01-22-2017, 02:05 PM
(01-22-2017, 01:19 PM)sally Wrote: I was watching it while doing other things so I didn't sit there and listen to every word. What did he lie about?
I don't believe anything they tell me whether it's Trump or Hillary or any of them. Sometimes I just think people blow things he says out of proportion and I've felt the same way about Obama too in the past.
The "speech" was cringeworthy...if you are a thinking person, it would offend you. He was there to "repair" relationship with CIA. First of all, the place of the speech had special meaning to this agency because of the 117 stars honoring the agents who had died in the line of duty. Watching him was comparable to watching the awkward kid in school trying to give his first oral report in classroom....he was uncomfortable, insecure, and in "foreign" territory and didn't display protocol, i.e., honor, respect, praise and discuss unity, etc.....He did joke that they needed a larger room and he was behind them 1000 % and he did say a few words about the amazing job they do, he would ramble on about crowd size. His lies were that he blamed the dishonest media for saying he had a problem with the intelligence community and he denied that was a problem (although a week prior he had compared them to Nazi Germany).....then he attacked the media again for reporting that his crowd size was smaller than Women's March or Obama's inauguration and just couldn't let that go....the applause wasn't that enthusiastic. It was more of a "being polite" applause and I felt they had an applause meter (that was totally me saying that, no one else). I sensed the CIA were not appreciative of his self praise based on what a normal person would feel if patronized and had to listen to what a great guy he was.....Trump IMO does suffer from narcissistic personality to include being a pathological liar. ....and no, I am not a Doctor, but I do have a Master's degree (self praise, I know) in the mental health field.....
I think when I watch something so painfully apparent, I just expect everyone else to see it, too, but I love hearing your perspective because apparently there are a lot of people (well, not a lot, only about 32% approval rating now for Trump). I do not like it though, when his supporters say, "well, that is just Trump." He can't just be Trump anymore.....he has to quit thinking he is the smartest man in the World and he attracts the largest crowds in the World or see a Psychiatrist and get medications.
I wish he would get rid of Gov't waste and do something which benefits all of us, not just him and his rich buddies....He won't do anything which won't benefit him financially....there have already been reports of his wife's jewelry being sold on the President's web page so the taxpayers are paying to advertise Melania's line of jewelry....
Speaking of which, Obama received so much crap over the years, but most of it was not true. People said he was not a citizen, was a Muslim, etc.and stories reported by faux news web sites which were believed by many people....
.....and some of you still question why we don't believe Trump....It is not the media reporting, folks...Words are coming out of his mouth in front of you. Do you not hear that yourself? Media is not perfect but you can't ban them and expect to maintain a free society.
I also cringe when I see children watching this and actually witnessing this man lie, and yet he still became President. This is difficult to explain to a child...he is not the role model I want for my grandchildren....I won't go into all of his other negative characteristics...but these children see how he berates other groups of people and individuals.
He also blurted out in his speech to CIA we might be invading Iraq again to get the oil or words to that effect...I just think we all need to worry about this man and quit making excuses for him.