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calimary

(89,722 posts)
50. I think you're right, Professor.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 06:55 PM
Feb 2022

His ego won’t let him fade into the background like all the other ex-presidents have (especially the ones who were driven by out after only one term).

He’s gotta be the center of attention everywhere. At all times. With and from everybody. My guess is it’s some deep-seated personality flaw or thereabouts. I’m no shrink but this is one SERIOUSLY screwed-up individual. I bet there’ll eventually be libraries full of books written just about the inner demons of the donald.

I’ve already said this elsewhere here: we are not going to be rid of him. Not anytime soon. First, because he simply refuses to go away, or fade away gracefully like so many other ex-presidents have (both those who didn’t make it past one term and others who did but recognized distinguished retirement status when it was their time to be escorted back out to the private sector).

He’s too much of an attention whore to fade away gracefully. He’s too prideful and has spent too much of his snakey life to accept the solid, provable reality of his own defeat. He’s spent too many decades building this facade and myth of invincibility (“I never lose”) to step to the side now, even after the most high-level, most intensely covered, and most public loss.

Nope. He HAS TO try to spin it or bend it to his wishes to keep being perceived as a life-long never-failed undefeated demigod. No matter how many lies he’s told or how many people he’s destroyed along the way.

I wish he’d retire to Mar-a-Lago and have somebody write his books for him. He won’t do that. Especially after he’s had an actual taste of it (however dubious because he cheated) and is desperately hungry for more.

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Boom! LakeVermilion Feb 2022 #1
I can't imagine what it must have been like to be on the receiving end calimary Feb 2022 #2
Absolutely, a very astute observation. gab13by13 Feb 2022 #11
And he doesn't give up. We're STILL seeing that TODAY. calimary Feb 2022 #14
Trump the POS will be a troublemaker and a thorn in America's side Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2022 #48
I think you're right, Professor. calimary Feb 2022 #50
Good points and I agree. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2022 #51
Agree with you and the Professor Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #57
He can't give up, either NJCher Feb 2022 #60
Even Gov. Kemp was discontented with Trump's harassment. nt Ilsa Feb 2022 #56
I remember Arizona's Secretary of State, I think it was, rejecting a phone call from Trump Walleye Feb 2022 #3
Actually, the Guv did this. kairos12 Feb 2022 #6
That's right. Thanks for the clarification. A very wise move on his part Walleye Feb 2022 #8
In D.A. Willis I trust JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #4
The Georgia case could be a precursor to Garlands federal investigation. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #24
ITA JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #31
I don't care what penal system they wind up in, as long as they're in one. lastlib Feb 2022 #35
Georgia's is rough JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #37
There are different standards of prison care, based on the State where you are imprisoned. Dan Feb 2022 #38
Pretty sure chain gangs don't exist anymore. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #53
I suspect that they do, just under a different name.... Dan Feb 2022 #55
Many thanks for this great summation/recap, fightfor!! Leghorn21 Feb 2022 #5
how scared and paralyzed NJCher Feb 2022 #62
It's Been Pointed Out Elsewhere That Not Only Does Meadows Have Legal Exposure... GB_RN Feb 2022 #7
The amount of wood being added daily to the SlobFather's bonfire is incredible. This pursuit for NoMoreRepugs Feb 2022 #9
apostrophes matter ECL213 Feb 2022 #10
I have almost reached the point where I agree with George Bernard Shaw Glorfindel Feb 2022 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author GB_RN Feb 2022 #20
It grates on me over and over in that OP. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #15
Yes gristy Feb 2022 #17
Thank you! niyad Feb 2022 #22
There are reasons why it's often called "autocorrupt." soldierant Feb 2022 #45
Sadly true. niyad Feb 2022 #47
Yes, my autocorrect makes more mistakes wnylib Feb 2022 #59
Yes, apostrophe's do matter. Pinback Feb 2022 #26
Oh you bastard!!!! I see what you did there.... ;-) Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #41
Agreed. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #28
Oh no, I have been caught. It's apostrophegate fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #33
I hope you are not offended, don't lawyer up, no need to... Escurumbele Feb 2022 #40
I'm not offended, I did get carried away with check spelling. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #43
s'hame, s'hame, s'hame ECL213 Feb 2022 #64
I am glad I was not the only one bothered by the misuse of the apostrophe. Escurumbele Feb 2022 #39
What's an apostrophe? fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #44
That's the French spelling...... Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #42
Meadows was one of the people who kept Trump's hands clean. gab13by13 Feb 2022 #12
Not really - gave phone numbers to Turd, who immediately made illegal calls. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #16
So Meadows you intentionally made trying to be a shake down artist for your criminal boss turbinetree Feb 2022 #18
And there's this call to GA investigator Frances Watson... Manfred Arcane Feb 2022 #19
That is correct. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #23
Freedom Caucus badgolfer Feb 2022 #21
All the more reason to act on his refusal to appear before the committee housecat Feb 2022 #25
Not so fast. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #29
What do you think Garland is waiting for? Patience is not my strong suit. housecat Feb 2022 #49
Investigations like this take a long time. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #54
Good analysis! Meadows is neck deep in Trump's cesspool. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #27
Maybe that is why Garland has not acted on Meadows yet? kentuck Feb 2022 #30
Could be, nobody knows. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #36
Good. These criminals need to be held accountable Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #32
They also have tape of TFG telling the counsel for Georgia's Sec. of State: Botany Feb 2022 #34
TY empedocles Feb 2022 #61
My Question... Snackshack Feb 2022 #46
This is what TFG did, he had his flunkies do his dirty work. Reminds Emile Feb 2022 #52
I am so impatient. nvme Feb 2022 #58
Be still my heart! OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #63
Turns my stomach knowing that this battle ramming process goes on at the local Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #65
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