Must-read from Dana Milbank: Trump gets no respect. That's because he hasn't earned it.

[highplainsdem]

Found this thanks to a tweet Joy Reid posted minutes ago:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-earned-no-respect-for-being-the-ultimate-sore-winner/2017/01/16/778742f8-dc24-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html

Kellyanne Conway is walking a Dangerfield line.

“We got no forbearance. We got nothing. We got no respect,” the Trump strategist told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last week, complaining about media coverage of her boss. “This man is president of the United States!”

Conway raises a fair question: Why hasn’t the president-elect been given more respect?

Here’s a fair answer: He hasn’t earned any.

To Trump’s many self-assigned superlatives, he can now add another: the sorest winner. With charity for none and with malice toward all but his supporters, he has in the past two months set a new standard for gracelessness in victory.

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Devastating, scathing critique that uses another 11 paragraphs to nail Trump's boorish, despicable behavior since the election.

[KittyWampus]

1. Just read the whole thing. Dana Milbank has far too often taken the Republican slant as a given...

and bought into their perspective with little push back.

But maybe he sees a niche now for standing up for democracy. Maybe he's reaching down into himself for some integrity.

And now I know how to respond to all the Republicans on Facebook:

I'm not going to give Trump a chance or respect. He hasn't earned it.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. At least some one seems

to get it. Trump is a sham and does not deserve any respect. Millbank will be the next Twit Target from the Golden Uninator.

[dalton99a]

6. IIRC Milbank has gotten death threats from the Trump cult.

[Warpy]

3. He'll surround himself with ass kissers

because the man simply does not know the difference between that and respect.

Yeah, I'd rather see him than be him.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Trump practicing his inauguration address

Kellyanne Conway supports her man:

[dalton99a]

5. "Bind the wounds of division," my ass.

[eShirl]

7. How much respect did he give the current President?

Selling out one's country to Putin doesn't show us any respect either.

[C_U_L8R]

8. We don't respect liars

or racists or cheats or phonies or bloviators or pussygrabbers or
hate mongers or misogynists or....

simply put, we don't respect Trump for everything he is.

[Jim Beard]

9. Trump doesn't respect anyone. Look at what he did to the other candidates.......

in the Republican party. How many of those are REALLY supporting him now?

His day is coming.

[pansypoo53219]

10. and he does not DESERVE it.

[Mister Ed]

11. He gets no respect because he has no respect.

No respect for this country and its people, no respect for our allies, no respect for women, no respect for the marks he's conned into voting for him, no respect for democratic institutions or standards of human decency. None.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. But boy does he cry like a baby when he's dissed

[Squinch]

13. Pathetic man.

[Generator]

14. When you call the Americans that didn't vote for you

"enemies" in your new year's wishes-well fuck you. My button says Fuck Trump and it doesn't fit my big winter coat. But I have enough for all the rest of my coats and I am not taking it off until he's gone.