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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,384
    Here in the US, the way people view Trump is very disparate. People seem to either love him or can't stand the guy not can they figure out how it is he got where he is on the political scene.

    I've been wondering for some time how people in other parts of the world view Trump (not hard to guess but I don't want to jump to conclusions I can't verify). Tonight I had some insight into that. I had dinner with six people visiting here from Germany. Each of them, in there own words, completely un-coached by myself or my wife and with out our in anyway initiating conversation on politics whatsoever, each of them offered the opinion that the large majority of Europeans think we Americans are out of our minds for letting someone like Trump get as far along in this race as we have. They are dumbfounded and completely perplexed as to how we could possibly have ended up with Donald Trump as front runner in the choosing of our highest elected official.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,185
    The guy who co wrote "The Art of The Deal" just skewered Trump in every way possible.
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,930
    edited July 2016
    The Juggler said:

    The guy who co wrote "The Art of The Deal" just skewered Trump in every way possible.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,447
    eddiec said:

    The Juggler said:

    The guy who co wrote "The Art of The Deal" just skewered Trump in every way possible.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,864
    edited July 2016
    Just to be clear....

    According to donald drumpf......

    Its okay that Pence voted for the Iraq war
    It's not okay that Hillary voted for the Iraq war

    Vote drumpf....make America stoooopid again
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,929
    This is a great quote from the article. This sums him up.

    Lying is second nature to him,” Schwartz said. “More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.”
  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 20,818
    The Juggler said:

    Scott Baio will be speaking on Monday night.

    Only winners and A list celebrities at Trump's convention.

    Hahahaha

    I hope Chachi gives us his insight on the developments in Turkey.
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  • KatKat Posts: 4,892
    mrussel1 said:

    This is a great quote from the article. This sums him up.

    Lying is second nature to him,” Schwartz said. “More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.”

    Scary part in this paragraph...
    If he were writing “The Art of the Deal” today, Schwartz said, it would be a very different book with a very different title. Asked what he would call it, he answered, “The Sociopath.”

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
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  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    This article is just fascinating...

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/how-the-haters-made-trump?utm_term=.yko87L8Yo#.jvwLNRLzb

    Something for everybody in there.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,008
    Kat said:

    mrussel1 said:

    This is a great quote from the article. This sums him up.

    Lying is second nature to him,” Schwartz said. “More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.”

    Scary part in this paragraph...
    If he were writing “The Art of the Deal” today, Schwartz said, it would be a very different book with a very different title. Asked what he would call it, he answered, “The Sociopath.”

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
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  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    #Nevertrump is making their stand now. We'll see how this plays out.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    BS44325 said:

    #Nevertrump is making their stand now. We'll see how this plays out.

    Yeah, anywhere to see what's going on on the convention floor? They aren't going to win, but sounds pretty wild right now.
  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Cliffy6745 said:

    BS44325 said:

    #Nevertrump is making their stand now. We'll see how this plays out.

    Yeah, anywhere to see what's going on on the convention floor? They aren't going to win, but sounds pretty wild right now.
    It's being televised. Complete bedlam.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    So they are saying they don't have enough states but they do? Or states took it back?
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    That's it? Dammit, I missed it.
  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Cliffy6745 said:

    That's it? Dammit, I missed it.

    Ended pretty quickly. It looks like the #Nevertrump coup was orchestrated by the Turkish military.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    BS44325 said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    That's it? Dammit, I missed it.

    Ended pretty quickly. It looks like the #Nevertrump coup was orchestrated by the Turkish military.
    Sounds like that wasn't even for this year...it was to change to rules for 2020?
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    Good thing we have Scott Baio to make sense of all of this tonight!
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,864
    BS44325 said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    That's it? Dammit, I missed it.

    Ended pretty quickly. It looks like the #Nevertrump coup was orchestrated by the Turkish military.
    Nope
    It was all Obama's doing
  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Cliffy6745 said:

    BS44325 said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    That's it? Dammit, I missed it.

    Ended pretty quickly. It looks like the #Nevertrump coup was orchestrated by the Turkish military.
    Sounds like that wasn't even for this year...it was to change to rules for 2020?
    A bit of both. The odds of it changing anything for this year while not impossible was pretty close to impossible.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,008
    At least some people tried. It's depressing enough, but not as depressing as not even making an attempt to put a stop to this lunacy.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,410
    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!
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  • BS44325BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    Misogyny
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    BS44325 said:

    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    Misogyny
    Remember it's not misogyny if you say things in jest of Trump.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,138
    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    Lol great
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    BS44325 said:

    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    Misogyny
    Oh come on, she's a trophy wife, you are so eager to oppose anything left of center you are twisting like a pretzel.
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,890
    Love how trump's 3rd wife talked about how loyal he was...
  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    BS44325 said:

    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    Misogyny
    Says the republican.
  • EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    She also - possibly - stole parts of her speech from Michelle Obama.

    http://gawker.com/melania-trump-apparently-plagiarized-a-section-of-miche-1783889522
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Enkidu said:

    Wobbie said:

    why can't all you immigrants be like Melania? SHE pulled herself up by her high heeled bootstraps. Come on, Somalians, suck it up!

    She also - possibly - stole parts of her speech from Michelle Obama.

    http://gawker.com/melania-trump-apparently-plagiarized-a-section-of-miche-1783889522
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