Posted on 09/04/2015 1:34:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Have you noticed how often people come up to Donald Trump and tell him he’s right? We don’t get to see or hear all this unsolicited praise, but he assures us he does......
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Trump hears what he wants to hear. Criticism is either ignored or somehow misperceived as more affirmation....
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In that same interview with Cuomo, Trump stated, “I was given the biggest award by the Marines the other day, one of the biggest civilian awards by the Marines the other day.”
Not quite. Trump was given an award by a civilian charity, the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, which provides scholarships to the children of fallen United States Marines and federal law-enforcement officers. Trump’s generosity is commendable, but it was convenient for him to mistake a private organization not affiliated with the military for the U.S. Marine Corps.
In Trump’s mind, the case for his election is self-evident: Network correspondents think his speeches are the greatest ever, even his rivals think he’s unfairly targeted by the media, Reince Priebus thinks he’s doing a great job, the Marines are giving him their highest civilian honor, and a wide network of credible sources concurs with his policy assessments. Of course, taken altogether the evidence suggests the opposite: He is a candidate walking around in his own bubble of self-delusion. He hears what he wants to hear. Criticism is either ignored or somehow misperceived as more affirmation.
Would such a man really be an improvement on the current president?
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Trump's ease with lying was the reason I wrote this yesterday.
Extreme Optimists see everything in their life as the most phenomenal. I’ve known a few and while they are bragging about, say, their husband and all his many abilities, you’re seeing something much less impressive.
However, the high-energy, high-achieving optimist can make a great leader. They see success and the best possible outcome around the corner. This is why Trump says he thought Obama would be a “good cheerleader for the country.” Cheerleading, or inspiring, is the mark of the best kind of leader. Think Churchill. Think Reagan.
In before nickcarraway!
You wrote it because you’re on an anti-Trump jihad, while accusing everyone of lying whenever we point out Walker’s pathetic weakness of immigration.
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Oh Lord -it’s you again.
Honesty: try it sometime.
Integrity is an awful thing to toss out the window in defense of a liar.
Sticking to the topic, I see.
Crickets?
YOU ARE TIRING. Its getting to the point if your name along with a few others on FR post something I skip it...you are pissing in the wind(a great feat for a woman)....get help will ya?
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You don’t mind that Trump’s a liberal and now you’re okay with a liar?
So to avoid talking about it you attack me personally for bringing it up.
How’s that going to fix Trump’s faults?
You’re telling me that you see Trump’s deception as optimism?
In his 1987 book Art of the Deal, he put it bluntly: “I play to people’s fantasies. . . . I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration — and a very effective form of promotion.”
No. I’m telling you I don’t see it as deception.
How do you define liar?
Well, it gives Cincinatus a break! ;-)
You're a vile Walker cultist who is only going to make Freepers despise Walker more with these antics of yours.
Trump has a history of over promising his investors.
You’re just the latest.
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