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StarfishSaver

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19. I think it's because this really stung him to the core and he had no idea how to respond
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:51 AM
Nov 2019

He may never have come face to face with anything this blunt and humiliating in his adult life.

The closest I think was the 2011 WH Correspondents' Dinner when President Obama and Seth Meyers mocked him to his face while the crowd laughed at him. But even then, he could pacify himself with the fact that this was the "liberal elite crowd" (even though he had been a part of that crowd until recently) and saw an opportunity to get revenge by running for president.

This was different and worse. It wasn't an elite bunch of Fake News, Deep State liberals out to get him. It was tens of thousands of people spontaneously booing and mocking him, not only to his face in front of a television audience of millions, but he had it bounced back at him on a Jumbotron. Talk about an "echo chamber"- imagine how that must have looked and felt to him?

And considering he's supposedly at the "pinnacle" of success and is STILL being laughed at like an obnoxious little boy in school whom everyone hates no matter how much money his daddy has and he can't say "One day, I'll be REALLY and THEN I'll show them!" that had to feel like a punch in the gut.

Just the look on his face is enough to keep me going for a few more months ...

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Why didn't Twitler tweet after the boos? [View all] live love laugh Oct 2019 OP
He doesn't want to give the country ideas. Wants it to go away. So lets Kota Oct 2019 #1
He was SILENCED. Bigly. Definitely need to talk about it. nt live love laugh Oct 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #3
He was crushed malaise Oct 2019 #4
he's trying to figure out a way to get revenge Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #5
Unfortunately you are correct. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #6
Bigly. 🤔 SammyWinstonJack Oct 2019 #11
Yeah he's already going to another "fake" event. But live love laugh Nov 2019 #16
he's going to do something to hurt baseball NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #21
He'll refuse to invite the Nats to the WH? Eyeball_Kid Nov 2019 #26
Perhaps he was frightened. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #7
truth to that onethatcares Oct 2019 #8
The ass kicking required attention first lunatica Oct 2019 #9
Maybe he was still crying. MarianJack Oct 2019 #10
The people around him were clapping like crazy. Mr.Bill Oct 2019 #12
he heard it alright. And the people right outside the inner ring where throwing him "the finger" Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #13
AND he had to see it played back to him in real time on a Jumbotron StarfishSaver Nov 2019 #20
In Trump's private reality Danascot Oct 2019 #14
It shocked him. That's why. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #15
Yeah that wrestling thing is going to be full of 🤡 live love laugh Nov 2019 #18
Because of his own boo-hoos. He couldn't see his tiny thumbs through all the tears. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #17
I think it's because this really stung him to the core and he had no idea how to respond StarfishSaver Nov 2019 #19
Yes! His face basically crumbled. Priceless. nt live love laugh Nov 2019 #22
Well said malaise Nov 2019 #32
If he doesn't acknowledge it, it didn't happen. shraby Nov 2019 #23
Yeah there's that ... and the ROM (Republican Owned Media) live love laugh Nov 2019 #25
I find it hilarious that Obama is the elitist. Initech Nov 2019 #24
Right now he has nykym Nov 2019 #27
🤣🤣🤣🤣 live love laugh Nov 2019 #29
Total humiliation Baked Potato Nov 2019 #28
What COULD he tweet? DFW Nov 2019 #30
And acknowledge that it actually happened? Aristus Nov 2019 #31
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