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madaboutharry

(40,231 posts)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:17 AM Aug 2017

It is too late for Trump to clean up his comments from yesterday.

When people show you who they are, believe them..... Maya Angelou.

It is now Sunday morning. It is too late for Trump to say anything. The moment is gone. Whatever he says today, if he says anything at all, has no meaning. There is no cleaning this up. It is too late to get in front of a camera or put out a tweet with appropriate words that everyone knows he would not have written himself.

Trump is a white nationalist. He is a nazi sympathizer. He is on film espousing the belief that he has superior genes. That is who he is and he has told us many times. We need to believe him.

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gordianot

(15,245 posts)
2. Trump can only hope people stop talking about this soon.
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:23 AM
Aug 2017

There is an opportunity to identify enablers using the "both sides do it" defense. When given rope Trump and his enablers use it in a self destructive fashion.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
3. Prediction: before Boston he will again play the "both sides" coin
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:27 AM
Aug 2017

Instead of trying to condemn the nazis

Vogon_Glory

(9,132 posts)
5. He'll have multiple chances to do it again between now and November 2018. Meanwhile
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:40 AM
Aug 2017

Record, document, archive, then plan on how to make best use of Donnie's remarks between now and next November. Each pronouncement will make vote suppression that much more difficult in multi-racial, multi-ethnic states. Donnie might get free passes in mostly-white states like West Virginia, Wisconsin, and South Dakota, but there's a potential for tremors in not-so-whitebread states like Texas and Arizona.

J_William_Ryan

(1,760 posts)
6. Trump isnt going to condemn
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:43 AM
Aug 2017

the hateful racists and bigots who make up much of his base, and whose votes he needs for reelection.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
7. This!!! I don't think he cares much either way, except he is a racist.
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:24 AM
Aug 2017

He would do whatever he thinks is best for Donald Trump. He thinks he is better than EVERYONE, but certainly any minority. These people are his base which he knows he cannot erode any further. Everyone else is already against him.

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
8. "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on:..."
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:51 AM
Aug 2017

... nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."

This translation of an excerpt of the poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, was written in 1859. While wise people can appreciate the wisdom, this concept is beyond the comprehension of an opportunist, a compulsive liar, or a narcissist.
Sadly, we have a pathological Trifecta in the Oval Office. Equally sadly, the Cult *45 are emboldened by his overt racism.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
10. the WH already released a statement
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:06 AM
Aug 2017

supporting the false equivalency in no uncertain terms. he ain't walking it back.

Srkdqltr

(6,333 posts)
11. How??
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:16 AM
Aug 2017

How do we look at the WW11 vet who fought against Nazi Germany and say Nazi flags etc. belong in our America? Shame on them.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
13. Trump can't-he used the frog-nazi symbol in his campaign & befriended those people- bannon et all.
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:41 AM
Aug 2017

plenty of Republican party as well.

Enoki33

(1,588 posts)
15. Anything trump says to try to disguise his Nazi beliefs will
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 11:17 AM
Aug 2017

never be believed because of his verified history. . Not only is it far too late to attempt another con, the infantile pathetic excuse for a human being has zero credibility because of his deluge of lies. Never knew l could feel this much disgust for another person.

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