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kpete

(71,984 posts)
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 04:48 PM Sep 2022

Dan Rather has some thoughts on Trump. "Toddler in chief. Mine, mine, mine, mine"

“Me, me, me, me...”
“My, my, my, my...”
“Mine, mine, mine...”

You don’t have to listen to Donald Trump for very long to discern a worldview that is completely and utterly egocentric.

He has gallivanted through a life made possible by his daddy’s money (nevermind the shadows under which it was accumulated). He has exploited a business and social structure designed to cater to, indulge, and excuse men like him. He is driven only by quenching his basest desires.

And over and over again, Donald Trump has gotten away with it — like a young child who has been given (and has taken) everything without ever being told “no.”

Now he is being indulged by an entire political party. And like a misbehaving toddler, his disruptive antics have spread to others. They mimic his temper tantrums. Chaos escalates.

Except this is not a preschool classroom, it is a nation.

the rest:
https://steady.substack.com/p/toddler-in-chief?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf

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Dan Rather has some thoughts on Trump. "Toddler in chief. Mine, mine, mine, mine" (Original Post) kpete Sep 2022 OP
And just like a toddler, he tests boundaries intrepidity Sep 2022 #1
OK - so let's DO IT!!!!! MyOwnPeace Sep 2022 #2
Toddler in Chief Blue Owl Sep 2022 #3
it's almost insulting to toddlers Skittles Sep 2022 #4
Dan knows people. pwb Sep 2022 #5

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)
1. And just like a toddler, he tests boundaries
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 04:58 PM
Sep 2022

At one point in his life, he thought the "shoot someone on 5th Avenue" boundary was as far as he could push.

So now he is trying the "I could steal nuclear secrets and still have millions of worshippers!"

I have never seen a more blatant case of someone desperately crying out for someone--anyone!--to please stop him. So textbook.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
2. OK - so let's DO IT!!!!!
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:36 PM
Sep 2022

Seriously, as Olbermann has been screaming for the past few days - JUST ARREST THE GUY!!!!!!

We'll work out the 'details' later.......

pwb

(11,261 posts)
5. Dan knows people.
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:59 PM
Sep 2022

I watch his reporting in the 60s on You Tube when he reported from Nam. He was in the shit.

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