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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Tue Sep 15, 2015, 12:04 PM Sep 2015

watching Donald Trump speak in Dallas - all I could think of was

old news reel footage of Mussolini. The gestures, the head nodding, the facial expressions were the same.My husband and I decided what they have in common is that both are bullies.

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watching Donald Trump speak in Dallas - all I could think of was (Original Post) hedgehog Sep 2015 OP

My One Word For Trump Is He's An...... global1 Sep 2015 #1

Hopefully that's all they have in common. Kotya Sep 2015 #2

Nothing derisive about it - he's a very scary person! hedgehog Sep 2015 #3

global1

(25,225 posts)

1. My One Word For Trump Is He's An......

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 12:24 PM

Sep 2015

'embarrassment' - to himself, to his Party and to the American People.

I can't imagine what people in other countries are thinking about what's going on here in U.S. politics.

Kotya

(235 posts)

2. Hopefully that's all they have in common.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 12:35 PM

Sep 2015

It's easy to derisively compare Trump to Mussolini while forgetting that Mussolini ruled Italy for 22 years.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

3. Nothing derisive about it - he's a very scary person!

Reply to Kotya (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 12:38 PM

Sep 2015

I was actually wondering what would happen if he managed to get elected - whether the inertia of the governmnet procedures would be enough to stop him.

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