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Demovictory9

(32,479 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2019, 11:53 PM Oct 2019

"trip to Nationals Park was one of the few times Mr. Trump has crept out of his self-made bubble "

Most weeks my Mondays unfold in a well-practiced routine: brush teeth, wash face, walk dog. This morning, I added a new step: spend 15 minutes scrolling through Twitter to see whether anyone had synced that delicious footage of President Trump’s face falling on Sunday — as the World Series crowd is booing him — with the R.E.M. song “Everybody Hurts.”

I watched the video over and over, scrutinizing every second of the footage, waiting for the exact moment when Mr. Trump’s smirky grin gives way to stony petulance, the precise instant when he realizes that this sea of red-hatted Americans are not his red-hatted Americans, as the applause for veterans gives way to lusty boos, and the chants of “Lock him up!” ripple through the stadium.

It felt like medicine, like balm for a weary soul. It wasn’t until I’d watched the footage sped up, slowed down and from six angles and heard myself crooning, “Let me taste your tears!” that I started feeling a little sick, as if I’d gorged on Halloween candy.

I realized that I was gloating. It was not a pleasant realization.

The booing itself wasn’t the problem. The booing was appropriate. The booing was necessary, insofar as his trip to Nationals Park was one of the few times Mr. Trump has crept out of his self-made bubble and encountered something resembling the real world. When he eats out, it’s in a restaurant in a hotel he owns; when he plays golf, it’s at a club he owns; when he’s with a crowd, it’s his crowd.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/opinion/trump-booed-world-series.html

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"trip to Nationals Park was one of the few times Mr. Trump has crept out of his self-made bubble " (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2019 OP
It will be the last time too, until law enforcement/the judicial system makes it happen again... RockRaven Oct 2019 #1
A beautiful bubble bursting. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #2
It's the same expression and body language Trump exhibited sop Oct 2019 #3
Regardless of the author's quilt for enjoying a monster being booed lunatica Oct 2019 #4
author is Jennifer Weiner btw eShirl Oct 2019 #5

RockRaven

(15,019 posts)
1. It will be the last time too, until law enforcement/the judicial system makes it happen again...
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 12:00 AM
Oct 2019

which will be several years from now -- at best -- if ever. And the safe bet is, sadly, on never again.

sop

(10,274 posts)
3. It's the same expression and body language Trump exhibited
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:44 AM
Oct 2019

while Obama was openly ridiculing him at the WH Correspondents' Dinner. I'll bet he's plotting revenge against the Nationals' ownership and their fans, much like he went after Jeff Bezos when The Washington Post trashed him.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. Regardless of the author's quilt for enjoying a monster being booed
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 03:15 AM
Oct 2019

I think our joy is very small when weighed against the loss of life he’s caused. Children are in cages, and Puerto Rico is still unable to recover, and Kurds and their children are being genocide.

And we’re supposed to feel shame for getting some satisfaction that he gets a little embarrassed? Hell no! Fuck that crap! He deserves far, far worse.

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