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Trump: "Actually, the people I like the best are the people that are less successful..." (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
He was accidentally telling the truth again! CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #1
Ahhhhh, the ol' "I can't make myself higher, Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #2
And his cult members have no clue he's denigrating them. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #3
Correct. Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #5
Trump has Bezos-mares. LMAO. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #4
Because he is jealous Renew Deal Sep 2020 #6
So take that you "loser" Trump supporters. That's why he likes you. Vinca Sep 2020 #7
Growing up with money put him in contact with the successful. chriscan64 Sep 2020 #8
Funny, I taught tennis during the summers in my youth (about 100 years ago) and Raven Sep 2020 #9
Well, successful people stay clear of him . . . Callalily Sep 2020 #10
Ha! Nevilledog Sep 2020 #12
This might explain why he loves himself so damn much. Volaris Sep 2020 #11
Yep. He also likes to surround himself with men who are shorter than he is, to try to make himself highplainsdem Sep 2020 #13
I'm sure he's given up trying to find men with smaller hands. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #14

CloudWatcher

(1,848 posts)
1. He was accidentally telling the truth again!
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:40 AM
Sep 2020

Who hasn't known a manager afraid to hire the best for fear of being upstaged? He's publically admitting he thinks the same way. No wonder he's done such a great job at putting losers and felons into the top jobs of his admin.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
2. Ahhhhh, the ol' "I can't make myself higher,
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:44 AM
Sep 2020

so I'll make everyone else lower" routine. How's that workin' for ya', donnie?

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
8. Growing up with money put him in contact with the successful.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:00 AM
Sep 2020

Their disdain for him did not fit into his delusion of grandiosity. They didn't think he was so great, so there must be something wrong with them.

Raven

(13,891 posts)
9. Funny, I taught tennis during the summers in my youth (about 100 years ago) and
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:15 AM
Sep 2020

one thing I would tell my students was to always try to play with someone better than you ("play up&quot because that's the way you'll improve your game. That's a lesson that applies to more than just tennis and it's a lesson Trump never learned.

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
11. This might explain why he loves himself so damn much.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 09:07 AM
Sep 2020

If theres a direct and inverse relationship between lack of success and being deserving of love in his spider filled head, NO WONDER hes an abject failure!!!

highplainsdem

(48,976 posts)
13. Yep. He also likes to surround himself with men who are shorter than he is, to try to make himself
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 10:55 AM
Sep 2020

feel more dominant. Very insecure.

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