Trump -man of the moment or the greatest conman in history?

[Trevor.Dennis]

Terri, seeing as you have raised the subject, how is it even remotely viable that after  so many American celebrities and politicians have been sacked or forced to resign over claims of  sexual harassment, and yet Trump, who bragged about his own blatant contemptible behavior with women, is still the President of the United States?  I can see that the GOP wants to hang on to power at any cost, but at what point does their ever decreasing credibility make their position no longer tenable? 

[Trevor.Dennis]

I couldn't resist waking up this thread after finding this   The PDF is a life size printable document of Donald Trump's hand taken from a bronze molding Madame Tussauds  made from the waxwork dummy they made of Trump after taking accurate measurements of his anatomy (shudder at that mind picture).   There's a story HERE

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Meena/TrumpsHand-outline.pdf

Apparently Madame Tussauds had to remove the wax work of Trump because it was smarter that the original, and in much better health. Strangely, it was only 6'2" tall though, so its BMI would have fallen in the Obese category if it had been human.

[jane-e]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Nancy+OShea  wrote

His father was a bigot. The apple doesn't fall far from its tree.

Nancy

Fred Trump was Woody Guthrie's landlord and Woody wrote about him. Agreed, Nancy. The apple did not fall far from the tree.

"Old Man Trump" ~ Woody Guthrie

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jANuVKeYezs

I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate

He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts

When he drawed that color line

Here at his Beach Haven family project

Beach Haven ain't my home!

No, I just can't pay this rent!

My money's down the drain,

And my soul is badly bent!

Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower

Where no black folks come to roam,

No, no, Old Man Trump!

Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both

Welcoming you here to Beach Haven

To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place

To have your kids raised up in.

Beach Haven ain't my home!

No, I just can't pay this rent!

My money's down the drain,

And my soul is badly bent!

Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower

Where no black folks come to roam,

No, no, Old Man Trump!

Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

[Nancy OShea]

I didn't know about the Woody Guthrie connection.  That's interesting.

[jane-e]

From WaPo:

The unbelievable story of why Woody Guthrie hated Donald Trump’s dad - The Washington Post

and NYT:

Woody Guthrie Wrote of His Contempt for His Landlord, Donald Trump's Father - First Draft. Political...

[JR Boulay]

About the wall Mr Trump is right.
In China there is a wall for several hundred years, in Israel there is a wall for more than ten years.
And there are still no Mexicans in China or in Israel…

[KJerryK]

For the want of spell check a word is born

The Guardian 'Unpresidented': Donald Trump invents the Guardian's word of the year | US news | The Guardian

"Definition: Feeling of loss when a president who has neither the temperament nor the knowledge to actually be president is elected president, causing one to wonder who will actually be running the country and triggering feelings of malaise and dread

Usage: The current situation"

And celebrated on Trump's Twitter typos: From 'covfefe' to 'unpresidented' | Fox News

[Trevor.Dennis]

JR_Boulay  wrote

About the wall Mr Trump is right.
In China there is a wall for several hundred years, in Israel there is a wall for more than ten years.
And there are still no Mexicans in China or in Israel…

[JR Boulay]

The Guggenheim’s chief curator should get an award: The Trumps asked to borrow a Van Gogh but the Guggenheim offered a solid gold toilet instead. - The ...

[D Fosse]

Yes! I just saw this. I have to say, this makes me feel proud. Not only the sheer balls to do that, but the deadly surgical precision of the statement in that gesture. I mean - what else is there to say now?

[Terri_Stevens]

I thought Trump already had a gold plated toilet, so now he has two -we have platinum ones in our house, doesn't everyone lol To be fair Trump was a lot more presidential at Davos until getting booed for talking about fake news. If he was like that more often he might get more respect.

On a separate topic has anyone noticed that Stormy Daniels looks remarkably like Kelly Anne Conway with a face lift? There's a rumour that Trump made Melania sign papers that she'd get her figure back after having Barron and yet at the same time was having a year long affair with the porn actress. The late Jackie Collins could have got a great book out of the goings on at the White House.

[Trevor.Dennis]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Terri+Stevens  wrote

On a separate topic has anyone noticed that Stormy Daniels looks remarkably like Kelly Anne Conway with a face lift?

I had to look her up, and the most alarming thing I got from her Wikipedia page is that she apparently had an affair with Donald Trump.   You'd have to question the intelligence and judgement of anyone who'd get into a relationship with a person that sleazy, as you'd have to know it would end badly, and that she would kiss and tell for a sack full of cash.

Talking of books about the White House, Michael Woolf's Fire and Fury has turned out to be a five minute wonder.  'Michael who?' I hear you say.

[Terri_Stevens]

Stormy Daniels is playing a very dangerous game. Trump's lawyers set up a company to discretely pay her $130,000 for her silence and she then signed a NDA, but now is giving kiss and tell interviews to the media. There is a very fine line between what's she is doing and attempted extortion. I feel very sorry for Melania as I think she's a nice girl and deserves better. It was very noticeable that she didn't travel to Davos, which is also known as Klosters one of the most up market ski resorts in the world-a favourite haunt of Prince Charles and the royal family. I would imagine the first lady would have loved to have gone there but instead goes to Mar-a-Largo and has to hide out in her rooms -very sad and I hope she plucks up the courage to file for divorce one day.

[gener7]

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Terri+Stevens   wrote

On a separate topic has anyone noticed that Stormy Daniels looks remarkably like Kelly Anne Conway with a face lift?

I had to look her up, and the most alarming thing I got from her Wikipedia page is that she apparently had an affair with Donald Trump.   You'd have to question the intelligence and judgement of anyone who'd get into a relationship with a person that sleazy, as you'd have to know it would end badly, and that she would kiss and tell for a sack full of cash.

Hooking is still against the law, at least in the US. The nature of the job is you don't have to like your client's looks or ethics, It's all "business".

[Trevor.Dennis]

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

You'd have to question the intelligence and judgement of anyone who'd get into a relationship with a person that sleazy...

Hmmm...  I just read my own post again, and realized that it is not clear whether the above refers to Trump or Ms Daniels.  I guess it works both ways.

[D Fosse]

Yeah, that's what I concluded too...I thought you phrased that double meaning very elegantly and succinctly