The Donald Phenomenon -- Part One

thecoachsteam.com ^ | June 28, 2016 | Ed Wood, staff writer

[jmaroneps37]

Ever since Donald Trump literally exploded onto the political scene, tens of thousands of words have been written by all stripes of political junkies trying to figure out just what do we have here. Is he a shoot-from-the-hip kind of loudmouth, as he is being made out to be, or is he perhaps the real thing? Is he the kind of true believer we haven’t seen since the days of Harry S Truman?

A few of you may be old enough to remember that Ol’ Harry called ‘em as he seen ‘em. He publicly likened the smell of his political opponents as being somewhat akin to that of a fresh dropping of cow manure. It got to the point where the President’s Chief of Staff appealed directly to the gentility of First Lady Bess Truman to see if she could persuade her husband to tone down the rhetoric just a bit.

Mrs. Truman replied, “You should know how long it took me to get him to say “manure!” But history now shows the Man from Missouri to have been one of our most forceful-as well as our most colorful-presidents. He fired the legendary General Douglas McArthur and dropped the atomic bomb.

Do we have another Harry S in the making, or is it just slick showmanship? I decided to go to the source, The Donald himself, for an answer.

Mr. Trump has published of several books, including his first, an autobiography, TRUMP -- The Art of the Deal, copyrighted in 1987! Amazon is still offering it in paperback, 367 pages, new, for $4.82. I couldn’t resist.

So far I have only gotten through the first hundred or so pages, but in it are some revealing facts of just how “The Donald” sees himself.

[jmaroneps37]

This piece was written by in August of 2015. Not only is it instructive to follow Ed’s analysis of the Trump persona while the Republican nomination was still being hotly contested, it’s also interesting to see how many politicians and political pundits have been “taken to school” by the brash, determined workaholic.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Donald Trump literally exploded onto the political scene"

[painter]

I LOVE THAT!

[RayChuang88]

What people don't know is that Trump had to deal with often-recalcitrant politicians in the City Council of New York City and in the New York state legislature. As such, he knows very much first hand why we really do need to shake up the attitudes at Washington, DC, which is rapidly turning into the fictional capital of Panem from the Hunger Games trilogy.

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

Read the book, it was great.

[mowowie]

Reallly good book.

Been a Trump fan all of my adult life...

[novemberslady]

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