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Takket

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48. "Donald Trump's emptiness is simply a mirror of the emptiness of everyone who propped him up."

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 10:06 PM

Jul 2020

^THIS

brilliantly said.........

i have been baffled these last four years as to WHY people support him. The answer has always been, they don't care that he is godless, or stupid....... he's racist, and that feeds their ultimate desire.

but beyond that i wondered....... well... there are lots of racists....... at least 1/3 of the country apparently..... why him? He seems to lack all of the base qualities that makes for a good leader/politician that will make people support you. He has no record of heroism from military service to tout, he has no history of being a leader of persons on any level (elected office or otherwise), he isn't eloquent (the the point of being virtually incoherent when he speaks), he is bereft of charm and charisma, and he isn't attractive at all.

but now it all makes sense.......... he is a mirror for the legions that form his cult........... and those people, who love only themselves, adore the reflection they see.

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Bat shit crazy..... ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2020 #22

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