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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTRUMP Deals: "I wasn't representing the country. I was representing Donald Trump"
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)That he once said that his marriage to his first wife failed b/c he took his eyes off his business when he gave her a hotel to run. Both interview responses paint him as the poor slob who got hurt by women and only HE could have been avoided being burned-but that's what happens when you're a dedicated husband or businessman. Pure nonsense. He lost businesses and wives b/c he was fucking around.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)It seems so which is a good turn. Maybe he is out of outrageous things to say and feeling somewhat defeated.
Edit to add: I agree about the bogus answers while being upbeat that he is actually addressing criticisms.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)anamandujano
(7,004 posts)or something like that.
Maybe he was just talking as his thoughts have turned to responding to critics. He may be currently trying to repair his image.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)anamandujano
(7,004 posts)He looks to be massaging his past into something he thinks might be more palatable to the general public. Blaming others is the typical coward route.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)I can't imagine how many people I have known who do the same. Doesn't make for very good relationships. And that is what Trump lacks with voters-a relationship. Sure the people who want to vote for him think they have something going on with him but in reality, they seem to me to be cut from the same cloth. All looking out for themselves in place of the country. And its a big country with people from many walks of life.
Why, outside of blind racism, I wonder, have those who are at least marginally sane have not defended our Hispanic citizens when he first began to spew his verbal vomit? Or why, with our Muslim citizens or African American citizens, who follow laws are good citizens-why did his "voters" not defend against his blanket statements? In this day and age, we should be doing better on that score.
I get the economics thing, the jobs thing, the Wall street thing. But I am puzzled why people do not stand up to this. This is my concern at present.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)"But I am puzzled why people do not stand up to this. This is my concern at present."
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)And now he is blaming his business failures on his marriage problems.
Sounds as if the Trumpet is just a failure all the way around.