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Donald Trump has often been accused of bullying (and of being a bigot and a scam artist). Because this behavior is often public, there is no doubt about the credibility of the accusations. His bullying behavior seems to be a part of his business persona, and may have developed over time. Mr. Trump uses a primitive philosophy of bullying his competitors, and his own staff, in achieving his goals.
During his candidacy announcement, on June 16, Donald Trump said,
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
Since then, Mr. Trump has insulted Jeb Bush for being “low energy,” John McCain for “not being a war hero,” Anderson Cooper as a “waste of time,” Megyn Kelly as having “blood coming out of her wherever,” Forbes magazine as a “failed magazine,” and Carly Fiorina by saying
“Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?”
Rosalind Wiseman stated,
“He’s like an eighth-grade girl. As an educator who works with children, it’s an amazing thing to watch, because you really wish the adults would be the adults and be able to check the person who’s abusing power and being so callous to other people.”
Donald Trump has not limited his bad behavior the United States. After purchasing land for the ‘Trump International Golf Course,’ he took on the local farmers with his insulting behavior. During his rant, one of the people he insulted was a 90-year-old woman, and he called a farmer who refused to sell his land,”an embarrassment to Scotland,” and as someone who “lives like a pig.”
Bully’s are often bigots because they think in the simplest, crudest terms possible as they insult their victims. They haven’t evolved very far, in terms of maturity. Mr. Trump is no exception. His recent statement he would close the United States to all Muslim immigrants, including Muslim Americans who are abroad and trying to return home and Muslim tourists, is one example his undisguised bigotry and lack of maturity.
After spending time as a guest on the View, Trump said,
“All the women on The Apprentice flirted with me, consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected. Well, of course, because all women are scheming, manipulative gold-diggers who will flirt with any horrible man as long as he has money and power. I know I am. It’s an added bonus when he has such a glorious head of hair.”
Donald Trump also comes with some interesting legal baggage. He recently lost a case against him, claiming the Trump University was a scam. and faces similar lawsuits brought by former students and one by the New York Attorney General.
The Trump University was launched in 2005, and promised to teach students Donald Trump’s investing techniques, to gain wealth in real estate. The law suits claim the teachers were not professors hand-picked by Donald Trump, as advertised, but were instead salespeople who were paid commissions for sales of the seminars and products. The various lawsuits claim the entire Trump University was a scam.
hank you for your important article. However I think Trump is actually not a bigot or a Nazi, but willing to use hate whenever it serves his interest in gaining more power.
Trump is asn a conman and chameleon, who is destined (if elected President) to make the US very much resemble Russia.
Hitler on the other hand honestly believed that Germans were naturally superior people who almost without trying would be in charge of things except for Jewish do-gooders constantly getting in the way.
Vladimir Putin praised Trump as highly respected within his own country and beyond,
a very colorful, talented person. Likewise Trump praised Putin.
Trump once especially liked Mexican Restaurants at his casinos, and hired the most anti-union subcontractors where sometimes the undocumented worked.
I apologize for finding, despite knowing better, Trump’s statements about Bush to be inspiration, and expect to here a lot more as he zigzags his way toward more and more power.