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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Trump tweet. Reads like something from a petulant 14 yr old:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/777284744253812740'Never met but never liked dopey Robert Gates. Look at the mess the US is in. Always speaks badly of his many bosses, including Obama.'
malaise
(269,054 posts)See with the Con
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)from Trump going after Gates. Must have hit him hard.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Ouch!
No wonder Cheeto jesus is in a snit.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Too good
Ignorance) is a great trait for a president. Being ignorant and intent on remaining so is far worse.
T-rump has said that he is his own chief consultant on foreign affairs and TV news shows, like MTP, is his main source of news. He's not simply intent on ignorance; he flaunts it. Lester Holt or Mrs. Clinton must, simply must, ask him pointed questions about his foreign policy, especially the inevitable conflicts of interest he'd face with his crooked business cronies abroad. Then, they have to educate him, and the audience, on what a blind trust actually is.
Sunny05
(865 posts)Indeed, his tweet reads like an early adolescent rant. And then there are the many hypocrisies of his responses to HRC's basket comment, many of which are well-represented in this one tweet.
This election season is an unbelievable nightmare. And it gives us many, many reasons to elevate EDUCATION and education policy to TOP priority at all levels of government. Indeed, djt's side of campaign/election year is about race (Paul Krugman and many others), dominance politics (Josh Marshall of TPM), and the flinging of b.s. (Jane Goodall, more or less, and many, many, many others). But if this nation had better educated people (on average, overall, not meaning this about everyone), we wouldn't be in this mess.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Indeed he's a raving racist and a narcissistic lunatic - and that's barely touching the surface.
Welcome to DU
Sunny05
(865 posts)Sunny05
(865 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)stealing it.
Sunny05
(865 posts)Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)In addition to poor education, so many Americans have been raised on the culture of sound bite journalism per Fox News: Attacks and innuendos being passed off as facts.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)I've never met Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, but I understand what they did and plan to do to help the country progress.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Just saw the two fourteen year old boys across the street go at each other with their mouths. Holy crap,the one young fellow sounded like the Con Job with his bully tactics. What really won the day was,the other young man stood his ground and when the bully was done with verbal crap,the young man turned and walked away saying,you are not my friend anymore,and walked home just shaking his head in total amazement.
This what our media needs to do,just walk away.
malaise
(269,054 posts)They will learn the hard way
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)good news media. Latest numbers from Neilson do not look good some 32% in favor,that sucks. Edward R. Murrow is turning in his grave,if that is possible.
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)"What is wrong with you! What have you become? Was the bar set THAT high?"
malaise
(269,054 posts)in the universities and colleges of our planet. We have the equivalent of Wall Street junkies posing as journalists. And the producers enforce the interests of the corporate owners of said media.
It's hard to watch.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)Jon Favreau ?@jonfavs 41m41 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump don't listen to Steve and KellyAnne, dude, this is what got you here. Let you be you. Your tweets will set you free!
malaise
(269,054 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)I disagree. 14-year-olds sound more mature than that.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Trump says Gates did, I would like to know when
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)He was on MJ and other media and Gates did say some things that I didn't like about our President.
canetoad
(17,169 posts)Gates: "Always speaks badly of his many bosses, including Obama"
Trying to create discord between Gates and the President. He did it in his comments about body language at the security briefings. I believe this is called triangulation in psychology terms (open to correction) and indicates a twisted mind.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)He's pissing off the wrong people.