Donald Trump Vent Thread

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DOPEY!!

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Christians against science, literacy, knowledge and intelligence...

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You can't un-see this. LOL

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British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.



And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

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You know, that really not that cool. Her husband may be a serial offender, like Biden, but the wives didn't do anything.

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....not soon enough!

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You know, that really not that cool. Her husband may be a serial offender, like Biden, but the wives didn't do anything.

Aren't you the one who called Michelle Obama a lesbian? Fookin' duplicitous southerner.

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Spot on baby Trump....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1260058127925481472

https://twitter.com/i/status/1260198664464711681

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Random post on Trump's behavior. I loved it!

"This is not a new behavior. It's roots run deep into his earliest adolescent years and behaviors. He even lied when he messed his diaper and blamed it on the neighbors baby next door."

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That was cute. And timely!

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Trump is the dumbest, stupidest, most low-life scumbag that has ever lived.

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Trump is the dumbest, stupidest, most low-life scumbag that has ever lived.

That's a modus ponens, or if/then class of argument.  Interesting that he makes the consequent (then) about him, or the self, rather than anything about the virus.

One would expect a test, a scientific instrument, to be about the virus.

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DRUNK DRIVERS FOR TRUMP....

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Trump is an idiot! Why is this orange-faced orangutan still there?...

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TRUMP logic...

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Trump the idiot. The man can't accept the truth that hydroxychloroquine does nothing for Covid-19
and is dangerous enough that it can kill you. He is actually taking the drug himself. Let's hope natural selection comes into play!

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"My penis is so huge. It's the hugest penis in the world."

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Take the whole bottle at once, Trump. PLEASE

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Interesting take.  

Mark Cuban reveals what ‘really bothers’ him about Trump: ‘Always plays the victim card’

George Back
Producer, Yahoo Entertainment
May 20, 2020

Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban was a guest on Hannity, Wednesday evening. The billionaire did not endorse Donald Trump in 2016, and during his appearance he explained why he won’t be voting for Trump in 2020 either.

Cuban told Sean Hannity, “You know, this is what really bothers me about the president, he's the most powerful man in the world and he always plays the victim card.” The Mavericks owner went on to say, “You've got to be the leader, you've got to be the strongest man in the game.”

Last Fall, during his impeachment inquiry, Trump tweeted, “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have.” And in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic he said he is treated worse than President Abraham Lincoln.

Cuban admits that Trump has had to deal with adversity from the media and Democratic party, but he doesn’t think the president has responded the way a leader should. “You're supposed to be the world's best counterpunch, he hasn't been able to knock anybody out, he just plays the victim.”

It's very much in keeping with his child-like persona.  His actions are fueled by immature resentment.  Apparently, he never grew up...or never grew out of some childhood antagonisms and grudges.  His penchant for reducing every exchange down to adversarial relationships.  Indeed, his search for an adversary during this pandemic...a virus is impervious. Shall we attack China? The doctors? Nancy Pelosi?
The governors? The press? The Democrats? Yet...the virus keeps on coming. It is like anger at an inanimate object, typical of children.

Conversely, his attraction to strongmen, authoritarian figures...Putin, Kim, Erodowon, Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  He appears like a follower in a childhood gang, looking out for side fights, always following the strongman. He is an authorosubmissive personality, aptly described in Theodor W. Adorno, et al, The Authortarian Personality (1950): "The traits include conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intellectualism, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotypy, power and "toughness", destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sex."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authoritarian_Personality

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