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nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:20 PM Oct 2016

Pretty sure Trump is LOVING (no sarcasm) all the attention & he will be fine Sunday

No one is talking about Hillary

No one is talking about how well Pence did (ahem better than the yam)

No one is talking about boring business and tax stuff


Everyone is talking about Trump + sex + beautiful women all in the same sentence (doesn't matter that ''ewww'' follows)

He is such a pathological narcissist that any attention is like crack to him. It has been reported that he has always had his staff gather all the news and magazine articles that mention his name, clip them out and lay them out to look at every morning. He doesn't READ them - just looks at them. People who have been in the same room with him, he channel surfs constantly looking for his face on TV, and if he doesn't see it - he turns it off.

So what is Trump SEEING right now?? Video and photos of himself: younger, thinner (so way more handsome) and with beautiful women. The press is digging up all these old photos of him and Miss Universe pageant contestants - and it is like a long forgotten high school quarterback reliving his glory days at a reunion showing the winning pass.

The other thing that Trump is fixated and obsessed with? Ratings - because that is how he measures his self worth. Doesn't matter WHY people are watching, just that people ARE watching and tomorrow night you know the audience numbers will be bigger.

It doesn't matter why - this is what drives him and gives him life. Instead of the tranq-ed up Trump we saw in his "apology' video this morning, we are going to see Trump in excellent form.

Because he is sure the focus of the town hall won't be on boring old policy - but exciting stuff like sex, genitalia, affairs, the size of his hands....

This is exactly the environment Trump is craving

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Pretty sure Trump is LOVING (no sarcasm) all the attention & he will be fine Sunday (Original Post) nadine_mn Oct 2016 OP
He will be out for revenge. It's in his deepest nature to react to any threats by... Binkie The Clown Oct 2016 #1
Even though I am suspicious of clowns, I agree with you nadine_mn Oct 2016 #5
Good insight warrprayer Oct 2016 #2
He teased the "apology video" for over an hour oberliner Oct 2016 #3
I agree. Nothing has changed in Trump's world. He still gets first billing on TV News misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #4
I think you're absolutely correct. He has no shame. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #6
Oh, he will be defeated........ CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #7
Watching how he tries to blame everything on Clinton nadine_mn Oct 2016 #10
It's called hubris, and it leads to nemesis. Avalux Oct 2016 #8
yep A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2016 #9

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
5. Even though I am suspicious of clowns, I agree with you
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:47 PM
Oct 2016

And Trump does his best when he is lashing out (at least to his base)

The absolute worst response (for Trump) would have been for the media to do a 1 min blurb on the video, and then just yawn and move on.

Trump knows his supporters are the most fervent when he is under attack - and their loudness and energy scares the crap out of the GOP. He is like a vampire feeding on the energy of his supporters and of all the media about him.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. He teased the "apology video" for over an hour
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:28 PM
Oct 2016

Had every news channel waiting for him with bated breath.

There were banners at the bottom of the screen on CNN and MSNBC that his apology video was coming any minute.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
4. I agree. Nothing has changed in Trump's world. He still gets first billing on TV News
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 08:30 PM
Oct 2016

Its been this way since he began.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
6. I think you're absolutely correct. He has no shame.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:43 PM
Oct 2016

He probably is thrilled that he was shown behaving in what he sees as such a "manly" way. Pathetic. We must defeat him!

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
10. Watching how he tries to blame everything on Clinton
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 06:51 PM
Oct 2016

both Bill and Hillary, will be interesting

gonna have my beer and pizza ready tonight

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
8. It's called hubris, and it leads to nemesis.
Sat Oct 8, 2016, 11:55 PM
Oct 2016

Donald is his own worse enemy and he is incapable of understanding that, even if people close to him are saying so. He simply cannot stop digging that hole.

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