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5. I think it's NOT hyperbole to say you can't overstate the danger of Trump

Reply to Cary (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 22, 2016, 07:58 AM

Aug 2016

and the muddled ideology he and his followers are promulgating.

One caveat: I'm not sure that Trump has anything resembling a coherent ideology beyond his self-worship and willingness to say anything to his hordes of followers, who are in search of a "strong man" to "fix" things.

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There are two new books about Trump out- both paint a dire picture of Trump's history and [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

The enemy is real Cary Aug 2016 #1

The banality of evil. I don't agree with everything I've read by Hannah Arendt cali Aug 2016 #3

Agreed Cary Aug 2016 #4

I think it's NOT hyperbole to say you can't overstate the danger of Trump cali Aug 2016 #5

Agreed on that too Cary Aug 2016 #6

He's a tin pot dictator wannabe. Virtually everything in his past indicates that that's cali Aug 2016 #7

I wish I could show you my Facebook timeline Cary Aug 2016 #8

He is about himself Cary Aug 2016 #9

I hope they become best sellers! In other good news, the Trump-Pence book is a FLOP - only has Doodley Aug 2016 #2