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Related: About this forumDonald Trump's obsession with himself
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/donald-trump-2016-election/It's all about Donald Trump......
From his condemnation of journalists to his racially tinged attacks on a judge presiding over a lawsuit related to Trump University to his feud with New Mexico GOP Gov. Susana Martinez, there's one thing in common about the mounting Trump controversies: The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is aiming to make the entire 2016 campaign about himself.
American politics is littered with larger-than-life personalities. But no presidential candidate in living memory has built a campaign so exclusively on the foundation of his own personal, brand, self-congratulatory rhetoric and life story as Trump. And don't expect anything different if he makes it to the White House.
"You think I'm going to change?" he told reporters at a press conference this week. "I'm not going to change."
Trump has prospered by being the loudest, most unapologetic salesman of self in politics that most seasoned observers have ever seen. He is not just the figurehead of his own campaign -- his personality is the campaign, as evidenced by stump speeches, press conferences and endless television and radio interviews that add up to an unstoppable torrent of self-promotion.
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I really don't think Trump wants to be president...
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Donald Trump's obsession with himself (Original Post)
Iamaartist
Jun 2016
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niyad
(120,035 posts)1. excellent article and thank you for posting.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)2. Your very welcome.....
LiberalFighter
(53,475 posts)3. We have a lot to look forward to from the short-fingered vulgarian.
Steel Traps and Short Fingers
Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a short-fingered vulgarian in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of himgenerally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: See, not so short! I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, Actually, quite short. Which I can only assume gave him fits.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)4. Thank-you for that article. Steel Traps and Short Fingers Its true to the point about Trump...
Steel Traps and Short Fingers funny title but true....
savalez now that's funny LOL
you know how to gross us out!
You'd think trump would keep himself in better shape to impress himself.
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)11. He cant just pay someone to excercise for him.
Too much effort for the Donald otherwise.
I wonder if his family had a whipping boy?
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,165 posts)12. +1 nt
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)9. Thanks! Yeah! Only about Trump!
Can't wait for this guy to disappear with the New year New News!
Madame President Hillary Rodham Clinton!!!
2naSalit
(92,789 posts)10. Interestingly...
in most palm reading descriptions, short thumbs - in particular - are a sign of short a tempered person; short fingers indicate insecurity in personhood.
Kath1
(4,309 posts)13. He seems like an egomaniac and con artist.
How do his fans know what he thinks? He has changed his positions a thousand times.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)14. He appears to be getting crazier every day.
Sometimes it seems that he wants to fail.