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CousinIT

(9,260 posts)
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 11:17 PM Jun 2018

'He would sit with his arms folded with this look on his face...I used the word surly'

We can see he hasn't changed since he was six years old - he was a HORROR then too.

THIS, from a former Donald Trump schoolteacher:

"He would sit with his arms folded with this look on his face — I used the word surly — almost daring you to say one thing or another that wouldn’t settle with him."




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4539784/Even-child-Donald-Trump-horror.html

‘When I look at myself in first grade [aged six] and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same,’ Trump told a biographer.

‘The temperament is not that different.’

From most other adults, such an observation would sound endearing. Now, as he stands with his finger on the nuclear trigger, as President of the United States, it’s more than a little terrifying.
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'He would sit with his arms folded with this look on his face...I used the word surly' (Original Post) CousinIT Jun 2018 OP
A childish leader for a childish people. roamer65 Jun 2018 #1
His Hamster Wheel Brain The River Jun 2018 #2
I can't believe this asshole is our president. IluvPitties Jun 2018 #3
He has absolutely no idea... cbreezen Jun 2018 #4
Good grief! It sounds like he hasn't changed a bit from the nasty schoolyard bully! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #5
Here's another particularly stupid position.. Cha Jun 2018 #6
Actually, from other adults, such an observation would make me shudder. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2018 #7

roamer65

(36,747 posts)
1. A childish leader for a childish people.
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jun 2018

A sizable portion of our population behave like small petulant children, so why are surprised that they voted for a person just like them.

The River

(2,615 posts)
2. His Hamster Wheel Brain
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 11:34 PM
Jun 2018

is thinking:
You can't make me listen!
You're not the boss of me!
You're only a 3!
Is there a McDonalds nearby?

cbreezen

(694 posts)
4. He has absolutely no idea...
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 12:00 AM
Jun 2018

His body language projects insecurity. He does this, regularly, in televised cabinet meetings and I've seen it at other times, as well.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Actually, from other adults, such an observation would make me shudder.
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 11:34 AM
Jun 2018

I see nothing endearing about it. I know people..come to think of it, men, who artlessly brag they haven't changed at all since high school. 60-70 year old men.
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