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Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is 'distracted' by impeachment trial, source says
Donald Trump has appeared "distracted" by the impeachment trial that begins on Tuesday, according to a source close to the White House who speaks to the President regularly.
"Why are they doing this to me," the source quoted Trump as saying repeatedly, telling people around him this weekend at Mar-a-Lago that he "can't understand why he is impeached."
Trump has been telling associates and allies around him that he wanted a "high profile" legal team that can perform on television, the source said. It's simply who Trump is, the source continued, adding Trump loves having people who are on television working for him.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/politics/trump-impeachment-team/index.html
dawg day
(7,947 posts)He thinks he has "absolute authority."
"Putin is never impeached! Kim is never impeached! Who are these peons who think they can impeach me?"
empedocles
(15,751 posts)underpants
(182,883 posts)The legal team has been strategizing on how to make what are typically dry legal arguments more interesting by changing up who is delivering the message, in part to appease the President who has said privately he wants a show fit for television.
FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,729 posts)Ohiogal
(32,068 posts)Delusional ??
nuxvomica
(12,443 posts)It's about goddam time.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Most psychopaths do not have the ability to accept that they have done wrong and many can't recognize the harm caused by their actions even when confronted with clear evidence.
Therefore, it's understandable that he would ask "why are they doing this to me?"........
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He has no concept of the fact that he carries any blame for anything because in his mind everything he does is justified simply because he wants it. Whether it is legal or not. He is a very sick excuse of a human being.
mitch96
(13,925 posts)This is the tune I get from a lot of conservatives. Always the victim and b/c of that they have to retaliate... Oh poor me! I've been attacked.... doesn't matter that what they did was wrong, it's the retaliation that is the problem... gaslighting assholes...
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moondust
(20,006 posts)That's not the amoral, irreligious Trump's problem but I think it explains the behavior of many conservatives.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,196 posts)Okay.
Have Rooody make an appearance in drag (comic relief).
Have Wayne Newton sing the defense's key rebuttals.
Finish up with a real Busby Berkeley-style summation.
It'll be even bigger than the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Trust me.
underpants
(182,883 posts)leftieNanner
(15,154 posts)How about an Esther Williams synchronized swimming extravaganza?
And then freeze it and bring in Sonja Henning.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)shockey80
(4,379 posts)He is just playing another game of pretend.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)Pretty stupid if no one told him about the level of scrutiny that comes along with a job that is one phone call away from nuclear Armageddon.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)"Why am I doing this to myself?!?"
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)he already knows why. Talking this way just makes him look stupider than before.
Talking like this, also shows him to be the liar that he is. He knows why, and Trump is lying again..
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Poor, pitiful Donald. He is persecuted.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)quoting herself talking to her puppy, during her last night before being evicted by Jerry Falwell from the PTL mansion, 9/5/88.
Something about the tRump quote reminded me of this quote, for some reason. Dunno why.
lame54
(35,324 posts)He stole that quote from the kids in cages
NNadir
(33,556 posts)malaise
(269,172 posts)EndlessWire
(6,569 posts)he is a gangster, and knows he's a gangster. He just has to ask that question in order to keep those around him sympathetic and willing to help the "poor dear." He's gaming in every way possible.
Phuque Trump.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thats why people wallow in it.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)Only a narcissistic @sshole like Trump would not get it at this point.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)I ask people around me repeatedly "why is trump president" telling them "I can't understand why it happened".
milestogo
(16,829 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Then his lawyers and fixers did it when he started his business. I hesitate to call it a business, it is a criminal enterprise.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)I thank you underpants for all that you do.
The Coasters, "Charlie Brown" is an almost perfect fit for your post. I'll put in Video & Media.