The press is a large part of the problem with 45. Not paying for the food should be the focus of the story. Instead, the "free food" offer is the story and not paying is just a minor footnote. Can you imagine being excited to see the great man, he offers a free coffee/pastry and he then stiffs everyone. I'd feel humiliated, but his supporters just love him even more.
I think we can fully put to rest any idea that TrumpтАЩs cult can be influenced away from him. In their binary world, to turn away from Trump is equivalent to going full woke.
Any hope for the country seems to rest in flipping a handful of Independents, and increasing voter participation on the left.
They are masochistic. They should go back to the 1200's when 80% of the population was serfs tied to the lord of the manor with no rights even over their own lives or the lives of their children.
It sounds like he and his entourage didn't even stay at the restaurant long enough for anyone to even order, let alone pay for it. The media should call politicians on fake events or, even better, not cover them.
Yeah, this isn't new news. It's like the guy who sucker-punching a protester being ushered out of a rally (2015, Fayetteville, NC IIRC). He announced that he'd pay the guy's legal expenses. Of course, this was one of Trump's many empty promises. You'd think Charlie Brown would understand that he's never going to kick that football but...
IтАЩm sure any supplier, contractor, lawyer, and accountant who has even done business with this charlatan, knows exactly how they feel; yet, in my opinion, these are the lucky ones.
Imagine working for the guy and giving him their loyalty: Cohen, Flynn, the thousands of supporters who stormed the Capitol, etc...
So on the bright side, at least they werenтАЩt indicted, convicted and sent to jail...:)
I recall him having to be shamed into paying $25k he promised to a veteran over a phone call. And $25k should be pocket change to the man. These are things that actually happened. Yet no dissent from the cult.
Perhaps the cult didn't hear about it in the first place. As elsewhere, they tend to reflect what they are told, in seeking out the news and talk outlets that tell them what they want to hear more than what they need to know.
Unlike David Brooks in this a.m.'s NYT, Trump has never invaded my brain because Trump is simply the fever that reflects a much deeper illness. The issue that concentrates my brain is that tens of millions of voters have been so indoctrinated by the dis-information industry that they are no longer grounded in reality. Trump's behavior, hideous as it is, is only possible because these voters have lost their way. "A democratic republic requires a well-informed electorate." James Madison
He can be, but it takes a lot of sustained shaming. For what I had read of past business issues, he will buckle over and had in a few instances, but it required sustained and increasing pressure. Most people/organizations don't have the time or money.
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"I'll suffer to pay for my own pastry," said Roberto Gonzales, the grandson of immigrants and local president of "Cubanos Against Mass Immigration." ;-)
I remember when Cubans were in boats illegally coming to the United States - much like the migrants dying in the ocean to leave Syria. Republicans weren't happy then either. Cubans kept coming and eventually settled into Florida among other places. How ironic this guy who benefited from that is now against "mass immigration"
The press is a large part of the problem with 45. Not paying for the food should be the focus of the story. Instead, the "free food" offer is the story and not paying is just a minor footnote. Can you imagine being excited to see the great man, he offers a free coffee/pastry and he then stiffs everyone. I'd feel humiliated, but his supporters just love him even more.
Trump's supporters WANT him to be an asshole, and Trump absolutely EXCELS in that role.
That's the nature of today's Republican voters, and they make up more than 40% of of us.
Trump is has been known as a cheapskate and stiffer for years.
Didn't Fox cover him live at that point? Heck, they televise when he sneezes - a meeting with a group of followers would have been covered.
His support comes entirely from magical thinking and mass delusion. Reality and facts have no place here.
I think we can fully put to rest any idea that TrumpтАЩs cult can be influenced away from him. In their binary world, to turn away from Trump is equivalent to going full woke.
Any hope for the country seems to rest in flipping a handful of Independents, and increasing voter participation on the left.
I wonder if there any way to compel him to pay the defamation award to E. Jean Carroll? Probably not.
Once she has a court order, she can go after his assets if she can find them. But it is usually a long, hard slog often with no joy at the end.
They are masochistic. They should go back to the 1200's when 80% of the population was serfs tied to the lord of the manor with no rights even over their own lives or the lives of their children.
It sounds like he and his entourage didn't even stay at the restaurant long enough for anyone to even order, let alone pay for it. The media should call politicians on fake events or, even better, not cover them.
Yeah, this isn't new news. It's like the guy who sucker-punching a protester being ushered out of a rally (2015, Fayetteville, NC IIRC). He announced that he'd pay the guy's legal expenses. Of course, this was one of Trump's many empty promises. You'd think Charlie Brown would understand that he's never going to kick that football but...
IтАЩm sure any supplier, contractor, lawyer, and accountant who has even done business with this charlatan, knows exactly how they feel; yet, in my opinion, these are the lucky ones.
Imagine working for the guy and giving him their loyalty: Cohen, Flynn, the thousands of supporters who stormed the Capitol, etc...
So on the bright side, at least they werenтАЩt indicted, convicted and sent to jail...:)
I recall him having to be shamed into paying $25k he promised to a veteran over a phone call. And $25k should be pocket change to the man. These are things that actually happened. Yet no dissent from the cult.
Perhaps the cult didn't hear about it in the first place. As elsewhere, they tend to reflect what they are told, in seeking out the news and talk outlets that tell them what they want to hear more than what they need to know.
Unlike David Brooks in this a.m.'s NYT, Trump has never invaded my brain because Trump is simply the fever that reflects a much deeper illness. The issue that concentrates my brain is that tens of millions of voters have been so indoctrinated by the dis-information industry that they are no longer grounded in reality. Trump's behavior, hideous as it is, is only possible because these voters have lost their way. "A democratic republic requires a well-informed electorate." James Madison
They probably didn't hear about it. But if they did, that's when the rationalizations kicked in.
I didn't think he could be shamed into doing anything.
He is not conscious of shame, but of bad p.r.
He can be, but it takes a lot of sustained shaming. For what I had read of past business issues, he will buckle over and had in a few instances, but it required sustained and increasing pressure. Most people/organizations don't have the time or money.
He was also shamed into actully giving money to a military/veteran's group that he said he was going to give money to. $4 million, if I recall.
Yet the cult believes that he's done more for veterans than all other presidents combined!
Used the ploy to dodge a Town Hall in '16.
They know him well enough to know he wasnтАЩt actually going to buy them a snack in the first place. MAGA knows those words were for the MSM.
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Who doesnтАЩt love a shit sandwich? ЁЯдг
Someone who doesn't like bread?
ЁЯТй lettuce wraps? Perhaps a tacoтАж.
And besides, whatever the Great Man does is FINE.
"I'll suffer to pay for my own pastry," said Roberto Gonzales, the grandson of immigrants and local president of "Cubanos Against Mass Immigration." ;-)
I remember when Cubans were in boats illegally coming to the United States - much like the migrants dying in the ocean to leave Syria. Republicans weren't happy then either. Cubans kept coming and eventually settled into Florida among other places. How ironic this guy who benefited from that is now against "mass immigration"
Is that part of the "Trickle down theory?"
Gahahah!!!