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applegrove

(118,501 posts)
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 07:12 PM Apr 2017

Donald Trumps Associated Press interview: 10 things we learned (but may have already known)

by Jeremy Binckes at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/24/donald-trumps-ap-interview-10-takeaways-from-his-most-jaw-dropping-statements/

"SNIP...............


3. Trump had no idea what it means to actually be president.

Being president means making tough decisions and doing things that are for the greater good, but not for you. Someone is just now getting the memo. As he said:

No 1. there’s great responsibility. When it came time to, as an example, send out the 59 missiles, the Tomahawks in Syria. I’m saying to myself, “You know, this is more than just like, 79 [sic] missiles. This is death that’s involved,” because people could have been killed. . . . So you know, I really just see the bigness of it all, but also the responsibility. And the human responsibility. You know, the human life that’s involved in some of the decisions.
And the president added:

Well in business, you don’t necessarily need heart, whereas here, almost everything affects people. . . . Here, everything, pretty much everything you do in government, involves heart, whereas in business, most things don’t involve heart. . . . In fact, in business you’re actually better off without it.


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Donald Trumps Associated Press interview: 10 things we learned (but may have already known) (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2017 OP
Fucking douchbag.. pangaia Apr 2017 #1
Groper Don the Con is a fucking lunatic malaise Apr 2017 #2
I already knew irisblue Apr 2017 #3
Actually, even in business, you're better off with a heart unblock Apr 2017 #4

malaise

(268,717 posts)
2. Groper Don the Con is a fucking lunatic
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 07:18 PM
Apr 2017

Spicer has good ratings like soap operas. I wish I could laugh

irisblue

(32,932 posts)
3. I already knew
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 07:22 PM
Apr 2017

he is a dumbass eff-er. Reading those speech patterns of the fool & then hearing President Obama speak on the radio today almost made me misty eyed.

unblock

(52,126 posts)
4. Actually, even in business, you're better off with a heart
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 07:48 PM
Apr 2017

Without a heart, you'd end up running a business that profits from lying and screwing suppliers and customers and lenders and everyone around you and... oh, never mind....

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