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(15,073 posts)Schumer is thinking, "Is this guy an asshole, or what?"
MineralMan
(146,340 posts)Pelosi and Schumer played Trump like the cheap fiddle he is. They PWNed him and left him there with egg all over his face. Schumer's grin demonstrates that he knew exactly what they had accomplished.
They let Donwald Trump himself.
RobinA
(9,902 posts)and face were great throughout that whole meeting.
MineralMan
(146,340 posts)They destroyed him completely, all the while with smiles on their faces.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)and Pence did not even throw him a life line...
MineralMan
(146,340 posts)He actually believes that. In his former life, he could walk all over people, but now he's in over his head. Deeply over his head.
It's catching up to him now. He believed that Cohen, for example, would back him up no matter what happened, so he insulted Cohen in public, not realizing that he was dissing a man who had the keys to Trump's own jail cell.
Trump is a stupid, stupid, arrogant man. At one time, he may have had his way in things, but that time is long over for him. His competence is gone, but his arrogance remains. That's not a good combination.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)"Didn't do it...lawyer fucked me."
Just like the Shawshank Redemption:
https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f7cdce44-9de0-4816-99e6-0f01703c75b5
Rural_Progressive
(1,107 posts)he was doing fine spending other people's money, stiffing contractors and vendors, beating down property taxes, hiring undocumented workers, hanging with the mob(s)......ah, the good old days.
But no, he had to let himself get wound up by that nasty black fella who made fun of him at the dinner and run for POTUS. Out of his league, class, and domain now hes's going dooooowwwwn for the count.
Imagine how much fun it would be to be an invisible guest at what's left of the dRump family at their holiday dinners. I'm thinking the old man is not going to be spoken about in a kindly manner.
SWBTATTReg
(22,188 posts)miles and rump is totally unaware of it and is getting frustrated as you can tell he realized that he just lost control of the meeting that he alone called.
Wonderful!
DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)I don't think trump's ego would let him decide it would be the last time to appear on camera with Chuck and Nancy.
LiberalFighter
(51,213 posts)His ego is too big not to.
Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)Harker
(14,067 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 12, 2018, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)
It's a petty man that ridicules good people, then expects them to be cheerfully submissive.
MineralMan
(146,340 posts)I think that'll be good for him, too.
Harker
(14,067 posts)It's telling that he was enraged without them resorting to childishly calling him names. Straight talk is enough to flummox and derange him.
I saw a clip of Sen. Schumer getting tearful, and it choked me up. Trumpsky and his ilk must have enjoyed his pain.
FakeNoose
(32,836 posts)That's the only explanation I can think of for why this would happen. Trump's experience on The Apprentice was completely irrelevant but he doesn't get it. The producers and show runners on The Apprentice geared the entire show to play up to his (few) strengths and play down his (many) liabilities. One of the major weaknesses on that show was that Trump couldn't follow a script. He couldn't even read one, let along follow it. He just made everything up on the spot and all the other actors had to play along with him. He was constantly saying and doing the wrong things, but the show runners just edited his mistakes out later.
There are so many stories of this happening over the years he did the show, it's clear that he never understood what was really happening. Well now there are no producers, editors and show runners, and he's still screwing everything up. But there's nobody to jump in and save his butt. Now America is seeing what a f*ckup he really is. This will continue and it will get worse, until he's finally removed from office.
FirstLight
(13,366 posts)WELL SAID!
I still say I want to see him leave the WH "King George" style. Foaming in a straight jacket on a gurney going to the "special" prison for loonies.
He would most likely be screaming epithets somewhere between gibberish and all his other special words...covefe! Smockin!....
FakeNoose
(32,836 posts)samnsara
(17,652 posts)Nitram
(22,930 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)And I like this story!
LisaM
(27,847 posts)did everything except a fist pump. My SO and I both burst out laughing.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He and Nancy Pelosi treated Trump like the idiot he is.
George II
(67,782 posts)...how he just tricked trump into owning the shutdown if it happens.
I could watch that 15 minutes over and over and over again.
The Wizard
(12,552 posts)with a media ambush. They were not made aware that TV cameras would be on hand. After Trump got his ass handed to hem he claims we was set up.
Donald Trump's a great big liar.
Trying to set the Earth on fire.
(with apologies to the Doors)
nolabear
(42,001 posts)They are dumber than a box of rocks and he's the head boulder.
Botany
(70,627 posts)Did I just get Trump to take credit for a government shutdown to help his stupid wall that Mexico was going to pay for?
Shit eating grin!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,514 posts)Chuck did that several times. Dumb Donald never figured out he was the ball in a ping pong game.