Okay, it’s 9:00 am in the Central Time Zone. NO tweets this morning??
I went to @realdonaldtrump myself and there are a few tweets, but they’re mostly ignoring the whole situation. Very “business as usual.”
This one references the end of the shutdown obliquely:
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
The narcissist doesn’t admit he’s been defeated or humiliated. He just goes on, living in his own world.
The initial reaction of the narcissist to a perceived humiliation is a conscious rejection of the humiliating input. The narcissist tries to ignore it, talk it out of existence, or belittle its importance. If this crude mechanism of cognitive dissonance fails, the narcissist resorts to denial and repression of the humiliating material. He “forgets” all about it, gets it out of his mind and, when reminded of it, denies it.
It is through fantasy that the narcissist seeks to redeem his pride and dignity and to re-establish his damaged sense of uniqueness and grandiosity. Paradoxically, the narcissist does not mind being humiliated if this were to make him more unique or to draw more attention to his person.Source
My emphasis.
Really interesting article. The thump playbook.
This metamorphosis is very typical: the narcissist has only an inner world. He does not accept, nor does he recognise reality. To him, reality is but a shadow cast by the fire, which burns inside him. He is consumed by it, by the wish to be loved, to be recognised, to control, to avoid hurt. And by succumbing to this internal conflagration, the narcissist all but cements his inability to attain even the modest goals that are achieved by others at a minimal cost and almost effortlessly.
This is the most important takeaway point: NARCISSISTS DO NOT ACCEPT OR RECOGNIZE REALITY.
And now we’re back to the Scourge of the Caravan. Somehow we managed to repel the last two hordes, but now there’s a bigger one coming, and without a Wall, we’re doomed.
We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!
My eyes are rolling so hard, my retinas are pointing forward.
He still thinks this pathetic show of fear of a trickle of poor, desperate asylum seekers is going to gain him traction? We’ve just seen again what we’ve known for years: the hard-core, scaredy-cat, racist, fact-averse base is 30% of the electorate. A horrendously huge number of people, to be sure, but still, 30%.
JKellyMap:
My eyes are rolling so hard, my retinas are pointing forward.
He still thinks this pathetic show of fear of a trickle of poor, desperate asylum seekers is going to gain him traction? We’ve just seen again what we’ve known for years: the hard-core, scaredy-cat, racist, fact-averse base is 30% of the electorate. A horrendously huge number of people, to be sure, but still, 30%.
Narcissists do not accept reality. This works in our favor.
This isn’t Trump, but it is the official Twitter account of the Republican National Committee.
Really weak spin attempt.
Didn’t even manage one full revolution.
SteveG1
January 26, 2019, 9:21pm
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This time the Night King, the Great Humongous, and Atilla are joining forces
Smapti
January 27, 2019, 7:08am
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Individual-1 must be expecting Stone to flip, as he’s already giving him the “coffee boy” treatment;
CBS reports that in the Roger Stone indictment, data was “released during the 2016 Election to damage Hillary Clinton.” Oh really! What about the Fake and Unverified “Dossier,” a total phony conjob, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary to damage me and the Trump Campaign? What… about all of the one sided Fake Media coverage (collusion with Crooked H?) that I had to endure during my very successful presidential campaign. What about the now revealed bias by Facebook and many others. Roger Stone didn’t even work for me anywhere near the Election!
WITCH HUNT!
Locrian
January 27, 2019, 7:56am
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Hmmm… the not near the election part is yet another statement that will catch a lie. He worked for your campaign, ya moron!
I’m hoping there’s tons of defamation lawsuits against him after he’s out.
SteveG1
January 27, 2019, 2:03pm
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If they were already repelled WITHOUT A WALL, why do we need a wall?
Sorry, sir. Take your logic and reasonable thinking elsewhere. We cannot use it here. :dubious:
You left out some Os in d-o-o-o-o-med. And reverb, lots of reverb.
Can anybody explain to me how a wall can be powerful? Not you, Donny; siddown.
A particularly sad attempt to suck up to a portion of his base:
Gyrate
January 28, 2019, 3:13pm
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Students always had the option to study the Bible. They just can’t be forced to.
I’ll file that one next to “We can finally say ‘Merry Christmas’ again!”.
“…my very successful presidential campaign.”
Not just “my presidential campaign”, but “my VERY SUCCESSFUL presidential campaign”.
Does the Idiot In Chief really write like that? Who talks like that? How does someone that insecure get into a position of power?
Boggles the mind.
CurtC
January 28, 2019, 3:36pm
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I don’t know anywhere that this currently is the policy, but it would be perfectly legal (and a good idea IMHO) to have compulsory classes on comparative religion, which would include forcing students to study the Bible.
simster
January 28, 2019, 3:36pm
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CurtC:
I don’t know anywhere that this currently is the policy, but it would be perfectly legal (and a good idea IMHO) to have compulsory classes on comparative religion, which would include forcing students to study the Bible.
Can you imagine the complaints ?
Hey, at least he admits we aren’t going forward.
I know! EEK! Edumacation! Exposing students to other peoples’ beliefs and points of view! Where will it end! We cannot allow open-mindedness and tolerance to poison our youngster’s minds!
