Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 05:57 PM Aug 2016

I still believe this is the real reason Trump is running

He was humiliated in public and could not respond at the time and had to deal with something that he simply couldn't deal with.



Just watch how stone faced he is about 3 1/2 minutes in as the camera keeps cutting to him. This is a man that holds a grudge. Which is why as he takes his swipes at Hillary, he's also hitting Obama as hard as he can in some really weird ways.

Edited to add Meyer's piece, which is hilariously brutal.

21 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
I still believe this is the real reason Trump is running (Original Post) Blue_Adept Aug 2016 OP
Agree. I remember this well. Trump the Massa was very bummed out the black boy out did him. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #1
Yup. Combined with what Seth Meyers did earlier that night as well, it was brutal for him Blue_Adept Aug 2016 #2
Not brutal enough. Needed John Stewart there too. They he could have had an aneurysm. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #3
Many have mentioned this as Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #7
Well now that we have all seen more of him, you can only imagine how incensed he was. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #8
Watched a few minutes of one of Tump's Reality Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #11
I don't watch those "reality" shows either. I think they're sick, humorless and wholly uninteresting MichiganVote Aug 2016 #12
As I recall, recently LakeArenal Aug 2016 #13
So she's one of his blacks. How nice. He probably messed around with her too. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #14
I was surprised to hear that Ammrosa calls herself a Democrat. StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #20
I looked it up. StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #21
I remember those segments very well... chillfactor Aug 2016 #4
And you know in contrast that Biden laughed at every joke about himself Blue_Adept Aug 2016 #5
I agree, Obama made a total fool out of the Donald. doc03 Aug 2016 #6
Donald made a fool out of Donald... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #18
Trump's ego is amazing Gothmog Aug 2016 #9
Actually in those Psych terms, his ego is messed up. His Super ego/in control and over functioning MichiganVote Aug 2016 #15
Exactly what I told my family. k&r Little Star Aug 2016 #10
Trump. Poor little rich kid, just couldn't accept the fact that a black man politicaljunkie41910 Aug 2016 #16
Agree !!! There are times it seems Trump is campaigning against President Obama . Kathy M Aug 2016 #17
I think it has more to do with his next career: selling crap to all the RWers he stoked up. LeftRant Aug 2016 #19
 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
8. Well now that we have all seen more of him, you can only imagine how incensed he was.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:26 PM
Aug 2016

The elites, the comedy world and Obama already knew what a fucking loon he was/is. I can honestly say this man is crippled in the belief that no one should ever be better, funnier, smarter or richer than he. This guy is so fucked up.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
11. Watched a few minutes of one of Tump's Reality
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:59 PM
Aug 2016

shows,never to do that again. His body language alone was a tip off to his real character. And that is,con,bully.and a narcissistic personality disorder.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
12. I don't watch those "reality" shows either. I think they're sick, humorless and wholly uninteresting
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 07:13 PM
Aug 2016

The only time I caught a few moments of that show of Trumps was when there was some woman named, Amaroosa or something like that. It was totally stupid.

I admit to being initially surprised by the primary outcomes (and now educated) re: Donald Trump. I always considered him a lush, womanizing big talker. I still do. I don't read the trash newspapers, haven't read his book and won't and his statements during his campaign are Un American imo.

We now have an election with interference from Russia, a segment of the population who are ignorant and attempting to exercise total control, a candidate who threatens and attempts to intimidate both his opponent and the American voter and fierce racism on display daily by an entire political party. Not to mention a media that is at best self serving and at worst complicit in maintaining this very unstable landscape of characters.

Shakespeare would love it. Too bad we can't all consider this a drama that ends in a couple of hours.

LakeArenal

(28,842 posts)
13. As I recall, recently
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:32 PM
Aug 2016

Ammarosa was put in charge of Trump's African American "outreach". "Look at my black gal over there, Isn't she great?"

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
14. So she's one of his blacks. How nice. He probably messed around with her too.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:36 PM
Aug 2016

None of my African American friends like her or trust her. That much I do know.

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
20. I was surprised to hear that Ammrosa calls herself a Democrat.
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 06:39 PM
Aug 2016

And yet she still works as a spokesperson for Trump?

His campaign is totally weird.


StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
21. I looked it up.
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 06:42 PM
Aug 2016

"Also, speaking of Democrats in Omarosa’s family who support Hillary Clinton, Omarosa herself was one of them all the way up until the moment someone offered her money and TV time to support Trump. Manigault was a Democrat who joked that she “has Hillary Clinton tattooed on my left arm” until just last year."

So, she's a mercenary. Her whole family are Democrats and she was, too, until Chump offered her a buncha cash to be a spox.

Gothmog

(145,523 posts)
9. Trump's ego is amazing
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:41 PM
Aug 2016

Trump is going to lose a great deal in this ill conceived run for the White House

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
15. Actually in those Psych terms, his ego is messed up. His Super ego/in control and over functioning
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:38 PM
Aug 2016

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
16. Trump. Poor little rich kid, just couldn't accept the fact that a black man
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:54 PM
Aug 2016

from Hawaii, would be President, before he could. Then Obama with his victory, made it seem easy to Trump; which of course it wasn't. But he didn't know all the hard work that Obama and the campaign put in behind the scenes. So Trump, the racist, believed that if a black man could do it, than he could do it better. He was convinced that Obama had gotten into Harvard as an affirmative action candidate and couldn't possibly have the intelligence required to be President. Of course Trump being lazy and ignorant is the ultimate affirmative action candidate. Money opened all the doors for him during his lifetime, and he can't accept the fact that a black man has out manned him, not once but several times, and he will go down in the history books as the Biggest Loser. Talk about poetic justice. Hollywood could not have written this script. But I hope when all is said and done, they will and it won't be pretty. And the best part about it is, Hollywood won't have to make shit up. Trump has given script writer's plenty to work with, and they don't have to exaggerate. The biggest problem will be fitting all his bullshit life into two hours or less.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
17. Agree !!! There are times it seems Trump is campaigning against President Obama .
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 09:02 PM
Aug 2016

Don has run before , sounds like the first time in the 80 's was a publicity stunt for book

"For years, talking about running for the presidency has been somewhat of a hobby for Donald Trump. The first time was in 1987, when, instead of buying ad space to promote his new book, he gave speeches hinting at the possibility of a run. In 1999, he suggested to Larry King that Oprah Winfrey would be his first choice for a vice president. Gwen Ifill traces his trajectory to the nomination. "

"GWENDA BLAIR, Author, “The Trumps”: It’s not the first time, second, third, fourth, or even fifth. It’s the sixth time that he has talked about being president.

GWEN IFILL: Trump’s earliest interest in the intersection of politics and business was fueled by his developer father, Fred, but also by a shadier figure, Roy Cohn, the tough-talking power attorney who rose to prominence as Senator Joseph McCarthy’s fixer during the communist scares of the 1950s. "

"MICHAEL D’ANTONIO, Trump Biographer: In 1987, he had a book, “The Art of the Deal,” that he wanted to promote. Instead of buying ad space, he pretended to run for president. He went to New Hampshire, gave a couple of speeches. He made some pronouncements about the Reagan administration’s failures, and got a lot of attention. He was one of the first people actually to use running for president as a business tactic. "

Rest of article at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/2016-donald-trump-history-toying-presidential-run/

LeftRant

(524 posts)
19. I think it has more to do with his next career: selling crap to all the RWers he stoked up.
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 03:10 AM
Aug 2016

He's a "businessman," after all :p

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»I still believe this is t...