She was always calling him the Donald, and I assumed it was because in Czech he would be referred to that way. When I lived in Italy, I referred to myself as "La (my name)" -- which is the way you refer to yourself in Italian.

Gothmog

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4. Trump's dementia and senility is becoming more evident

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Adrahil

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5. He sometimes forgets...

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:17 PM

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He's not being John Barron.

hedda_foil

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6. Nope. He's referred to himself as Trump or Mr. Trump for a long time.

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:59 PM

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So calling himself President Trump is just a natural evolutioe of his third personism

TexasBushwhacker

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9. Newt Gingrich used to do it too

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:33 PM

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It comes off as arrogant to me.

hedda_foil

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10. Remember Bob Dole, who called himself Bob Dole?

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H2O Man

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 03:00 PM

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Nixon frequently did the same thing.

bettyellen

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8. It's schtick- not stick. I think it's Yiddish in origin-such a great language.

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