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underpants

(182,883 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 11:20 AM Jan 2020

"Why are they doing this to me?" Trump said repeatedly 😢😱

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

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"Why are they doing this to me?" Trump said repeatedly 😢😱 (Original Post) underpants Jan 2020 OP
Of course he can't understand why he was impeached- dawg day Jan 2020 #1
trump's touchstone in life, his life value system . . . tv ratings appeal? empedocles Jan 2020 #2
Last paragraph underpants Jan 2020 #8
Why?!? Because you suck! FakeNoose Jan 2020 #3
snowflake mnmoderatedem Jan 2020 #4
Can you say Ohiogal Jan 2020 #5
So this something of a learning moment for him nuxvomica Jan 2020 #6
Trump asks that question because he's a psychopath. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #7
Exactly! smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #13
"do not have the ability to accept wrong" mitch96 Jan 2020 #16
self-righteousness fostered by religion moondust Jan 2020 #18
He can't grasp that this isn't a TV show. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2020 #9
Yeah. And this guy. underpants Jan 2020 #12
If we can fill the Senate chambers with water leftieNanner Jan 2020 #28
He knows, he is just being his typical asshole self. shockey80 Jan 2020 #10
Mommy, why is everybody picking on me. shockey80 Jan 2020 #11
He never understood the requirements for public office. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #14
How Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee would probably translate this: Mike 03 Jan 2020 #15
Trump needs to review...."That perfect phone call." with an honest person. If he has done so, then Stuart G Jan 2020 #17
The truth is that he is not the victim, America is the victim. kentuck Jan 2020 #19
" 'Oh, Tuppins', I sobbed, 'Why has God forsake me?' " -- Tammy Faye Bakker, Mc Mike Jan 2020 #20
That's plagiarism... lame54 Jan 2020 #21
Brilliant, but OW!!!!!!!!!! n/t. NNadir Jan 2020 #22
You win the internet today malaise Jan 2020 #24
I just think that EndlessWire Jan 2020 #23
Self pity is the most sincere. lunatica Jan 2020 #25
Hey. That could be a catch phrase. rickford66 Jan 2020 #26
Because you are a traitor/criminal that put your own interests above the country and its citizens. helpisontheway Jan 2020 #27
When you are an amoral prick, you think you get to do whatever you want. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #29
I can sympathize with him .. CatMor Jan 2020 #30
Always the innocent victim. milestogo Jan 2020 #31
He has never been held accountable in his life. His parents bailed him out every single time. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #32
"Why's Everybody Picking on Me?" saidsimplesimon Jan 2020 #33
Kicked underpants Jan 2020 #34

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. Of course he can't understand why he was impeached-
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 11:27 AM
Jan 2020

He thinks he has "absolute authority."

"Putin is never impeached! Kim is never impeached! Who are these peons who think they can impeach me?"

underpants

(182,883 posts)
8. Last paragraph
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 11:52 AM
Jan 2020

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.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
7. Trump asks that question because he's a psychopath.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 11:50 AM
Jan 2020

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)
13. Exactly!
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jan 2020

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)
16. "do not have the ability to accept wrong"
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:21 PM
Jan 2020

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)
18. self-righteousness fostered by religion
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jan 2020

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)
9. He can't grasp that this isn't a TV show.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 11:54 AM
Jan 2020
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.


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.

leftieNanner

(15,154 posts)
28. If we can fill the Senate chambers with water
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:40 PM
Jan 2020

How about an Esther Williams synchronized swimming extravaganza?

And then freeze it and bring in Sonja Henning.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
14. He never understood the requirements for public office.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jan 2020

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)
15. How Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee would probably translate this:
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 12:21 PM
Jan 2020

"Why am I doing this to myself?!?"

Stuart G

(38,448 posts)
17. Trump needs to review...."That perfect phone call." with an honest person. If he has done so, then
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:14 PM
Jan 2020

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)
19. The truth is that he is not the victim, America is the victim.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:44 PM
Jan 2020

Poor, pitiful Donald. He is persecuted.

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
20. " 'Oh, Tuppins', I sobbed, 'Why has God forsake me?' " -- Tammy Faye Bakker,
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jan 2020

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.

EndlessWire

(6,569 posts)
23. I just think that
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:23 PM
Jan 2020

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.

helpisontheway

(5,008 posts)
27. Because you are a traitor/criminal that put your own interests above the country and its citizens.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:39 PM
Jan 2020

Only a narcissistic @sshole like Trump would not get it at this point.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
30. I can sympathize with him ..
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:43 PM
Jan 2020

I ask people around me repeatedly "why is trump president" telling them "I can't understand why it happened".

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
32. He has never been held accountable in his life. His parents bailed him out every single time.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jan 2020

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)
33. "Why's Everybody Picking on Me?"
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jan 2020

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.

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