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25th May 2017, 06:59 PM | #41 |
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******* unbelievable! Its clear some you don't know what a jovial shove is? The "prime minister" clearly had a smile and so did Trump. Some of you clearly don't get out much! |
25th May 2017, 08:44 PM | #43 |
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ok, so Trump has figured out that
"The Germans are bad, very bad." ... because they sell too many cars to the US. When Merkel met Trump in the White House, she had to explain 11 times that the US had to negotiate trade deals with the EU,not Germany directly. Looks like he forgot again. https://qz.com/992271/trump-reported...m-buying-bmws/ |
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25th May 2017, 08:52 PM | #44 |
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25th May 2017, 09:34 PM | #46 |
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Where I'm from it's called one-upsmanship.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Upmanship.../dp/1258783339 |
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25th May 2017, 09:45 PM | #48 |
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What's most significant is that he apparently doesn't have -- and may never have had -- anybody around him who could say "You can't do that!" Most of us have experienced consequences for exercising our darker impulses from tough parents, a demanding teacher or coach, a clergyman, coworkers, a boss, somebody.
If he had even been smacked around by some older kids at school he might have learned a little empathy. And even the meanest corporate jerks usually make an effort to put on a modest public face. But this guy has no filters, internal or external. |
25th May 2017, 09:52 PM | #49 |
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There's nothing "jovial" about shoving someone out of your way without even looking at them. Even demonstrating "confidence" would require some form of personal engagement apart from the shove.
No, the beast decided it needed to be in front of everyone right now and no one else mattered even a little bit until that happened. |
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Look at what is happening. The rightest snowflakes are applauding these actions. Trump being an ass, and shoving other leaders. A politician attacking a journalist.
Welcome to the new 'normal' where it's acceptable, and 'manly' to bully others as to hide being an insecure prick. |
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And some of us need to change our Conserv-a-Tint spectacles. Look at the total action. I saw behavior like that yesterday; two seven-year olds trying to get ahead in the line to the snack bar at school.
He pulls the guy's shoulder back to simply make room for himself. The Montenegran dude turns, thinking that someone's going to ask him something or say something,... smiling. Trump ignores him, then goes to the "take-up-a-lot-of-space-on-the-subway" stance, straightens out his face and tries to look leaderly. He's an idiot. You know he's an idiot. Come over to the dark side, logger. We've got cookies and apparently a monopoly on sanity. |
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If I had acted like Trump did, my father would have kicked my ass. My mother would just have told me how disappointed she was which for me was more effective. I also had a few teachers and a pastor that set me straight. Logger seems to believe we are all just being partisan. But my question to Logger is why would we do that? To make Pence President?
From my perspective, the Republicans should want to dump Trump more than liberals. It's not like Pence isn't a hard core conservative. The sooner the GOP comes to the realization that this clown is a disaster the better their chances of maintaining a majority.
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People are not quoting the OP. The link needs to show up OFTEN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/25/po...mit/index.html It really is astonishing and quite revealing. You see the world's biggest baby in action, and get to see him transition from his real persona, that of a churlish toddler to the Mark Burnett reality tv character of Mr. Really Important Businessman. |
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I wouldn't presume to try and guess what logger is thinking but looking at the way that some conservatives behave, the important thing is to attack your opponent without necessarily considering what may follow.
In this case "leftists" hate President Trump so much (because he beat Crooked Hillary and has Made America Great Again) that they will completely misrepresent a bit of locker-room joshing as an international incident. The fact that if they managed to get rid of the "Greatest President the US Has Ever Had and Ever Will Have" and replace him with someone who is even more offensive to their liberal sensibilities demonstrates how stupid they are |
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In case anyone has not seen it....
So manly, so confident |
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I'm sure the teacher likes him more if he sits in the front of the class.
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As opposed to Trump - who has them rolling in the aisles ?
But seriously, it's an interesting suggestion that foreign countries' leaders need to be afraid of the US in general and its President personally to come to engage diplomatically. History seems to suggest otherwise but as always YMMV |
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having the biggest military by orders of magnitude and nukes is, of course, not nearly as impressive as being able to shove your way to the front of the cue.
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More than that swagger has no worth if you are wrong.
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I agree that Trump is an ass.
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Confidence isn't shoving yourself into what you think is top stop.
Confidence is accepting wherever you're standing is already top spot. |
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Need you be reminded that Trump obtained multiple deferments from the draft (one of which was due to magically appearing and disappearing shin splints that Trump can't even remember which leg it affected.)
So Trump isn't exactly some brave hero. He's more like the "pussy" you seem to look down on. Oh, and if Obama was a pussy, why didn't Trump try to grab him? |
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Quote:
Apart from the 7-year old's vocabulary we have Trump's belief that nobody ever met Frankie da Pope before, or at least not as splendidly as Trump did. (I've revised my estimate of Trump's vocabulary down from 600-800 to around 500, aka "special needs" level.) |
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"Jovial shove"? What a joke. After he pushed his way up front, I love(?) how he puffed out his chest, simultaneously oozing megalomania and insecurity.
He's not merely a pompous asshat doofus. He displays these traits so abundantly, so over the top, that he's a caricature of a pompous asshat doofus. |
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This was a dick move; the twelve-year old budging line to get another slice of ice cream cake. Trump was probably still all sheepish from Melania slapping him down publically, and trying to show all hard.
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