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Perhaps Jamie Dimon can take part of his just increased $36 million dollar salary and have some research done into the lives of German Industrialists in the 30s and 40s

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Re the "weak, small, self absorbed weiner" --

One of John le CarrĆØ's later novels, /Single and Single/, has a character nicknamed Tiger who is maybe not quite as vulgar as Trump but otherwise a quite Trump-like bully and crook. For most of the story, Tiger is unstoppable. Opposing him in any way is dangerous, and his iron grip on power seems mysterious and frightening. In the end, though, he is reduced to a total weiner. And one of the good guys muses, "Tiger's secret is that he has no secret." IOW there was no genius behind it, just a huge arrogant bluff that worked -- until it didn't -- because he had no scruples.

I think that line applies perfectly to Trump. Yes, he's dangerous, and he's got skills (or lizard cunning) and charisma (well, it works for some people), but it's hollow, and hollow doesn't work forever. That's not a reason for complacency, but it is a good reminder to keep the man's essential smallness in mind and respond to him accordingly. Trump's secret is that he has no secret. Kinzinger is right.

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