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JHB

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8. No, he wants big crowds hanging on his every word and cheering about how great he is.

Reply to SouthernCal_Dem (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:06 PM

Jul 2020

All he wants is to feed his own overweening (and roundly undeserved) sense of superiority and his need for everyone else to acknowledge it.

He wants a big show and spectacle, with him as the star.

There is no other there, there. I don't think he even puts enough thought into it to "want" to infect people.

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Anyone else getting the sense that Trump WANTS to infect as many Americans as possible? [View all] SouthernCal_Dem Jul 2020 OP

I think he's trying to normalize and glamorize having COVID torius Jul 2020 #1

I agree I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #2

Yep!!! K&R n/t RKP5637 Jul 2020 #6

Yes, I've thought than for some time now. He's a narcissist sociopath and also a sadist. I have RKP5637 Jul 2020 #3

Agree 1000% cornball 24 Jul 2020 #18

He's not that smart. He has no idea how to control it onetexan Jul 2020 #4

Maybe matt819 Jul 2020 #14

Yup jpak Jul 2020 #5

I agree too Mike 03 Jul 2020 #7

No, he wants big crowds hanging on his every word and cheering about how great he is. JHB Jul 2020 #8

All roads lead to Putin hvn_nbr_2 Jul 2020 #9

I've always assumed it was all explained by... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #10

Why hasn't he gotten it yet? LuvNewcastle Jul 2020 #11

I think he's getting regular injections of plasma with antibodies. nt Nay Jul 2020 #20

Okay, that makes sense. LuvNewcastle Jul 2020 #21

He wants the cities (Blue) to get it. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #12

Maybe Pooty put a bounty on us? fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #13

Very plausible. triron Jul 2020 #19

Sure as hell seems that way Blue Owl Jul 2020 #15

Been thinking that since mid March. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #16

Yup pattymcq Jul 2020 #17

Putin's paying him bounties. GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #22

I've suspected white supremacy all along. Covid-19 has hit POC harder than anyone else. VOX Jul 2020 #23