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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:17 AM May 2016

Bwaaahaaaaa! "Is Trump purposely blowing up his own campaign?" Whole segment on this

burning question on Morning Joe right now.

Two major hypotheses:

1) Either he's so much the ego-driven CEO that he really believes he knows best, and thinks that what won him the GOP primary will get him to the White House.

2) Or he's actually so scared at the prospect of becoming Pres that he's subconsciously, but purposely, sabotaging it all.

A couple of panel pundits also opined that he may be too dumb and ill-informed to understand that a primary election is NOT a GE.

Care to weigh in with your 2 centimes worth? If you can believe it, the topic of Trump's self-immolation has even chased Hillary's e-mail saga off of Scar's front page.

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Bwaaahaaaaa! "Is Trump purposely blowing up his own campaign?" Whole segment on this (Original Post) Surya Gayatri May 2016 OP
You are braver than me. sarae May 2016 #1
Yeah, the first 15 min. were tough going. But, Joe & Co's angst Surya Gayatri May 2016 #2
Still on that, huh.. you were talking about that yesterday, right? Cha May 2016 #6
I vote number one. tanyev May 2016 #3
The first seems about right SharonClark May 2016 #4
His ego is the size of Manhattan, but does anyone Il_Coniglietto May 2016 #5
And what happpens to all his businesses? tanyev May 2016 #8
Dishonest-Don, should he by some miracle win the G.E., would immediately break up the presidency in BlueCaliDem May 2016 #10
I can't believe he and/or any of his family would actually live at the White House. northoftheborder May 2016 #7
The whole crazy scenario is just inconceivable. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #9

sarae

(3,284 posts)
1. You are braver than me.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:21 AM
May 2016

I started watching Morning Joe this morning and immediately had to turn it off because they were drooling over Hillary's email scandal. Maybe I should have slogged through the first part.

My 2 cents is that Trump is too dumb and ill-informed to understand anything.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
2. Yeah, the first 15 min. were tough going. But, Joe & Co's angst
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:30 AM
May 2016

about Trump's incomprehensible behavior were entertaining.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
6. Still on that, huh.. you were talking about that yesterday, right?
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:19 AM
May 2016

What was it he did.. I read somewhere.. oh yeah, start fights with two female, POC Govs? And call Elizabeth Warren, Pocahontas?

tanyev

(42,564 posts)
3. I vote number one.
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:02 AM
May 2016

Trump seems to be constitutionally incapable of behaving in a manner that reasonable people would call presidential.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. The first seems about right
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:12 AM
May 2016

He acts like a megalomaniac 10 year old and talks like a spoiled and ignorant 6 years old. His comment about Hillary's email were hilarious "it was bad, I tell you it was bad, she's such a liar, her worse day ever, and she yells all the time, I'm so sick of her voice" yada, yada, yada.

I hate the repug party for creating this monster.

Il_Coniglietto

(373 posts)
5. His ego is the size of Manhattan, but does anyone
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:19 AM
May 2016

Believe Trump is genuinely interested in the actual, day-to-day responsibilities of being president, for the next 4-8 years? Not to mention the sheer amount of hard work, sacrifice and stress, with little salary (compared to what he is used to).

Maybe he thinks he can pay someone else to do it? That philosophy had served him well so far.

tanyev

(42,564 posts)
8. And what happpens to all his businesses?
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:48 AM
May 2016

I can't see him voluntarily turning everything over to a blind trust.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
10. Dishonest-Don, should he by some miracle win the G.E., would immediately break up the presidency in
Thu May 26, 2016, 11:12 AM
May 2016

easily sold parts and sell these to the highest bidder. Trump ain't no hard worker! He's coasted on his name and rep for so long that being president is nothing more than an ego-booster for him. He'll most certainly do what Republican presidents have been doing ever since Reagan: sell the departments under his responsibility to the highest bidder when he appoints his cabinet, and that's it. It's his business modus operandi.

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
7. I can't believe he and/or any of his family would actually live at the White House.
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:44 AM
May 2016

It is filled with valuable and historical objects, not glitz, gilded stuff that he craves. Nothing like his extravagant gaudy NY penthouse. Also, the security surrounding the President and all his family all the time - I can't imagine Trump cooperating with that.

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