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14. The Germans have boiled it down to a two word explanation.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 04:57 AM

Oct 2019

"Frechheit siegt."

Hard to translate using two words, but it basically means that brazenness wins.

i.e. dare to be an asshole, and you'll get away with it. They had a rather nasty precedent here in the first half of the last century that proves the saying.

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The Two Psychological Tricks Trump Is Using to Get Away With Everything [View all] applegrove Oct 2019 OP

Thanks! JoeOtterbein Oct 2019 #1

Most welcome. applegrove Oct 2019 #3

Trump lies openly and doesn't back down from the lies, he just moves on to the next lie Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #2

He honestly lies openly loyalsister Oct 2019 #21

But Trump did try to keep his request to Ukraine a secret. Kaleva Oct 2019 #4

But once caught he made it seem less important by doing it again only for china. applegrove Oct 2019 #6

K&R, The upfront form of gas lighting ... the counter is to tell him he's going to be impeached for uponit7771 Oct 2019 #5

Thanks for that article... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #7

"...more attention could be paid to the strategies he has honed." Garrett78 Oct 2019 #12

His China remarks have and will hurt him. Soliciting help from a foreign individual... brush Oct 2019 #8

It hasn't hurt him in terms of Republican support or his approval rating. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #13

The impeachment has to move forward or its a deriliction of the duty of the House... brush Oct 2019 #20

Oh I agree. I'm just not sure this is really having much impact on Trump yet. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #22

Yet he hides his taxes and foreign calls. Qutzupalotl Oct 2019 #9

The big lie is the easiest to slide by. ramen Oct 2019 #10

KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2019 #11

The Germans have boiled it down to a two word explanation. DFW Oct 2019 #14

Oh, we can boil it down to two words too... JHB Oct 2019 #15

Trump isn't smart enough to employ a psychological trick. Optical.Catalyst Oct 2019 #16

+1000 llmart Oct 2019 #19

Trump's attempts to get Ukraine to create lies about Biden were Hortensis Oct 2019 #17

You're welcome. applegrove Oct 2019 #18

K&R ck4829 Oct 2019 #23