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malaise

(269,038 posts)
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:16 PM Jun 2019

Do you know why Don the Con

thinks he's the smartest man in every room?

Because he hasn't been locked up yet despite decades of criminality.
He's not the only one to blame for this mess - he was given way too many passes.- and others are getting the same.

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Do you know why Don the Con (Original Post) malaise Jun 2019 OP
You read about all the criminal activity he's been involved with and you just wonder why Vinca Jun 2019 #1
It wasn't just daddy malaise Jun 2019 #3
Try to find anyone in the house or senate who hasn't benefited from his tax cuts. LiberalArkie Jun 2019 #27
Yep malaise Jun 2019 #31
I'm sure there were a good many wheels greased dflprincess Jun 2019 #34
Malaise, that is one of the things about this whole mess we are in Grammy23 Jun 2019 #2
It baffles all of us malaise Jun 2019 #4
Makes you wonder... BluesRunTheGame Jun 2019 #5
LOTS of people Skittles Jun 2019 #7
See Skittles at #7 malaise Jun 2019 #9
rich white male privilege has its perks Skittles Jun 2019 #6
Well he sure as hell isn't the smartest thing when he's tweeting alone in the bathroom ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #8
Good point. Mr.Bill Jun 2019 #19
+1000 pazzyanne Jun 2019 #30
It is easy to figure out mercuryblues Jun 2019 #10
Brilliant malaise Jun 2019 #11
But he did for 2 years mercuryblues Jun 2019 #12
True but justice is finally coming malaise Jun 2019 #13
Same here mercuryblues Jun 2019 #14
I'll bring pistachios malaise Jun 2019 #15
roasted nuts mercuryblues Jun 2019 #16
Well if we continued with the buttered popcorn malaise Jun 2019 #17
LOL mercuryblues Jun 2019 #26
The sad thing is having to live the rest of my life Mr.Bill Jun 2019 #18
You know I don't think so malaise Jun 2019 #23
THIS !!!! It's a well proven way manipulators break the law uponit7771 Jun 2019 #38
So have his adult brats and they have the same attitude. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #20
Not only passes. Look at Cohen doing Donnie's time. Pepsidog Jun 2019 #21
They use and abuse people malaise Jun 2019 #24
Its built into the system malaise. we should be in the 2nd year of the 1st women president Kurt V. Jun 2019 #22
Also: No one has told him that he isn't! Initech Jun 2019 #25
Correct malaise Jun 2019 #32
All Crooks marieo1 Jun 2019 #28
Mulligans keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #29
Those too malaise Jun 2019 #33
People who believe they are above the law can't even perceive of being locked up. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #35
Great post malaise Jun 2019 #36
yes - trump exposes the "flaws" in the system Locrian Jun 2019 #37
It is extremely important that persons who commit crimes be caught and suffer consequences. TryLogic Jun 2019 #39
Ignorance of the law is no excuse... kentuck Jun 2019 #40

Vinca

(50,276 posts)
1. You read about all the criminal activity he's been involved with and you just wonder why
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:19 PM
Jun 2019

he was given a pass time and time again. Maybe dad's loot got spread around a little?? This time he's got to pay the old fashioned way: in jail. I wish all candidates were asked whether, if elected, they would pardon Trump. No pardons, no pardons, no pardons.

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
34. I'm sure there were a good many wheels greased
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 08:15 PM
Jun 2019

but I also wonder if, just as he didn't make the "A list" in Manhattan society, he didn't make the "A list" of Manhattan criminals. Crooked as he is, maybe he was just considered a small fish in a big sea of corruption and not worth going after...until now.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
2. Malaise, that is one of the things about this whole mess we are in
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:21 PM
Jun 2019

That baffles me to this day. He has gotten away with so much for so long. Someday maybe we’ll know the whole sordid story of how he has not been put in prison but it sure makes me mad that he is in the White House and a surprisingly large number of people think he belongs there!! Aaarrrggghhhh!

malaise

(269,038 posts)
4. It baffles all of us
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:23 PM
Jun 2019

The media had and continue to have a big role in facilitating and marketing this monster

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
10. It is easy to figure out
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:41 PM
Jun 2019

he hires dumb, weak, easily manipulated people. They will take the fall for him. If they are smarter than him, he digs up dirt or compromises them in some way and threatens them into submission. He is running the government the same way he ran his businesses. Looking for the most corrupt, easily manipulated person to run an agency. if they fail to adhere to his policies, they are fired and someone worse is brought in.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
12. But he did for 2 years
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 06:01 PM
Jun 2019

Enough time to get all the republikkklans behind him. They are afraid of him exposing their dirty little secrets or corrupt to the bone.

He is trying to do the same with the Democrats. When he fails he has a very public meltdown. What he is doing/saying in public is nothing compared to what he is doing/saying in private.

I always say if a person is willing to act like that in public, imagine what they do in private.

When you are in your own home, you are relaxed. You know no one, but those closest to you hear and see what you do and they are not going to air their dirty laundry in public. It becomes your comfort zone. When challenged outside your home, a person will resort to a milder version of their comfort zone.

malaise

(269,038 posts)
13. True but justice is finally coming
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 06:07 PM
Jun 2019

There are times I wonder if this is a dream - I still can't process how he stole the Presidency.
He is an uncouth monster in every sense of the words.

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
18. The sad thing is having to live the rest of my life
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 06:54 PM
Jun 2019

knowing that 60 million people in my country are idiots. Almost makes me glad I'm as old as I am.

malaise

(269,038 posts)
23. You know I don't think so
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jun 2019

I'm going to my grave believing that votes were stolen in a variety of ways.

Now let me make it pellucidly clear - they may still be idiots

Like you I'm glad I'm old.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
25. Also: No one has told him that he isn't!
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:38 PM
Jun 2019

He surrounds himself with ass kissers and yes men who bow down to his every move.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
28. All Crooks
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:59 PM
Jun 2019

I just don't get it!! If anyone else had done any of the things DJT has done they would be locked up immediately, DJT has figured out how to outsmart the system and get away with it and plus he has lots of enablers in the WH. I count on you Malaise to keep us informed and look forward to your comments. Thanks

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
35. People who believe they are above the law can't even perceive of being locked up.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 08:30 PM
Jun 2019

Trump belongs to a malignant, narcissistic, elitist class born of privilege or who are psychopaths (or both) that have been so protected they think jail is only for us rubes below them. Thank goodness one falls from time to time, but far too few. They really don't give a damn about their fellow-man or the environment, with concern for only themselves and a few others in that class.

Unfortunately, most of the earth's people live their entire lives without even knowing that group of humans exist, although they suffer the consequences from upper-crust malfeasance every day.

Severe asset, income and racial inequality that exists world-wide must end or else it will destroy us all too soon....

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
37. yes - trump exposes the "flaws" in the system
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 11:18 AM
Jun 2019

"flaws" in quotes because they are there on purpose to protect elitist class born of privilege.
And as long as people in power "agree" to play by the rules it appears like the system "works".

But it has holes in it....

TryLogic

(1,723 posts)
39. It is extremely important that persons who commit crimes be caught and suffer consequences.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 06:54 PM
Jun 2019

Prisons have lots of inhabitants who thought they were too good to get caught. They kept going, doing more and more serious crimes until finally did get caught -- for serious crimes.

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