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calimary

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23. Welcome to DU, Norbert9!
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 09:27 PM
Feb 2017

I wonder how much buyers' remorse there is out there now.

trump himself may have some. Don't know whether it's dawned on him yet - YOU CAN'T RUN THE GOVERNMENT LIKE A BUSINESS, Donald!

You CAN'T. It doesn't work that way. It isn't structured that way. You don't own the joint like you do with Trump Tower or Mar-a-Lago or the hotel down the street from the White House. And you certainly do not own the White House. You don't get to make a decree and it just gets done simply because you said so. You can bully boards of directors, fleece stockholders, intimidate employees, do all kinds of funky deals, buy people off, keep multiple sets of books, pull strings and NOT have to show proof or justification for what you want to do, but that's in the private sector. Where you can own stuff.

The government doesn't work that way! You not only don't own this, Donald. IT owns YOU. You are a SERVANT. You are a PUBLIC SERVANT. You SERVE at the pleasure of the voters - a majority of whom did NOT vote for you. You're NOT a king or divine ruler or dictator or czar. As Howard Fineman just pointed out on MSNBC - "you can operate by fiat" in the private sector, but NOT in the public sector. It's just DIFFERENT. A whole different animal.

Based on his reactions and his behavior, it appears he still doesn't get that. He's gonna have a very frustrating and unsatisfying time in this job he thought he wanted.

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Ha! redwitch Feb 2017 #1
I hope he chokes on it. nolabear Feb 2017 #2
Me too. redwitch Feb 2017 #6
So do I. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #19
Landslide... Mike Nelson Feb 2017 #3
Nice monicker btw. nolabear Feb 2017 #5
and no effing electoral college to change it. rurallib Feb 2017 #29
She trolled him like a Jedi! herding cats Feb 2017 #4
Indeed shenmue Feb 2017 #27
She's amazing! herding cats Feb 2017 #43
I'm late to the party, herding cats.. Cha Feb 2017 #40
That tRump had his butt handed to him by our judiciary, again! herding cats Feb 2017 #42
Magnificent! Mahalo for that wonderfully detailed answer! Cha Feb 2017 #45
It was a good day, Cha! herding cats Feb 2017 #46
Sorry I was late to the party, cats... Mahalo to Hillary! Cha Feb 2017 #47
Thank you Hillary triron Feb 2017 #7
What you said, triron! calimary Feb 2017 #16
Amen shenmue Feb 2017 #28
Me too! eom BlueMTexpat Feb 2017 #36
Absolutely she's my president NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #38
Yes. And in my dreams, anyway. Hortensis Feb 2017 #48
oh, that was cool!! riversedge Feb 2017 #8
Best thing she's done since the election Norbert9 Feb 2017 #9
Welcome to DU, Norbert9! calimary Feb 2017 #23
calimary think about your post as an OP. nt irisblue Feb 2017 #25
What you said panader0 Feb 2017 #34
Welcome to DU! secondwind Feb 2017 #31
KNR Lucinda Feb 2017 #10
LOL! mcar Feb 2017 #11
lol djsunyc Feb 2017 #12
*sniff* I miss that shimmy. nolabear Feb 2017 #17
hehe i love Hillary's shimmy better :) onetexan Feb 2017 #20
Welcome to DU! secondwind Feb 2017 #32
K&R... spanone Feb 2017 #13
K&R n/t JTFrog Feb 2017 #14
kick for visibility triron Feb 2017 #15
Hill(arious) malaise Feb 2017 #18
lol! ++++++ JHan Feb 2017 #39
The Minority President scores a goose egg. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #21
Classic peggysue2 Feb 2017 #22
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NICE!!! ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #26
love this bigtree Feb 2017 #30
That's my gal! Not subtle and spot on! leftofcool Feb 2017 #33
I can't keep up with rump's fuck ups. liquid diamond Feb 2017 #35
kick again triron Feb 2017 #37
Thanks for the kicks! nolabear Feb 2017 #41
In yo' face. oasis Feb 2017 #44
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