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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMust-read from Dana Milbank: Trump gets no respect. That's because he hasn't earned it.
Found this thanks to a tweet Joy Reid posted minutes ago:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-earned-no-respect-for-being-the-ultimate-sore-winner/2017/01/16/778742f8-dc24-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html
We got no forbearance. We got nothing. We got no respect, the Trump strategist told CNNs Anderson Cooper last week, complaining about media coverage of her boss. This man is president of the United States!
Conway raises a fair question: Why hasnt the president-elect been given more respect?
Heres a fair answer: He hasnt earned any.
To Trumps many self-assigned superlatives, he can now add another: the sorest winner. With charity for none and with malice toward all but his supporters, he has in the past two months set a new standard for gracelessness in victory.
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Devastating, scathing critique that uses another 11 paragraphs to nail Trump's boorish, despicable behavior since the election.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)and bought into their perspective with little push back.
But maybe he sees a niche now for standing up for democracy. Maybe he's reaching down into himself for some integrity.
And now I know how to respond to all the Republicans on Facebook:
I'm not going to give Trump a chance or respect. He hasn't earned it.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)to get it. Trump is a sham and does not deserve any respect. Millbank will be the next Twit Target from the Golden Uninator.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Warpy
(111,327 posts)because the man simply does not know the difference between that and respect.
Yeah, I'd rather see him than be him.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)Kellyanne Conway supports her man:
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)eShirl
(18,502 posts)Selling out one's country to Putin doesn't show us any respect either.
C_U_L8R
(45,017 posts)or racists or cheats or phonies or bloviators or pussygrabbers or
hate mongers or misogynists or....
simply put, we don't respect Trump for everything he is.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)in the Republican party. How many of those are REALLY supporting him now?
His day is coming.
pansypoo53219
(20,987 posts)Mister Ed
(5,943 posts)No respect for this country and its people, no respect for our allies, no respect for women, no respect for the marks he's conned into voting for him, no respect for democratic institutions or standards of human decency. None.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,143 posts)Squinch
(50,990 posts)Generator
(7,770 posts)"enemies" in your new year's wishes-well fuck you. My button says Fuck Trump and it doesn't fit my big winter coat. But I have enough for all the rest of my coats and I am not taking it off until he's gone.