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‘Manipulated’ Trump blows up billionaire megadonor’s phone with angry texts
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I am really enjoying watching him suffer.
I’m not. I’m embarrassed for him and his entire family. Anyone can see he is unwell and being played like a puppet. But everyone, kids included, just want to squeeze as much money and power of the old fart before he croaks. No one should be used and treated like this, even if they are a huge traitorous piece of shit that deserves to be thrown under the jail.
Edit: was supposed to be “embarrassed of him”, but Jesus I didn’t know being embarrassed by humans treating humans like shit was sympathy or pity. It’s like watching a fucking Jerry springer show, and I was just mentioning how I did not feel comfortable watching it. Y’all are really angry and taking it out on the wrong people.
He has never treated another human being as a human so why should we extend him even the tiniest shred of human courtesy? I'm personally fine watching him blather incoherently, shit his pants and have a stroke on stage in front of a crowd, because his cult needs to see their demigod for who he really is, even if they refuse to accept reality.
And I was just stating it was embarrassing to me and why it was. I wasn’t going “oh poor poor guy leave him alone”. Simply that it embarrasses me to watch it. He deserves more than what will ever come to him, but I don’t have to enjoy watching it happen.