# Trump is begging for help. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-begging-for-help/799125 "2017-10-17T14:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-begging-for-help/799125/19 "2017-10-18T02:18:11Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I think I understand your theory, and I would have been inclined to agree until I read [this article on Politico](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/13/donald-trump-positive-thinking-215704). I think he is incapable of recognizing when he is in over his head. _ **That is a mind-opening article.** _ I now realize that my OP in this thread suffers itself from Trumpist pathology: Optimism where none is warranted. I’m a slow learner but it’s finally dawning on me that those with such a low opinion of Trump as to seem comically exaggerated were right all along. :mad: > [@Ludovic](#): > > And I’m starting to no longer be amused. Do they speak of Five Stages of Grief, or is it Seven Stages? More stages will need to be defined before our Trump-grief finally comes to an end. In any event, I too have moved past the amusement stage. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Two years ago, we played a little game, _“Predict the GOP nominee.”_ Those were happier, optimistic days. **Dead Cat** bid 8% as Trump’s chance and since he pled ignorance as a foreigner we allowed him to back down to 1%, which became the winning bid. > [@Odds on 2016 Presidential Nomination: Karachi Auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-on-2016-presidential-nomination-karachi-auction/723053/56): > > Looking at these results ten weeks later, **Dead Cat** looks like the big winner – especially if he sells his Trump ticket soon before the inevitable(?) slide. Or am I all wet about Trump? The more he “puts his foot in his mouth,” the more he charms the voters. Betfair has him at 15% to be the nominee and over 6% to be the next President of the U.S.A.! :eek: --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-begging-for-help/799125)._