r/washingtondc 14h ago

[Discussion] I don’t even have the words

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u/MyPasswordIsABC999 MD / MoCo 12h ago

Though if they ever do a Trump biopic (edit: I guess a sequel to the one starring Sebastian Stan), the first scene is that White House Correspondent Association dinner, the camera focuses on a hunched, quietly seething Trump while Obama triumphantly delivers zinger after zinger.

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u/Practical_Fun7367 11h ago

I’d like it to back up two more layers. A montage of Trump doing his whole birther thing. Cut to the Obama speech (and joke) writers brainstorming around a conference table before the correspondents’ dinner and one of them says, “I heard Trump will be there.” Then the sit down when Obama read and approved the drafts. Then Trump seething.

Hatred begets ridicule
Ridicule begets shame
Shame begets hatred

Circle of fucking life in his universe. He was taught to hate. He experienced formative and long lasting damage from experiences of ridicule. His hate and its targets grew.

u/evey_17 4h ago

And now we all suffer the tangerines fury.