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bigtree

(85,996 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 09:57 AM Sep 2017

Trump says PR leaders "want everything done for them;" here's what we've seen:

David Begnaud? @DavidBegnaud
@potus says PR leaders "want everything done for them;"here's what we've seen: people helping people while waiting for govt help to arrive

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Trump says PR leaders "want everything done for them;" here's what we've seen: (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2017 OP
Trump is failing to address that there is no "them" LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #1
Meanwhile 45 will be probably be yukking it up at the Presidents Cup. Boomerproud Sep 2017 #2
Another Trump clusterfuck ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #3
Trump's a mostly clueless puppet being fed these ideas by the real villains. Hortensis Sep 2017 #4
it's worse bigtree Sep 2017 #5
More than 1,225 Puerto Ricans have died while serving dalton99a Sep 2017 #6
Deplorable treestar Sep 2017 #7

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
1. Trump is failing to address that there is no "them"
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 10:00 AM
Sep 2017

"They" are us. "They" are under his leadership. "They" are Americans.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. Trump's a mostly clueless puppet being fed these ideas by the real villains.
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 10:13 AM
Sep 2017

Sure, he's incapable of caring about the people of Puerto Rico, but he also knows nothing about them or what should or can be done for them, only what his handlers are telling him.

Like so many of the things that come out of his mouth, the "they want everything done for them" is a clear revelation of what he's being told by those evil people.

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
5. it's worse
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 11:48 AM
Sep 2017

...Trump is projecting his OWN antipathy for non-whites in his string of attacks on prominent black Americans, and his reflexive obsession with labeling non-whites as burdens, or threats, or unpatriotic.

Moreover, he's willfully ignorant of Puerto Ricans' right to expect equal treatment as U.S. citizens; albeit without the benefits of representation, but with all of the sacrifice and contribution to our national government; in taxes paid and military service, for example. To expect that he needs to be informed about these things is beyond the pale.

Trump is determined to relegate non whites to second-class citizenship, enabling his bigotry by denigrating non-whites as undeserving or unworthy.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
6. More than 1,225 Puerto Ricans have died while serving
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 11:52 AM
Sep 2017
As of 2010, the Veterans Affairs Department listed Puerto Rico’s veterans at 116,029. More than 1,225 Puerto Ricans have died while serving for the United States.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/974518/puerto-ricans-represented-throughout-us-military-history/
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