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brooklynite

(94,748 posts) Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:22 PM Feb 2021

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Trump's laziness redux...

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Trump's laziness redux... (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2021 OP

He was still getting his hair did SoonerPride Feb 2021 #1

It's also a dominance thing with him dalton99a Feb 2021 #2

Yep, you can map a hierarchy by who can make who wait without penalties...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #4

Being late is an old trick... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #3

Not necessarily... brooklynite Feb 2021 #6

His acolytes expect him to be late. He does it all the time...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #8

Will MSM be showing the empty stage Retrograde Feb 2021 #5

MSNBC just announced they will "monitor" the speech... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #9

"Trump's speech will start over an hour late for no good reason." LudwigPastorius Feb 2021 #7

Interestingly enough I'm watching the morning news from Austrailia (ABC/not US) and the newscaster.. wcmagumba Feb 2021 #10

He is always late for everything - he has absolutely no respect malaise Feb 2021 #11

Reminds me of the scene in The Irishman EarthFirst Feb 2021 #12

I think he does it because.... Blue Dawn Feb 2021 #13

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)

1. He was still getting his hair did

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:23 PM

Feb 2021

dalton99a

(81,605 posts)

2. It's also a dominance thing with him

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:25 PM

Feb 2021

"I show up when I want"

Wounded Bear

(58,721 posts)

4. Yep, you can map a hierarchy by who can make who wait without penalties...nt

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:26 PM

Feb 2021

Wounded Bear

(58,721 posts)

3. Being late is an old trick...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:25 PM

Feb 2021

Hitler did it all the time. It builds tension in the crowd and raises the hype levels.

brooklynite

(94,748 posts)

6. Not necessarily...

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:28 PM

Feb 2021

Remember Iowa, where he hid backstage ranting about the size of the crowd.

Wounded Bear

(58,721 posts)

8. His acolytes expect him to be late. He does it all the time...nt

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:29 PM

Feb 2021

Retrograde

(10,162 posts)

5. Will MSM be showing the empty stage

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:27 PM

Feb 2021

as they breathlessy wait for Donnie's pearls of wisdom, like they did in 2016/16?

Wounded Bear

(58,721 posts)

9. MSNBC just announced they will "monitor" the speech...

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:30 PM

Feb 2021

and bring us any "breaking news." I'm not expecting any, and it doesn't sound like the producers are either.

LudwigPastorius

(9,181 posts)

7. "Trump's speech will start over an hour late for no good reason."

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:28 PM

Feb 2021

Well, he doesn't have the stamina he once did. Losing does that to you. I doubt he'll be able to spout forth for over two hours, like last time.

Nothing brings on Small Dick Low Energy like drowning your sorrows in buckets of KFC original recipe for a month.

wcmagumba

(2,892 posts)

10. Interestingly enough I'm watching the morning news from Austrailia (ABC/not US) and the newscaster..

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:49 PM

Feb 2021

mentioned they would be "monitoring" dumpy's little speech for any "breaking" news of importance...wtf...the world (parts anyway) are still enthralled with this a-hole... (one reason I watch AU and UK news is to try to get away from the orange jerk, doesn't always work)...

malaise

(269,191 posts)

11. He is always late for everything - he has absolutely no respect

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 05:56 PM

Feb 2021

for anyone's time.
It is great to see President Biden do the opposite so far

EarthFirst

(2,905 posts)

12. Reminds me of the scene in The Irishman

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 06:00 PM

Feb 2021

Where Pacino (Hoffa) makes the assertion to DeNiro (Frank): “You’re only late to a meeting if you’re trying to send a message...”

Blue Dawn

(892 posts)

13. I think he does it because....

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 06:11 PM

Feb 2021

....he is a major asshole.

No respect whatsoever for anyone.....ever.

I loathe everything about him.

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