Don't get me wrong here, But I LIKE Donald Trump.

[storchy neil]

gee Donald sure made a good speech shot the others out of the water more popular than crappy Obama the yes boss man another term for him go Donald neil

 

 

[Litespeed]

You do realise he is Donald Trump not Donald Duck........

 

 

[facthunter]

Biggest hypocrite that ever got "that" job. Super sensitive to anything/any one that doesn't praise HIM and utterly scathing and character assassinating of anyone who doesn't toe his line. he gives it out but can't take his own medicine. Used to having his way or it's NO way.. He will run out of people who will risk being associated with him eventually. Nev

 

 

[nomadpete]

Sometimes the downfall of an egotistical sociopath, is from ostracizing anybody who dares to disagree. They eventually surround themself with spineless yessmen, instead of honest knowledgeable advisors. Result - self destruction from a ever more twisted view of everything.

 

I'm not suggesting this in regard to any particular individual, of course. Just a general observation!

 

But it does give me some small solace when I look at some (most) political leaders.

 

 

[Yenn]

Character assasination seems to be an American way of life, and also of our politicians in Australia.

 

 

[Marty_d]

gee Donald sure made a good speech shot the others out of the water more popular than crappy Obama the yes boss man another term for him go Donald neil

Maybe you should move there Neil. If they all like him, seems like your sort of place.

 

 

[storchy neil]

I gotta coulple mates over there that carry one thing that put me off going to Tassie is the water and neil

 

 

[red750]

...and???

 

 

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[Marty_d]

I gotta coulple mates over there that carry one thing that put me off going to Tassie is the water and neil

Yeah, sorry mate, we're full anyway. Try Queensland...

 

 

[nomadpete]

And pulling up the drawbridge.

 

Besides, everyone knows Tassie is too cold and wet to live in.......

 

 

[Litespeed]

Should stop all those buggers up north moving to Tassie. Its pushing home prices up way too much.

 

Except me naturally as I want the tropical weather you will soon have.

 

 

[facthunter]

Well, You've sent the bushfires, what about the water? I saw a thing about Tasmania , where they chucked someone in the river and she came out pretty and they reckon that's the SAME river they make their BEER (.You know XXXX Eh!) from. HOW good is THAT, M8.?. Nev

 

 

[Litespeed]

Yes Nev, I have seen that ad.

 

But it could be from consuming the beer and resulting beer googles.

 

 

[spacesailor]

"Should stop all those buggers up north moving to Tassie. Its pushing home prices up way too much."

 

Yes

 

A friend of mine sold his Sydney house, and bought 5 yes five houses in Hobart.

 

spacesailor

 

 

[nomadpete]

Five houses?

 

Only five?

 

Not very smart in my opinion.

 

So where does he sleep on Saturday and Sunday?

 

 

[spacesailor]

On his little 33' yacht,

 

spacesailor

 

 

[nomadpete]

Touche!

 

 

[facthunter]

HE plays a lot of GOLF. and makes up for time by grabbing a Hamburger and a diet coke..

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Anyhow, back to Trump...

 

Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"

 

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response:

 

"A few things spring to mind.

 

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

 

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

 

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

 

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever.

 

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

 

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

 

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

 

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

 

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

 

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

 

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

 

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

 

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

 

He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

 

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

 

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

 

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

 

There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless - and he kicks them when they are down.

 

So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

 

* Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

 

* You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

 

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

 

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

 

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

 

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

 

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.

 

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

 

'My God… what… have… I… created?

 

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set."

 

 

[nomadpete]

Hay! Not fair!

 

This thread is supposed to have something to do with LIKING the trump card.

 

 

[Yenn]

O.K. do I take it that you don't like Trump. Being a perpetual optimist I think there must be some good traits in his character, but he is very good at keeping them covered.

 

What does your statement that a significant majority of yanks like him say.

 

While he may well be as bad as you paint him, I wonder about our pollies. Only yesterday they were telling us that foreign powers had hacked into our military. they stated it had to be a major foreign power, because the hacking was so sophisticated. Then they reeled of the suspect list, which included China and Russia, but didn't include USA.

 

When we think of high tech and sophisticated computer abilities, one place springs directly to mind, but as their president is such a fool it couldn't be them.

 

What a pity that our PM is not like Trump.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

...What does your statement that a significant majority of yanks like him say...

Actually it's not my statement, Yenn. It's credited to Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England.

 

I am one of many who found it to be an excellent analysis of Trump's character (or lack thereof).

 

...I wonder about our pollies. Only yesterday they were telling us that foreign powers had hacked into our military. they stated it had to be a major foreign power, because the hacking was so sophisticated. Then they reeled of the suspect list, which included China and Russia, but didn't include USA...

I doubt the yanks would need to hack into our political parties' files. As an obedient lackey of the USA, our people would be keeping them in the loop.

 

...What a pity that our PM is not like Trump.

Perhaps I've totally misunderstood him, but I'm still trying to find anything to like about the grub, other than that he's different to all the other politicians.

 

 

[facthunter]

It did include the USA.. Your news is someone's views The gatekeeper is keeping the truth from you.

 

 

[spacesailor]

Here's one thing to Like bout President Trump !

 

HE's CHEAP,

 

unless he's gone back on his "I'll work for a dollar.

 

spacesailor