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    More than half a dozen people who listened to the Trump-May telephone calls have spoken to this newspaper. Mr Trump’s tone was at times described as “bullying” and “mansplaining”. He often ignored the agreed topics of discussion, going on long monologues. Mrs May sometimes sounded bemused and exasperated, trying to bring Mr Trump back to the issues at hand.

    “It is hectoring, it is relentless, it is difficult to get a word in,” one ex-May adviser said of Mr Trump's speaking style on the phone. “She would go, ‘yes Donald, Donald, Donald’”, attempting to interrupt.

    At times advisers would be told to see what Mr Trump had done recently that he viewed as a success, so that Mrs May could begin the call with a compliment in an attempt to massage the president’s ego, but it rarely worked.

    Mr Trump, on the other hand, would ask world leaders for their views on Mrs May. "He would say to Merkel or Macron about Theresa May 'Well, what do you think now? She's blown it with that election.'”

    In January 2018 the president was being briefed on an upcoming UK visit, and was told he would open the new US embassy, which had moved from central London to south of the Thames. “I don’t want to go," Mr Trump interjected, according to notes of the meeting. "I hate the new embassy which was a terrible real estate decision. So I will not go and do a ribbon cutting."

    Mr Trump became fixated on the cost of the new embassy, claiming his predecessor Barack Obama had wasted money on it. One May aide recalls the president spending 20 minutes on the phone telling Mrs May why it was such an "idiotic" project. It would be another six months before President Trump made it to Britain.

    Boris Johnson handles matters differently. True, he once said that Trump showed “stupefying ignorance” and was “unfit to be president”, but that was before he was president. Now he tells the US ambassador (a Trump loyalist) that the president is doing “fantastic stuff” on China, North Korea etc, and even that Trump is becoming increasingly popular in Britain (his approval rating reached almost 20% in one opinion poll).

    “Boris is not a Trump ideologist,” one well-placed UK source said. "But the president probably thinks so. He believes Boris is part of his grand world view.” It is a belief held in the White House to this day.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...on-said-trump/

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    Trump doesn’t fuck around. He is results based. That hurts the feels of leftists

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    What Great Britain thinks of Donald Trump:
    Positive opinion 18%
    Negative opinion 68%

    Other foreign politicians liked by Donald Trump fans:
    Erdogan
    Berlusconi
    Pence
    Bolsonaro
    Putin

    YouGov Ratings data collected between August 2019 and August 2020
    https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...e/Donald_Trump

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    What ? They had to go to an “ex “ advisor ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    What Great Britain thinks of Donald Trump:
    Positive opinion 18%
    Negative opinion 68%

    Other foreign politicians liked by Donald Trump fans:
    Erdogan
    Berlusconi
    Pence
    Bolsonaro
    Putin

    YouGov Ratings data collected between August 2019 and August 2020
    https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...e/Donald_Trump
    And of course his lover, Kim.
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiden Biden View Post
    Trump doesn’t fuck around. He is results based. That hurts the feels of leftists
    Lol. Trump is a total wet noodle. Are you on crack?

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    Trump’s British fans (there are some) list his outstanding qualities as:

    Confident, Commanding, Admirable, Ambitious, Anti-Establishment.

    https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...e/Donald_Trump

    I think that says more about the fans than Trump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    Trump’s British fans (there are some) list his outstanding qualities as:

    Confident, Commanding, Admirable, Ambitious, Anti-Establishment.

    https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...e/Donald_Trump

    I think that says more about the fans than Trump.
    "Still a man hears[sees] what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest." -- Simon & Garfunkel
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiden Biden View Post
    Trump doesn’t fuck around. He is results based. That hurts the feels of leftists
    Great results with Corona and the economy. That really hurts. Of course we are not happy Trump insulted our allies and embraced Putin.That hurts too. Toss in the dumbing down of America with a tweeter in chief who is anti science and creates his own reality has not received plaudits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    What Great Britain thinks of Donald Trump:
    Positive opinion 18%
    Negative opinion 68%

    Other foreign politicians liked by Donald Trump fans:
    Erdogan
    Berlusconi
    Pence
    Bolsonaro
    Putin

    YouGov Ratings data collected between August 2019 and August 2020
    https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics...e/Donald_Trump
    Who gives a fuck?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    Who gives a fuck?
    This fucker:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    This fucker:

    Duplicate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    This fucker:

    That doesn't say he gives a fuck what she thinks it says he's looking forward to it. What do you think he will say if she says something he doesnt like? Try again

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    More than half a dozen people who listened to the Trump-May telephone calls have spoken to this newspaper. Mr Trump’s tone was at times described as “bullying” and “mansplaining”. He often ignored the agreed topics of discussion, going on long monologues. Mrs May sometimes sounded bemused and exasperated, trying to bring Mr Trump back to the issues at hand.

    “It is hectoring, it is relentless, it is difficult to get a word in,” one ex-May adviser said of Mr Trump's speaking style on the phone. “She would go, ‘yes Donald, Donald, Donald’”, attempting to interrupt.

    At times advisers would be told to see what Mr Trump had done recently that he viewed as a success, so that Mrs May could begin the call with a compliment in an attempt to massage the president’s ego, but it rarely worked.

    Mr Trump, on the other hand, would ask world leaders for their views on Mrs May. "He would say to Merkel or Macron about Theresa May 'Well, what do you think now? She's blown it with that election.'”

    In January 2018 the president was being briefed on an upcoming UK visit, and was told he would open the new US embassy, which had moved from central London to south of the Thames. “I don’t want to go," Mr Trump interjected, according to notes of the meeting. "I hate the new embassy which was a terrible real estate decision. So I will not go and do a ribbon cutting."

    Mr Trump became fixated on the cost of the new embassy, claiming his predecessor Barack Obama had wasted money on it. One May aide recalls the president spending 20 minutes on the phone telling Mrs May why it was such an "idiotic" project. It would be another six months before President Trump made it to Britain.

    Boris Johnson handles matters differently. True, he once said that Trump showed “stupefying ignorance” and was “unfit to be president”, but that was before he was president. Now he tells the US ambassador (a Trump loyalist) that the president is doing “fantastic stuff” on China, North Korea etc, and even that Trump is becoming increasingly popular in Britain (his approval rating reached almost 20% in one opinion poll).

    “Boris is not a Trump ideologist,” one well-placed UK source said. "But the president probably thinks so. He believes Boris is part of his grand world view.” It is a belief held in the White House to this day.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...on-said-trump/
    In other words, according to the article, kiss his ass, butter his ego, and you will get what you need, I think there is a term for that type of behavior, especially when applied to child care

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    In other words, according to the article, kiss his ass, butter his ego, and you will get what you need, I think there is a term for that type of behavior, especially when applied to child care
    So instead of May standing up to trump she will kiss his ass and butter his ego. That sounds like a her problem.

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