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I should stress here that what I am observing are general characteristics of our society. I don\u2019t for a moment pretend that all individuals who support Donald Trump exhibit all these negativities\u2013so if this doesn\u2019t apply to you wonderful. However, if the shoe fits\u2026<\/p>\n

1. He\u2019s a Spoiled Brat \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Trump was born into a wealthy, East Coast, \u00a0privileged family, attended private schools, walked into a leadership position in his Daddy\u2019s real estate company and inherited a pile of money from Pop. He avoided the Vietnam draft with four student deferrments and a dodgy \u201cmedical\u201d deferment, but still claimed that marching around a square in a uniform at his private military academy prep school gave him \u201cmore military training\u201d than most guys in the Army.<\/p>\n

As such Trump perfectly reflects the affluent, privileged and entitled spoiled brats that Americans have become. No wonder he\u2019s popular.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0He\u2019s Made a Pile of Dough on Casinos \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Has anybody stopped to realize what scumbags casino owners and operators are? They make their loot by abusing\u00a0the poor people, the addicted and the vulnerable. The old saying is, the only people who get away with cheating at the casinos are the casino owners. The whole sordid business of casinos is a reflection of the sick and decadent society America has become. So you want a fat cat casino owner for President? It would be apt because the whole country is addicted to gambling. What is the whole Wall Street con but a bunch of fat cat bankers and brokers playing the big game of chance in the Stock Market every day? Furthermore, most Americans gobble up their profits from stock market investments whenever and however they can. Finally, gambling is the sign of a sick and decadent society. Scumbag gangsters like Trump wouldn\u2019t make it big on the casinos if Americans weren\u2019t so drugged up on gambling to start with. But we\u2019re just good with all that and like to refer to him as \u201ca super successful businessman\u201d.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0He\u2019s Comes Across as a Conman and a liar \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>He\u2019s flip flopped on just about every issue in order to garner support and win votes. He says whatever he thinks his unthinking supporters want. He pushes their buttons and strokes their insecurities and plays them just like the con man used car salesman he is. His fake hair, fake teeth, fake face, fake tan says it all. He\u2019s one big plastic surgery fake and American loves him because the rest of America is just as artificial and phony as he is.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0He\u2019s Unfaithful in Marriage \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s hard to keep track of all Donald\u2019s wives, mistresses and lovers. He married Czech model Ivanka in 1977, divorced because of his affairs with Marla Maples, dated Carla Bruni, married Marla Maples, divorced Marla, dated Kara, courted Princess Diana, married Melania\u2013who it is rumored is a former porn star. And yet this cheesy lothario is hailed by right wing Christian Americans as the next wonderful president of the USA. Has everyone forgotten grandma\u2019s old wisdom, \u201cIf a man is unfaithful in marriage why would you trust him in politics or business?\u201d This is the sort of life that used to bring down American politicians, but Americans today overlook it. Why is that? Because their own lives are not far off the Donald\u2019s. That\u2019s why. They\u2019re just as unfaithful in marriage as he is and just as lustful and disgusting.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0He\u2019s an egotistical demagogue \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Listen to the man, all he does is talk about himself and how great he is. All he does is boast about the wonderful great things he is going to do to make America great. There is not substance to him. There are no policies. There is no qualification for high office. There is no experience in government. The man\u2019s a joke. Why is he so popular? Because that\u2019s what Americans are like. They love his egotistical grand standing because they are like that. Listen to conservative talk radio sometime. The hosts and people calling in are the same kind of ignorant braggarts that Trump is. That\u2019s why they like him.<\/p>\n

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