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Solomon

(12,310 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:28 AM Dec 2019

Truth is trump seeks quid pro quo on everything. The Dingell jab proves it.

He suggested Debbie Dingell should not have voted to impeach because he ordered flags lowered after her husband's death.

He simply can't help himself. His demands of loyalty are the same thing. He lives in a world of you owe me.

Something else will tumble out. You can bet the farm on it.

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Truth is trump seeks quid pro quo on everything. The Dingell jab proves it. (Original Post) Solomon Dec 2019 OP
Everything has a COST to him and he is very cruel ChubbyStar Dec 2019 #1
Exactly right. Anything he does for you that he considers to be a favor, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #2
After all, he is the Godfather world wide wally Dec 2019 #3
What a shithead! smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
2. Exactly right. Anything he does for you that he considers to be a favor,
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:35 AM
Dec 2019

like ordering the flags to be flown at half-staff for Dingell - something that would have been routine and done by any president for someone of Dingell's stature - creates, in his mind, a situation in which you owe him something in return. No matter how small the perceived favor might be, you're still going to be indebted to him, and you'd better show your gratitude. Just because he authorized the flags to be lowered for Dingell, he believed Dingell's widow was required to be loyal to him, so her vote to impeach infuriated him.

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