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chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:13 PM Nov 2017

What a juvenile Tweet from trump. And what does it mean?

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Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!
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And am I wrong to see some racial animosity by the POTUS with the tone of that remark?

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What a juvenile Tweet from trump. And what does it mean? (Original Post) chelsea0011 Nov 2017 OP
Does the Sun rise in the East? Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #1
What does it mean? PJMcK Nov 2017 #2
Trump is a vile racist punk, asshole. He has the mind of a 9 yr old. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #3
Nine? More like two. Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #12
absolutely. unblock Nov 2017 #4
If I had to choose between 10 years in a Chinese prison or thanking Trump for anything... Orrex Nov 2017 #5
It means he's written another verse of "How Great I Art" gratuitous Nov 2017 #6
LOL n/t Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #13
I think he's trying to say maxrandb Nov 2017 #7
Nah, I'm pretty sure he meant hellacia Nov 2017 #9
Too bad trump isn't interested in the thousands... CatMor Nov 2017 #8
It means little, other than that he's further withdrawn from reality. Orsino Nov 2017 #10
I bet they already did express thanks to him, but he refuses to acknowledge it King_Klonopin Nov 2017 #11

Eliot Rosewater

(31,137 posts)
3. Trump is a vile racist punk, asshole. He has the mind of a 9 yr old.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:15 PM
Nov 2017

He does nothing, ever, not once, for any reason other than self.

unblock

(52,496 posts)
4. absolutely.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:17 PM
Nov 2017

juvenile to insist on getting thanks before they've really had a chance to offer it.

racial to assume they'd be ungrateful (if they were white, would he make that same assumption?)

also, generally, accusing black people of being "ungrateful" is a racial dog whistle.

well, most dog whistles these days are getting quite loud to the human ear....

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. It means he's written another verse of "How Great I Art"
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:36 PM
Nov 2017

Chorus:

Then Donald Trump appears on my teevee
How great I art, how great I art
His orange face is there for all to see
How great I art, how great I art

maxrandb

(15,396 posts)
7. I think he's trying to say
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:40 PM
Nov 2017

"see, I'm not a racist, I got those basketball players out of China"

It's how his feeble mind works. He probably thinks he singlehandedly improves the lives of all Chinese Americans because he gets his suits dry-cleaned.

He's a racist asshat, and Omarosa probably told him he needed to highlight how he was nice to some black folks.

hellacia

(13 posts)
9. Nah, I'm pretty sure he meant
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:45 PM
Nov 2017

to highlight how ungrateful "the blacks" are when a powerful white man deigns to help them rather than to crush them. F**k him. The basketball players, if they have any sense, should never utter a word of thanks to this white supremacist douchebag.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
8. Too bad trump isn't interested in the thousands...
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:42 PM
Nov 2017

of people in this country serving long terms in prison for minor crimes. I'm so sick of him praising himself.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
10. It means little, other than that he's further withdrawn from reality.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:58 PM
Nov 2017

He never seems to have had much going on mentally, and appears to be deteriorating since taking office. Never having had a job before, he must be exhausted by even the minimal presidential routine of ordering others to do his work.

King_Klonopin

(1,307 posts)
11. I bet they already did express thanks to him, but he refuses to acknowledge it
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 03:00 PM
Nov 2017

so he can claim he is a victim of the ungrateful "inner-city thugs". Wouldn't put it past him.

And, if they didn't, his huge vanity can't tolerate the distorted perception of a slight.

The man is seriously disturbed and twisted. What grown-up man would have thoughts like this ?

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