own celebrity. My hope is that he finds out that things aren’t done here like they are in Russia.
Once trump was elected...no matter how it turns out,
Putin won.
I think one thing that continues to bother me is that the rnc and the dnc were both hacked. Putin has the dirt on all these slimy republicans and that is why they are following trump off the cliff.



liberal N proud

(60,332 posts)
47. The Russians told him it's time for him to enact their plan
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:18 PM
Sep 2018

Just my opinion, but I think he is here on Putin's orders and they know the only way to destroy the US is from with-in.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
48. I vote this best post of this year! Hell throw in 2017
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:19 PM
Sep 2018

too. We were JUST talking about something similar. Why he didn't take his business background and just go along with the traditions and expected dignified behaviors of the office?

And read and learn and treat citizens and other countries with love and respect? Wow, it doesn't sound that effin hard? Who wouldn't rise to that occasion?

But the kicker I suppose is that he wouldn't have even been where he is unless he cheated.

Canoe52

(2,948 posts)
60. Yes!, but this is where his narcissism will bite him in the ass.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:04 PM
Sep 2018

He can’t let go, the tweet on Puerto Rico deaths is the perfect example!

eyeofnewt

(146 posts)
56. I'm going with dumbest
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:57 PM
Sep 2018

in recorded history. He got by with so much for so many years, it’s probably inconceivable to him that someday someone else will “win” at his games and take him down too. He probably thought that being president would afford him even more protection than before. So far, there’s not been a low point to shake his base. I’m pinning my hopes on Mueller.

D23MIURG23

(2,845 posts)
57. I think he lost his fucking mind because a black man was elected president.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:57 PM
Sep 2018

He had to find some way of proving to himself and the world that he was better than the black man.

Maybe also figured he could make some money selling influence and networking with powerful people if he got in.

He isn't very bright.

Mr.Bill

(24,238 posts)
101. Not to mention
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:00 PM
Sep 2018

the 60 million voters who apparently lost their minds when a black man was elected President.

rurallib

(62,379 posts)
95. I think you are right on the money
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 04:29 PM
Sep 2018

then Putin stroked his ego and gave him some golden showers. (sorry, I couldn't help myself)

Liberal In Texas

(13,531 posts)
59. I'm going with Psychotic Sociopath.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:00 PM
Sep 2018

Also has a lower than normal IQ and impaired reading ability.

Other than that...

Canoe52

(2,948 posts)
63. You have just defined borderline personality disorder!
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:09 PM
Sep 2018

It’s when a person is halfway between a sociopath and a psychotic. Had an ex with that. This presidency is like reliving my marriage.

iluvtennis

(19,833 posts)
61. he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever, or the dumbest m/f in recorded history
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:04 PM
Sep 2018

you got that right.

George Eliot

(701 posts)
64. Trump is narcissist and sociopath. That's all there is to it.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:12 PM
Sep 2018

Which is why by now we should all get it. He's stiffed people his whole life without conscience. All the love and attention to his kids during the campaign were gross lies. And he is smart. He has a gift for framing everything to suit circumstances. That gift for framing seems to be a Republican trait given Atwater and Luntz. Just like Reagan became President to reduce his own taxes, and Bush to prove he wasn't a lazy fool which didn't work, and Trump to prove he is superior to all and to make himself and friends richer.

No mystery. The Republicans got what they want. Tax breaks for the rich and lowered-to-no regulations for corporations. Hartmann once said that to get to the top in business you probably have to be sociopathic. Well, I kind of liked Tillerson but he and previous ceo's did control Exxon when they knew about climate change and misled the public.

He's into Russians for big money since American banks won't loan to him anymore. And he sees Russia as the land of development opportunity. He will worship at the feet of Putin if that is what it takes.

He isn't sick. He has no conscience. Simply put there's no there there. And he is doing exactly what he intended to do and sees no reason he shouldn't. We will only be done with him once we have some leverage back in Congress. We need to talk about him as if he's the criminal narcissistic sociopathic criminal that he is who thinks the Rule of Law (which has been on the decline going back to Exxon Valdez days at least) means nothing. He and his corporate buddies have been getting away with it for years. What's new? Just that most people didn't realize the propensity for lying that these people have. End of story.

guss

(239 posts)
65. Its all Illuminati
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:26 PM
Sep 2018

Rich soulless group who exploit the world and sacrifice it.
for Control of Money and the souls of people.
They got power
and the world suffers everyday because this evil.
Its a cult that has Trump and anyone who believes in him
to follow him.
... sad

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
71. We probably have no idea how much richer he's become as 45.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:37 PM
Sep 2018

That's all he cares about. Oh, and his hatred for Obama.

Xolodno

(6,384 posts)
81. After I've read "Fear"...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:11 AM
Sep 2018

...I agree with some in the book and others have stated in this thread.

Narcissism.

Even when he realizes he is wrong, he thinks its weakness to admit so. So he doubles down, attacks, etc.

He thought he was "Presidential Material"...and "thought" in his mind = "IS".

Rhiannon12866

(204,760 posts)
87. I still think this was a desperate moneymaking scheme
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 03:24 AM
Sep 2018

And that particular goal seems to be working out.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,864 posts)
90. Sometimes I think he is just "low IQ"
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 06:06 AM
Sep 2018

It makes no sense that he even ran. Maybe he just wanted to show his rich friends that don't like him at all that he was better than they are.

Now no one can stand him. He is a lot worse off than before. Now the name Trump is mud.

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
99. The Two towers could be seen from the 2nd floor of my childhood home.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 04:41 PM
Sep 2018

I love visiting NYC. I visited the towers twice. I never like Trump, ever.

When I moved to Toronto i was so happy to live in the little Apple.

NYC is a great city. It will be greater without the Trumps.

Mr.Bill

(24,238 posts)
100. Because he has no working knowledge of how our federal government works.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 04:58 PM
Sep 2018

I remember early in his term someone in the white house said he asked his advisors if he could fire the Supreme Court and just appoint all new judges.

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
104. "It's not a bug! It's a feature!" --- Republicans like folks like him out front,
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 05:09 PM
Sep 2018

distracting the rubes while the rest of the gang robs the payroll

Reagan was a similar distraction, and so was W

brush

(53,741 posts)
111. Remember, he thinks he's smarter than everyone else.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 06:55 PM
Sep 2018

Of course it's just the opposite. He's a classic case of what Ann Richards said of W Bush: "He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple."

In trump's case, he was borne on home plate and thinks he hit a home run.

His old man started him off with a million bucks and then had to bail him out a couple times as he blew it. He did learn how to sue the little people and file for bankruptcy.

It's been calculated that with the money trump was given, if he had done nothing with it—no casinos, no university, no steaks, no wine, no airline and all the rest of his failed business, his fortune would've been worth twice as much just earning interest.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
114. Definitely both and he was put up to it by others with an agenda
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 07:35 PM
Sep 2018

we've seen what sort of people benefit from his policies while the rest of us get screwed over

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
119. I'm prone to agree - he was seen as a useful idiot.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 09:12 PM
Sep 2018

However, knowing his relentless greed and narcissism, I strongly suspect his initial reason for running in the primaries was that he saw it as an opportunity to give the Trump name (what he saw as his main asset) wide exposure and credibility.

In other words, free advertising and TV exposure all over the world - paid for by others.

.........

nahant

(93 posts)
117. Everything!
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 08:57 PM
Sep 2018

There is nothing "RIGHT" with tRumpF period and that goes for all the toadies the enable him..hint hint republicans..

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