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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:41 PM Jan 2017

What's the deal with Trump's "Show-and-Tell" theatrics after signing an Executive Order?

I don't recall ever seeing ANY other president doing this.

But... it does present a good opportunity for those with digital skills to engage in some outstanding mockery and ridicule.

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What's the deal with Trump's "Show-and-Tell" theatrics after signing an Executive Order? (Original Post) NurseJackie Jan 2017 OP
Look, Mommy! I made my name! HassleCat Jan 2017 #1
Exactly, like a toddler showing his "art" work. SharonAnn Feb 2017 #27
More like, "Look mommy, I made a doodie!" TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #28
It's in the script. Vinca Jan 2017 #2
To prove how hard he's working for you. Orsino Jan 2017 #3
They are having fun on the twitters with it. blogslut Jan 2017 #4
He thinks he's reading to preschoolers, showing them the picture on every page underpants Jan 2017 #5
He's flouting the fact that EOs used to be evil under Obama and yet are great when he does them.... bettyellen Jan 2017 #6
He's like the kid C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #7
"Look what I did! I'm a powerful man! Pay attention to me!" Va Lefty Jan 2017 #8
Perfect malaise Jan 2017 #17
Bush got ridiculued a lot for his memos and orders. joshcryer Jan 2017 #9
Chave stood up to malaise Jan 2017 #18
Tillerson will have the last laugh. joshcryer Jan 2017 #20
Trevor Noah's take on it Beaverhausen Jan 2017 #10
Loved that! Thanks! NurseJackie Jan 2017 #11
YouTube video: demmiblue Jan 2017 #19
reality tv JI7 Jan 2017 #12
love the video KewlKat Jan 2017 #13
Telling you he is in charge, and daring you to do somethin' about it. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #14
Reality show scripting. nt Skidmore Jan 2017 #15
He's insane. Dem2 Jan 2017 #16
That's very appropriate, Jackie... thank you. Cha Jan 2017 #21
Another one for you ... even better than the first! NurseJackie Feb 2017 #22
LOL Idiot Cha Feb 2017 #23
lololol lmao - Currently Trump holding some kind of black love fest wordpix Feb 2017 #24
He wants/needs adulation. Madam45for2923 Feb 2017 #25
Braggadocio... 2naSalit Feb 2017 #26
It's showtime folks! Turbineguy Feb 2017 #29

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
3. To prove how hard he's working for you.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jan 2017

Staffers have probably negotiated a daily half-hour window of desk time, during which he keeps his phone in his pocket and signs whatever they put in front of him.

blogslut

(38,002 posts)
4. They are having fun on the twitters with it.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:52 PM
Jan 2017

As for BLOTUS, he's a needy camera slave. He thinks this makes him look bigly.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. He's flouting the fact that EOs used to be evil under Obama and yet are great when he does them....
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jan 2017

It's also why he's taken two positions on everything - getting people to normalize how he lies to them and they lie to themselves. All part of the mind fuck.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
9. Bush got ridiculued a lot for his memos and orders.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 03:05 PM
Jan 2017

That he was Cheney's puppet. Chavez, an autocrat like Trump, did "death bed orders" and such, where the signature didn't even match up (copy paste job).

Trump is just showing that he's not a puppet. It's basic projection.

Because he most certainly is a puppet.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
14. Telling you he is in charge, and daring you to do somethin' about it.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 05:26 PM
Jan 2017

A big mistake for many liberal-progressives was publicly obsessing on how they are being bullied. Unfortunately, that is a sign of weakness which tRumps and others love to see and hear, and it will guarantee further intensification. The RW is utterly convinced that lib/Dems are weak and easily pushed around. They WILL NOT stop the "bitch-slapping."

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
24. lololol lmao - Currently Trump holding some kind of black love fest
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 11:22 AM
Feb 2017

African Americans from AEI, etc.

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