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JHB

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8. It isn't just that he didn't get respect. He actively repelled it.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2020, 01:42 PM

May 2020

Donald's inability to mingle with other rich New Yorkers in his age group was always framed as "snooty Old Money Manhattanites shutting out a flashy kid from Queens," but by now it's clear that was Trump PR. A normal person with his resources could find inroads, if that's what he wanted.

But Donnie is incapable of even faking having an ounce of class and style. Even though he wasn't in his dotage yet, he still had the crudeness, the tastelessness, the ignorance, etc. that he puts on display every day now.

It's the kind of stuff that violently shoves respect away.

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Having had around 50 years Trumpistry shoved down my throat as one of the side "benefits" of... [View all] TreasonousBastard May 2020 OP

Well said n/t Bradshaw3 May 2020 #1

Bitterness and self pity just oozes out of him lunatica May 2020 #2

But history will note, a *repulsive* man, so there's that. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #14

Who wouldn't want to be friends mercuryblues May 2020 #3

When Biden starts flipping all of Trump's executive orders next January Submariner May 2020 #4

You're being too easy and too kind on that freak of Nature. Backseat Driver May 2020 #5

Excellent analysis. smirkymonkey May 2020 #6

I agree - the correspondent's dinner roasting by President Obama was the turning point Siwsan May 2020 #7

It isn't just that he didn't get respect. He actively repelled it. JHB May 2020 #8

Personally, I suspect he was just too stupid to know how he stood... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #9

Very interesting. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #15

"The American Dream is Dead"... Indeed? czarjak May 2020 #10

I disagree about people not wanting to be around him. I would. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #11

Well yes Treasonousbastard Wash. state Desk Jet May 2020 #12

Daddy was very chummy.... SergeStorms May 2020 #13

Let us not forget tom_kelly May 2020 #16

Or his desk phone with 30 buttons on it-- every one with an editor at... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #17