Real Donald Trump Quotes about Women

Have you seen the anti-Trump video that features women quoting Donald Trump’s most offensive statements about women?  I just showed it to a woman. She thought it was funny. Apparently nothing that Trump says comes off as offensive to her.  The reason I checked with a woman is because I didn’t trust…

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Clinton Versus Trump

It looks like we’ll have a Clinton versus Trump contest for the White House.  The last time Trump and Clinton mixed it up hard, Clinton called Trump sexist and Trump responded that she was an enabler for her husband’s womanizing. In summary: – Clinton accused Trump of being anti-woman –…

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Donald Trump – Con Man

Donald Trump is a con man. He’s also a fraud, a liar, a snake-oil salesman, and a carnival barker. Clearly he is running a scam on the country.  Trump calls himself a “deal-maker.”  I call Trump a Master Persuader. It’s all the same thing. Trump says and does whatever he…

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The Trump Riots That are Mostly My Fault

I would like to begin this post by disavowing Scott Adams. It seems I am mostly to blame for the recent scuffles at Trump rallies. I apologize for this and for the nuclear annihilation that is likely ahead of us after Trump wins the presidency in a landslide. The short…

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Let’s Talk About Hitler

Can we agree that calling the candidate with German ancestry “Hitler” is racist? It sure feels that way to me. I’m about half German, same as Trump. And it feels like a racial insult to me. I’m not easily offended, but I don’t see any other way to interpret the incessant…

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Who Trump Offends with His Salty Language

You know who Trump offends with his cursing? Answer: Other people. You and I are not offended because we are awesome, and above it. We don’t get offended for dumb ass reasons. But we are quite certain that other people need protection from naughty words. I don’t know the names of…

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The Conservative Con (Master Persuader Series)

I wouldn’t call myself well-informed about politics. But I pay attention when I can. My best guess is that I’m in the top 20% of informed citizens. Yet I don’t know the political definition of conservative. Neither do you, in all likelihood.  Under the 2D filter of life, conservatives are united…

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Republican Debate (March 3) Scorecard (Master Persuader Series)

The FOX News debate moderators annihilated Donald Trump last night. They highlighted huge problems with his budget plan, showed inconsistencies in his policies, and hammered him for his Trump University “scam” as some would call it. It was Trump’s first bad debate night. And when I say FOX annihilated Trump, I…

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A Letter to Donald Trump (from a voter, not me)

This letter from Troy Morton was in the comments to my post from earlier today. I am reposting it here, with permission, because it is simply beautiful. Breathtaking, actually. Enjoy.  — To: President Trump From: Just a simple man I’ve been following your campaign since your announcement, reading millions of…

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Super Tuesday (Master Persuader Series)

Donald Trump did well in the Super Tuesday primary states, surprising no one who reads this blog. Here are my thoughts about last night, as seen through the Master Persuader filter. Candidates who win primaries usually do a little victory speech the same night. Trump turned his brief remarks into…

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Strategic Ambiguity (Master Persuasion Series)

If you have been watching the news lately you know that Donald Trump disavowed the endorsement of racist David Duke. Unless you are watching CNN, in which case, their version of the news is that he didn’t do enough disavowing that one time. If you’re a racist, you have a…

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Disavowing Trump

I disavow Trump. Because of this and a few other things. His skills are still impressive. Update 1:  Just to be clear, what I’m doing here is getting out of the splatter zone. I am aware that Trump has disavowed David Duke and the KKK in the past and I am certain…

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How to Spot a Narcissist (Trump Persuasion Series)

Donald Trump is the most famous narcissist in the world. That fact probably seems obvious to you, given Trump’s continuous self-promotion. Mental health experts agree with your assessment. Trump hits most of the checkboxes for the diagnosis. The biggest tell for narcissism is a belief that you are better than…

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The Trump Master Persuader Index and Reading List

Readers of this blog have been asking me to compile my Trump posts in a convenient index so you can direct others to it. And so I have. I’ll try to keep this updated as I go. The fun of it is seeing how early I predicted Trump’s rise (8/13/15)….

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