{"id":135244,"date":"2017-10-31T21:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T03:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135244"},"modified":"2017-11-01T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T02:38:53","slug":"unbearable-lightness-trumps-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/31\/unbearable-lightness-trumps-praise.html","title":{"rendered":"The Unbearable Lightness of Trump’s Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one lesson that every single person in and around Washington, especially those in Trump’s orbit, should be more than painfully aware of, is that Donald Trump has no sense of personal loyalty.<\/p>\n

He will praise people — if it makes himself look good, basking in the glory of such wonderful fine people being hired or appointed by him, or seeking him out, or saying that he, Donald, is such an excellent person.<\/p>\n

But if that person becomes a liability — well, then that person is a disloyal idiot, a liar, someone who was never all that important, never really met the Big Man himself, completely unmemorable, and did I mention that person’s a horrible liar? Never knew the person, and just as well, since they’re such<\/i> a liar, and a little person, and unimportant, not worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n

It’s all about Donald, and how someone serves the Donaldness. Remember that when folk are denounced. And remember it when people are praised, too.<\/p>\n


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If there is one lesson that every single person in and around Washington, especially those in Trump’s orbit, should be more than painfully aware of, is that Donald Trump has no sense of personal loyalty. 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