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Trump Wants to Ride in a Gilded Coach?!
Behold this mans vanity
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KO: Trump Wants to Ride in a Gilded Coach?! Behold this man's vanity (Original Post)
niyad
Apr 2017
OP
apparently, it's because he is impossible to get along with, and very difficult to work for.
frankieallen
Apr 2017
#11
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)1. Why did MSNBC drop him?
I always liked him.
niyad
(113,323 posts)6. speaking unvarnished truth to power.
frankieallen
(583 posts)11. apparently, it's because he is impossible to get along with, and very difficult to work for.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/keith-olbermann-on-why-he-left-msnbc-and-how-he-plans-to-get-even-20110607
ESPN, another network Olbermann played a crucial role in giving a unique identity, through his hosting of SportsCenter. In the book, many of Olbermann's former colleagues describe him as brilliant but insufferable. Admits one anchor, "We felt not so much relief when Keith left as unrestrained fucking joy."
ESPN, another network Olbermann played a crucial role in giving a unique identity, through his hosting of SportsCenter. In the book, many of Olbermann's former colleagues describe him as brilliant but insufferable. Admits one anchor, "We felt not so much relief when Keith left as unrestrained fucking joy."
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)2. Trump is truly the President who would be King.
niyad
(113,323 posts)3. emperor palpatine
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)4. Indeed, with delusions of being Louis XIV.
All that gilded crap is so pretentious...
niyad
(113,323 posts)8. and shows a great deal of insecurity.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)9. Oh, yes, indeed.
Trump is an illustration of over-compensation.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)5. I think he wants to live out his dream of being a princess like Cinderella.
Even if thats not exactly his thought process, I think it would upset him that we say he wants to be a princess.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)7. Here is an actual US Presidential Carriage
Once used by President Lincoln. It's currently in the Smithsonian Museum. Perhaps Trump will put it back into use for processions. Note the complete lack of gilding.
niyad
(113,323 posts)10. here, I can fix that:
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)12. Why, of course. That would tart it up nicely.