1/ I remember interviews of Trump in the 1980s & he wasn’t that bad. He wasn’t someone I would’ve voted for for president but he had a reasonableness about him. He wasn’t horrifying.
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2/ He changed over the years. It was apparently Kushner who convinced him that playing the hate card would get him elected president. I tend to think if he had stayed who he was, he still might have won in 2016 & he’d probably be headed for a second term now.
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3/ For so long – and I know, we still have 40 some odd days to worry about – he was such a malignant presence that all some of us could think about was how to get him out of the WH. Now that his presidency is waning, I think of him less as a danger and more as a human tragedy.

Dec 6, 2020 · 7:09 AM UTC

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His danger is the uncontrolled blazing fire he’s started.
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1980 to 2020 he has always made my skin crawl. I didn’t then and can never now trust him as far as I can throw him. Character and behavior don’t change. It can intensify or wane but never changes. Donald was and will always be Donald.
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Indeed narcissism can be progressive and fatal just like alcoholism. A lot of his disease is being endlessly spoiled whilst emotionally abused. Enter the authoritarian system that is the Trump cult for access to endless narcissistic supply... until it’s not.
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Dont speak too soon..
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he is the pure embodiment of Ego that was needed for us to rediscover the importance of our Hearts
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He is a model of the fearful patriarchy clinging on to a past that is gone. The feminine wont be squashed now - too late (in women and the men who honour them). Be on the side of evolution, thats the wild ride. Resistance is futile ❤️🙏
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Marianne- I’m from Nyc. He’s always been that bad. He called for five innocent black teenagers to be sent to the electric chair. (Pls watch “When They See Us”) He gentrified and uglified NYC. He’s the epitome of NYC greed and materialism. He’s always been that bad. Trust me.
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In 2016, ( after trump became a serious contender, but before we found out about HRC’s “pied piper” strategy) I watched hours of interviews and I agree - he wasn’t that bad. I also spent a lot of time talking to hundreds of people that supported him while I was phone banking
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Here's how I see this, and I hate to say it cuz I really like you Marianne - the extent to which Donald Trump caused harm is the extent to which you would like people to see you as "forgiving" and "understanding". This is trite and meaningless.
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I’m assuming you read Mary Trumps’ book and read how horrible he was to his brother Fred. That’s “not that bad“ if it wasn’t you who experienced being shamed and humiliated by your family for wanting to follow your soul rather Than being a minion to cruelty. Just sayin’
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