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Charles's avatar

Nobody knows fraud like tRump!

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Russ's avatar

By the way, Trump is known for not paying contractors. Makes you wonder what contractor is willing to build the big beautiful ball room?

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Douglas Gilligan's avatar

Meanwhile Trump would just find a way to 'pocket' the donations extorted from his Billionaire buddies.

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RandomHuman's avatar

It's the narcissit's tell. Every time they accuse you of something, it's something they do themselves. This is b/c they can't imagine anyone acting differently from themselves. Every one of the Cheater in Chief's accusations is something he has done or is doing. It's the only way he can imagine anyone being.

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Connie Ollis's avatar

These actions are the same thing that I’d read about him for years. He’s just become more blatant about his actions because he’s always found some way to get away with the fraud.

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Rational M's avatar

yes absolutely which makes mw wonder why he wants the electoral roll information so much. Does he have a plan for vote rigging like Putin does perhaps. Knocking ballots out of specific high democrat polling booths for instance, simple but effective.

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Nan's avatar

Bingo!

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Marie  McCalligan's avatar

Everything he says is really about him. The projection is real.

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Claire Read, PhD's avatar

Yep. It’s a classic predator move. My ex used it all the time. Ugh.

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Mark Carpenter's avatar

Did you and I have the same ex?

I'm gay, and my ex projected all of his defects of character onto me -- and I was to the point of believing it by the time he passed (pedestrian/automobile accident -- he was the pedestrian).

One of my big breakthroughs in Al-Anon was realizing that my ex was projecting on to me the entire time we were together.

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Russ's avatar

Curious, who was driving the car that hit him? Just asking.

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Mark Carpenter's avatar

An 80 year old woman. It happened on the busiest street in Austin, TX (South Lamar Boulevard). My ex had dropped his keys and was trying to find them. He back out, butt-first, onto South Lamar Boulevard and got smacked at 45 mph. The police report said it was his fault for backing out onto the street without looking.

I wanted to tell the woman who hit him that the accident wasn't her fault, but she died of a heart attack shortly thereafter (unrelated to the accident).

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Barbara Groover's avatar

My mom was taking a walk and some kid went through the stop sign as she was going through the intersection and ran her over killed her. When we went to court he was a find $25 for an expired safety inspection sticker and that is all! My parents were married for 61 years. My dad was absolutely devastated naturally. So was I. That was in 2004 on my son‘s birthday. I’ll never forget it

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Carole's avatar

Horrible! So sorry

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Mark Carpenter's avatar

Vehicular manslaughter, killing an elderly woman, and all he got was a $25 fine for an expired sticker?

smh

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Russ's avatar

Sorry I asked.

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Mark Carpenter's avatar

It's OK: that's a fair question.

Also, it happened 36 years ago, so I've gotten over it and gone on with my life.

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Barbara Groover's avatar

LMAOOOOOO

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Bill Strong's avatar

It's narcissistic projection - he assumes that his behavior is just like everyone else's because he has no clear theory of mind - the concept that most children begin to develop at 2 1/2 that other people also think but that they don't necessarily think exactly the same thing about the same ideas. It's a pretty simple concept. So, if he did it we assume that everybody else did it and is just a guilty - get them first.

Right now I'm working with 4 small Afghan refugee children watching this and other concepts develop as they begin to acquire more sophisticated language. Maybe Donnie could join my group - and learn from some people he despises. They're way ahead of him now that they've turned 3.

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Russ's avatar

Don't try to teach Trump new tricks, he has enough already. Teaching someone to have a conscience at 79 is looking for a miracle.

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Amy Shields's avatar

Oh boy , here we go again

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Daniel H Laemmerhirt's avatar

Excellent reporting as always, yet the ending bugs me. It should be "cankle deep." 😘

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Soaplady123's avatar

I thought the same thing Gregg. Great minds…

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Di Tob's avatar

Investigate trump's claim. Put his queeny fat @$$ in prison. This is yet another chance for democrats to put him in prison.

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Karen Thompson's avatar

Who is surprised ???? No one.

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Mark Carpenter's avatar

With President Porker Piggy, every accusation is a confession.

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Gregg Barak's avatar

Oh he has engaged in several fraudulent mortgage schemes over the years.

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Mary Jo Wilkins's avatar

His accusations are always a self reflection

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JP MEYER's avatar

Wow, "he MAY have?" that's quite generous. Considering he's a blatant fraud extraordinaire.

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Skepticat's avatar

PROJECTION, thy name is Trump.

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Randy Warren's avatar

With Trump and the Republicans,every accusation is an admission of guilt!

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Douglas Gilligan's avatar

It might be a shorter list to find all the 'white collar' crimes Trump did NOT commit.

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sue mackson's avatar

You've recognized what I also have long noticed, that Trump accuses others of actions he has often taken. In pyschology it's called projection. But for him it's just another technique which attracts

those folks who like the stuff. It's unfortuante there are so many of them.

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