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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:23 PM Aug 2018

Trump's disgraceful use of the word "disgrace"...

As we have seen whenever Donald Trump disagrees with someone or an issue, he has his own negative dictionary of words to describe it or them. It may be a "shame" or it may be "pathetic" but whatever it is, it will be negative in tone.

But when he is really angry or somebody has said something that deeply offends him or threatens him in some manner, he seems to resort to his favorite word, "disgrace".

His latest utilization was in his defense of Paul Manafort, just before he got on his plane to go to New Jersey. to go golfing.

It's "sad" for our country, he said. It's a "disgrace" what they are doing to Paul Manafort. He's a "very good person", he said, in hopes that a friendly juror may have been listening.

We should note that when the trump uses "disgrace", he feels personally threatened. Just as he does in this Manafort trial.

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Trump's disgraceful use of the word "disgrace"... (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2018 OP
disgrace/disgust are psychologically powerful unblock Aug 2018 #1
I'm guessing he heard Lindsay Aug 2018 #3
He has a 24 word vocabulary C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #2
It dawned on me this morning PatSeg Aug 2018 #4

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
3. I'm guessing he heard
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:32 PM
Aug 2018

"disgrace" and "disgust" from his father every day of his life.

(Just playing internet psychologist here, although I know from verbally abusive parents.)

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
4. It dawned on me this morning
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:34 PM
Aug 2018

that perhaps that was a word he heard a lot as a child from one or both of his parents. He was known for having serious behavior problems and was probably called a "disgrace" frequently before being sent away to military school.

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