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LudwigPastorius

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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 06:34 PM Aug 2017

Donald Trump has a sickening fetish for cruelty -USA Today [View all]

These are not the actions of a well-adjusted person. Trump clearly has a maudlin fetish for cruelty – given his pattern of humiliating both friend and foe, the president's brain is occupied with little else than Electoral College results and revenge fantasies. Trump is basically a 71-year old kid cackling in delight as he melts ants under his magnifying glass. Only these ants are attorneys general, senators, FBI directors and governors.

Naturally, Trump's supporters think toying with peoples' dignity is a show of strength – but it is the exact opposite. He's a weak leader who wastes what little political capital he has settling personal scores. With apologies to Winston Churchill, Trump remains an immodest man with much to be modest about.

And it's just a matter of time before he's under Vladimir Putin's magnifying glass.

More here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/05/trump-has-fetish-cruelty-christian-schneider-column/537483001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories
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Trump is a weak person's idea of a strong-man. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #1
Nailed it. SHRED Aug 2017 #11
Like Ryan is the idiot's idea of a smart man gilpo Aug 2017 #19
Or maybe used to be gilpo Aug 2017 #20
Among other things... Rhythm Aug 2017 #22
I've said for a sometime Repugs are the Plantation Party, the party of cruelty, sadism, oppression stuffmatters Aug 2017 #2
Call me crazy, but I can't help wondering if Russia had a hand in that latest round of leaks calimary Aug 2017 #3
If Putin has the reported kompromat on Trump, he can take him down at any time. LudwigPastorius Aug 2017 #4
You got it. pangaia Aug 2017 #14
You're right. With Trump's previous whining about NATO,... LudwigPastorius Aug 2017 #16
I know people in Estonia, Latvia, Romania pangaia Aug 2017 #17
Lets go to the map Fritz Walter Aug 2017 #23
Thank you for adding.. pangaia Aug 2017 #24
Nikki Haley and other republicans will decry the invasion, Ilsa Aug 2017 #25
Interesting thought. When it came out, I kept saying to myself, "who leaked this?" Dream Girl Aug 2017 #5
I think Preibus allies leaked it marylandblue Aug 2017 #8
You are not crazy. StepnKretchit Aug 2017 #7
Wow Harry Also Aug 2017 #6
And yet he can only toy with their dignity if they let him. July Aug 2017 #9
He is not a weak leader. He is not a leader at all. Doreen Aug 2017 #10
Expect nothing less from a psychopath. democratisphere Aug 2017 #12
Mornings when I take a walk, I tune in usually to Democracy Now, but Doitnow Aug 2017 #13
Come on Vlad, release the damn tapes!! NT Bleacher Creature Aug 2017 #15
Our Caligula dalton99a Aug 2017 #18
"Oderint dum metuant" DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 #21
His followers see him as strong. I seem him as a weak individual and easily manipulated. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #26
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