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So, the president who lectures football players disrespects a military widow on the phone (Original Post) Yavin4 Oct 2017 OP
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Oct 2017 #1
Trump's actions are not by accident. I wonder if Putin/Russia are telling Trump what to do daily? Botany Oct 2017 #2
Well, because this is a Plutonomy. The end. HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #3

Botany

(70,447 posts)
2. Trump's actions are not by accident. I wonder if Putin/Russia are telling Trump what to do daily?
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 11:48 AM
Oct 2017

Gaslighting
A form of intimidation or psychological abuse, sometimes called Ambient Abuse where false information is presented to the victim, making them doubt their own memory, perception and quite often, their sanity. The classic example of gas lighting is to switch something around on someone that you know they're sure to notice, but then deny knowing anything about it, and to explain that they "must be imagining things" when they challenge these changes.

BTW many of the stand for the flag, stand for the troops, & stand for the anthem web sites are
out of Russia ..... they (trump/russia) want Americans to be upset.

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