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AverageOldGuy

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:21 PM 13 hrs ago

What makes Trump . . . Trump?

Ever wonder what made Trump the way he is — vicious, uncaring, filled with hate, ignorant, unwilling to learn, unable to accept that he is wrong, viciously attacking anyone who disagrees with him?

The answer is in a few lines from the 1993 movie Tombstone in an exchange between the characters playing Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. The exchange focusses on the outlaw Johnny Ringo . . . who is just like Trump.

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?

Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.

Wyatt Earp: What does he need?

Doc Holliday: Revenge.

Wyatt Earp: For what?

Doc Holliday: Bein’ born.
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What makes Trump . . . Trump? (Original Post) AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago OP
Easy Timewas 13 hrs ago #1
If Doc Holliday has it figured out, then why can't the 40 % of population chicoescuela 13 hrs ago #2
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