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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump as The Hungry Ghost [View all]

Tobin S.

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3. That sounds about right.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:18 AM
Apr 2018

This might get my liberal card revoked, but I tell people that we should feel compassion for Trump. I know that’s particularly hard for some women to do given how poorly he has treated women, but this huge charade that Trump is putting on on the world stage is not even really him. It is a false self that he has mistaken for his real self. The real Donald lies in love and compassion, just like everyone’s authentic self. Donald doesn’t know how to be that. He firmly believes that this goon he is portraying is the real him in part because that’s what his upbringing and our society have told him he should be.

But, yeah, he’s just lost. He’s in hell.

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I think of him in that regard myself. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #2
That sounds about right. Tobin S. Apr 2018 #3
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