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ItsjustMe

(11,971 posts)
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 08:22 AM Sep 2023

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
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British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read (Original Post) ItsjustMe Sep 2023 OP
Bravo!! Ferrets are Cool Sep 2023 #1
As the Minnesota saying goes.... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2023 #2
Nailed it! 2naSalit Sep 2023 #3
Bravo! burrowowl Sep 2023 #4
I'll see your trump and raise you a boris Dios Mio Sep 2023 #5
BoJo was at least entertaining COL Mustard Sep 2023 #9
👍 Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #16
Very true. Dios Mio Sep 2023 #21
Perfect! arkielib Sep 2023 #6
Excellent. badhair77 Sep 2023 #7
He really doesn't have any idea what a joke actually is. And he claims to be joking when he's lying Walleye Sep 2023 #8
Joke??!! seabiscuit5920 Sep 2023 #10
Couldn't have said it better SouthernDem4ever Sep 2023 #11
Never encountered a better description of trump. Paladin Sep 2023 #12
One more reason - he doesn't like pets, especially dogs - man's best friends Backseat Driver Sep 2023 #13
And what is worse for us: he has trained his little Magat hordes to all act the same way FakeNoose Sep 2023 #14
Spot on! Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #15
It's old but it is still good. Grins Sep 2023 #17
Adroit! jaxexpat Sep 2023 #18
Glad to see this making the rounds again Martin Eden Sep 2023 #19
My favorite quote: sellitman Sep 2023 #20
This is also why Trump hates President Obama: Obama is genuinely lovable and worthy of great respect LaMouffette Sep 2023 #22
Joe has all these qualities. Pepsidog Sep 2023 #23
A troll in the comments megapuzzler Sep 2023 #24
Right. What college? Aristus Sep 2023 #26
For all of hair-fuerhair's cultists, lying on the Internet is quite common... Justice matters. Sep 2023 #28
I've never known a professor who felt it necessary megapuzzler Sep 2023 #31
A Trump University grad? Captain Zero Sep 2023 #40
Maybe a college where the word "college" is spelled correctly.. Permanut Sep 2023 #30
Or perhaps megapuzzler Sep 2023 #32
LOL ailsagirl Sep 2023 #43
Or dabbled in torn-tissue-paper art projects. calimary Sep 2023 #44
So true! I love that he praises Obama for having all the favorable qualities that Trump lacks. Martin68 Sep 2023 #25
Me too-- those two are polar opposites ailsagirl Sep 2023 #42
Nate White describes the sociopathic Trump. Wish he would write Chapter 2 -- NCjack Sep 2023 #27
Spot On TigressDem Sep 2023 #29
I like the tiny hands in the bottom photo. captain queeg Sep 2023 #36
NO SELF AWARENESS? Conjuay Sep 2023 #33
I remember that from years ago! 2019 or 2020? demmiblue Sep 2023 #34
He's just a crass malaise Sep 2023 #35
Ive never seen him give a genuine laugh. Not a smug, sarcastic captain queeg Sep 2023 #37
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Sep 2023 #38
Trump: "You spelled humor wrong Mr. Smarty Pants, so there, pfffft! ..." Ligyron Sep 2023 #39
Spot on!! ailsagirl Sep 2023 #41
You can fool all the rubes all the time. He knows that much at least. czarjak Sep 2023 #45

Dios Mio

(429 posts)
5. I'll see your trump and raise you a boris
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 08:59 AM
Sep 2023

I know what we have. After you clean up your poop you can come help us.

Walleye

(44,807 posts)
8. He really doesn't have any idea what a joke actually is. And he claims to be joking when he's lying
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 09:07 AM
Sep 2023

Even a poor or sick sense of humor is better than none. Trump has none. I’ve never really met anybody like that

SouthernDem4ever

(6,619 posts)
11. Couldn't have said it better
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 09:35 AM
Sep 2023

Although I would have been less classy in my descriptions only because it was trump.

Backseat Driver

(4,671 posts)
13. One more reason - he doesn't like pets, especially dogs - man's best friends
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 09:37 AM
Sep 2023

claims he cannot abidea pint, wine, or spirits.

FakeNoose

(41,634 posts)
14. And what is worse for us: he has trained his little Magat hordes to all act the same way
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 09:41 AM
Sep 2023

This description fits ALL of them!

Grins

(9,459 posts)
17. It's old but it is still good.
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 10:00 AM
Sep 2023

Saw it long ago and loved it.
I'm going to forward it to my Reich-wing friends who think Trump was loved abroad.

sellitman

(11,745 posts)
20. My favorite quote:
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 10:18 AM
Sep 2023

"if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump."

LaMouffette

(2,640 posts)
22. This is also why Trump hates President Obama: Obama is genuinely lovable and worthy of great respect
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 10:46 AM
Sep 2023

Two things that Trump will never, ever, ever, ever, ever be. And that eats him alive!

megapuzzler

(566 posts)
24. A troll in the comments
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 11:15 AM
Sep 2023

Said article was really mean, and as a "collage educated professor" it made him want to vote for TFG.

Aristus

(72,187 posts)
26. Right. What college?
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 12:32 PM
Sep 2023

Any measurable level of education? And is someone professing this guy to be actually intelligent, rational, and coherent?

Justice matters.

(9,787 posts)
28. For all of hair-fuerhair's cultists, lying on the Internet is quite common...
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 02:09 PM
Sep 2023

There's no way anyone can fact-check they're not lying and they know it.

They emulate their dear-leader's character any chance they get.

megapuzzler

(566 posts)
31. I've never known a professor who felt it necessary
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 05:10 PM
Sep 2023

to say they were college educated -- or even collAge educated. That would seem like a given. So I'm left doubting his self-avowed credentials.

Permanut

(8,391 posts)
30. Maybe a college where the word "college" is spelled correctly..
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:20 PM
Sep 2023

Otherwise, it could be one of those fine conservative colleges like Oral Roberts, Liberty or Hillsdale.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
44. Or dabbled in torn-tissue-paper art projects.
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 05:32 AM
Sep 2023

Or magazine scraps. You can make lots of collages from magazine scraps.

Martin68

(27,749 posts)
25. So true! I love that he praises Obama for having all the favorable qualities that Trump lacks.
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 12:05 PM
Sep 2023

Last edited Tue Sep 5, 2023, 11:05 AM - Edit history (1)

Perhaps, in short, Trump is a boor.

NCjack

(10,297 posts)
27. Nate White describes the sociopathic Trump. Wish he would write Chapter 2 --
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 01:14 PM
Sep 2023

Patheologic Trump. The Trump that lies, cheats, steals.

TigressDem

(5,126 posts)
29. Spot On
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 03:36 PM
Sep 2023

That and ONLY THE KING should have a Gold Statue of himself made.





They might like this twist though...

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captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
37. Ive never seen him give a genuine laugh. Not a smug, sarcastic
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 08:45 PM
Sep 2023

Laugh while demeaning someone. There is definitly a serious flaw in his basic makeup.

Ligyron

(8,006 posts)
39. Trump: "You spelled humor wrong Mr. Smarty Pants, so there, pfffft! ..."
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 11:06 PM
Sep 2023

...In fact, there's a whole bunch of others I've seen in the many intellectual things I always read that don't even have any pictures in them like let's say, comic books, which I never, ever read... Words like favor, labor and neighbor you big du,du head! ".

Sticks thumb in both ears and waggles spread out fingers while sticking out his tongue.

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