Trump - a puzzling enigma

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The mark of a high performer and result-oriented leader is who can get up immediately when knocked down, which Trump has proven in doing so.
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On the topic of Trump.

Trump has the mentality of a small, tiny, little child. He a little baby-man, tiny and small, so tiny. No one is more tiny than him, since Abraham Lincoln. No one. No one ever ever. Though he is big and fat, so fat, he has tiny, small hands, so small, they wave about and make shapes all kinds of shapes in the air, when he speaks. No one makes better shapes from his words, they are great shapes, the greatest shapes you can make with your hands with words. He is so fit and immune, yeah immune - that's what they tell me but no one knows. He's Covid free, so free , free as America, free as a wall, a big wall, so big. Better than the wall of Chayna, Chayna. When the Kung Flu came from _ It's their fault, big fault, nasty.

Trump is neither Puzzling, nor enigmatic.
His utter car crash in the last debate with the less than brilliant Biden shows that when he cannot shout down his opponent he is struck effectively dumb. Let's face it Biden is no challenge; bumbling and on the edge of incompetency. Trumps's failure here ought to spell his doom. But as an old friend used to say to me - "no one ever got anywhere by over estimating the American Public". So who knows what will happen.

Analysis of Trumps talking style and delivery puts his mental age the lowest of all president in history. Estimates have put his thinking ability to about 7-10 years of age. He cannot understand humour, or irony. He avoids complex words, and any words that have more than four syllables. He has a pathological tendency to repetition. He seems to be nothing more than a conduit for dangerous myths, social media tropes and fake news which he seems to have no ability to process or evaluate. What he seems very skilled at is rabble rousing - finding the lowest common denominator, and exploiting the fears of those he thinks might vote for him. This is where his narcissism flourishes. He is not fit for any responsible job or office, let alone the highest office of state.
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I hope he keeps away from Scotland. Not that Scots will take his politics seriously, but he is an invasive species business-wise.
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Someone should do a thesis on the reason why the self-serving PC lobby loathes Trump so much--to the point of being even more unhinged and irrational than usual. As far as US Presidents go on the 'evil scale' he's really not that high at all. Saint Obama attacked Syria on the basis of an American lie and liked to use drones to blow up muslim children. Mass murderer Dubya Bush destroyed the world via his demented and racist attack on Iraq. Saint Kennedy was a warmonger who accelerated the Vietnam war and nearly caused WW111 with his warmongering in Cuba. Truman used two beautiful cities in Japan as locations in which to play with his new toy. Apparently the lives of Japanese children aren't worth anything.

And Trump's not fat. He's a very big man and people tend to fill out as they get older. He doesn't have tiny hands either. Just average sized.

I hope he wins if for no other reason that to see the despair and rage on the faces of all those hypocritical PCturds (bless them).

Ps. I don't like the man. He's an arsehole for not standing up for Julian Assange.

Pps. He's actually a terrific orator. He might not seem to make sense but he certainly has a way of getting his point across and connecting with his listeners.

Pps. How petty and hypocritical to mock someone for something they can't help--like the size of their hands. As I always say, hypocrisy is par for the course with the devoutly PC.
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Mr Donald Trump is a handsome old man. He is terribly charming.But I don't approve of invasive golf courses in Scotland. I do hope he stays away.
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Belinda wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:05 am Mr Donald Trump is a handsome old man. He is terribly charming.But I don't approve of invasive golf courses in Scotland. I do hope he stays away.
If necessary, try what Wisconsin did: when Air Force 1 approaches your airport, don’t give it permission to land.
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Ppps. Trump is not an idiot. In fact, he is possibly a genius for actually knowing how to use Twitter.
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That's true. It is not fair to Donald Trump to make fun of his appearance which is due to his taking care with his grooming and he is always so well groomed.
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Belinda wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:41 pm That's true. It is not fair to Donald Trump to make fun of his appearance which is due to his taking care with his grooming and he is always so well groomed.
My grooming is great, really good. No one grooms better than me. I have the best grooming in the world. I take a care, so much care.
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Henry, now you've done it. Hillary said that Trump supporters were a basket of deplorables. Now Biden called Trump supporters "chumps." Yet you continue to support Trump on this thread not embarrassed in the least by how they look down on you.

To make matters worse I agree with you and may be sent back to school to learn right from wrong. Maybe I'll learn which is considered worse as philosophers debate the merits of chumps vs deplorables
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The US is a basket of deplorables, whoever they support. Face it. Whoever they support it's going to be for the WRONG reasons.
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