Author Topic: Trump Is Gaslighting America: This is an intervention. America, you have a Trump problem.  (Read 2148 times)

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Offline Machiavelli

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Nicole Hemmer
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March 15, 2016

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Dear America,

This is an intervention.

You have a problem.

Donald Trump.

He’s gaslighting you.

It’s a technique abusers use: Through manipulation and outright lies, they so disorient their target that the person (or in this case, the country) is left defenseless. He’s gaslighting you.

Trump is a toxic blend of Barnum and bully. If you’re a good mark, he’s your best friend. But if you catch on to the con, then he starts to gaslight. Ask him a question and he’ll lie without batting an eye. Call him a liar and he’ll declare himself “truthful to a fault.” Confront him with contradictory evidence and he’ll shrug and repeat the fib. Maybe he’ll change the subject. But he’ll never change the lie.
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Oh... for a minute there I thought you were talking about Obama... Clintoon... Sanders... Schumer... Reid... Pelosi... etc... etc... etc...

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Oh... for a minute there I thought you were talking about Obama... Clintoon... Sanders... Schumer... Reid... Pelosi... etc... etc... etc...

She could have been (I assume you meant Droopy Drawers and not Hilarious Rodent Clinton), but does that make
what she says any less true of The Donald?


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She could have been (I assume you meant Droopy Drawers and not Hilarious Rodent Clinton), but does that make
what she says any less true of The Donald?

Absolutely doesn't!  :beer:
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The inept GOP congress is at fault. They've lied, deceived and broken promises for decades. The people are fed up and they are rejecting the aimless, listless, useless GOP. They are demanding change and the stupid party just doesn't get it.

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The inept GOP congress is at fault. They've lied, deceived and broken promises for decades. The people are fed up and they are rejecting the aimless, listless, useless GOP. They are demanding change and the stupid party just doesn't get it.

So, because they're upset with the "stupid" party these same people throw a childish temper tantrum and support the one person who truly embodies both stupidity and the establishment.  Who needs the democrats when you have the Trumpettes. 

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So, because they're upset with the "stupid" party these same people throw a childish temper tantrum and support the one person who truly embodies both stupidity and the establishment.  Who needs the democrats when you have the Trumpettes.

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Infantile insults and fake strawmen arguments seem to be the sum total of the writing skills in the media these days.

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Who is @realDonaldTrump consulting on foreign policy?
Trump: I'm speaking with myself, I have a very good brain
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Bill Kristol ‏@BillKristol  33m33 minutes ago

Irony of History, part 75:

GOP near historic highs in Congress, Govs, state legs. May nominate presidential candidate with 67% disapproval.
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Trumpies today: In Nov. you'll all vote Trump
Conservs: No way
T: Yes you will!
11/4:DT loses
Trumpies: Hey, you bastards didn't vote Trump!
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Who is @realDonaldTrump consulting on foreign policy?
Trump: I'm speaking with myself, I have a very good brain

I know, I've seen it on Neil deGrasse Tyson's desk.  It's been soaking in formaldehyde in a jar since the mid-1980s.

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So, because they're upset with the "stupid" party these same people throw a childish temper tantrum and support the one person who truly embodies both stupidity and the establishment.  Who needs the democrats when you have the Trumpettes.




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