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In reply to the discussion: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH TRUMP??!?? [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)119. I'm prone to agree - he was seen as a useful idiot.
However, knowing his relentless greed and narcissism, I strongly suspect his initial reason for running in the primaries was that he saw it as an opportunity to give the Trump name (what he saw as his main asset) wide exposure and credibility.
In other words, free advertising and TV exposure all over the world - paid for by others.
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Bingo. The 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner was too much for him to handle. NT
Bleacher Creature
Sep 2018
#8
That is the meanest (and justifiably so) I ever saw President Obama be. Including when he
rzemanfl
Sep 2018
#25
To think how good it would have been for it to have all ended right there at that dinner.
yonder
Sep 2018
#103
Yup!! It started when O became prez and the deal was sealed at the WHC dinner
Thekaspervote
Sep 2018
#53
he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever AND the dumbest motherfucker in..
Cha
Sep 2018
#10
I've got something for his headstone, it ain't a post but it does begin with a pee.
yonder
Sep 2018
#105
If he fires Mueller or Rosenstein there will be protests in a thousand US cities within hours of an
BigmanPigman
Sep 2018
#69
I honestly think he got in race for publicity, then is racists rants gained traction.
Hoyt
Sep 2018
#14
Absolutely! He did not think he would win but it fed his ego to be in the running.
keithbvadu2
Sep 2018
#55
He obviously is not enjoying himself; anyone with any sense would just resign.
northoftheborder
Sep 2018
#52
he is the most arrogant, narcissistic, ego maniac ever, or the dumbest m/f in recorded history
iluvtennis
Sep 2018
#61
"It's not a bug! It's a feature!" --- Republicans like folks like him out front,
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#104