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kpete

(71,963 posts)
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 01:09 PM Jul 2020

Donald Trump Is a Broken Man...a gusher of discontent.

In another time, in a different circumstance, there would perhaps be room to pity such a person.

Peter Wehner: “The most revealing answer from Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace came in response not to the toughest question posed by Wallace, but to the easiest. At the conclusion of the interview, Wallace asked Trump how he will regard his years as president.”

Said Trump: “I think I was very unfairly treated. From before I even won, I was under investigation by a bunch of thieves, crooks. It was an illegal investigation.”

“When Wallace interrupted, trying to get Trump to focus on the positive achievements of his presidency—’What about the good parts, sir?’—Trump brushed the question aside, responding, ‘Russia, Russia, Russia.’ The president then complained about the Flynn investigation, the ‘Russia hoax,’ the ‘Mueller scam’ and the recusal by his then-attorney general, Jeff Sessions.”

“Donald Trump is a psychologically broken, embittered, and deeply unhappy man. He is so gripped by his grievances, such a prisoner of his resentments, that even the most benevolent question from an interviewer—what good parts of your presidency would you like to be remembered for?—triggered a gusher of discontent.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/trump-wallowing-self-pity/614434/
https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/21/donald-trump-is-a-broken-man/

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Donald Trump Is a Broken Man...a gusher of discontent. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2020 OP
a broken man who broke a country Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #1
Trump J_William_Ryan Jul 2020 #2
Such a whiny bitch RainCaster Jul 2020 #3
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