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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 01:52 PM Feb 2017

Yesterday was Trumps favorite

By Chris Cillizza
February 17 at 9:31 AM

... For Trump, the news conference was a major triumph and a big part of the reason he loves both politics and being president. For more than an hour, Trump talked up his accomplishments, mocked reporters and, generally, acted like the ringmaster of the greatest show on earth. And he loved every second of it ...

For Trump, there isn't really good news or bad news. There is news he orchestrates and everything else. And, on Thursday, he was in command — in his mind — of the whole orchestra ...

Trump is always at his most content when he is front and center. It's why he loved the campaign trail so much. His speeches broadcast live on cable TV, his supporters roaring for him. It's why, more than 1,300 days before the 2020 presidential race, Trump is headed to Florida this weekend for a campaign rally. If Trump could have a TV channel that simply broadcast everything he said and did 24-7/365, he'd do it in a second ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/17/why-thursday-was-donald-trumps-favorite-day-as-president/?utm_term=.2680021eca60


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Yesterday was Trumps favorite (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
So about 1/4 of US population are Trump supporters. gordianot Feb 2017 #1
Beyond repulsive MFM008 Feb 2017 #2

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
1. So about 1/4 of US population are Trump supporters.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 02:17 PM
Feb 2017

During the WWII about 8 million out of 80 million were members of the Nazi party. It does not take anything near that many if that is the model. Trump is tuning up the orchestra.

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