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Theresa Palmer's avatar

Thanks, Daniel. I worked with law enforcement on my end in drug/alcohol treatment court programs. Prosecutors and deputies were on our teams. I did assessments at the jail in some cases. It's not a place for sissies, I'll say that. It startled me when people went in front of the judge thinking they were going to bs and get away with it. Denial. I was just telling someone recently that trump may not drink, as his brother did, but he has the simmering resentments and the risk taking like an alcoholic. Almost daring people to call him out. I mean that in terms of active addiction. His manipulation of people, the uncomfortable feeling you get listening to him talk, because he's trying to scam someone, trying to intimidate and punk someone with his gaslighting. We know that codependents can mirror alcoholic behavior without ever taking a drink. You know you can feel when somebody isn't right, when something's off with them. It's a personality snafu. People like him are scary, because they pose in society as "normal" people. But they're not. I've said that he's a one-stop crime shop, and he is. His compulsions are lying and diet coke. And yes, a different world awaits him in prison. If he doesn't end up in a country club facility hitting golf balls all day. God willing, he won't. He indeed has been coddled all his life, truly spoiled, and never allowed to feel the pain of his decisions. Maggie Haberman's book "Confidence Man" is so spot-on. That's what he is. A con artist.

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Daniel L. Cooper's avatar

You have hit the proverbial nail on the head, Theresa. Excellent assessment of this 🤡!

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Theresa Palmer's avatar

It just leaves you wondering, what all is he hiding?

And this question: “What’s the price of a clear conscience?”

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