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    He added, “Delivery was a C+, with far too many and speedy ‘thank you’s’ at the beginning. It was ‘WEIRD!’”

    He’s trying to appropriate the word. We’re not gonna let him. Fuck off, orange man.

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      He did it with “fake news,” which was initially about literally fake news sites spreading on social media that supported the Trump campaign in 2016.

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      Just like he’s trying to appropriate the word coup by saying Biden was kicked out in a coup.

      He uses it to soften his ACTUAL coup attempt during and after the 2020 election.

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        He’s using it to kill the definition in preparation for what Repub Trumpanzees plan to do this year and the next.

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        I think that’s the origin of the “every accusation is a confession” effect. If there’s one thing they’re good at, it’s conditioning their base to ignore critics.

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      They keep failing at reappropriating the word because the things they keep trying to say are weird are remarkably normal to regular folks with regular families, and they wind up looking weird themselves for trying.

      It’s like if I said “Get a load of Bob, hugging his wife without her recoiling at his touch. What a weirdo, right guys?!”

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    “She’s not having success. I’m having success”

    Did he start that sentence with “nuh ah,” because that sounds like something a 6 year old would say.

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      He’s just gonna keep repeating it…

      Real narcissism at Trump’s level is legit like this. They convince themselves that their version is real life, and just refuse to acknowledge anything contrary to that

      South Park actually did a really good job portraying it in the Fish Sticks episode with Cartman’s memory continually evolving to keep making him believe new versions where he created more and more of the joke.

      trump legit believes he’s succeeding, it’s why he’s such a good conman. It’s not a con to him, all his crazy promises he thinks he’ll follow thru on, and when he doest he rationalizing it as not his fault and he did everything he can.

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          If somebody told me they based George on Trump, I wouldn’t even bother fact checking, it’s just one of those things that makes too much sesne to doubt.

          They’ve got too many similarities personality wise.

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            I am currently rewatching Seinfeld and can’t see any similarities to be honest. George is a downtrodden nerd with very little self-worth always questioning himself and his decisions, thinking of himself as a loser and often saying so himself. Trump is the opposite of that, no?

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              George is a downtrodden nerd with very little self-worth always questioning himself and his decisions, thinking of himself as a loser and often saying so himself. Trump is the opposite of that, no?

              George is trump with the money stripped away

              And George wasn’t a nerd, he was a dork, there’s a difference

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        trump legit believes he’s succeeding, it’s why he’s such a good conman

        The best liars are able to convince themselves of the lie first.

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          Donald’s daily affirmations “I’m a big successful boy. Many say the bigliest.”

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          Not enough people watch American Dad, but there’s an episode where the Dad (he’s from America) decides he could just decide to ignore people…

          It’s probably one the best B stories in American television.

          And trump’s story is probably going to end the same way Stan’s did

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy6nmopNiA

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              I may or may not hear Stan in my head saying that everytime I stop typing a reply and just block someone.

              Such a cathartic feeling to know that person just blinked out of existence from your perspective.

              Hey, it worked!

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          I remember many years ago when Scott Adams started going on about affirmations. That was the first hint of his descent into lunacy

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      When Hillary called him a puppet controlled by Russia his response was “no puppet, you’re the puppet!”

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    Maureen Dowd of the failing New York Times, wrote incorrectly that I was making the calls. WRONG!!! I don’t have to make calls to go on TV, or anything else — They call me!

    Got it. So he absolutely, 100% without a doubt called them first.

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      We all remember when he was president and he call in to Fox News to rant on air every couple days.

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      “I’m not desperate! I’m not crazy! Not like Crazy Kamabla! Stop calling me weird! I’m not old!”- totally normal orange man

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        That’s what Marxist Kambalba and her dangerous communist DNC comrades would want you to…the Biden crime family are…people are talking…this is what people are saying…tampon Tim’s Communist Marxist trans policies would turn…these…they…they’re the weird ones not me Im probably the smartestest…healthierest most sane person with totally normal sized hands who…

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          I have, on multiple occasions, passed a test proving I was conscious! The doctor told me he’d never seen someone so good at following a light with their eyes, that my kind of conscious is just what America needs to be saved!

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    The only emotional defense mechanism the guy has is “no u”.

    He has the emotional stability of a three year old.

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      He just tried to call something weird in the article, so most recent time was then. Though, even if I can’t recall specifics, I’m sure he’s done it many times when his brain runs out of new insults.

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      He already called Kamala’s DNC speech “weird.” He’s already living in a post bounce-off-me-and-stick-to-you world.

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    while bashing the New York Times as “fake news” media.

    Trumpeon attacked himself in the confusion!

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    He sounds desperate to want people not to call him desperate. A desperate person may do desperate things.

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    Desperate weirdo, got it.

    Damn, Trump at 78 with the general public is a lot like me with my crush when I was 15.

    Now that I think of it… it’s kinda weird that 15 year old me and 78 year old Don want the same kinda girl… 😬