The fact that we are the strongest, greatest country in the world cuts no ice with people who are determined to whine about how poorly treated we are, how endangered we are, how we need protection. Contrast this with the attitude of the Brits, who've truly lived under wartime attack, who give a collective FU to terrorists (as they did to Hitler). I will never forget the guy who, after the first London Bridge terror attack, told an interviewer: "I guess they are offended that I am out at night, having a gin and tonic with friends. Well, if that pisses them off, I'm going to go out every night for a G & T."

said a new book about Trump should be titles "The Art of the Squeal", which I thought was pretty apt, considering how much he "squeals" and whines about any perceived slight against his character and/or behaviour. Beatty also called him Putin's useful idiot way back in September of last year.

Of course we all know that his tweets are only meant for his Trumpeters, and not for the vast majority of Americans. He knows he lies, but he also knows that they don't know -- the rest of us, however, do.

It is in this near perfect state of perpetual aggrievement that Trump gives voice to a faction of America that also feels aggrieved. Trump won because he whines. He whines in a way that makes the weak feel less vulnerable and more vicious. He makes feeling sorry for himself feel like fighting back."

This is correct. BUT, it did not start when he came down the escalator 2 years ago.

The Republican party has seared this mentality into 1/3 of the country with DECADES of non-stop AM radio and other conservative media mind melding. The whole thing is based on victimhood - tell people they are GREAT patriots and christians, then tell them they under attack and tweak their biases and prejudices, time after time after time, nurture and fertilize the lesser qualities of otherwise, mostly, decent people,

45 is a con man. Con men know the key is not the con, but the mark. He saw what republicans were doing to this country and knew he could plug into it.

I didn't get a pony for Christmas.

ranting wacko at this point

Trump is like some caricature of a third world dictator who needs to be surrounded by babysitters and sycophants charged with constantly praising him or he erupts in tantrums - and you never know what deranged horror is going to come out of his mouth - or his phone! How is this happening in the most powerful democracy in the world??