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Trump had this to say at the White House when asked about Bernie Sanders making a second run for the presidency:
Personally, I think he missed his time, Trump said. But I like Bernie.
He is one person that -- on trade, he sort of would agree on trade. The problem is he doesnt know what to do about it.
Trump went on to say Sanders was not treated with respect by Hillary Clinton while insisting he would prevail in his own bid to be re-elected to the White House.
I wish Bernie well, it will be interesting to see how he does, Trump said.
I think what happened to Bernie Sanders four years ago was quite sad.
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)LonePirate
(13,429 posts)brush
(53,815 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)But he knows a good thing for him when he sees it.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)I'm so curious about this interdimensional chess prowess of Trump.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)You can't take anything the current White House resident says at face value. So if he says "I like Bernie" it doesn't matter. Nor does it have any bearing on anything.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Who knew?
R B Garr
(16,966 posts)of the divisiveness being drawn again. Trump likes Bernie, and oh, poor Bernie.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)I'm a little shocked at how quick Trump came out with his Bernie endorsement.
en·dorse·ment
Dictionary result for endorsement
/inˈdôrsmənt,enˈdôrsmənt/Submit
noun
1.
an act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something.
But yeah, I'm going to go ahead and call "I told you so!" on this one
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11838534
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)that would be awesome.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)You are most welcome.
Happy to be of service.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)money raised for Bernie is from donnie's pals.
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)yardwork
(61,690 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)The problem for him is that Democrats are prepared for this bullshit in 2020.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)when he granted that endorsement. Good news for him.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Back when Ronald Reagan won election, he was running an intense primary against GHWB.
Both sides were splintered worse than HRC & SBS, to the point where Republicans would have lost.
Ronald Reagan and GHWB fucking hated each other--I mean they fucking hated each other.
Instead of staying at odds, Reagan selected GHWB as his VP pick and 12 years of Republican presidency emerged.
Instead of picking a nationally unknown name, one only known by active Dems and regional states, the Democratic Primary winner would be best to select Sanders as their VP pick. No amount of Russian fuckery would surmount that.
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JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)are having a veritable hate-filled feeding frenzy over AOC and her political views, which are pretty much the same as Bernie's.
No doubt they see Bernie as harmful to Dems thus helpful to Donald, while AOC is a woman too young to run for POTUS.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)They are pulling what they did to Clinton and getting in on her early and often. By the time AOC is fifty they will have driven her negatives sky high. Fear of the successful woman.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Young, smart, charismatic, tough... but they don't.
Luckily, though, their attempts to run up a Dem woman's negatives don't always work. Pelosi's favorables have risen and unfavorables dropped since retaking Speaker, despite the GOP painting her as evil incarnate.
LexVegas
(6,088 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)is what makes Trump happy? That the "divisiveness" that so many are talking about is actually the hatred for him?
Just some food for thought. Don't let me disuade you from the current round of Bernie bashing.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)And as I said, the past is an excellent tutor, if we will listen. I choose to support actual Democrats, and it is my fervent hope that Bernie will have the good character to drop out early this time, before he causes real damage to the eventual party nominee.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)Maybe it isn't Bernie nor his supporters that Trump sees as the problem that will benefit him, but the people on DU that have so much hatred toward Bernie. THAT divisiveness is what makes Trump smile.
Apollyonus
(812 posts)mac56
(17,574 posts)Apollyonus
(812 posts)There ARE objective critics who cogently set forth proper historical events in logical context.
This is exactly the opposite of how the Democratic nominee was smeared during 2016.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)mac56
(17,574 posts)(smiles and edges slowly toward the exit...)
R B Garr
(16,966 posts)information from his indictments as to why the attacks on Hillary from Trump, Sanders, Stein are how we wound up with Trump. Those are known facts now. Who wouldnt hate that?? A lot was sacrificed. Trump is a global oligarch look what all that Clinton hate got us.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)Stop falling for what Trump wants. He wants Dems to hate Bernie. Don't give it to him.
Apollyonus
(812 posts)Sincerely,
Kettle
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)He's a candidate in the primary.
But whatever makes you happy I guess.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)Awesome. And it's those of us that support Sanders that are being divisive. Stay classy. And if you could stop implying that those of us on DU that support Sanders are Nazis, that'd be great.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)can it both ways.
R B Garr
(16,966 posts)them the Russia hoax. So Trump is lying about Bernie by denying what criminal indictments in the Mueller case show: Russia helped Trump, Sanders, Stein to harm our nominee common knowledge. Well-known facts now.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,946 posts)Just so the record's clear here.
Cha
(297,503 posts)cares that BS is running.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)brooklynite
(94,679 posts)Progressive dog
(6,917 posts)will use Bernie,just as they did against Hillary.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)And a pack of DUers get ready to heave. I know this because when I read the OP I was ready to heave.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Cha
(297,503 posts)knows this.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)Response to Maru Kitteh (Original post)
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Both men absolutely HATE Hillary, Obama and the Democratic party, and both men have personal interests being served by this quasi-symbiotic relationship.
Why do you think St. Bern steadfastly avoided calling out Trump's racism for months and months until all the whispers around him forced his hand?
R B Garr
(16,966 posts)SumDave1933
(28 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)Like most politicians he will lie if he thinks it will fracture his opposition. He aint stupid.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)He has no ideology beyond self. He does know a good thing for himself when he sees it, and he is clearly pleased.
pampango
(24,692 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Trump cares about Trump.
He's sure he can fleece any ism he lives under. He's fleeced the denizens of many an ism, for quite some time.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)recognize a useful idiot who could be endlessly beneficial when he sees one...
and there was a LOT of mutual admiration kissy-kissy wink-wink at each other during the '16 primaries...
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 19, 2019, 11:37 PM - Edit history (1)
pampango
(24,692 posts)synonymous with dictatorship though that this the message that the GOP likes to scare people with.
There are many European countries, particularly in Scandinavia, that have very liberal, democratic societies with a mix of 'socialism' and capitalism. 'Socialism' is a scary term only if one buys what conservatives are selling. Bernie seems to support more of a 'European model' for the US more 'socialism' (not 100%, of course) and regulated capitalism (like created by FDR).
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Whodathunkit?!?!
lapucelle
(18,303 posts)Apollyonus
(812 posts)Did Trump get a message from Putin today to coordinate everything?
TomSlick
(11,107 posts)Why would Trump like BS? Just because he will - like last time - weaken the ultimate Democratic nominee and help Trump win reelection - or maybe even win the nomination letting Trump win at a walk? All Trump needs now is for Jill Stein to run again.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)she will probably even try running from jail if it comes to that.
It's her only job currently. Grifters gotta grift.
shanny
(6,709 posts)because of what rump says about him?
mac56
(17,574 posts)No opportunity to trash Bernie can ever be passed up.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)but probably not much else.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Oh, and hiding tax returns. That's a good one.
RandySF
(59,092 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 20, 2019, 01:13 AM - Edit history (1)
Cha
(297,503 posts)I know you meant to write "sums".
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)I think what happened to Bernie Sanders four years ago was quite sad.
Trump hates his job so much, he thinks the primaries were four years ago.
Cha
(297,503 posts)It does seems like freaking "4 years ago"! LOL!
Maru
peggysue2
(10,836 posts)Sanders is Trump's Gold ticket for 2020 and a way to conjure up the 'evil' Hillary meme.
So subtle!
Blue Owl
(50,482 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)for someone who needs to win over people in a Dem primary. 45 regularly goes after Warren, the Clintons, the Obamas, Booker, Harris, etc., but suspiciously eases off the gas and even has nice things to say about Sanders.
Cha
(297,503 posts)OBVIOUS!!
larwdem
(759 posts)He's the only candidate that calls himself a socialist? I thought the GOP was running on a anti socialist campaign . Soo what the fuck ???
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Trump cares only about that which is good for Trump.
He's never even really tried to hide it.