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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:51 AM Jan 2017

'It's the Absolute Worst of Trump's Personality': Halperin Gives Grim Assessment of CIA Speech

by J.D. Durkin | 8:30 am, January 23rd, 2017

The opening panel for MSNBC’s Morning Joe took on the weekend of controversies for the fresh-faced Trump administration, beginning with Sean Spicer‘s combative press conference and the President’s allegedly tone-deaf message at the CIA.

“This was a tale of two weekends,” said Joe Scarborough, indicating that the pro-Trump good feelings in our nation’s capital quickly gave way to hundreds of thousands of protestors who took to the streets as part of the Women’s March on Washington. “You look at the first full day in the White House for this President: it could not have gone worse.”

Mark Halperin of Bloomberg notably added, “As for this White House’s performance: governments lie all the time,” he said. “Usually they lie about big things. This was a series of lies from the President, from his spokesman, that were unnecessary,” he said of the combative tone surrounding inauguration crowd size.

“But I think most disturbing was what the President did at the CIA,” Halperin continued. “To stand in front of the wall of people who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this country with no credit because they’re anonymous and to talk about himself that way — I think that confirms the worst feelings people had. People say there’s a good Trump and a bad Trump. It’s the absolute worst of Donald Trump‘s personality.”

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'It's the Absolute Worst of Trump's Personality': Halperin Gives Grim Assessment of CIA Speech (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
They say there's a "good trump and a bad trump." yallerdawg Jan 2017 #1
So, he's like the professor in the first Harry Potter book? So that's what the hair is hiding Hestia Jan 2017 #21
There is a good Trump? dalton99a Jan 2017 #2
The "Good Trump"... dchill Jan 2017 #17
I dispute the existence of a "good Trump". KittyWampus Jan 2017 #3
Sorry. world wide wally Jan 2017 #4
Good and Bad? Are talking about a kid here? HipChick Jan 2017 #5
No. Think Jekyll and Hyde. dchill Jan 2017 #18
When will we get to see the "good trump?"..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2017 #6
Sure sounds like Joe isn't "advi$ing" Trump anymore. underpants Jan 2017 #7
Unforced errors!!! longship Jan 2017 #8
If there's a "good Trump", I've yet to see it CanonRay Jan 2017 #9
The More This Saga RobinA Jan 2017 #10
+1 dalton99a Jan 2017 #12
Halperin???? tavernier Jan 2017 #11
That was my response, too! deurbano Jan 2017 #14
There's no 'good Trump' but otherwise Halperin is unusually honest here nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #13
nothing good heaven05 Jan 2017 #15
Is the good Trump an alternative fact? IronLionZion Jan 2017 #16
Yes, I believe it is. SharonClark Jan 2017 #19
Alternate fact: Good Trump workinclasszero Jan 2017 #20

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. They say there's a "good trump and a bad trump."
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:01 PM
Jan 2017

Isn't that what they say about sociopaths?

From wiki:

• A lack of shame

• Constant lying, manipulation, or attempts at isolation

• Ability to remain calm, even in extreme circumstances

• Charm, intelligence, huge ego, and immaturity

• Uncalled for violent behavior

• Micro expressions of anger

• Easily offended

• Narcissistic tendencies

• Use of intense contact to manipulate

http://www.wikihow.com/Spot-a-Sociopath

RobinA

(9,894 posts)
10. The More This Saga
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 01:21 PM
Jan 2017

continues, the more surprised I am at the non-Trump players. Donald Trump acted at the CIA exactly the way one would expect Donald Trump to act. Disturbing is the fact that he was elected. Disturbing is the fact that people somehow keep thinking he is going to change. When Donald Trump continues to act like Donald Trump, that's not disturbing, it's a given.

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