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There’s No Understanding Donald Trump
Theatlantic.com ^ | 7/13/19 | James Fallows

Posted on 07/14/2019 4:09:30 AM PDT by cotton1706

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To: chiller
He exposed himself to Kim Jong at the border

A former President might have been tempted to do this, but not Trump; his proclivities are elsewhere.

21 posted on 07/14/2019 4:53:02 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Hojczyk

Fallows drove across America with his wife trying to understand.


22 posted on 07/14/2019 4:53:34 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: existentially_kuffer
See there is the president, who they think is a bumbling buffoon.
his foreign born wife
the politicians held at gunpoint by the rcmp.
his various advisors and supporters
and his former press secretary.
and of course Vladimir's agent.
and even some illegal aliens support him.

23 posted on 07/14/2019 4:56:48 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: cotton1706

The media elites cannot define Trump.....he defines himself.


24 posted on 07/14/2019 4:57:48 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
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To: catnipman
Well said.


25 posted on 07/14/2019 4:57:56 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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bump


26 posted on 07/14/2019 5:10:11 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: cotton1706

27 posted on 07/14/2019 5:11:19 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Nothingburger

“It is darkly comical how our ever-so-sophisticated elites can’t understand a simple idea like putting American interests first.”

It’s not that they can’t understand the idea; they cannot tolerate the idea, because they’re ‘elites’. Elites must have the control and power over us. Period.

That President Trump won, because of us voters off the MSM/school indoctrination/SJW plantation, is horrifying to them. And they’ve got to fix this, whatever it takes — impeachment, big lies, judicial overrides, propaganda storm, rigged voting, whatever.


28 posted on 07/14/2019 5:13:04 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: nathanbedford

Stealing the Election
18 months Ahead,,,
One Photo at a Time!
.
Love It!


29 posted on 07/14/2019 5:20:05 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: cotton1706

So the author points out that analyzing PDJT as a politician is a mistake, s/he tries to analyze him as a Hollywood type. Same mistake. Try doing it under The Art of the Deal. The DMZ visit was a masterstroke, keeping open the lines of communication. Sure, Rocketman will use the propaganda value but what did it really cist us, besides jet fuel? Nothong, when you consider the prize.


30 posted on 07/14/2019 5:20:51 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (#Dregs #DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe #BuildIt)
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To: cotton1706

The author of this piece cannot understand, because his worldview is that politics is all about amassing power and wealth at the expense of the people. A President who really cares about the people and promotes the will of the electorate is so completely foreign to him that he may not even be capable of understanding the concept of “by the people, for the people.”

I would suggest to him to get out of his liberal elite enclave and meet and talk to ordinary Americans. Once he achieves understanding of the people, he will understand the President.


31 posted on 07/14/2019 5:21:53 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: cotton1706

James Fallows is a fallible fool. His wisdom is an illusion. He just hasn’t figured that out yet.


32 posted on 07/14/2019 5:25:35 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: cotton1706

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

They are too ignorant to understand.


33 posted on 07/14/2019 5:28:44 AM PDT by dforest (tJust shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up!)
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To: WashingtonSource; AndyJackson
In 2012, Fallows gained notability over the results of the testing of his genetic makeup. In addition to the fact that the lineage shown on the mitochondrial DNA of his mother's side did not resemble any other samples found in a large-scale study, it was shown that Fallows had an abnormally high percentage of Neanderthal ancestry, at 5% of his genes being of Neanderthal origin.


34 posted on 07/14/2019 5:39:27 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: cotton1706

Funny, those of us who actually worked and did useful things understand him completely.

Only wimpy mental failures such as politicians and journalists seem to have trouble with a real man.


35 posted on 07/14/2019 5:39:35 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: cotton1706

“the horrors of migrant detention-camp conditions..”

3 hot meals a day, free medical care, free housing, free legal advice, free cable tv....why it’s positively North Korea.

***hole.

L


36 posted on 07/14/2019 5:43:08 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: chiller

I’ve mentioned this before and I read of it in a piece about Trump and his formula for success. It may have been in one of his books.

What he believes is you will never be a winner if you are afraid of losing. This ties in with what he has taught his children as they were growing up and that is to set a goal and never give up fighting to attain that goal.


37 posted on 07/14/2019 5:44:35 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: cotton1706
I have been thinking of something appropos to PDJT once quipped by Leroy 'Satchel' Paige....I couldn't remember the whole quote but the don't look back (someone may be gaining on you) got stuck in my head and I tried to look it up.

Apparently that one doesn't fit but this one is 'close'...

"One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it."

....Satchel Paige...

38 posted on 07/14/2019 5:44:43 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: polymuser

You raise some good points.

As a lifelong student of history, I have been racking my brains for a time on our history when the ruling elite was more arrogant, ruthless, self-dealing, and contemptuous of all those who don’t know the “secret handshake.”

The concept of noblesse oblige seems entirely foreign to them.


39 posted on 07/14/2019 5:45:05 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: nathanbedford

“The Democrats are disrobing in public...”

I didn’t really need that image before breakfast. But yo certainly do know how to make a point.

Best,

L


40 posted on 07/14/2019 5:47:38 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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