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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 08:00 AM Feb 2019

John Cleese MSNBC just gave a precise explanation of Trump's thinking:

John Cleese


MSNBC just gave a precise explanation of Trump's thinking:

'He views The Rule of Law as presidential harassment'

To comprehend this, remember Trump's life is built on the premise that there are no rules that apply to him.

He even cheats at golf

Everything follows from that

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John Cleese MSNBC just gave a precise explanation of Trump's thinking: (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 OP
Exactly right. MBS Feb 2019 #1
Perfect! KelleyKramer Feb 2019 #2
I have a friend who plays Golf and is an investor Perseus Feb 2019 #3
When Michelle Obama first started dating our future President, she asked Tanuki Feb 2019 #7
What a great description of how to gauge people! lunatica Feb 2019 #17
That's a good test. calimary Feb 2019 #24
If you cheat at golf pecosbob Feb 2019 #4
And vice versa three ways from the center! lunatica Feb 2019 #18
I play golf with an 85 year old, watoos Feb 2019 #5
WhatZig Ziglar says in his book: Left-over Feb 2019 #6
He was on MSNBC this morning? What show? nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #8
Cleese was watching jodymarie aimee Feb 2019 #11
Ohhhhhh... that explains that. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #15
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2019 #9
Everything follows. zentrum Feb 2019 #10
He* even cheats at golf. How republican is that? Achilleaze Feb 2019 #12
Nobody will tread you better than they treat their own loved ones. mahina Feb 2019 #13
And his brother and nephew. Duppers Feb 2019 #14
Not surprising since he tears families apart and imprisons children. lunatica Feb 2019 #19
Same thoughts here. mahina Feb 2019 #21
Oh yes I forgot about that. Ugh. mahina Feb 2019 #20
K&R smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #16
Another to keep the estate tax on large estates ... philly_bob Feb 2019 #22
Good Grief, you Libtardy people!!! Trump never cheats❗❗❗ griloco Feb 2019 #23
In college... Oldtimeralso Feb 2019 #25
😆 griloco Feb 2019 #26
Great observations... Mike Nelson Feb 2019 #27
 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
3. I have a friend who plays Golf and is an investor
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 08:29 AM
Feb 2019

When someone proposes a deal to him, the first thing he does is play Golf with them, if they cheat he knows what type of character he is dealing with and the deal is off.

Of course not everyone plays Golf, but he has other ways to define prospective partners characters, and playing games is one way to do it.

The orange buffoon cheats at everything, he is a low life.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
7. When Michelle Obama first started dating our future President, she asked
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:47 AM
Feb 2019

her basketball star brother Craig Robinson to shoot some hoops with him;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)

"When Robinson's sister, Michelle, began dating her law firm colleague, Barack Obama, who played basketball recreationally, she asked her brother to play with Obama and give her a character assessment so that she would know whether she could become serious with him.[10][11] He gave an encouraging report to her.[9][12] As he later related, "When I played basketball with Barack, he was quietly confident, which means he had good self-esteem without being cocky. He was certainly a team player – he wasn't a pig, he passed when he was supposed to pass, and he cut when he was supposed to cut. To me, that speaks to a lack of selfishness. He had natural leadership ability, because he didn't just pass me the ball because he was dating my sister. Whenever a player gets tired, he reverts to the player he truly is. That's how you tell. And we played for hours. That's how I could tell."[10] The story of this pick-up game and of a "test" being passed became a key part of the Obama narrative.[10]"

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. What a great description of how to gauge people!
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 05:25 PM
Feb 2019

Watch them when they’re tired because the true person will through. Especially in when competition activity is present.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. I play golf with an 85 year old,
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:09 AM
Feb 2019

he routinely shoots his age or better. When other people play with us (he keeps score) if he sees them "rolling their ball" he simply doesn't mark down the score for that hole. He told me that when you don't cheat you don't have to worry if people are watching you. I like the look on people's faces when they ask him what they shot, after 9 holes and he says 21. (lots of blank holes.)

Left-over

(234 posts)
6. WhatZig Ziglar says in his book:
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:18 AM
Feb 2019

"The Secrets of Closing The Sale" is that "A man who will cheat at golf will cheat at anything.". He hit the nail on the head when it comes to drumpf.

mahina

(17,651 posts)
13. Nobody will tread you better than they treat their own loved ones.
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 02:21 PM
Feb 2019

My Dad used to say that.

Look at how he’s treated his wives.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. Not surprising since he tears families apart and imprisons children.
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 05:30 PM
Feb 2019

Frankly, I honestly expect him to throw his own children under the bus if he thinks that can save his own hide. Even Ivanka.

I also suspect they suspect this too, which is why they defend him so hard.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. K&R
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 04:34 PM
Feb 2019

He is incapable of following the rules or the rule of law. He is thoroughly immoral with an outrageous sense of entitlement.

He is a repulsive excuse of a human being.

philly_bob

(2,419 posts)
22. Another to keep the estate tax on large estates ...
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:34 PM
Feb 2019

to avoid raising spoiled, entitled, amoral people like DT.

griloco

(832 posts)
23. Good Grief, you Libtardy people!!! Trump never cheats❗❗❗
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 12:30 AM
Feb 2019

I have it on good authority that Trump was the Captain of the Trump University Golf Team, a position that required HugelyHonesty.

And when the TUGT played the GreatLeader Kim Il-sung University Golf Team (GLKIsUGT) Trump counted every stroke of the 18 hole match against DearLeader Kim Jong Il beating the Commie's 34 with a 40 under par 32.

Oldtimeralso

(1,937 posts)
25. In college...
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:12 AM
Feb 2019

Don the Con was captain of the golf team at Sam Houston Institute of
Technology. He wanted the cheerleaders to follow him and yell
"Go SHIT" when HIS OPPONENT was about to swing!!!

Mike Nelson

(9,954 posts)
27. Great observations...
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 07:54 AM
Feb 2019

… as a K-12 teacher, I can report this cheating starts early... the normal child grows... most everyone grows beyond this, a normal part of child development. But there are those who cheat far beyond normalcy. They cheat in sports, academics, everything... the "lessons" they learn, no matter what you do, are "What can I get away with?" and "How can I improve my cheating?" There is n help from home, because the practice is accepted there.

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