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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2020, 07:01 PM Sep 2020

I'm about half way through Woodward's book and it's clear to see why Trump kept calling Woodward [View all]

Trump allowed himself to get worked over by Woodward for the same reason he allows himself to get worked over by everyone, his neediness is legendary.

He is literally starving for praise. He thought he could con Woodward into writing a positive book because he was sure he would be able to impress Woodward with is flimflam and Woodward would be grateful for the access.

Trump's love affair with North Korea ended because he got word of the CIA's analysis of how masterfully North Korea worked Trump over by focusing on how needy he is for praise, and Trump fell for it hook, line, and sinker, to the point of sending Kim Jong-un lover letters and putting pictures of him up in the White House.

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I'm about half way through Woodward's book and it's clear to see why Trump kept calling Woodward [View all] Snake Plissken Sep 2020 OP

One consolation is trump sounds like a pitiful loser on the tapes when Woodard tells him it's going Hoyt Sep 2020 #1

How in the hell does anybody get to his age, wealth, & public awareness & still be so in need of napi21 Sep 2020 #2

His age increased; but not his wealth, intelect, or morality. RainCaster Sep 2020 #5

Read Mary Trump's book, or a good review of it. He's a pathetic infant inside... Hekate Sep 2020 #7

I am bdamomma Sep 2020 #17

I couldn't finish it because it was so dismal. Glad she wrote it, but I couldn't hang in that world. Squinch Sep 2020 #21

Me either Hekate Sep 2020 #24

Easy. It isn't really his wealth and America is obsessed with celebrity Caliman73 Sep 2020 #18

Don"t be so silly. Our "educational"system is perfectly designed. You cannot control a population niyad Sep 2020 #26

could you tell me what the book's title refers to Skittles Sep 2020 #3

Woodward mention to Trump that he creates a lot of rage and asked why does he think that is Snake Plissken Sep 2020 #8

OK thank you Skittles Sep 2020 #37

He also has an obsession with Obama. It isn't always overt, but subtle between the lines still_one Sep 2020 #4

Trump said Obama isn't smart and isn't a good speaker, and he was about to say someting else ...but Snake Plissken Sep 2020 #11

Yes still_one Sep 2020 #20

he knows he doesn't measure up to Obama Skittles Sep 2020 #38

Did Woodward praise him? zentrum Sep 2020 #6

Not unless it happens later, Woodward was just asking questions and Trump kept trying to impress him Snake Plissken Sep 2020 #9

I think what has helped Woodward all along is lunatica Sep 2020 #12

Right. Craves the attention. zentrum Sep 2020 #13

He's done it to a lot of Presidents. lunatica Sep 2020 #15

He knows if you ask a con man to explain something, he will be unable to say "I don't know" or ... Snake Plissken Sep 2020 #16

He said something the other night about his contacts with the CIA early on, & how he learned.... Hekate Sep 2020 #22

And he's not afraid of silence, allowing the moonscape Sep 2020 #30

You're right PatSeg Sep 2020 #31

Mahalo for that interesting analysis, lunatica. Cha Sep 2020 #36

Ah--the compulsive need to impress. zentrum Sep 2020 #14

It is more of his narcissism at work, flattered that someone of Woodward's fame Sogo Sep 2020 #25

Ya, If I were a CIA agent looking to entrap someone, Trump would have to be an easy target Beringia Sep 2020 #10

Trump is surrounded by yesmen and only does interviews with fox news jcgoldie Sep 2020 #19

True, elleng Sep 2020 #23

I've always wondered exactly they did to him. Elwood P Dowd Sep 2020 #27

'Wealthy' is all I'd say. elleng Sep 2020 #28

Yes, it is clear Trump thought he could charm Woodward, one of the investigative reporters who Nitram Sep 2020 #29

And you know, PatSeg Sep 2020 #33

This is what untreated mental illness does. It's a destroyer of lives. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #32

Exactly 👍 Duppers Sep 2020 #40

Oh JHC.. that WH is going to have to be Fumigated, Cha Sep 2020 #34

Woodward has said in interviews that this was not a formal deal Warpy Sep 2020 #35

And it's telling that he keeps falling in love with brutal males, and that he hates women except BComplex Sep 2020 #39