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‘I Think He’s a Very Dangerous Man for the Next Three or Four Weeks’
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/donald-trump-2016-biographers-214350By Susan B. Glasser and Michael Kruse
October 12, 2016
Back in early March, Politico Magazine brought together five Donald Trump biographers for a conversation over lunch at Trump Tower. At the time, the country was just beginning to grapple with the reality that the presidential nominee from one of the two major American political parties stood a good chance of being a real estate mogul and entertainer. Wayne Barrett, Gwenda Blair, Michael DAntonio, Harry Hurt and Timothy OBrien knew him better than anybody, had studied him more than anybody, had written an aggregate 2,195 pages in books.
So much has happened over the past seven months: the crackpot conspiracy theories, the rageful late-night Twitter tirades, the surges and slides in the polls, an onslaught of investigative reporting that painted him as a racist, sexist, selfish, uncharitable, lying predator. So we thought it was time, especially in the wake of grab them by the pussy, for an emergency reconvening of the Trumpologists.
In a conference call on Monday with Barrett, Blair, DAntonio and OBrien, the biographers were unanimous in their assessment of what we are seeing: They are not surprised. Trump is who they thought he was. This, they said, is not a show. It is not an act. This is the man they wrote about. In 1992. In 1993. In 1999. In 2005. In 2015. This is a man who has been one of the most famous people in America for going on 40 years. Only now, though, are many people, finally, really, getting to know Donald John Trump.
He is, the biographers said, profoundly narcissistic, willing to go to lengths weve never seen before in order to satisfy his egoand a very dangerous man for the next three or four weeks. And after that? This time, its going to be a straight‑out loss on the biggest stage hes ever been on, one biographer predicted. And yet: As long as hes remembered, maybe it wont matter to him.
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‘I Think He’s a Very Dangerous Man for the Next Three or Four Weeks’ (Original Post)
swag
Oct 2016
OP
He's a sniffing sissy, a pompous pussy, a whiny wacko, but not a man!
Nitram
(22,794 posts)3. All of those can make someone with power and/or money very dangerous.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)2. He is a dangerous man until November 28
Which is when Trump told his supporters to vote, Oops
Retired George
(332 posts)4. Good one!
kristinshe
(11 posts)5. Hillary Clinton over Trump
According to the social survey, 47% people like to elect Ms. Clinton as new president and 42% would like to elect Trump. And 9% chances of others to win in these elections. But its not the views of complete America. I think Hillary Clinton is more powerful and beneficial president of America as compared to Donal Trump.