I think of Trump as a Pied Piper of sorts with the Deplorables following him! n/t

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[elleng]

1. Yes, and 'affirming' that his deplorable attributes are OK, with each new follower.

We're in deep do do.

[Pebbie]

4. trump the Pied Piper

But didn't the Pied Piper lead the rats to their death?

[elleng]

5. The Pied Piper of Hamelin

(German: Rattenfänger von Hameln also known as the Pan Piper, the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the subject of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied&quot clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away [1] with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others.

There are many contradictory theories about the Pied Piper. Some have been proposed suggesting he was a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin, which had been attacked by plague; he moved all the rats out from the town of Hamelin, thus saving the people from the epidemic disease.

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

[rickford66]

2. The rats followed him. And they followed the Pied Piper also.

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3. Yep!!!!! n/t