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Norbert

(7,778 posts) Mon Jun 26, 2017, 02:49 AM Jun 2017

When did you first start to dislike tRump? [View all]

Mine is a very easy answer.

It was back in the early 1990s. I wasn't very fond of the syndicated TV show ET - Entertainment Tonight but watched it anyway because it was on after the local and national news. Anyhow this was a time when the marriage of the Donald and Ivana was falling apart because he was boinking and breaking in a new model in Marla Maples. I had barely known about tRump or at least wasn't paying much attention at the time.

But when the story broke of his infidelity it was on about every night on Entertainment Tonight. First Ivana saying how terrible tRump was for shacking up. The next night tRump blasting Ivana for being a terrible woman. This spat went on and on between the two for about 1-1/2 to 2 weeks between the two and Marla opening her mouth and joining in the fun.

I finally was fed up. This guy was not an entertainer like DiNiro, Oprah or Aerosmith, so why did we have to be privy to all the sorted details of their sinking marriage and him looking for a younger trophy wife. I asked my wife if we can turn on something else after the news other than ET. My wife was okay with it, in fact she only kept it on because she thought I liked it.

From that day forward we switched and haven't watched ET since. I remember back then thinking, I'll never have to hear about this clown ever again ... at least that's the way I thought it would go.

Anyone else?

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When did you first start to dislike tRump? [View all] Norbert Jun 2017 OP

In the 1980s, when I was living in NYC. stopbush Jun 2017 #1

Me too. He just never shut up about that damn skating rink... TreasonousBastard Jun 2017 #3

I'm a 56 year-old native New Yorker... ADX Jun 2017 #40

Eighties in NYC also. no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #30

Same here. In fact, I don't know one New Yorker that doesn't think he is a smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #41

Me too, I worked in Manhattan and hated him then. n/t phylny Jun 2017 #33

I lived in N.Y. in the 60's and 70's and 80's and everyone thought at that time he was an asshole katmondoo Jun 2017 #46

Add my name to the list Runningdawg Jun 2017 #79

Add my name, too. DinahMoeHum Jun 2017 #83

I never thought much of him ribrepin Jun 2017 #2

Many years ago. madamesilverspurs Jun 2017 #4

I'm not defending Trump, especially on a personal level, but maybe... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #27

probably since the fight with rosie odonnell JI7 Jun 2017 #5

The fight with Rosie was ugly, personally bullying bresue Jun 2017 #38

The first I saw of him was a 60 Minutes segment back in the 80s, I believe. spiderpig Jun 2017 #6

A long time ago. Doreen Jun 2017 #7

when he bought Merv Griffen's KT2000 Jun 2017 #8

His birther shit in 2011. BlueStater Jun 2017 #9

During birther shit Wawannabe Jun 2017 #56

The elder Trump children are no different...... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2017 #10

Mid '80s when he ruined the USFL Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #11

1980, when he destroyed the Bonwit Teller 1929 Art Deco panels SeattleVet Jun 2017 #12

Me, too. Born in Manhattan, I grew up in north Jersey, riding the train in to the city mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #17

That was unforgivable! smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #42

The day he mocked Serge Kovaleski (the disabled reporter). Buns_of_Fire Jun 2017 #13

My Mom watched all those tabloid tv shows too that Donnie frequented. She hated airmid Jun 2017 #14

Late 1970's and Early 80's B Stieg Jun 2017 #15

My sister did a children's gig once when Trump was to appear DFW Jun 2017 #16

i think it was the 80's bob villa still on this old house & had HIM on + his pansypoo53219 Jun 2017 #18

I used to just think of him as a rich stupid prick. IrishEyes Jun 2017 #19

When Spy Magazine started to go after him jmowreader Jun 2017 #20

1986 bucolic_frolic Jun 2017 #21

I can't recall exactly, but it was sometime before "Trump: The Game" was sold. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #22

I read the Art of the Deal as a teenager and the other books of that ilk that came out in the 80s. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #23

I guess the 1st time I saw his face on TV or in a magazine in the late 70s early 80s TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #24

Mine is personal RockaFowler Jun 2017 #25

So far back that I can't remember Miles Archer Jun 2017 #26

He always struck me as POS self promoter and con man underpants Jun 2017 #28

I never understood the "brand" thing either. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #43

I don't think I was aware of him until the 90's Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #29

never really liked him but really didn't pay any attention to him mnmoderatedem Jun 2017 #31

I can't recall ever liking him. CozyMystery Jun 2017 #32

Does Trump have one single likable characteristic? Is there any other creature as revolting? Doodley Jun 2017 #34

No and No. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #44

when i heard him referred to as The Donald and i saw his... samnsara Jun 2017 #35

I never gave a second of thought to him until he was on television. Vinca Jun 2017 #36

I did not think much of him treestar Jun 2017 #37

I don't recall ever having found him likeable. Orsino Jun 2017 #39

Heard of him same as you, the fights in Aspen over Marla Thirties Child Jun 2017 #45

At the first mention of his name madokie Jun 2017 #47

From the get-go I perceived him to be rude, crude, and lewd rock Jun 2017 #48

When he drove three of my Dad's friends into bankruptcy while he walked away with a pile of money. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #49

Growing up in NYC (Queens) in the 60s and 70s meow2u3 Jun 2017 #50

An unrepentant racist. Caught discriminating by the govt and not a single apology. KeepItReal Jun 2017 #51

I never liked 45. ananda Jun 2017 #52

I never paid much attention to him until he got going on the birther thing. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #53

Same here LeftInTX Jun 2017 #68

In the 1980s when he first started priding himself on being a greedy con man Snake Plissken Jun 2017 #54

Apprentice BS Wawannabe Jun 2017 #55

we should have a banner saying that bdamomma Jun 2017 #63

In the 80's. He was one of the "faces" of the wealth is a virtue attitude of the Reagan era . m-lekktor Jun 2017 #57

Never liked him or his anus mouth.. HipChick Jun 2017 #58

I am a NYer itcfish Jun 2017 #59

Yes, and even more so HockeyMom Jun 2017 #61

As soon as I got to know how he was! There was no "like" period for me. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #60

The same time as you. GoCubsGo Jun 2017 #62

The first time I heard/saw him speak. Mad-in-Mo Jun 2017 #64

Basically since the 1980's and every single reason stated in this thread... Pachamama Jun 2017 #65

Mid 1990s when I bumped into his repellant JCMach1 Jun 2017 #66

I remember back in the late 80s/early 90s when Trump's first divorce hit.... Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #67

I first noticed he was a jerk on the apprentice, but I really disliked him ecstatic Jun 2017 #69

1982 when Trump thought he was TrishaJ Jun 2017 #70

The very first time I saw his face and stupid hair do. 1980something. kydo Jun 2017 #71

Trumps lack of class after a real estate exchange with Merv Griffin. oasis Jun 2017 #72

When he was on his Birther campaign ConnorMarc Jun 2017 #73

Probably Can't Pinpoint An Exact Time ProfessorGAC Jun 2017 #74

I disliked him from the first time I heard about him mvd Jun 2017 #75

He was never more than a tabloid to me. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #76

In the 80's the blow hard was always on TV, Historic NY Jun 2017 #77

First time I ever saw him like back in 70s I guess nt doc03 Jun 2017 #78

Sometime in the 90's Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #80

I graduated high school in 87, but knew of trump from the media all through high school. WyattKansas Jun 2017 #81

My first introduction was The Apprentice. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #82

I didn't know Jamaal510 Jun 2017 #84