The following is part 1 of a 3 part series:
"Understanding Donald Trump, Part I"
I do not know how to even begin to understand the behavior of Donald Trump. He is deathly afraid of losing the election and being labeled a loser. He does not like the demands on him in being the president of the U.S. He is too lazy and the demands are far beyond his capabilities. Were it not for his fear of being labeled a loser, he would drop out of the race for the presidency again. So he is in a terrible psychological bind.
So, he has to remain in the political race. In continuing the campaign, we would expect such a ruthlessly amoral person to do absolutely everything he could – legal or not – to absolutely ensure a victory. Yet, his choices of actions in th role of president are consistently stripping away one bloc of potential supporter, one by one. His choices in relation to the COVID 19 pandemic are making it abundantly clear that he so desperately wants a booming economy to ensure a victory for himself. Those actions make it equally clear that he does not care about the American people. If it takes 500,000 American deaths to ensure his victory, so be it. At the same time, he behavior is to anti-science and anti-reason that he is turning off hundreds of thousands of thinking and educated people.
To continue in the matter of knowledge and reason, Trump’s behavior, in general, shows a total disdain for rational thinking, knowledge, education, and veracity. He is, bit by bit, turning off thinking, educated, and rational people who are not part of the culture of absolute greed. They know that, in order to make good decisions for themselves and their families, they absolutely need truthful, factional and rationally formulated information so that they can make good decisions. By now, they know that they will never get that from Donald Trump.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.DJT is not a good president. It would be great if there were a credible, competent candidate to oppose him. Biden ain't it.
IMHO the U.S. would be better served by three political parties, one left, one centrist and one right. The Dems could spin off the radical leftists into a new party, and court the centrists of the Republican party.
PBuck0145
Level 7
July 1, 2020
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We could certainly use more than two viable parties, or have no parties whatsoever, but nothing like that is going to happen in the near future.
@itsmedammit No parties, a congress of independents would be ideal. Wishful thinking.
A long-time leftists view of the current situation in the U.S.:
saccording to you ... biden may not be the best but he has compassion and he is smart enough to listen to his advisors and read the reports necessary .... he also will have much better staffing and he is already respected in Europe so he can a least start to heal that fiasco he is not perfect and he is old he may die in office personally id have preferred a younger person mayor pete
It is not just up to Biden. It is up to us, the American people, to keep the heat on Biden to make sure that he does what this country really needs. Anyone who sits this one our, or who votes for Trump is a traitor to our people, our democracy, our constitution,.
The man is a sociopathic con man, he will say anything to sell his agenda, he has no morals. He is ignorant of leadership skills and how to unite a country to "make America great again " He has done so much damage with his divisive speech, just like a bully trying to get people on his "side", meanwhile people are dying of a virus he says is harmless, he has turned his back on the BLM movement which should be a positive growth opportunity for us, instead stirs hatred and intolerance. It is truly sad, our only hope is that record numbers turn out to vote him out of office
Carla1963
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July 6, 2020
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You are preaching to the choir, as it were. If you watch him next time someone else is speaking but he is on stage... Just watch his mannerisms. Just like a 10 year old waiting in line for something. The pre-pubescent fidgeting and twisting at the waist. Plus he seems to slouch over and let his arms hang down in front of him.
I cannot think of anything about Donald Trump that is anything close to a redeeming quality. He is devoid.
RiverRick
Level 7
July 5, 2020
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You are right. Trump is permanently developmentally delayed. Having studies human development, I can say that he has the personality and moral development of a two year old, and the intellectual development of a pre-adolescent.
"I cannot think of anything about Donald Trump that is anything close to a redeeming quality." Well, I just did...
He makes Boris Johnson look reasonably okay
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