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kpete

(71,986 posts) Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:51 AM Jan 2017

Trump is a "Blunt Instrument For Us: Bannon Told Me. "I Don't Know Whether He Really Gets It Or Not"

TRUMP IS A “BLUNT INSTRUMENT FOR US,” BANNON TOLD ME. “I DON’T KNOW WHETHER HE REALLY GETS IT OR NOT.”

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http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/breitbart-stephen-bannon-donald-trump-master-plan

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Trump is a "Blunt Instrument For Us: Bannon Told Me. "I Don't Know Whether He Really Gets It Or Not" (Original Post) kpete Jan 2017 OP

A lot of his more cynical followers MountCleaners Jan 2017 #1

He's a mental case, and he's being used by both sides or should I say all 3 sides - his kids, too. woodsprite Jan 2017 #2

Putin's "useful idiot" GusBob Jan 2017 #3

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)

1. A lot of his more cynical followers

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:54 AM

Jan 2017

talk about him as if he were an instrument to getting what they want.

Like, "ha ha that border wall is so great, that's hilarious." As if to say, "isn't he just outrageous?" They love it, but they're kind of being condescending to him.