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DeminPennswoods

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4. Easy, he desperately wants their approval

Reply to Casprings (Original post)

Thu Jul 20, 2017, 02:49 PM

Jul 2017

Trump has never been accepted by the old money/true elites of NYC society and the NYT is among that group. He is desperate for their approval and he loves the media no matter what he says otherwise.

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Why does Trump continue to give LONG interviews to "unfriendly" newspapers like the NYT? [View all] Casprings Jul 2017 OP

1) He's a New Yorker 2) He understands Fox News is known as a GOP mouthpiece, mainstream people emulatorloo Jul 2017 #1

Why the hell would you want to tell anyone outside your base this stuff? Casprings Jul 2017 #5

Because he's a moron. Shell_Seas Jul 2017 #2

He can't resist talking about himself.. whathehell Jul 2017 #3

Easy, he desperately wants their approval DeminPennswoods Jul 2017 #4

Yeah, I think that sounds right. NT Casprings Jul 2017 #6

They also publish a lot of stories about internal dissent and disruption that never seem to go WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #7

some people are desperate for approval La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #8

He's so sure he's a genius, he wants to prove it to everyone who doesn't agree. Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #9

He thinks he is a great leader.......... BlueJac Jul 2017 #10

Like all narcissists, he believes all he has to do is explain librechik Jul 2017 #11

EGO spanone Jul 2017 #12