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Have You Noticed That Trump Really Fears..... (Original Post) global1 Feb 2020 OP
MF 45 is more irritated with Mr. Schiff JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #1
I disagree. Trump is a coward and a bully. 11 Bravo Feb 2020 #2
Trump is empowered JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #3
Maybe all the rethugs are drug addicts like Trump captain queeg Feb 2020 #7
That's my question JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #8
Never underestimate your opponent. Newest Reality Feb 2020 #4
Bravo. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #20
He's a toddler... MustBeTheBooz Feb 2020 #23
Yes and no. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #24
You're not wrong. Thank you! MustBeTheBooz Feb 2020 #25
'Presidential' Trump calls Congressman Adam Schiff "Little Adam Schitt" keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #5
He is also an idiot. Caliman73 Feb 2020 #9
WE know that, but his horde does not. leftieNanner Feb 2020 #14
Yep. That is what I said. Caliman73 Feb 2020 #15
The hallmark of bullies is that they are filled with fear. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #6
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #10
So true! patphil Feb 2020 #19
Don't forget that Nancy Pelosi also triggers the tRUMP Fear-Ometer... She and Schiff make the abqtommy Feb 2020 #11
He also fears a woman nominee. He'll get Bernie with none of BS's baggage, and she'll gut him. ancianita Feb 2020 #12
IDK how that happened looked fake that one fight Ligyron Feb 2020 #13
But you get the feel of the spirit of my message, right? Niggling aside? ancianita Feb 2020 #16
Oh, yes I absolutely agree. Ligyron Feb 2020 #17
Gabbard would have no chance against Trump, and he and Putin know it. ancianita Feb 2020 #18
As well he should. n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #21
Schiff is going to tower over Trump in the history books. gulliver Feb 2020 #22

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
1. MF 45 is more irritated with Mr. Schiff
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:09 PM
Feb 2020

MF 45 knows that it can get away with anything and everything and no one will stop it on its path of destruction and self benefit.

Nothing. No one.

The 45 is irritated at Schiff - but not really afraid of anyone. The Senate gave it super powers.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
3. Trump is empowered
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:16 PM
Feb 2020

I don't know what he has on a variety of Senators - but he knows they are as compromised as he is.

We are trapped - and the Intelligence community will not lift a finger to save themselves - or us.

captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
7. Maybe all the rethugs are drug addicts like Trump
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:00 PM
Feb 2020

He knows it and lords it over them. I know it’s a stretch but what the hell does he have on them that they are willing to destroy our country?

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. Never underestimate your opponent.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:30 PM
Feb 2020

Trump is where he is because his type is complex and not merely dependent on those core issues you are noting that often motivate some behaviors. I agree that the coward and bully are a part of this, but that does not bring somebody into power alone.

There is much more to it. If being fearful was his actual, surface problem, then he would not have been able to manipulate his way all through his life and be an expert confidence man, exhibiting a practiced set of manipulative techniques, (quite flexibly at times) that appear to be second nature to him. He does not display timidity, shame or fright, so it is the result of his core that matters most.

Of course, there are many things we would like to think he is based on our biases and how we are different from him, but I put those aside and effort more to see his facade and also see through it. Our study of this might be useful in the future, but it is applicable to the present crises he has visited upon us all and our democracy.

That's just my opinion.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
20. Bravo.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 08:03 PM
Feb 2020

Being a Sociopath, he doesn't experience emotions like normal human beings.

His go-to is "unfair". That's how he sees anyone who doesn't give him what he wants. He's not afraid of them; he's angry and resentful. They're threats to be attacked, which is what he excels at.

I'd wager his heart rate goes down when he's yelling.

MustBeTheBooz

(264 posts)
23. He's a toddler...
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 08:32 PM
Feb 2020

He’s a spoiled rotten 5 year-old that has learned (been taught?) how to manipulate all around him with childish insults and threats. That said, he still knows when to look elsewhere for targets when more qualified individuals push back. “Unfair” is how he thinks he gets the last word on a losing situation, because he has to have the last word.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
24. Yes and no.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 09:05 PM
Feb 2020

His emotional life is stunted like a toddler's, but he has sophisticated tools to achieve those toddler ends.

He knows Confidence Man techniques; for instance: "Pacing and Leading". It's what he did with Birtherism. He didn't start it, but he took it over, used it to raise his political profile, and then abandoned it when he'd wrung out all the advantage he could gain from it.

A 5-year old doesn't know how to do that. A Sociopath does.

Those "childish" insults are designed as such, because he's communicating to people at the level of their Id.

keithbvadu2

(36,368 posts)
5. 'Presidential' Trump calls Congressman Adam Schiff "Little Adam Schitt"
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:43 PM
Feb 2020

'Presidential' Trump calls Congressman Adam Schiff "Little Adam Schitt"


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Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
9. He is also an idiot.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:06 PM
Feb 2020

The only way that his arguments take root is because his followers are equally idiotic. Attorney General is a position that requires Senate confirmation. Special Prosecutors do not require Senate confirmation. They are requested by the House or Senate and appointed by the Attorney General. Damn that guy is just stupid!

leftieNanner

(14,998 posts)
14. WE know that, but his horde does not.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:17 PM
Feb 2020

Mueller was vetted by the Senate when he was head of the FBI. But you are correct that a Special Prosecutor does not need to be confirmed.

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
15. Yep. That is what I said.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:25 PM
Feb 2020

The only reason he is not laughed out of office and shamed is because he has a small but significant following of fellow idiots who probably think that special prosecutors have to be approved by the Senate now.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. The hallmark of bullies is that they are filled with fear.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:57 PM
Feb 2020

Fear that they will be found out for the weak, pathetic losers that they really are. And Adam Schiff has exposed him.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
11. Don't forget that Nancy Pelosi also triggers the tRUMP Fear-Ometer... She and Schiff make the
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:58 PM
Feb 2020

best team we can have.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
12. He also fears a woman nominee. He'll get Bernie with none of BS's baggage, and she'll gut him.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:02 PM
Feb 2020

She has memorized every single thing that Americans fear about him, will knock out with the laws he's broken, the hatred he has for 52% of the voters.

She'll beat him down like Ali beat Liston. Then she'll do selfies with the crowd.

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
13. IDK how that happened looked fake that one fight
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:15 PM
Feb 2020

I liked Ali a lot better as a human being, but Liston could hit like no other. Even Tyson said he would not even wanna mess with him.

Liston's death was suspicious as hell.

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
17. Oh, yes I absolutely agree.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:36 PM
Feb 2020

Liz Warren, for instance, could give Trump a serious beat down in a debate and any of those ladies would make a fine President.

Well, except for T. Gibbard or however you spell her name. IDK if she's in the running any more tho'.

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