Trump Just Bullied A Child At White House Easter Egg Roll

[mfcorey1]

President Trump’s narcissistic self-absorption and shocking refusal to show even the smallest courtesy or compassion for others was on full display this morning at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Meant to be a day for children to meet the leader of their nation and to have some fun, Trump inevitably made it about himself. When one child asked him to sign his hat, Trump happily did so… before flinging the hat far into the crowd, prompting a cry of rage from the disappointed child who just learned that hard way what kind of a man Donald Trump really is.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/04/17/trump-just-bullied-child-white-house-easter-egg-roll/

[get the red out]

1. He can't help himself

He is rotten to the core.

[nikibatts]

58. MAKE IT GO VIRAL!!

[smirkymonkey]

2. What an asshole!

Why? Why would an adult do that to a child? Especially if that adult is the effing President of the United States!

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. You are a person without a personality disorder, so you might as well

stand in front of a cement wall and ask it why in holy hell did it make it rain today.

you will get the same answer...the wall might make more sense though

[GoCubsGo]

77. That is the understatement of the week.

It wouldn't surprise me if he treats his own kids like that. Ivanka excepted.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. It is his way or reminding everyone that everything, always must be about him and only him

He should be in a medical textbook under personality disorder, classic case.

What really pisses his base off to no end is it is now fully clear Barack Hussein Obama was and is a far far better person and president than this asshole.

[jmowreader]

85. Are you kidding, Eliot?

Richard Nixon was a better person and president than this asshole. Dubya Bush was better. Reagan was an utter shit but at least he could ACT like he enjoyed the company of children; Trump can't even do that.

[Eliot Rosewater]

89. I know, right! Anyway, it absolutely KILLS the cons that

a black man with the name of HUSSEIN was elected

TWICE

[luvMIdog]

4. it's all about him - he's a low life

[PsychoBabble]

6. of COURSE!

Thinking beyond his own nose is something he is genetically incapable of. Ivanka even had to "substitute" for his "heart" with the Syrian gassing ...

I have invented a new category recently:

Unacceptable Human Beings.

Trump was my first entry. I will continue to fill it with others who are blatantly cruel, and who exhibit psycho/socio-pathy.

[LOL Lib]

52. Rudy Ghouliani, Bannon, Qusay and Uday Trump

Your list needs to be expanded. I can provide further assistance if needed.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

53. I like this new category.

Dump definitely tops the list.


Blows my mind what an extreme example he is of severe >>like worst case<< pathological, malevolent narcissism.

[Initech]

71. I could add a few more!

Mitch McConnell
Paul Ryan
Mike Pence
Alex Jones
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity
Milo Yiannopulous
Jeff Sessions
Charles Koch
David Koch
Roger Ailes
Rick Wiles
John Hagee
Ted Cruz
Jerry Falwell Jr
Ann Coulter
The cast of Mama June: Hot Or Not
The cast of Duck Dynasty

[Homeoutside]

7. Awe...

It'll toughen 'em up. That way they can grow up to be just like him.

[spanone]

8. little assholes?

[Grammy23]

9. What else do you expect from this asshole?

He probably had his mind on other things...like how soon he could get back to Mar-a-Lago for some R&R.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. A tweet on this. . .

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Foccupydemocrats.com%2F2017%2F04%2F17%2Ftrump-just-bullied-child-white-house-easter-egg-roll%2F

[FakeNoose]

30. He's showing off and acting cool for the cameras

He knows he's being filmed so he has to show off.
If there were no cameras running, he'd be gone already.

Also Ivanka's not there to tell him how to behave.



Just sayin'

[pangaia]

31. He did it twice, looks like to me.

[Glimmer of Hope]

36. Yes he did. It appears he doesn't have a clue.

[Runningdawg]

43. Neither does the kid

who handed him the 2nd hat after seeing what happened to the first.

[thesquanderer]

50. I agree. Now having seen the video, I don't think it was malicious. Just (literally) thoughtless.

So I think the OP title is misleading, it wasn't bullying. I don't think he even realized what he did.

[pangaia]

61. I think he did. After throwing the first hat away, having been asked to sign it,

he said, "NO!" which to him is a funny joke..


Fucking asshole.

[thesquanderer]

63. From what I saw on the video, he did not say "NO!" Someone in the crowd did. (n/t)

[pangaia]

64. Ah, ok.. Wasn't sure..

Still a jackass, as KO calls him...

[7962]

68. That kid caught the hat in this clip. You see him walk away with it. Its behind the crowd

http://www.snappytv.com/tc/4476774

[skylucy]

76. I clicked on your link and all I see is a black screen.

[7962]

80. The clip was tweeted by Micah Grimes from NBC News. ETA: clip added

I cant seem to find any link other than the one I had in the post. I did have to click "run plugin" to view it though. I'll keep looking

ETA: Scroll to bottom of the original story for the other clip
https://www.popsugar.com/news/Donald-Trump-Signs-Throws-Kid-Autographed-Hat-43439477

[randome]

12. I think he is so nervous about being in the public spotlight...

...that he loses his train of thought and defaults to doing something that seems, in his mind, to be part of the awesome, no-holds-barred persona he has spent decades building.

This guy has major personality flaws.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"
-Slap Shot (1977)[/center][/font][hr]

[Hortensis]

25. Yes. But if not nervous (we know he loves attention), maybe

is oblivious to what would be obvious without thinking to normal people? Otoh, perhaps he has become more nervous as negative feedback to his behavior piles up!

In any case, perhaps these variations from everyday normal will help clue in people who can't evaluate him politically that there is something wrong with him -- as enough finally cumulatively break through the right-wing media bubble barrier enough, of course.

After all, how many got to see him try to jerk world leaders into his personal space while shaking their hands? I'm kinda hopeful for this WH Easter egg one.

[Flaleftist]

67. He's no stranger to the spotlight.

He loves attention. He may not have intentionally been an asshole, but I think his problems go beyond personality flaws and into the area of dementia and psychosis.

[MindPilot]

13. A young 45 in '55

[beam me up scottie]

17. LMAO! Perfect!

[BootinUp]

55. +1

[Initech]

73. Where are Marty and Doc when you need them?

[DFW]

14. Not at all surprising. My sister was at a Trump event for children a few years ago

Besides having done a few gigs (as a Peanuts character) at the White House Easter Egg Roll during the Obama years, she was also doing something similar at at event in NJ for underprivileged kids that Trump was to appear at. So what happened? Trump flew in on his helicopter. He got out, told these ghetto kids that if they worked hard like he had, someday they would have their own helicopter, too. Then he got back into his helicopter and flew off. I'm sure America's youth really got an inspiration out of that, right?

This isn't some new sign of dementia. This is really how the man is. If there's anyone out there who does NOT pity his ten year old son yet, it's not too late.....

[mopinko]

23. the thing about dementia, is that it can make you more you.

when my mil was finally dx'd we realized that she had had it for a while. the weird things she did seemed like just her being her.
she developed some paranoia, too. told stories about my sil that were equally easy to believe because of the toxic relationship that they had.

it takes the brakes off, and for most people, it lets that inner jerk out of the box.
we didnt even know my mom had an inner jerk till she started to lose it. if you are already a jerk, you go way, way jerky.

he can still talk, but if you look at older vids, he can carry on a normal conversation. he had plenty of words. now he is down to a few hundred.

i want an autopsy when the asshole dies.
it will be hard to wait around for that, but they really need to look at his brain.

i would like to see cognitive testing added to the expected health statements for candidates. i think that phony dr letter is gonna look a lot bigger in the rearview mirror.

[DFW]

47. I'm just waiting for a "Men In Black" diagnosis

When they take open his cranium, there will be nothing but a transmission box receiving instructions from somewhere else.

Actually, now that you mention it, my father-in-law NEVER spoke about his WWII experiences. He was 18 when a retreating unit saw him barely moving after an artillery shell had blown off part of his leg. Gangrene set in, but a field hospital somewhere in the Ukraine finally amputated enough so that it stopped spreading upwards.

He was so traumatized that he refused to discus what had happened to him. In his final stages of Parkinson's disease, over 50 years later, his mind started to go, and the inhibitions were removed. He started re-living the battle of Stalingrad as he had lived it, calling out to long-dead guys in his unit to watch out for incoming artillery shells. His willpower to suppress the memories had finally been stripped away.

Trump obviously never was called on to be in such a situation, but maybe this is indeed the beginning of a similar process. If so, it's not too soon to brush up on the 25th Amendment's requirements, not that the thought of Pence in the Oval gives any more comfort.

[WinkyDink]

54. I don't agree with this "diagnosis" at all. MANY people with dementia act totally out of character.

My husband died from dementia-related issues in 2014. For the 42 years I'd known him, he was the sweetest man to me.

But he said some very nasty things to me in the 6 months before he passed away (though his final words to me were loving and "normal.&quot . I'd like to think the negative comments were an aberration, not a revelation.

[mopinko]

57. of course they do.

but i think if any of us had tourette's, we would likely surprise those around us w those things that flit through the brain. it isnt really how we feel.
but when those filters come off, things come out. my mom's behavior was often very shocking. but she also was very like her old self, tho completely out of context.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

74. I'd like an autopsy

And I don't want to wait until he dies.

[mopinko]

75. .

[BlancheSplanchnik]

86. Oh c'mon,

Everyone knows that's what we're all thinking!

🤐😬

[mopinko]

87. i know.

you're just not supposed to put it in print.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

88. :D

heeeee!

😁

[Kentonio]

15. What the fuck goes through this asshole's brain..

[vlyons]

20. what goes through his brain?

I I I me me me mine mine mine 24x7x365

So far, he has proven incapable of putting the benefit and happiness of others before himself. Except maybe his immediate family, who are also probably just more mine mine mine. It's really quite sad and pathetic. This guy cannot be happy. Oh well ...

[JHB]

65. Pretty much the same as what goes through his colon.

[Orrex]

16. How much did he charge the kid for it?

[gratuitous]

21. The kid didn't have a 20 on him

So it's really his own fault for making President Trump do that. Next time the little twerp will know to bring ready cash to a negotiation.

[Orrex]

24. LOL

A teachable moment, to be sure!

[beam me up scottie]

18. And people want him to get a pet?

Can you imagine how he would treat an animal?

[Shrike47]

19. When he sees the blowback, he'll make a media circus of giving kid a MAGA hat.

The man is such an ass.

[Ken Burch]

26. Not only that, he'll complain if we don't PRAISE him for it-

-and if we don't take that moment as proof that HE IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME, BIGLY!!!

[loyalsister]

22. I can't help but remember Pres. Obama and kids

The contrast is stunning!

[True Dough]

27. The difference between sincere compassion

and complete self-absorption.

I MISS OBAMA!!!

[FakeNoose]

28. Love this! +1000

[Laf.La.Dem.]

29. WHAT - you expect Trump to hug a black boy!!!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. It's President Gallant vs. President Goofus. nt

[nolabear]

45. PERFECT.

[byronius]

34. Man, we got so lucky with that guy. So lucky. We never deserved him.

Best President Ever.

[loyalsister]

41. Nope, we didn't

He was definitely not our average president. I've heard Jimmy Carter described as the most honorable man to have served as president. I see similar qualities in Obama. Kindness, compassion, grace, humility, sincerity, honesty....

[3catwoman3]

38. Now I'm gonna cry.

I could use an Obama hug, too.

[NastyRiffraff]

40. That is just beautiful

And as others have said, what a contrast.

The saddest thing about Dump's hat-tossing is that it's not at all surprising coming from him.

[loyalsister]

42. Exactly

We were surprised and amazed to see photos of a president crawling around on the floor with a baby. And to see him bend down to let a boy feel his hair.

Obama's humility was revealed repeatedly in his interactions with kids.

[uppityperson]

83. Barack is so genuiune

[yardwork]

33. Any parent who brought their child to this event is at fault, imo.

That is not a safe space for a child.

[Adrahil]

35. So, he stole a child's hat?

Hopefully the child and his parents will always remember what an asshole he is!

[Fast Walker 52]

37. he's a TOTAL dick... but we already knew that

[IronLionZion]

39. What will it take for people to turn against him?

Every day he is daring us to throw him out of office.

And they had the audacity to say Hillary was unlikeable.

[nolabear]

44. Okay this is the first thing that makes me wonder about dementia.

I have stayed away from that. Lord knows he exhibits behavior that has many disturbing implications, but could come from many kinds of pathologies. And I am NOT diagnosing, just musing on an observation. He does and says a tremendous number of things that are content free. "Unpredictable" is great code for "winging it." That makes me wonder how much he actually digests but it isn't necessarily a dementia issue. But this one, this mental hiccup where an act is disconnected from The here and now but attached to something that one is remembering and preoccupied with (the campaign and feeling of greatness and playing to a crowd by flinging hats) is an awful lot like a skipped neurological beat. Same with the nudge during the anthem. He seemed delighted with being on that balcony in front of a crowd. He seemed to be in the much loved campaign fantasy. Being president and representative of the office didn't seem to be in his awareness.

Again, not diagnosing. But I'm watching with a different eye.

[VigilantG]

59. And at an event FOR children, I'm with you

On the mental state though.

[lunatica]

69. You may have something there

His mental process just slipped right into the synapse he created during the campaign. My mother had Dementia, so I was reading what you wrote with scepticism and ready to disagree, but what you said makes sense. He may have been caught up in his own much used mental pathway.

Of course there's definitely something wrong with some connectivity activity in his mental processes.

[flying-skeleton]

46. Any kid who asks the whitehouse shitgibbon to sign his hat ...

DESERVED EXACTLY THAT !!

[demmiblue]

49. .

[lunatica]

70. That's great! Blame the victims..

[Angry Dragon]

48. too bad he did not throw himself at the crowd

[Doitnow]

51. Who is it that said, "The fish rots from the head"?

[HockeyMom]

56. Did Melania see this?

She was there. If she could nudge her husband to raise his arm in salute, she could not go after that child's hat? Even if your husband, and father of your child, is a creep, you as a mother cannot do something about it?

Motherly instinct to protect not just your own child, but other children as well.

[Hamlette]

60. they're lucky he didn't say "get off my lawn" nt

[TheFrenchRazor]

62. wow; reality is that a lot of his supporters like this kind of behavior. nt

[oberliner]

66. This story is a lie

What is described in the paragraph is not what occurred.

[onenote]

72. agreed. the hat wasn't flung "far into the crowd". In fact the kid who handed him the hat caught it.

It was weird that Trump threw the hat and fortunate for the kid that he was able to snag it, but he ended up with the hat.

Check the video linked at post #68.

[7962]

81. here is video of what REALLY happened

https://www.popsugar.com/news/Donald-Trump-Signs-Throws-Kid-Autographed-Hat-43439477

Scroll to the bottom for the other video from NBC News

[mr_lebowski]

84. Absolutely NO REASON for our side to lie ... the actual truth is bad enough ...

Then again, constant lying and propaganda seems to work pretty well for their side, so ...

[xor]

92. I'm annoyed by the people who first pushed that story.

I don't mean the people here on DU, but rather the people who first reported it as if they saw it happen as originally described.

[alarimer]

78. What a piece of shit he is.

Just mean, in my opinion, for no reason.

[Demtexan]

79. Did he mix like President Obama with the kids.

I know stupid question.

You know he did not want to be there.

Just being a jerk.

[Cha]

82. Poor kid on all fronts.

[linuxman]

90. Fake news.

Link to tweet

[jmg257]

91. Clever editing in that fake news video.