Omarosa (formerly of The Apprentice, more recently on Trump’s campaign team...) called it with this quote in September:

How can Trump be your mother AND my narcopath father? Though I was lucky, as the (appearances only) golden child, I merely received less of his intolerance and disinterest, with a smattering of Pavlovian charm. And the resentment of everyone who thinks it’s disloyal for the man’s supposed favorite to call out the…

That 2012 tweet of his, where he said the Electoral College was “a disaster for a democracy”

That’s disconcerting for a first intro meeting! Maybe he was just looking at housewares to offload, cover the cost of any gold-plating he needs. Might as well be frugal!!

I wondered that, it just seemed so odd in the conversation. Mr Peanut! Lol And poor Obama, explaining “some of the difficulties”. Um, if you’ve applied for the job and have been accepted after a rigorous process, it seems really late to just now find out ‘difficulties’ of the job... I can’t imagine Obama after that…

Ah, that makes sense! Also, it sounds like he needs an upgrade http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/us/politics/donald-trumps-aging-air-fleet-gives-his-bid-and-his-brand-a-lift.html?_r=0

Disturbing for sure, a nasty pit of your stomach feeling from that article. And again, no real traction for a mammoth problem that should have prevented him from running, period. I can’t see him walking away from the business, nor his family walking away. Maybe this is his golden ticket OUT as he realizes what he…

Thank you. That’s how I feel, the media did not give adequate or any coverage to so many important topics.

Obama: “wide-ranging” conversation.

Unfortunately narcissists thrive off any attention, positive or negative - it proves to them that they are having an effect on people. Criticism and negative attention often makes them just dig their heels in even harder.

You’re absolutely right. Direct quote from a member of his campaign team (Omarosa, formerly of The Apprentice): “Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump. It’s everyone who’s ever doubted Donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most…

You’re right, 24/7 for sure. It’s disturbing but fascinating to see how differently they were treated. And incredibly disappointing.

Trump knows how to play to an audience. He may not win them all over, but he gets enough. Even his acceptance speech he’s playing to an audience, there’s a specific intonation - “benevolent Buddha with gravitas” - that is full-on reel ‘em in. I’ve heard it many times in my personal life.

I agree the info is out there if people are interested in looking. A lot of it is only found here, or HuffPo, or long-form articles, places not everyone frequents. Whereas the regular incessant news coverage over the emails is an example of the unbalanced time allotted to Hillary’s ‘issues’, along with every time …

While Trump’s misogyny and bragging about assaulting women should have ended his candidacy for POTUS...it was something that people who wanted to put blinders on could easily dismiss with “in the long ago past” and “they’re lying” and “but BILL...”.

Martin is curious. “Fix You” is viewed as some warm & fuzzy ideal...it’s interesting, the concept of ‘fix’. People wish they could take someone’s pain away, help them heal. Fixing is almost on another level, we don’t usually go there. It’s a bit presumptive, knowing how to fix someone else, and even that they need…

LOL thanks for the laugh!! I especially liked how his style became so dark with Angelina, like adding some depth to his image. I agree, he would need drive to pursue acting. It’s more in relationships/personal that it seems he’s a drifter, attaching himself to whomever, coasting on their vibe/image....because…

Yes! “sensitivity chip” aka empathy. That Gwyneth was also with Affleck who also never seems connected to his partners, is generally self-focused with substance issues - that just connects more pattern dots for me.

THANK YOU. I grew up with a father like a mini-Trump (without a grand-daddy moneybags). And the cognitive dissonance that we went through as a family, re-interpreting EVERYTHING and translating it into something palatable, or overlooking the most egregious things, choosing to focus on the elusive glimmers of…

This, the rumor that democrats can vote tomorrow, along with the “only Hillary voters can vote via text” is one of the most disgusting and disturbing deceptions - and there are a lot to choose from - in my opinion. The “poll monitoring”/intimidation-dissuasion is right up there too.