Excellent Long Read from NBC’s KatyTur

My Crazy Year with Trump

The number of people, places, and things he’s insulted on Twitter alone recently passed 250, according to a list compiled by the New York Times. That puts me in the strange company of Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (Trump called him “dopey”), the state of New Jersey (“deeply troubled”), and a podium in the Oval Office (“not good”).

I’m not sure how the prince or the Garden State feel about those put-downs, but the podium is still standing and I am, too. In fact, I’m still running for those live shots. Trump, meanwhile, is still calling me out by name.

Plenty more choice quotes in the whole thing. The campaign just sounds like a complete shitshow, a red white and blue runaway train.

Damn, that’s a good article. It makes you realize just how much Trump doesn’t understand about politics. In the alpha-dog world of big business, being an ass is seen as a positive. The whole “to get respect, the need to find the biggest guy and punch him in the face” kind of mentality. For Trump, that worked for the Republican primaries. It doesn’t work for the national election though.

Here is the thing though; I don’t think he is doing it on purpose. He has been a business man in New York for decades. It is a part of him now. You couldn’t stop him from being an insulting ass if you had a swarm of charm-school teachers whacking his knuckles with sticks for a month. It is who he is now. So when a reporter seems to be stepping up to the plate, his knee-jerk reaction is to, verbally, punch them in the face. His supporters, the ones that nominated him, applaud and cheer and follow the alpha dog as he barks and nips at the interloper. The rest of the country, from what the polls are saying, recoil from it.

That was an amazing read, thank you.

Nice article. It was more about being a reporter on the campaign trail than anything else. Interesting read.

The thing is though, this doesn’t work in business anymore either. This is kind of a generational thing.

Maybe this is how things were with the baby-boomers, but it’s not how younger people in the business world behave. Being an ass isn’t an asset.

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(Yeah, lip syncing doesn’t remotely work. Whatever.)

A bit OT but irresistible …

A guerilla art collective has been putting up nekkid statues of the Donald in parks in a number of cities, including NYC. Without permits, of course.

The NYC Parks Department had the statue taken down, with the following official comment:

NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.

Brilliant.

That is great.

The statue itself feels like stooping to Trump’s level of insults. Not a fan.

The official comment is better than the guerilla art!

That would be if Hillary commissioned it.

Except I don’t think Hillary had anything to do with it.

I thought for sure the NYC quote was made up. I’m still skeptical it’s not fake. It seems way too clever to be issued by a government bureaucrat. Plus with all of the crazy Trump supporters and Trump being the vindictive sort, and a New Yorker, it takes some Huuuge balls to issue that statement.

But Bravo Sam Biederman thanks for making my day.

Yeah I know. Just don’t feel great seeing it as something celebrated. Not a big deal just meh.

I don’t care either way about the statue but the statement by NYC Parks was pretry damn funny.

Right. And since that person isn’t running for president, I am perfectly fine with having a chuckle myself.

This has come up recently, because of crazy conspiracy theorists saying Clinton has secret brain damage or something.

Let us not forget Trump’s awesome “medical report”.

Drumpf’s apology speech.

Thank you. It’s great to be here in Charlotte. I just met with our many amazing employees right up the road at our property.

I’d like to take a moment to talk about the heartbreak and devastation in Louisiana, a state that is very special to me.

We are one nation. When one state hurts, we all hurt – and we must all work together to lift each other up. Working, building, restoring together.

Our prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones, and we send them our deepest condolences. Though words cannot express the sadness one feels at times like this, I hope everyone in Louisiana knows that our country is praying for them and standing with them to help them in these difficult hours.

We are one country, one people, and we will have together one great future.

Tonight, I’d like to talk about the New American Future we are going to create together.
Last week, I laid out my plan to bring jobs back to our country.

On Monday, I laid out my plan to defeat Radical Islamic Terrorism.

On Tuesday, in Wisconsin, I talked about how we are going to restore law and order to this country.

Let me take this opportunity to extend our thanks and our gratitude to the police and law enforcement officers in this country who have sacrificed so greatly in these difficult times.

The chaos and violence on our streets, and the assaults on law enforcement, are an attack against all peaceful citizens. If I am elected President, this chaos and violence will end – and it will end very quickly.

Every single citizen in our land has a right to live in safety.

To be one united nation, we must protect all of our people. But we must also provide opportunities for all of our people.

We cannot make America Great Again if we leave any community behind.

Nearly Four in ten African-American children are living in poverty.I will not rest until children of every color in this country are fully included in the American Dream.

Jobs, safety, opportunity. Fair and equal representation. This is what I promise to African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and all Americans.

But to achieve this New American Future we must break from the failures of the past.

As you know, I am not a politician. I have worked in business, creating jobs and rebuilding neighborhoods my entire adult life. I’ve never wanted to learn the language of the insiders, and I’ve never been politically correct – it takes far too much time, and can often make more difficult.

Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that, and I regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues.

But one thing I can promise you is this: I will always tell you the truth.

I speak the truth for all of you, and for everyone in this country who doesn’t have a voice.

I speak the truth on behalf of the factory worker who lost his or her job.

I speak the truth on behalf of the Veteran who has been denied the medical care they need – and so many are not making it. They are dying.

I speak the truth on behalf of the family living near the border that deserves to be safe in their own country but is instead living with no security at all.

Rest here

Who is this person and what have they done with the Donald?