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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:07 AM Jul 2017

Donald Trump's Dominatrix


At this point I think it’s fair to say that Donald Trump has gone beyond taunting and demonizing Hillary Clinton to a realm of outright obsession.

He’s stalking her.

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He keeps telling us that he’s president and we’re not. Does he know that he’s president and she’s not? Does he realize that most Americans can go a whole day, an entire week — verily, a month! — without picturing her at a rostrum, hearing the melody of her stump speech or repeating, “I’m with her”?

At least they could if Trump would shut up about her. I understand that he misses her, but, sheesh, send some Godiva chocolates and move on.

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He’s more or less back to chanting “lock her up,” as if it’s early November all over again. He has frozen the calendar there so that he can perpetually savor the exhilaration of the campaign and permanently evade the drudgery of governing and the ignominy of his failure at it so far.

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him. That movie has a co-star, Clinton. If he dwells in it, he dwells with her. He can no more retire her than Miss Havisham, in “Great Expectations,” could put away her wedding dress. Clinton brings Trump back to the moment before the rose lost its blush and the heartache set in.

During the second of their three debates, he was accused of shadowing her onstage, but that was nothing next to the way he pursues her now. His administration slips further into chaos; he diverts the discussion to her. She’s the answer to evolving scandals. She’s the antidote to a constipated agenda — or so he wagers. What stature he has inadvertently given her. And what extraordinary staying power.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/opinion/donald-trumps-dominatrix.html
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patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
1. We know that he watches tv all the time. Do we know if he
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:14 AM
Jul 2017

watches tapes over and over again of when he was declared President by the various tv stations??? I assume he does.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
2. He has a map with the electoral results framed and hanging on his wall.
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:26 AM
Jul 2017

He needs to focus on what victories he can in the face of the reality that he lost.

It's one reason that I want Hillary in public, not being apologetic, not being shy about the fact that she actually won, and it was stolen from her.

This makes him furious and insecure.

TheBlackAdder

(28,186 posts)
3. That means, deep down inside, HRC controls Trump. He can't detach from her, so he's owned by her.
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:33 AM
Jul 2017

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Its the same thing when someone breaks up with a partner, as long as they harbor anger and resentment, the ex is still living within their mind, controlling and effecting them. It is only when a person completely detaches, is when they are free.

Even without HRC doing anything, she controls him.


Now, if she wanted to, she could say things that would fuck with his mind.

Not that I'm suggesting that

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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
4. "Living well is the best revenge." I think when her book comes out and does well
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:46 AM
Jul 2017

and she goes on talk shows, confident and relaxed, he will lose it.

I think that the image of her is what controls him - not actually her.

TheBlackAdder

(28,186 posts)
5. Yep. He'll also lose it if she moves on and never makes a reference to him, unless asked.
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 10:47 AM
Jul 2017

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And, if she is asked about him, keep it very brief.

Move onto the successes of other presidents. The tacit implication is that Trump is a failure.

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