Why is the bigot-elect + his team purposely gloating & rubbing salt in wounds?

[RiverStone]

The bigot-elect continues to mock Hillary in rallies, still encouraging the rabid shouts to "lock her up". KellyAnne is spewing "mandate" when he got his ass kicked by 2.5 million in the popular vote, and gleefully saying Dems are "cry babies" because we acknowledge this truth.

We hear the bigot is a "sore winner" and this is reflected on a daily basis with his immature tantrum tweets.

Winning is one thing, but I can't ever recall a presidential candidate arrogantly taunting the losing party with such cruel zeal, as if he won a fake WWE wrestling match?

What was that vague bullshit around bringing people together after the election? While I would not hold out much hope for that, on the contrary, the bigot and his campaign staff seem motivated to do just the opposite.

Is this a strategy and to what end?

[spanone]

1. it's what assholes do.

[yardwork]

9. That sums it up. There's no deep strategy here.

[ailsagirl]

27. Considering the source, I'm not surprised one iota

[vlyons]

2. Why?

Because they are mean-spirited, vicious, vindictive bastards. Translation - sadists who delight in hurting people, because they find it amusing.

[RiverStone]

6. Agree! But it's so over the top post election

I sense some kind of delusional and or maniacal motivation.

[CincyDem]

36. Nope - it's never "over the top" for people like this.

they need that hole in their heart filled each and every day so it's like Groundhog Day for them. They wake up and need to make sure someone around them feels bad so they can feel good by comparison.

Such asshats.

[TubbersUK]

8. +1

[lonestarnot]

4. He's worried his cheat is about to be discovered.

[CrispyQ]

5. It's what bullies do. -nt

[Generic Brad]

7. We're being "otherized"

Since there is no true enemy or legitimate threat to American exceptionalism, we (liberals) are now the enemy. Yes. This may not be Trump's strategy, but it is Bannon's. I call it the "Bleaching of America". Anyone who does not support the white supremecist movement is at risk.

Prepare to get bleached.

[RiverStone]

10. Well said! This is exactly the kind of hysteria we need to be mindful of

Know thy enemy eh?

[Generic Brad]

11. I am acutely aware of being bleached

My wife is now a U.S. citizen, but she is foreign born and non-white. Our daughter is mixed race and she is terrified of what is coming to her as a minority female.

[RiverStone]

17. I met a man from Senegal at the health club this weekend

He was telling me how his country finally unelected a tyrant, and was thrilled to be a US citizen....

Until now.

"My 3 children are Muslim, black, and women. They are asking me how can we
elect a man who is against all three"? He did not know what to tell his daughters.

Sadly, I told him I have no easy answer....and reminded him two and a half million people more voted against. He does not represent my America and to find people who share a belief in social justice and a fair society. Just shaking hands brought a big smile to his face...and me too. We gotta find hope where we can!

[Piasladic]

26. Are you sure you don't mean from Gambia- nt

[BeyondGeography]

12. In part because there's no bigger buzzkill at a Trump rally than when he trots out a unity line

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You want to hear a room go dead, watch Cheeto impersonate a mature adult in front of the fan base. He's an ugly person to begin with, plus he feeds on their hate-love. Don't think he doesn't notice how little they like his attempts to be be presidential, which he doesn't believe in anyway. So, settle in; ugly it is for the four years.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Did Hitler do that?

Never mind, I don't want to know.

[suegeo]

18. To ask the question is to answer it.

[MANative]

14. Because that's what people with the emotional/intellectual age of 8 do.

Every last f*cking one of them qualify.

[Paladin]

15. Trump and his goons are acting true to form.

There was never any reason to believe that he and his henchmen would ever clean up their acts. They lack the ability to do so.

[johnp3907]

16. It's what fascists do.

[coco22]

19. Kellyanne who seems to think

that no one should question her. Would love to wipe that fake smile off her face.

[gwheezie]

20. Because he's getting his ass kicked in the popular vote

The trump mob has to continue to feed his ego that he's a winner.

[JI7]

21. yup. he lost the popular vote so can't claim a people's victory

[loyalsister]

22. Maybe he's taking responsibility?

and if it works, that would be a very bad thing. This is a well thought out piece.....

Under this view of things, all historical change is a project reserved for our leaders; the rest of us are just drawn along in their wake with little agency or responsibility.

That’s the underlying philosophy that allows white Americans to evade responsibility for the institution of slavery and the long-term harm it has created for African Americans by saying that their ancestors never enslaved anyone.

http://thebaffler.com/blog/great-men-carpentier

[JimBeard]

23. I am getting quit concerned about the possible physical violance.

I live in one of those little towns that everyone owns many guns. I have rifles but I am getting really scared about what can happen with the rednecks here so I am seriously considering buying a pistol and getting a concealed permit. Its really a pain in the ass to carry a gun all the time so I am thinking of a small one.

I guess the republicans have got me on their side. (Gun)

[Calculating]

24. Because he's a bully

And that's what bullies do. They can't even win graciously without doing everything in their power to rub salt in the wounds of their enemies.

[Skittles]

25. BECAUSE HE IS A NARCISSISTIC BULLY

THAT IS WHAT THEY DO

HE IS MENTALLY SICK

[JimBeard]

28. All through school, I have known kids who from wealthier families (Not real rich)

but had learned how to make friends that were the huge goons in our age group. The little rich turd could convince his buddy to take care of him . They did me once with a slug in the belly. I know how these bastards work.

[Retrograde]

29. Trump? Because he's an immature bully

who's never had to take the consequences for his actions. The rest, because they've seen that the way to stay in Il Duce's good graces is to agree with everything he says and does.

[alarimer]

30. Because they are bullies

These people are sore winners.

[procon]

31. They're stuck with the persona of a 6th grade playground bully.

Obviously many of Trump's team, and his voters, find that an admirable trait.

[JonLP24]

32. It's so unusual to hold campaign rallies after the election

I feel like I'm in The Twilight Zone.

[KT2000]

34. meant to keep his supporters aroused

You can see all over the internet that his supporters are still bellowing with hate for Hillary and President Obama. Those are the enthusiastic supporters who will come to his defense during his tenure. trump will throw out some raw meat for them and he will keep them fired up through Bannon as an advisor. These are people whose brains have been warped into loops of hatred that they cannot stop. They will prove to be useful for trump for that very reason. He needs them to run interference.
The adrenaline of hate is a powerful drug and they are addicts.

Remember - trump's philosophy as taught him by his father is - kill.

[RiverStone]

35. Keep them aroused...gross thought, tho an accurate analogy

On the kill part, let's hope the facist does not need to start a war to feed the beast.

Scary shit!

[hatrack]

37. Because they don't know how to do anything else

They know nothing about government, policy, or the world beyond themselves.

They're professional shit-stirrers, and so they're stirring the shit.

[sheshe2]

38. tRump

can't feel like a man unless he belittles women. he is trying to make for the fact that he has a small penis.

[Martin Eden]

39. "Is this a strategy and to what end?"

It is a strategy to fulfill the overriding goal behind his campaign for the presidency -- the glorification of Donald Trump.

First and foremost, Trump is a narcissist whose ego is a bottomless pit. This victory tour has crowds of his most fervent supporters, giving him an opportunity to bask in the adulation.

THAT is an end unto itself.

Do not make the mistake of ascribing normal political and strategic motives to Donald Trump. He is best understood in terms of his personality disorder.

[RiverStone]

40. Great point! Narcissistic personality disorder is a bottomless pit

Using conventional politics, I'm overthinking this question.

When he is actually prez, and his ego recklessly over reaches in a manner that could lead us into war or a financial calamity...will the Rethuglicans in Congress have the guts to oppose him?

[Martin Eden]

41. The Rethugs will oppose Trump only if...

... he actually tries to fulfill his promises to help the fools who voted for him.

They have no problem with stupid wars of choice that enrich the military industrial complex.

[jmowreader]

42. You missed part

Trump's whole administration is designed to rub salt in the wounds of people who didn't vote for him. Name one person in Trump's proposed administration that isn't on the Left's shit list. FFS he's got the guy who runs Breitbart as his strategist. The only "strategy" anyone at Breitbart ever had was how to piss in liberals' faces without getting arrested for pulling his dick out in public. The best part is, Bannon might be the LEAST offensive member of Trump's entourage.

Once he actually gets into office, I don't think he'll actually DO a damn thing except sign the bills that manage to get ramrodded through Congress - and yes, I kinda expect the GOP to go completely nuclear and eliminate the filibuster. He'll delegate everything to Pence and his Cabinet and spend his term touring the country telling America how everything's going to be yooge and we're all winning...of course, the price of everything will go through the roof, unemployment will skyrocket, the GDP will shrink...and, eventually, Putin will call in his markers.

[noamnety]

43. "gloating and rubbing salt in wounds"

"is this a strategy and to what end?"

There are democrats still doing that in regards to the primary, and like you, I am wondering what is the strategy there, and what kind of person acts that way.

[jambo101]

44. Addicted

After years of the likes of Limbaugh.Jones/FOX pumping out the hate The right seem to have become addicted to the emotion of hate,they hate everything and now that Hillary is out of the picture they focus their hate on Democrats. its sickening to think this is where they think America is going to become great again. As an example a cut and paste of a post from another site that represents the attitude of most Trump supporters=

Liberalism is a sickness spread by big city beliefs , CNN and MSNBC. It is an epidemic in the colleges and the next generations will surely ruin this great nation. The media hub is located in the sick liberal cities and spread their sickness to the weak minded who soak it up like a sponge without question. Indoctrinated into a sickness of destructive thinking . This is the reason that California is liberal. It is a mind sickness. Globalism is without borders, without laws, without sane thinking.

[Calista241]

45. I don't think it's necessarily directed at Hillary.

But more at the media for doubting him and totally missing the result. And he had like 2 newspapers in the country endorse him for President, and ALL of the rest endorsed Hillary.

[McCamy Taylor]

46. I read Trump as scared shitless and trying to appear confident.

On election night, he looked worried. He knew the polls showed him losing. He suspected that the election had been stolen. Now he is trying to put on an air of false bravado to deter anyone from challenging the election. But his lack of political skill has made him do and say all the wrong things. In particular, he took a big Trump Dump on news media super stars. Now they want his head. Whichever reporter brings him down will be considered a hero by the press. I think he knows this. He would have to be an idiot not to know this. So he is sort of floundering around. And probably trying to make some quick money in case the whole thing turns to shit before January.