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tanyev

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5. The pathological need to be the greatest, bestest, mostest is remarkable.

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 09:36 PM

Aug 2017

Is that caused by not getting enough praise as a child, or getting too much? I think there must also be a nature AND nurture equation going on.

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Getting more delusional nt riderinthestorm Aug 2017 #1

Phoney news Blue Owl Aug 2017 #2

Same as last year when he claimed the NFL called him marylandblue Aug 2017 #3

As usual, Trump takes no responsibility for his own actions Doodley Aug 2017 #4

The pathological need to be the greatest, bestest, mostest is remarkable. tanyev Aug 2017 #5

Such a Liar. C_U_L8R Aug 2017 #6

He is a sick man. madaboutharry Aug 2017 #7

It's a family sickness. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #18

He's a perpetual lying sack of shit. If his fingers are twitching, he's lying. George II Aug 2017 #8

Fingers, hell! If he's breathing, he's lying nt COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #9

In all fairness, VWolf Aug 2017 #23

This is... Snackshack Aug 2017 #10

Trump lied about this call Gothmog Aug 2017 #11

"lack of memory" I guess that has a better ring jb5150 Aug 2017 #12

He keeps claiming that people say whatever he does is the tblue37 Aug 2017 #13

How do you tell if Trumps is lying? If he is talking, he is lying! patricia92243 Aug 2017 #14

"it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them." left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #15

And there's this: left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #16

It's the jamboree PRETZEL Aug 2017 #22

What's another lie at this point? SergeStorms Aug 2017 #17

He lies... syringis Aug 2017 #19

Yet the republicans are OK with his lies, and lap them up Achilleaze Aug 2017 #20

facts don't matter Locrian Aug 2017 #21

One more bald-face lie by the Boaster-in-Chief. Nitram Aug 2017 #24

Such a stupid lie...So unnecessary..so devoid of any thought at all...(but it may be a good thing) Stuart G Aug 2017 #25

Maybe the call came from "Mooch", disguising his voice Siwsan Aug 2017 #26

Of course they are get the red out Aug 2017 #27

Must have come from nykym Aug 2017 #28

Easy for Sarah to prove: just provide the WH phone logs... brooklynite Aug 2017 #29

Even the "voices" he hears are fake. Golden Raisin Aug 2017 #30

There would be a RECORD of any and all incoming calls to the WH.... Bengus81 Aug 2017 #31

What's with this "unaware" stuff? BSA fails. Jakes Progress Aug 2017 #32

Yep...the BSA KNOW that none of them called Butternut...... Bengus81 Aug 2017 #33