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Trump in the DumpsMaureen Dowd at the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/opinion/sunday/trump-in-the-dumps.html
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Before his campaign became infused with racial grievance, victimhood and violence, Trump told me, I have fun with life and I understand life and I want to make life better for people. If he had those better angels, he didnt listen to them. Seduced by the roar of the angry crowd, Trump kept dishing out racially offensive comments about my African-American, a black man he spotted at a California rally; the Mexican judge on the Trump University case; and the Afghan who committed the atrocities in Orlando. Mitt Romney is right that Trumps rhetoric causes trickle-down racism and misogyny. The Washington Post had a front-page story on Friday about the vulgarities freely directed at Hillary Clinton by men and women at Trump rallies.
Trump told me he could act like the toniest member of high society when he wanted, and he would as soon as he dispatched his G.O.P. rivals. He said his narcissism would not hinder him as he morphed into a leader. But he cant stop lashing out and doesnt get why that turns people against him. Everything is filtered through his ego. He reacted to Orlando not as a tragedy so much as a chance to brag about the congrats he got for being right on radical Islamic terrorism.
The presumptive but now tenuous nominee seemed bereft at a Dallas rally on Thursday night when he could no longer brag about his polls, which are shattering records for negativity. Finally, on Friday, Trump couldnt stop himself from tweeting out a poll, even though it was one that showed him behind Hillary.
Trump has made his campaign all about his ability to win. So if he stops winning, whats his raison dêtre?
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Trump in the Dumps (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2016
OP
Trump has a deep sense of entitlement that leads him to think that if he doesn't get exactly what
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#1
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. Trump has a deep sense of entitlement that leads him to think that if he doesn't get exactly what
he wants, the world isn't treating him fairly.
Initech
(100,099 posts)2. Dump On Trump. I don't think I know that Dr. Seuss book.
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)3. R#1 & K for, when MoDo is good, she's good. n/t
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)4. I am beginning to think he wont be the nominee