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This might be the best description I've seen so far of Trump's wacko letter: (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 OP
A Fun with Dick and Jane primary school reader Ilsa Dec 2019 #1
Brilliant! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2019 #2
Comic Sans C_U_L8R Dec 2019 #3
It looked like Trump originally wrote it in crayon... backscatter712 Dec 2019 #4
.... CatWoman Dec 2019 #5
Just change it to black. greymattermom Dec 2019 #7
aren't there blue sharpies? demigoddess Dec 2019 #17
There are, but soldierant Dec 2019 #21
Yesh, that's good. dchill Dec 2019 #6
Reminds me of a story my friend told me. murielm99 Dec 2019 #8
Try THIS one... brooklynite Dec 2019 #9
Stunning Hekate Dec 2019 #11
Yikes. But I guess that's the response you get The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #13
Narcissists can't deal with losing control in relationships lunatica Dec 2019 #14
That's definitely Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #15
He'll try to get even for the rest of his life lunatica Dec 2019 #19
He still can't shut up about Hillary, so I assume he'll continue The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #23
This twitter thread made me catch my breath. MontanaMama Dec 2019 #16
The Letter is therefore dubbed "Trump's Tantrum". Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #20
Wow, that is powerful stopwastingmymoney Dec 2019 #27
Spot on Hekate Dec 2019 #10
Guffawing at Schmidt tweet!❤ Karadeniz Dec 2019 #12
reminded me of my mother. When she hit me and demigoddess Dec 2019 #18
I have told my daughters for years ArizonaLib Dec 2019 #22
make no mistake. this was a hostage note. and trump plans to carry it through Kurt V. Dec 2019 #24
Someone else wrote this letter. It is way above Trump's style and vocabulary. trickyguy Dec 2019 #25
It's been reported that Stephen Miller was a major contributor. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #26
Ransom letter to America 7wo7rees Dec 2019 #28

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
1. A Fun with Dick and Jane primary school reader
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:23 PM
Dec 2019

might be more appropriate given the juvenile tantrum and histrionics contained within.

See Donnie.

See Donnie pout.

See Donnie cry that Nancy is mean to him.

See Nancy.

See Nancy attend mass every morning. See Nancy pray for her enemies, as Christ instructed her and others to do.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
4. It looked like Trump originally wrote it in crayon...
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:59 PM
Dec 2019

...then had his secretary type it up and put it on POTUS letterhead.

One day, I dream we'll have a president whose brain doesn't look like Swiss cheese in an MRI image...

soldierant

(6,920 posts)
21. There are, but
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 05:11 PM
Dec 2019

aren't they brighter? I don't recall seeing a Navy blue Sharpie. In any case, it's black ones that he buys by the case.

murielm99

(30,761 posts)
8. Reminds me of a story my friend told me.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:11 PM
Dec 2019

She was cleaning out her little girl's book bag. She found a note her child had written to one of her classmates: "Dear Adam, I hat you."

Trump's letter is just about as mature.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,835 posts)
13. Yikes. But I guess that's the response you get
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:37 PM
Dec 2019

when you tell a narcissist that you don't love him and you want him to go away.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. Narcissists can't deal with losing control in relationships
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:03 PM
Dec 2019

It’s not that he wanted her back. It’s not that he loved her. It’s that she took control and overrode his control of her. In his mind if he couldn’t get her back under his control then he would destroy her life.

And he would never change his mind.

That’s Trump to a ‘T’.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,835 posts)
15. That's definitely Trump.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:11 PM
Dec 2019

Pelosi has kicked his ass; he's lost control of the situation and he can't stand it.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. He'll try to get even for the rest of his life
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:51 PM
Dec 2019

just like he tries with Obama. It’ll be the same with Schiff and Nadler and even Michael Cohen.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,835 posts)
23. He still can't shut up about Hillary, so I assume he'll continue
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 06:24 PM
Dec 2019

until his dying tweet to slander Pelosi, Schiff, and anyone else who was UNFAIR to him.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
16. This twitter thread made me catch my breath.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:13 PM
Dec 2019

Elizabeth C. McLaughlin nailed it. We are dealing with full blown crazy. I'm as frightened as I have ever been.

demigoddess

(6,644 posts)
18. reminded me of my mother. When she hit me and
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:30 PM
Dec 2019

yelled at me she would be telling me how awful my biological father was. Supposedly he was an alcoholic, no good, failure etc. One time in 6th grade, I said, "You married him, I didn't." and she answered "what has that got to do with it?" I finally have figured out what she was, just like trumpf, a narcissist wacko.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
22. I have told my daughters for years
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 05:33 PM
Dec 2019

"grown ups act like children. Do your best to deal with people now at your age". One is 11 and the other 15. The 11 year old is at the age where she is seeing that how funny it is. The 15 year old is growing past that point to where it isn't funny anymore - like the scene in the Planet of the Apes movie where he realizes he can't get out and screams: "It's a madhouse!!!".

Best to you.

trickyguy

(769 posts)
25. Someone else wrote this letter. It is way above Trump's style and vocabulary.
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:26 AM
Dec 2019

I think he didn't even read the whole thing and just signed it with that
neurotic calligraphy he uses as a signature. Another con job.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,835 posts)
26. It's been reported that Stephen Miller was a major contributor.
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 12:29 AM
Dec 2019

He probably added most of the big words. But the style is pure Trump, so I have to assume that Trump told him what to write and Miller tried to make it look a bit less illiterate (but it's still full of grammatical errors and Trump's typically bizarre capitalizations).

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