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wnylib

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40. He is the most mentally ill,
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 03:26 PM
Dec 2021

Last edited Tue Dec 14, 2021, 08:08 PM - Edit history (1)

dangerous person that I have ever witnessed, meaning that I don't know him personally, have never met him in person, but have seen and heard him and the consequences of his words and actions.
I know that there are other people who are ill, sadistic, and dangerous, but I don't know them and have not witnessed them in action.

Toward the end of the 2016 election, I read a book about Trump's life. I don't remember the title or authors. There were two. They were both Washington Post reporters.

The authors interviewed dozens of people who knew Trump and his family. They covered his father, mother, and grandparents. Among those interviewed were his childhood neighbors and classmates, military school classmates and instructors, college classmates, former employees and businesses that had done business with him, etc.

Two things stand out in my memory from that book. One is that a neighbor of the Trumps said she had her baby in a playpen outdoors when, just in time, she discovered Trump about to throw a brick at the baby. Ttump was 5 years old.

The other thing was that, in his teens, Trump used to sneak into Manhattan at night to hang out with some thug friends. They vandalized vending machines and other properties. They beat up people for sport. If I remember correctly, police were involved a few times and Fred was able to smooth things over, through contacts from Fred's business dealings or through money, or both.

Eventually, when Fred could not keep his son from meeting up with his thug pals, he sent Donald to a militsry acsdemy, hoping thsat the discipline there would straighten him out.

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Did Meadows relay those messages to Trump? gab13by13 Dec 2021 #1
Not Fox News Hosts, they are Fox News "Entertainers" Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #2
Or news reporters, either. wnylib Dec 2021 #28
Unholy relationship, entertainer/talking head/hosts HAB911 Dec 2021 #3
Good question! kentuck Dec 2021 #6
I like that connection being a straight line to Fox.... FarPoint Dec 2021 #8
Google Fox v Monsanto gab13by13 Dec 2021 #12
Here's one KS Toronado Dec 2021 #14
Aaargh. Don't remind me. librechik Dec 2021 #17
Yes sir, good question, and yes sir good observation. Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #24
Joe Biden did. wnylib Dec 2021 #29
Did they *really* want it to stop durablend Dec 2021 #4
The Fox folks only care about tRumps image and legacy.. FarPoint Dec 2021 #10
Wasn't there also a video of Jr and wnylib Dec 2021 #30
That video was before the rally, not the attacks after that rally Bongo Prophet Dec 2021 #43
The GOP knew it all from the beginning. They knew Trump was in charge. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #5
Yup. He had to get rid of the wnylib Dec 2021 #31
Trump was seconds away from being successful. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #34
I remember the video. Junior and Kim wnylib Dec 2021 #37
Yes Junior and Kim were also in very high spirits. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #39
He is the most mentally ill, wnylib Dec 2021 #40
Yes by all accounts he was a very disturbed, violent child. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #42
I don't have your background wnylib Dec 2021 #44
Given the early history of violence, intervention would have had to be early age and intensive. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #45
Fred Trump sounds like the wnylib Dec 2021 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #47
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Meadows Was Being Set Up As The Fall Guy.... global1 Dec 2021 #7
Is Meadows actually a fall guy, or is he wnylib Dec 2021 #32
Exactly As You Guessed..... global1 Dec 2021 #35
I feel like I've dropped into a time warp, wnylib Dec 2021 #38
Because they are "Fair and Balanced" doc03 Dec 2021 #9
They were largely just trying to cover their own ass. bearsfootball516 Dec 2021 #11
Well....there goes Hannity's credibility underpants Dec 2021 #13
*snicker* Nevilledog Dec 2021 #23
Because they are Trump advisors, no secret. Apparently Trump consulted wiggs Dec 2021 #15
I think Fox deserves more scrutiny here. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2021 #16
Good questions leftstreet Dec 2021 #19
All great questions sir. No doubt same questions being asked as we speak of many of the Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #25
What's really amazing to me is how many Faux news people infullview Dec 2021 #18
Yup, pretty damning. flying_wahini Dec 2021 #20
Because Fake News! budkin Dec 2021 #21
The real question for me is why the slob & all coconspirators are not in cells awaiting trials SheltieLover Dec 2021 #22
Fox News hosts were advisors to TFG. n/t TeamProg Dec 2021 #26
They realized the rioters would only listen to Trump. CaptainTruth Dec 2021 #27
That's pretty much what Biden said, wnylib Dec 2021 #33
the Blob tuned off his phone as I understand it. librechik Dec 2021 #36
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