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At this point I think its fair to say that Donald Trump has gone beyond taunting and demonizing Hillary Clinton to a realm of outright obsession.
Hes stalking her.
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He keeps telling us that hes president and were not. Does he know that hes president and shes not? Does he realize that most Americans can go a whole day, an entire week verily, a month! without picturing her at a rostrum, hearing the melody of her stump speech or repeating, Im with her?
At least they could if Trump would shut up about her. I understand that he misses her, but, sheesh, send some Godiva chocolates and move on.
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Hes more or less back to chanting lock her up, as if its early November all over again. He has frozen the calendar there so that he can perpetually savor the exhilaration of the campaign and permanently evade the drudgery of governing and the ignominy of his failure at it so far.
Nov. 8 is his Groundhog Day, on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him. That movie has a co-star, Clinton. If he dwells in it, he dwells with her. He can no more retire her than Miss Havisham, in Great Expectations, could put away her wedding dress. Clinton brings Trump back to the moment before the rose lost its blush and the heartache set in.
During the second of their three debates, he was accused of shadowing her onstage, but that was nothing next to the way he pursues her now. His administration slips further into chaos; he diverts the discussion to her. Shes the answer to evolving scandals. Shes the antidote to a constipated agenda or so he wagers. What stature he has inadvertently given her. And what extraordinary staying power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/opinion/donald-trumps-dominatrix.html
patricia92243
(12,598 posts)watches tapes over and over again of when he was declared President by the various tv stations??? I assume he does.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)He needs to focus on what victories he can in the face of the reality that he lost.
It's one reason that I want Hillary in public, not being apologetic, not being shy about the fact that she actually won, and it was stolen from her.
This makes him furious and insecure.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Its the same thing when someone breaks up with a partner, as long as they harbor anger and resentment, the ex is still living within their mind, controlling and effecting them. It is only when a person completely detaches, is when they are free.
Even without HRC doing anything, she controls him.
Now, if she wanted to, she could say things that would fuck with his mind.
Not that I'm suggesting that
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)and she goes on talk shows, confident and relaxed, he will lose it.
I think that the image of her is what controls him - not actually her.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
And, if she is asked about him, keep it very brief.
Move onto the successes of other presidents. The tacit implication is that Trump is a failure.
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