"What finally got to [TRUMP] wasn't the 122,000 lives lost #USA, but, the 12,800 empty seats..."

[riversedge]

MAKES ME SO SAD WE LIVE WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT

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"What finally got to him wasn’t the 122,000 lives lost in America, but instead, the 12,800 empty seats in an arena," the "Daily Show" host said.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Great point!

I hadn't thought of this in precisely these terms. Ty!

[riversedge]

2. I admit, either had I.

[SheltieLover]

6. So much of what we hold precious being under attack

Knowing these facts separately just does not compare to that one sentence.

[Sherman A1]

3. And this is a surprise?

I find it odd that this comes as a surprise to anyone. Trump is only concerned about himself and wants to be worshipped by the loyal followers, no one else matters and in the case of the loyal followers... they only matter while they are worshiping him, beyond that everyone’s expendable.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. He wants to be the Golden Bull of the Old Testament

Worshiped and adored. And we know the word that commonly follows "bull" in American English.

[chriscan64]

7. You're right, anyone surprised is not paying attention.

Everything we have heard and seen for the last four years is really like a photograph of one thing taken from different angles, his colossal ego. The news reports and tell all books just fill in the details of the same picture to the point where we have a 3-d rendering.

I agree that anyone not worshiping him is expendable to him, but they matter to him in a sick way. It is not enough for him to be praised, those not praising him have to be explained away, denigrated and insulted. I think they are more important to him than his followers.