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Mike 03

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4. His unprecedented predictability and penchant for grandiosity and self-pity makes

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:37 PM

Jul 2020

him so easy to manipulate. Yet he's blind to how he's been used. But it also makes him so easy to trigger, and we've begun to use that to our advantage.

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Donald Trump Is a Broken Man [View all] teach1st Jul 2020 OP

He always has been. Nt dflprincess Jul 2020 #1

+1. We knew early 2016 if not before. Now w Mary Trump we understand how he broke: monster father.nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #7

He defines The Dunning Kruger Effect agingdem Jul 2020 #15

broken things need to fixed or dumped Kali Jul 2020 #2

' . . . a prisoner of his resentments' empedocles Jul 2020 #3

I can imagine the psychic torment this man suffers under teach1st Jul 2020 #5

' . . . and physical torments, which may be a product of trump's sick life' empedocles Jul 2020 #6

Oh, that was Carrie Fisher? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #11

Brainyquote.com says St Augustine said it. You hear it raccoon Jul 2020 #17

Ah, thanks! lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #18

His unprecedented predictability and penchant for grandiosity and self-pity makes Mike 03 Jul 2020 #4

he IS his dysfunctions. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #8

He simply wasn't all there. Xipe Totec Jul 2020 #9

Further down in the article Rorey Jul 2020 #10

Reagan was at least smart enough to hire good speechwriters. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #12

And not only did he have good speech writers Rorey Jul 2020 #13

Reagan had old-school Hollywood acting experience. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #14

Well one thing I can say that gives me some satisfaction BillyBobBrilliant Jul 2020 #16

Trump completely blows a wiffleball question. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #19