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Doreen

(11,686 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:01 PM Sep 2017

WHY, does everyone keep calling trump a LEADER?

LEADER

2. A guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group.
Synonyms: lead, conduct, show, ( show the way ), usher, shepherd, direct, steer, pilot, escort, accompany, attend, and assist.





DICTATOR

2. A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
Synonyms: Autocrat ( absolute ruler ), despot, tyrant, oppressor.


I no way can see trump being a leader by definition. I see him working at and becoming successful at becoming a dictator.

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WHY, does everyone keep calling trump a LEADER? (Original Post) Doreen Sep 2017 OP
he's a piss-poor leader, but he is a leader. in the sense of leading us into the abyss.... unblock Sep 2017 #1
Well, according to his piss ants who follow him yes. Doreen Sep 2017 #3
that's where we differ. i don't consider "leader" to be an honor. unblock Sep 2017 #6
I don't... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #2
Good Doreen Sep 2017 #4
He's the leader of the Fee World Rollo Sep 2017 #5
No, Merkle and Trudeau are. Doreen Sep 2017 #7
Merkle is not even at the UN. former9thward Sep 2017 #9
Try reading it again... Rollo Sep 2017 #10
Low standards atreides1 Sep 2017 #8
Trump's a leader like gonorrhea is a turn on. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #11
exactly!! Doreen Sep 2017 #12

unblock

(52,089 posts)
1. he's a piss-poor leader, but he is a leader. in the sense of leading us into the abyss....
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:17 PM
Sep 2017

thankfully he's incredibly inept.

but he certainly is a leader, at least to the 36%+/- who would follow him over a cliff if he said it would make america great again.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. Well, according to his piss ants who follow him yes.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:24 PM
Sep 2017

By literal definition however he is not. I would never ever bestow him the honor of calling him a leader.

unblock

(52,089 posts)
6. that's where we differ. i don't consider "leader" to be an honor.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:30 PM
Sep 2017

*good* leader would be an honor, and that, certainly, benedict donnie is not.

hitler was a leader. i don't need any more examples....

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
7. No, Merkle and Trudeau are.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:34 PM
Sep 2017

Since this asshole is doing everything to destroy a free world then he is not the leader of it.

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