Does anybody feel sorry for Trump?

[left-of-center2012]

I saw a video on the local news tonight of his address this morning after the shooting in Alexandria, VA.

Trump was struggling to read words someone else apparently had written for him, not struggling due to emotion, but struggling because he was having trouble reading.
At times he appeared to squint, trying to see the words, stumbling over them like some child asked to read a lesson out loud.

Why couldn’t he just come out before the camera, say a few words from the heart .....
Oh, wait. I guess I just answered my own question. Damn!

(He should probably lay off the tanning booth for a while too. He's got that orange glow set on high)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. I wish he would retire to south Florida like so many septuagenarian retirees.

[roamer65]

2. Fuck Dump.

[HipChick]

3. Nope...

Next question...

[mcar]

4. No

Next question?

[Autumn]

5. No.

[lpbk2713]

6. Trump is worse than an empty suit.

He's a suit filled with s**t.

[hatrack]

7. No, and I never will

.

[Leith]

8. The Short Answer Is: No

The long answer is "fuck no!"

[athena]

9. Yes, but it's irrational.

He's a narcissist. Narcissists and sociopaths don't feel things the way the rest of us do. Narcissists feel horrible inside, but since they are incapable of feeling empathy, compassion, or love, that "horrible feeling" is not what the rest of us feel when we feel horrible inside. They cover up that emptiness with ideas of grandeur, so they're not even aware of how they really feel.

IMO, he fact that you and I occasionally feel sorry for Trump means one of two things:

1. We have too much empathy (if such a thing is possible), or:

2. We were emotionally abused as children, which makes us feel sorry for abusive people.

[left-of-center2012]

45. "The fact that you and I occasionally feel sorry for Trump"

I fear you missed my sarcasm.

I hate Trump with every ounce of my body,
and I'm a BIG guy.

[athena]

65. Wow.

And here I thought you were a sensitive person. Instead, you're someone who is proud of your insensitivity.

One of the things that are destroying this country is Americans buying into the right-wing rhetoric that says that that empathy and sensitivity are characteristics that deserve mocking and contempt. Trump is nothing but a culmination of that sick philosophy. Welcome to ignore.

[nolabels]

67. I like your philosophy, it's seems so logical

Being blinded by other emotions can take one down a very dark path. Much would be the idea of hating spiny cactus, black widows and rattlesnakes. They are only dangerous when the unobservant lets themselves be entangled into such

[herding cats]

10. Not in the least. nt

[gademocrat7]

11. No

He is despicable.

[struggle4progress]

12. Show me the billionaire; show me his penthouse

Show me his opinions, which convince me he's a louse
And I'll show you a dirtbag, with so many reasons why
And there but for fortune go you or I

[JenniferJuniper]

23. I knew from your subject line which song it referenced

The original

[Laffy Kat]

14. Nyet. nt

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

15. Yes I feel sorry for drumpf

Not really. I just wanted to see what it felt like to tell a whopping bald faced lie.

[Ilsa]

30. Good one! You know then what it is like to be a Republican! nt

[smirkymonkey]

16. Ummmm.... No.

Not in the least. Sorry.

[vlyons]

17. Yes I feel sorry for Trump frequently

He is deluded, insecure, unhappy, paranoid, envious, fearful, lazy, arrogant, and angry. So many negative emotions. He was born into wealth with a great many advantages, but what really has he accomplished? He is the object of ridicule and hatred worldwide. He is not a happy man. Yes, I feel sorry for him.

[QED]

18. Maybe he needs glasses

But no, I don't feel sorry for him.

[FSogol]

19. That's my theory too. Too proud to wear glasses or admit he's aging.

I certainly don't feel sorry for the pos.

[MiddleClass]

35. Maybe? Drop the maybe

[TheCowsCameHome]

43. His mother warned him about what would happen.

[left-of-center2012]

48. Hairy palms? Bad eyesight? n/t

[left-of-center2012]

47. "Maybe he needs glasses"

He has contacts.

You know, those Russian contacts.

[Blue_true]

20. How loud can I say No? nt

[left-of-center2012]

49. "How loud can I say No?"

I hear ya!

[LuvLoogie]

21. I feel sorry for a boy whose mind and soul calcified while what was left mutated to survive.

I loathe a media (more than he is now) that treats him with fawning deference, even as he expressed such arrogant and loathsome attitudes throughout his celebrity.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

51. Well said.

I can't help but feel compassion for a person so hurt or broken that they can't grow and only understand hurting others. I find stories of his childhood deeply sad.

[LuvLoogie]

70. I don't know if I have much compassion for him. It feels to me more like regret.

[Gothmog]

22. No

[ismnotwasm]

24. Oh Hell no

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. No.I turned it off every time they tried to show it.

I think I have a voice-actuated remote control, because my screaming at the TV seems to coincide with a channel change.

[JenniferJuniper]

26. No, I feel sorry for us.

He can eat shit and die yesterday.

[FiveGoodMen]

28. I like your answer!

'Yesterday' clinched it.

[GoCubsGo]

27. I feel sorry for the country.

I feel sorry that we're stuck with this corrupt, incompetent jackass, and I feel sorry for us for having so hateful ignoramuses who were willing to vote for this treasonous asshole.

[3catwoman3]

29. Not. One.

Fooking. Bit.

[luvMIdog]

31. I feel sorry for the women who have said he raped them as children. I feel sorry for all the people

who are going to be affected by his hatred and bad decisions

[samnsara]

32. who?

[MiddleClass]

33. Nada, non, nope, nine,

He was struggling, I found myself pronouncing words along with him,

then I realized what he was again

[Ilsa]

34. No. That was easy. nt

[Kaleva]

36. I don't. Not one bit. He's a bully who deserves all the shit thrown at him.

[Doreen]

37. NO!!!!

[onecent]

38. Hell NO!

[mnmoderatedem]

39. is the pope Hindu?

hell no

[left-of-center2012]

50. "is the pope Hindu?"

I actually had to stop and think for a second.
Well, I've been up since 5:30 this morning.

[marylandblue]

40. I feel sorry for all narcissists

They live shallow, meaningless lives, trapped in walls of their own making. I feel sorry for everyone who has to deal with them too, which is all the rest of us.

[RussBLib]

41. He is just about the most unsympathetic character

Ever to "take" the office of president.

Justice is overdue for this clown

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. Only in an abstract way - Here's a man who has great wealth,

he's been successful on TV, and is now the president of the United States, but with all that he's empty. He requires constant reassurance of his own worth; he thrives on (indeed, requires) the applause of approving crowds; he demands loyalty and fulsome adoration from his staff; and he can't bear to be thwarted, contradicted or criticized. He collects media articles about himself and he can't even pay attention to written security briefings unless his name is mentioned. He doesn't give to charity. He's on his third trophy wife, who doesn't seem to like him much, but might be wondering when she'll be traded in for a newer model. How it must utterly suck to be so emotionally needy that your every waking hour is spent seeking the approval of others!

SAD.

All I can say is I'd rather be me with not much money, but good friends and family - people who seem to care about me - and a purposeful existence that doesn't depend on being fueled by constant flattery, than a person who's got money and power and nothing else. I'd feel sorry for such a wretched character if he weren't doing so much damage.

[ecstatic]

44. F*CK NO! Trump has made so many good people

angry and miserable. Fuck him.

[Hekate]

46. No

[blue neen]

52. Whattt?????

No. Unequivocally, no. No, no, and hell no.

[Kleveland]

53. Nyet!

Somebody needed to say it!

[Warpy]

54. Even though I'd rather see him than be him

he doesn't appear to be particularly tortured by his obvious personality flaws and intellectual shortcomings, so I'm having a great deal of trouble summoning much compassion.

I would hate to go through life that limited, even with all the money in the world.

[Stuart G]

55. He needs glasses, too egotistical to wear them..

I have thought this since long before the election. I read sometimes he wears them, when watching TV, but I have never seen him with them on. Too stupid to realize how harmful not seeing clearly is. It is just part of the con job, that is no longer working.

[bdamomma]

56. what heart????

this man is just out for himself and his rich buddies, and destroying the country, feel bad for him????? NOOOO!!

[nancy1942]

57. No. Never. Ever.

[MFM008]

58. Yes of course

[UTUSN]

59. Uh... no.

[oasis]

60. I'll decide after I see his tax returns.

[nini]

61. fuck no

...........

[SammyWinstonJack]

62. Feel sorry for tRump? ROFL!

[enid602]

63. A bit

I feel sorry for him a little; no parent should have to see his/her children go to jail.

[MiltonBrown]

64. No

[LeftInTX]

66. NO!!

[dchill]

68. I feel sorry for the rest of us.

(who didn't vote for him.)

[CozyMystery]

69. Absolutely not!

[SweetieD]

71. Not one bit. No. Nada. Nt

[scardycat]

72. No!! n/t