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lunatica

(53,410 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:38 PM Jan 2019

Trump fell for his own conceited image of himself

He’s always been cunning and mean, and he’s a con man, totally sold on his own inflated opinion of himself and of everyone else being stupidly gullible. He knows how he can best manipulate low intelligence, greedy people because deep down he’s just like them.

And it works. He is a master at it, just like he knew himself to be. But, and this is his downfall, he never understood anyone who isn’t either low intelligence, greedy or gullible. He just assumed those people were in the minority and could easily be dismissed, mocked and overcome. As it turns out he underestimated the numbers of people who are intelligent enough to see what he is. And the fact he keeps repeating the con again and again long after he’s been defeated is a sign of his inability to learn from his own mistakes. It’s also a sign of a limited intelligence because of the absence of any rational reasoning ability. He’s a prime example of someone who has made up his mind and who just gets confused if something doesn’t fit into his pre-conceived, unbendable opinions.

In the end he will be defeated by his own ignorance of human nature. But he won’t learn anything useful, just like he never learned in 7 decades. At best he will die a bitter old man feeling he was cheated of his rightful rewards, plotting his vengeful comeback.

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Trump fell for his own conceited image of himself (Original Post) lunatica Jan 2019 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Jan 2019 #1
Hopefully his last days are spent in a prison cell. Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #2
And I hope that starts sooner than later n/t lunatica Jan 2019 #4
well said TeamPooka Jan 2019 #3
insanity? Yonnie3 Jan 2019 #5
Or stupidity and low IQ. lunatica Jan 2019 #6
Lord knows he'll never get over himself Blue Owl Jan 2019 #7
Knows how best he can manipulate low intelligence, greedy people... TlalocW Jan 2019 #8
Am I reading your post right? lunatica Jan 2019 #10
No, that Trump manipulates his base TlalocW Jan 2019 #16
He is a one trick pony malaise Jan 2019 #9
He seems to believe he never needs an exit strategy lunatica Jan 2019 #11
The truth is that Don the Con is a vulgar, evil, depraved human being malaise Jan 2019 #12
I hope you aren't insulting all lunatics! lunatica Jan 2019 #14
ROFL malaise Jan 2019 #15
Allrightythen! lunatica Jan 2019 #18
It's his inability to foresee the consequences of his words and actions FakeNoose Jan 2019 #13
He does not think - he reacts/performs malaise Jan 2019 #17
Fuck Donald Trump.... czarjak Jan 2019 #19
I second that! lunatica Jan 2019 #22
If you don't have a brain you have lots of room for an echo chamber. erronis Jan 2019 #20
Well said. nt DesertRat Jan 2019 #21

Response to lunatica (Original post)

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
8. Knows how best he can manipulate low intelligence, greedy people...
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:26 PM
Jan 2019

Because deep down, he's just like them.

This is something on the right I've noticed that has no real counterpart on the left. Individual or Group B is at point X on the right side of the political spectrum. He looks further right and he sees Individuals or Group C. B is a lot like C so B understands them well, but C believes in something a little too wacky for B's tastes. B could leave it well enough alone or maybe help C get over it, but instead, B sees a market to make money off of C, creating a product or program or whatever, that plays off C's fears. Thus you get all the ads about gold and whatnot when Glen Beck was still big, for example.

Why start at B? Because further left of B is Individual or Group A doing the exact same thing to B that B is doing to C (who's doing it to D who's doing it to E and so on).

TlalocW

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. Am I reading your post right?
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:31 PM
Jan 2019

That the Left is manipulating Trump in the same way he manipulates his base?

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
16. No, that Trump manipulates his base
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:56 PM
Jan 2019

And in general conservatives are fine exploiting the fears of their fellow conservatives to make a buck.

TlalocW

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
11. He seems to believe he never needs an exit strategy
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:33 PM
Jan 2019

except maybe to lie, even though his lie is also a transparent lie.

malaise

(267,827 posts)
12. The truth is that Don the Con is a vulgar, evil, depraved human being
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:37 PM
Jan 2019

He is also a fucking lunatic

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
13. It's his inability to foresee the consequences of his words and actions
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:48 PM
Jan 2019

I mean he literally cannot infer or project anything. It goes like this: "If I say A and if I do B, then C might happen. Or it might not. Maybe D will happen instead and that would be a big problem." It's the kind of thinking we all do as adults, and Cheeto literally cannot think that way.

I'm pretty sure it's a sign of mental aberration. My sister lacks the same planning ability and she's been diagnosed with FTD - fronto-temporal dementia.

malaise

(267,827 posts)
17. He does not think - he reacts/performs
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:59 PM
Jan 2019

He is completely and totally irrational. It's all about him being important, dominant - the boss. Hence Schumer and Pelosi were able to bait him into owning the shutdown.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
20. If you don't have a brain you have lots of room for an echo chamber.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 05:27 PM
Jan 2019

I don't know how the russkis/libertarians hollowed his out and replaced it with a small radio receiver/transmitter, but that does leave a bunch of space for self-adoration.

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