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highplainsdem

(49,029 posts)
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:27 PM Feb 2019

Rick Wilson: Nothing tells me more about Trump's character than that he hates dogs





I'm not being flippant when I say there's nothing that tells me more about his character than that he hates dogs.






Wilson was commenting on this tweet from Philip Rucker:






Reupping my piece from last year on Trump’s love of “like a dog” canine insults and his aversion to dogs as pets

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/like-a-dog-trump-has-a-long-history-of-using-canine-insults-to-dehumanize-enemies/2018/08/14/d0c67fb8-9fce-11e8-83d2-70203b8d7b44_story.html
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Rick Wilson: Nothing tells me more about Trump's character than that he hates dogs (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2019 OP
It's so true Lotusflower70 Feb 2019 #1
He can't even love a dog vlyons Feb 2019 #2
That poor little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel! madaboutharry Feb 2019 #3
Yep. It's dog abuse. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #6
I have a feeling that dogs wouldn't like him. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2019 #4
Dogs can be mighty insightful. calimary Feb 2019 #21
He appears to hate all pets, indeed all animals. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #5
I bet if he had a dog, it would be found hanging from a lamp post one day. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #16
I have a feeling most animals would not like Dump. roamer65 Feb 2019 #7
Does Trump love anyone besides himself? at140 Feb 2019 #8
I'm not sure he even loves himself. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2019 #12
Are we sure he even loves himself? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2019 #18
He specifically said he would not want to have to walk a dog dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #37
This! Wawannabe Feb 2019 #9
He thought the Pence's were "low class" for bringing their pets to DC. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #10
He must despise Queen Elizabeth. Duppers Feb 2019 #23
That is what I said in an earlier thread. The Queen adores her dogs and brings them smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #24
his dislike of dogs makes perfect sense Takket Feb 2019 #11
I'm sure dogs hate Pussy Grabber too. I have a Chihuahua and a Rat Terrier BigDemVoter Feb 2019 #13
I hope a dog bites his nuts off world wide wally Feb 2019 #14
How do we know it hasn't already happened? calimary Feb 2019 #22
Hahahahahaha! Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #31
Many people are saying happybird Feb 2019 #32
Good point world wide wally Feb 2019 #34
I can imagine a dog walking up to Trump and lifting his leg... The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #15
He's probably been bitten by a dog or two. Dogs sense livetohike Feb 2019 #17
Not hard enough. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #25
trump hates dogs trueblue2007 Feb 2019 #19
Ugh. Disagree with Brooke Janus! No dog deserves Neema Feb 2019 #33
I could imagine Trump having an aquarium full of piranhas. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #20
Or a tank of rare Japanese fighting fish... smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #26
how about 20 of these ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #27
He never even cared for his own children kskiska Feb 2019 #28
Barron is almost the saddest looking child I have ever seen. Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #35
I just heard that he finally admitted he doesn't like dogs during his trip ti El Paso. napi21 Feb 2019 #29
And it is always about him, no matter the topic. ooky Feb 2019 #30
He hates dogs because, duforsure Feb 2019 #36

Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)
1. It's so true
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:30 PM
Feb 2019

Animals are smart. They know who to trust and who not to trust. You can learn a lot from animals. If a person treats animals bad, they are a shitty person.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
2. He can't even love a dog
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:32 PM
Feb 2019

They are just needy objects to him. Is it any wonder that he's OK with trophy hunting African big game?

madaboutharry

(40,219 posts)
3. That poor little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel!
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:33 PM
Feb 2019

The look on that dog’s face is saying:

“Please help me! My owner is a crazy Trumper who is making me wear this horrible shirt! WTF! Save me.”

calimary

(81,441 posts)
21. Dogs can be mighty insightful.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:25 AM
Feb 2019

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out dogs don’t like him. Cats probably don’t either.

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
16. I bet if he had a dog, it would be found hanging from a lamp post one day.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 11:17 PM
Feb 2019

.

He would kill anything he feels he has dominion over.

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at140

(6,110 posts)
8. Does Trump love anyone besides himself?
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:42 PM
Feb 2019

Dogs require love and attention from their human masters. Trump is incapable of that.

12. I'm not sure he even loves himself.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:55 PM
Feb 2019

Otherwise, why would he need to have all these rallies where he's surrounded by people who tell him how great he is? And why do his lies about the size of his rallies get bigger and bigger? It's almost as if he's trying to prove that he is lovable by using external metrics.

Many, many psychology students will earn their doctorates with dissertations written about this man-child.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
37. He specifically said he would not want to have to walk a dog
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 06:57 PM
Feb 2019


something along he lines of "what would I look like having to walk a dog on the lawn"....emphasis of course on HIS image, HIS having to care for something.
really is best he doesn't want to have any dependent critters. Look what he has done with his kids, once they were old enough to be inducted into his crime empire.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. He thought the Pence's were "low class" for bringing their pets to DC.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:53 PM
Feb 2019

Not only does he not like dogs, or any pets, he insults people who do like them.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
23. He must despise Queen Elizabeth.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:33 AM
Feb 2019

She has a few. And I believe she thinks he is low class. Her Corgis are much nicer than TRump ever dreamed of being.

🐕

Correction: The Queen HAD a few. From Wiki:
"

At a young age, the Queen’s passion for this breed started when her father, King George VI, brought home their first royal corgi who was later named “Dookie”.[27] The Queen ceased breeding corgis around 2012 so as not to leave any behind after she dies; her last corgi, Willow, died 18 April 2018.[28]"


 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. That is what I said in an earlier thread. The Queen adores her dogs and brings them
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:39 AM
Feb 2019

everywhere. If she does it, how can it possibly be low-class, like the way Trump was when he walked ahead of her at their meeting. He is such a vulgar, ill-bred boor.

Takket

(21,620 posts)
11. his dislike of dogs makes perfect sense
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:55 PM
Feb 2019

animal companions provide much needed and desired unconditional love and empathy to people. A concept drumpf could never understand and in fact finds disgusting.

BigDemVoter

(4,156 posts)
13. I'm sure dogs hate Pussy Grabber too. I have a Chihuahua and a Rat Terrier
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:57 PM
Feb 2019

and I know they would just LOATHE Pussy Grabber & would more than likely bite him.

livetohike

(22,160 posts)
17. He's probably been bitten by a dog or two. Dogs sense
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 11:18 PM
Feb 2019

evil. Now that it’s out in the open maybe some of his MAGAts will disown him.

trueblue2007

(17,237 posts)
19. trump hates dogs
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 11:41 PM
Feb 2019

Trump is the first modern president not to have a dog — or any pet — in the White House.

America’s first president, George Washington, set the tone by breeding foxhounds. In recent decades, Ronald Reagan had Rex; George H.W. Bush had Millie; Bill Clinton had Buddy; George W. Bush had Spotty, Barney and Miss Beazley; and Barack Obama had Bo and Sunny.

The last president not to have a dog was William McKinley, who served from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. But even he had pets — a parrot and roosters.

“Theodore Roosevelt sometimes would have over 30 pets in the White House because the president had such a love of God’s creatures,” said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, who authored a Roosevelt biography.

Brinkley suggested that Trump has no pets “because he has no sense of giving and warmth and caring to any other animal but himself. Having no pet is another manifestation of his narcissism.”

Brooke Janis, who co-authored “First Dogs,” a book about presidential pets, recalled the adage often attributed to former president Harry S. Truman, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”

“This is a president who needs a friend,” Janis said of Trump. “Having a dog offers unconditional love, and that is something that this president desires so deeply and can’t seem to find.”

Neema

(1,151 posts)
33. Ugh. Disagree with Brooke Janus! No dog deserves
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:17 AM
Feb 2019

the punishment of being forced to live with that vile family of grifters. No animal deserves such a fate.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
28. He never even cared for his own children
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:54 AM
Feb 2019

until they were old enough to work for him. Just look at poor Barron. Have you ever seen Trump genuinely interact with him? Does he even ever play golf with him?

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
35. Barron is almost the saddest looking child I have ever seen.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:20 AM
Feb 2019

Can you imagine how he feels? They can't shelter him from what the world thinks about his father.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
29. I just heard that he finally admitted he doesn't like dogs during his trip ti El Paso.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:59 AM
Feb 2019

I told my husband "I knew there was a reason i hated that btard, and I just found out why! He hates dogs." I'm a bit surprised he hasn't gotten bit by a dog, or many dogs, over the years. I bet if he decided to get a dog to appear to be a better president, he'd never find one that would like HIM!

I have always trusted my dogs to be a great judge of strangers. If they don't like somebody, I don't pursue any kind of relationship with that person. If they do like them, we usually end up being friends.

Many times, I find out later, the person my dogs didn't like demonstrate they aren't good people.

ooky

(8,928 posts)
30. And it is always about him, no matter the topic.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:08 AM
Feb 2019

He asked his audience "HOW WOULD I LOOK walking a dog?"

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
36. He hates dogs because,
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:41 AM
Feb 2019

He can't con them , and they can't give him payoffs with money, and they won't obey him , and he knows they'll attack him at some point. He doesn't have the capacity to have compassion for anything else but himself.

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