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		zimpenfish on Jan 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Be Successful > I have two brothers who occasionally get very angry, cut off relationships on whims and sabotage themselves through acts of defiance and misplaced protest, and neither of them is very 'successful' On the other hand, becoming the POTUS is presumed to be the definition of "successful" (cf some comments on here yesterday) and Trump is all of those ^ things and more.

sametmax on Jan 25, 2019 [–]

It's hard to be sure if he is that way, or if he plays the role because he learned that it gives him an advantage at this point.

zimpenfish on Jan 25, 2019 | [–]

I think the preceding 50 years of him in the public eye gives us a pretty good handle on who he is as a person. I would venture he's not playing a role.

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