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They are coming to take your guns.
Those guns will then be used against you to force you to get gay married. RuPaul is your god.
Abortion will not only be legal but mandatory. Minimum of one per womb so that the slaughter may continue apace.
Also mandatory will be kneeling during the new national anthem which will be Body Count's "Cop Killer"
Christmas cards will be banned. Only holiday cards now.
You will no longer be a very fine person.

 

I believe this is accurate. Brennan today said nobody in the government has been in touch about him being stripped of his security clearance. Trump actually thinks he says something and it happens, the one thing that NEVER happens in American government, or any government really. Even Xi Jinping faces plenty of friction.

 

President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office

 

Only the best people ...

Trump Aide Kelly Sadler Joked About McCain Dying—and Was Offered New Job

 

My question is how much of it is moron and how much of it is mental illness.
I mean the guy couldn't even work a phone yesterday.
I thought he was a barely functional moron six months ago but now I'm not so sure.

 

He’s functionally illiterate. He’s
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder with a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.[2][3] Those affected often spend a lot of time thinking about achieving power or success, or on their appearance.[3] They often take advantage of the people around them.[3] The behavior typically begins by early adulthood, and occurs across a variety of social situations.[3]


Signs and symptoms
People with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are characterized by their persistent grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and a personal disdain and lack of empathy for other people.[6][7] As such, the person with NPD usually displays arrogance and a distorted sense of superiority, and they seek to establish abusive power and control over others.[8]Self-confidence (a strong sense of self) is different from narcissistic personality disorder; people with NPD typically value themselves over others to the extent that the
they openly disregard the feelings and wishes of others, and expect to be treated as superior, regardless of their actual status or achievements.[6][9] Moreover, the person with narcissistic personality disorder usually exhibits a fragile ego (self-concept), intolerance of criticism, and a tendency to belittle others in order to validate their own superiority.[9]

The DSM-5 indicates that persons with NPD usually display some or all of the following symptoms, typically without the commensurate qualities or accomplishments:[6][9]

1. Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from other people
2. Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
3. Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions
4. Needing continual admiration from others
5. Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
6. Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
7. Unwilling to empathize with the feelings, wishes, and needs of other people
8. Intensely envious of others, and the belief that others are equally envious of them
9. Pompous and arrogant demeanor

Deficient conscience; unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, exploitive; a con artist and charlatan; dominating, contemptuous, vindictive.

 

"He's a race-baiting xenophobic bigot."

A lot of people could have said that. Hell, a lot of people did and many still do. Who are they quoting?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lindsey-graham-trump-bigot/

Sad.

 

LOL. Well, yeah.


The North Korea Peace Process Is All in Trump’s Head
It can’t collapse because it doesn’t exist.

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiELRMT6WOuD2jPoxlIibZmMYqFQgEKg0IACoGCAowuLUIMNFnMLnhAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

 

Looks like it will be Andrew Gillum (the first African-American gubernatorial nominee in FL history) versus uber-Trumpian Ron DeSantis in Sunshine State gubernatorial.

How long before DeSantis goes around saying Gillum was born in Georgia?