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kpete

(72,022 posts)
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 09:45 PM Apr 2018

From WAPO - A fantastic image. The grasping. The neediness. The hole in the soul.

President Trump spent nearly three minutes at a luncheon this week welcoming the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — whose difficult-to-pronounce names he never uttered publicly — and saying he should be given “credit” for pressuring countries like theirs to give more money to NATO.

As he concluded, White House staffers began to shepherd a small group of journalists out of the room — but Trump was far from done sharing his complaints. As reporters shouted questions about the plunging stock market and the brewing trade war with China, Trump quickly engaged.

“I have to say this,” Trump said during the appearance Tuesday afternoon, as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis unfurled a white napkin and placed it in his lap. “China. I have great respect for President Xi. Two of the most incredible days of my life were spent in China. . . . He’s a tremendous person. But we have a problem with China.”





https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/an-airing-of-grievances-trump-spends-days-issuing-a-torrent-of-complaints-against-foes/2018/04/04/ecb3de42-3777-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?utm_term=.cd0c71c2e0c4


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From WAPO - A fantastic image. The grasping. The neediness. The hole in the soul. (Original Post) kpete Apr 2018 OP
Trump is an egotistical low self-esteem racist bully Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #1
and just think.... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #2
Actually...... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2018 #4
I had not heard that before! dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #5
That was very bizarre to read GusBob Apr 2018 #3

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. and just think....
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 10:08 PM
Apr 2018

for all his gilt covered life, and money.....he will be buried in the same size grave as the rest of us.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,380 posts)
4. Actually......
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 10:14 PM
Apr 2018

To quote the late, great Christopher Hitchens;

“”If you gave him an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox”

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
3. That was very bizarre to read
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 10:09 PM
Apr 2018

Astonishing actually, he forced the one Baltic president to praise him, then cut her off

Talking about himself in the third person, just plain creepy

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