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NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 11:43 PM Mar 2019

The "Tells" Are Just So Telling

If Donald Trump has one skill, it’s his ability to broadcast his own guilt, his own weaknesses, and his own fears.

The expert at “projection” is far too self-absorbed to realize that he’s constantly telling the world exactly where his criminality lies, and exactly what terrifies him the most.

His weekend tweets about John McCain being the “lowest in his class” are a classic case in point. Given that he always projects his own failings on others, we now know that it was Trump who was the “lowest in his class”. And he’s just too stupid to realize that by virtue of his lashing out at McCain, he’s admitting his own academic failure.

His previous statements about McCain – e.g. “I like people who weren’t captured” – were a clear “tell” that Trump himself knows he is a draft-dodging weakling too cowardly to have served at all, no less strong enough to have survived as a POW.

Think about all the statements he’s made about Hillary and the Democrats colluding with the Russians – rhetoric that gets ratcheted-up every time more evidence of his own collusion is exposed. Think about all the times he’s insisted that it’s HRC who should be investigated for alleged criminal activity – another “tell” that what’s uppermost in his mind is the idea that his criminality is being investigated, and will inevitably be exposed.

I remember Trump stating that the Democratic powers-that-be were laughing at the gullibility of their constituents who were refusing to believe how the GOP’s “middle-class tax-cut” was in their own best interest – a sure tell that it was Republicans who were doing the laughing at their own gullible voters, who had fallen for the promise of tax relief that turned out to be a scam to enrich the already-wealthy.

When Trump tweets ”NO COLLUSION!!! over and over, it’s a sure tell that he’s terrified that his own collusion is not only about to be exposed, but that it can be proven in no uncertain terms.

Trump’s paranoia is now so out-of-control, he’s talking about Beto O’Rourke’s “crazy hand movements” – a sure sign that he knows his own unhinged “craziness” is being recognized for what it is.

Trump’s “tells” are obvious – accuse others of what you know you’re guilty of, denigrate those who you know are held in much higher esteem than you will ever be, demean those who you know are more successful than you ever were, or ever could be.

Accusations that other people – like Cohen, Flynn, and Gates – are lying to save their own skins are the most obvious tells that the man who has been shown to have lied to the American people over 9,000 times is desperate to accuse others of what he knows he himself to be guilty of.

Spanky is just too stupid to realize that he gives himself away with every tweet, every statement, every declaration that it’s the other guy who is guilty of every failing, every lie, every weakness that he displays on a daily basis.

If Trump tweeted tomorrow that a political opponent had once been stood-up by a high school prom date, you can take it to the bank that Spanky showed up at his own prom with his homely, awkward cousin – who had to be paid-off in order to pretend to be his adoring girlfriend for a few miserable hours.

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The "Tells" Are Just So Telling (Original Post) NanceGreggs Mar 2019 OP
Whatever Dem candidate who debates him should open Hassler Mar 2019 #1
Exactly. Now that everyone should be on to him and all his "tells", Grammy23 Mar 2019 #5
Brava. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #2
I hope he doesn't play poker because he would suck at it more than any poker player The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #3
I have often said I would love to play poker with him rufus dog Mar 2019 #7
He would "win" strip poker ThoughtCriminal Mar 2019 #16
I always appreciate your insightful and well written posts. MLAA Mar 2019 #4
trump is scared of something coming down the pike Gothmog Mar 2019 #6
Republicans in general believe everyone is as crooked as they are. rickford66 Mar 2019 #8
Excellent post. stopbush Mar 2019 #9
"Not too many people know..." SeattleVet Mar 2019 #10
... or that everyone else learned in 5th grade. fierywoman Mar 2019 #12
It's just Trump saying Aussie105 Mar 2019 #11
we need to find the taped-up women Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #13
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are eating pizza, drinking beer, and comparing notes... Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #14
This is exactly true. Nitram Mar 2019 #15
K&R red dog 1 Mar 2019 #17
Why are you not a consultant bluecollar2 Mar 2019 #18
He couldn't be more transparent. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #19

Hassler

(3,379 posts)
1. Whatever Dem candidate who debates him should open
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:07 AM
Mar 2019

By revealing Cheetolini's projection, something like, "You'll hear him accuse me of all kinds of things. Just know, they're all what he is guilty of."

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
5. Exactly. Now that everyone should be on to him and all his "tells",
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:19 AM
Mar 2019

Going toe to toe with him in a debate ought to be a piece of cake. Fight fire with Fire. He was able to bamboozle his opponents last time around. No one should fear him this time, just come prepared to not back down. I still remember when he went to an AA church with a female pastor. He came there for a specific purpose but tried to follow his own agenda and talking points when the pastor firmly told him to get back on topic. She was not the least bit intimidated by him and stood her ground. He meekly turned around and did as he was told. I almost hooted out loud. Victory was hers! She gave the example of how to deal with that jackass.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
3. I hope he doesn't play poker because he would suck at it more than any poker player
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:11 AM
Mar 2019

who ever walked the face of the Earth. In a game of strip poker would be buck-naked (shudder) within minutes.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
7. I have often said I would love to play poker with him
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:29 AM
Mar 2019

I can't bluff, not in my DNA. But I am a good player because I am very patient.

tRump would be easy to take out, just sit back and wait, let him bluster when you hold a good hand then take him out. I would likely have multiple folds until I know I have a hand that can't be beat, then force him all in.

It is the story of his life, live on the bluster, gets his ass handed to him by anyone with above average intelligence and lose everything gained through his bullshit.



rickford66

(5,524 posts)
8. Republicans in general believe everyone is as crooked as they are.
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:29 AM
Mar 2019

That's the basis for their projections. Of course, you go into politics to get rich. Only a fool would do it for the benefit of "the others".

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
9. Excellent post.
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:33 AM
Mar 2019

There’s also the myriad phrases he uses that expose he’s lying:

Believe me = I am lying

That I can tell you = I just lied to you

Many people are saying = no one is saying this, except me

I have heard = I haven’t heard anything, I’m making shit up

I haven’t heard about that yet = I have been fully briefed, but fuck you

Fake news = real news that is harmful to my assholedom

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
10. "Not too many people know..."
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 01:09 AM
Mar 2019

...I just found out something that has been general knowledge forever

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
11. It's just Trump saying
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 01:52 AM
Mar 2019

"It's not me, it is THEM!"

With his limited intelligence and imagination, every accusation he makes can be sourced from his own behaviour. Too dumb to make shit up, in other words.

Got to wonder at those who surround him pretending all of this is normal?

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
14. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are eating pizza, drinking beer, and comparing notes...
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 02:40 AM
Mar 2019

they are laughing their asses off and crying at the same time.

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
17. K&R
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 04:02 PM
Mar 2019

SPANKY:
"No Collusion!..No Collusion!..No Collusion!..No Collusion!..No Collusion!"

(And his GOP enablers in Congress + his MAGA followers believe him)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. He couldn't be more transparent.
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 07:05 PM
Mar 2019

He wears his weaknesses on his sleeve and those who would do this nation harm hone right in on them to manipulate him into doing their bidding. This is just one of the many things that makes him so dangerous.

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