{"id":135706,"date":"2017-12-18T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135706"},"modified":"2017-12-19T00:40:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:40:26","slug":"oh-look-donald-trump-taking-yet-another-election-victory-lap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/oh-look-donald-trump-taking-yet-another-election-victory-lap.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, look, Donald Trump is taking yet another election victory lap"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When the American People speak, ALL OF US should listen. Just over one year ago, you spoke loud and clear. On November 8, 2016, you voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3AOv53S0PU\">https:\/\/t.co\/3AOv53S0PU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/942854056162332677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mean, it&#8217;s not even the anniversary of the election (which would be goofy enough). It&#8217;s just a random reminder that <i>I won, she lost, the voters picked me, they picked me most [1], they spoke loud and clear, they voted for my trademarked motto thing, available on red hats for a very reasonable cost, they picked me, me, me!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just &#8230; well, it would be hysterical, if it weren&#8217;t so pathetic, if it weren&#8217;t the guy who has his finger on the nuclear button, so <i>ALL OF US should listen.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This is all in the context of a series of tweets this afternoon about how incredibly beautiful and great his administration has been, how marvelous his impending tax cut, how glorious his foreign travels, how spiffy his stock market bubble is &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over the past 11 months, I have travelled tens of thousands of miles, to visit 13 countries. I have met with more than 100 world leaders and everywhere I traveled, it was my highest privilege and greatest honor to represent the AMERICAN PEOPLE! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7SDsEeIhJH\">https:\/\/t.co\/7SDsEeIhJH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/942851788461563906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the world watches, we are days away from passing HISTORIC TAX CUTS for American families and businesses. It will be the BIGGEST TAX CUT and TAX REFORM in the HISTORY of our country! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EvcAkjuf8w\">https:\/\/t.co\/EvcAkjuf8w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/942857031693799425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">70 Record Closes for the Dow so far this year! We have NEVER had 70 Dow Records in a one year period. Wow!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/942883507868782592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mean, again, it&#8217;s a remarkable display of <i>LOOK AT ME!<\/i> even from a guy who apparently feels compelled to make sure everyone knows HOW BREATHTAKINGLY GREAT A PRESIDENT HE IS.<\/p>\n<p>Yeesh.<\/p>\n<p><del>&#8212;-<\/del><\/p>\n<p>[1] Though it always bears reminding Trump that <i>more<\/i> of the American People spoke for his <i>opponent<\/i> than did him. They were just arranged so that he squeaked out an mediocre electoral college victory. That still makes him President of the United States, as he feels the need to <i>constantly<\/i> remind us.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6501062595831788977\/6501062593208184754\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-wF4wafj5nok\/Wjhp_ALA77I\/AAAAAAAEn3I\/HIirz3Gjazc5pYnlWpuQULWkYSxYn7y6QCJoC\/trump%2Bmeme%2Bloud%2Band%2Bclear.jpg?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/7BrXG4oVrh2\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the American People speak, ALL OF US should listen. Just over one year ago, you spoke loud and clear. On November 8, 2016, you voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https:\/\/t.co\/3AOv53S0PU &mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2017 I mean, it&#8217;s not even the anniversary of the election (which would be goofy enough). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/oh-look-donald-trump-taking-yet-another-election-victory-lap.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oh, look, Donald Trump is taking yet another election victory lap&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532,1071],"tags":[1299,1077],"class_list":["post-135706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016","category-trump","tag-narcissism","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/trump+meme+loud+and+clear.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131496,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/11\/trump-declares-i-think-this-will-be-the-last-election-if-i-dont-win.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":0},"title":"Trump declares, &quot;I think this will be the last election if I don&rsquo;t win.&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 11-Sep-16 12:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because Hillary will legalize all the illegals! And flood the Supreme Court with four or five Bernie Sanders supporters! And change all the churches! And did I mention the illegals? And the churches?Well, that's what Donald Trump says, at least when he's speaking to the Christian Broadcasting Network:'I think it\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129591,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/trump-cruz-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":1},"title":"Trump! Cruz! Let&#039;s call the whole thing off!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Feb-16 4:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen Colbert on the GOP's dilemma: the insane narcissist or the smarmy ideologue none of his colleagues likes.It's sort of fascinating watching the GOP's car crash this election season. It would be more fascinating if we weren't all in the car with them. View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":134118,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/10\/republicans-support-delaying-2020-elections-fearing-voter-fraud.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":2},"title":"Would Republicans support delaying the 2020 elections, fearing &#8220;voter fraud&#8221;?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 10-Aug-17 5:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's become almost cliche in modern times that conspiracy theorists on the side opposite the incumbent President speculate about their sworn foe delaying the elections so as to hold onto power and become a mad tyrant. I first heard that sort of rumbling back during the Clinton Era, where a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poor Citizenship&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poor Citizenship","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/poor-citizenship"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VoterFraud_intro1_Trumptweetsupdated_8001.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VoterFraud_intro1_Trumptweetsupdated_8001.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VoterFraud_intro1_Trumptweetsupdated_8001.gif?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/VoterFraud_intro1_Trumptweetsupdated_8001.gif?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132275,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/12\/tweetizen-trump-2016-12-12-budgets-interviews-spies.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":3},"title":"Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2016-12-12 &quot;Budgets, Interviews, Spies&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Dec-16 7:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"A busy weekend for POETUS Trump, at least as far as Twitter is concerned.===October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace @FoxNewsSunday![https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/807663477322027008](Linked to an interview that Trump had with Wallace back then.)RT @FoxNewsSunday Sunday-- our exclusive interview with President-elect @realDonaldTrump Watch on @FoxNews at 2p\/10p ET Check your local listings.[https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday\/status\/807655142682230784](Retweeted by Trump)I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134385,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/that-blacks-for-trump-guy.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":4},"title":"That &#8220;Blacks for Trump&#8221; Guy","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 23-Aug-17 7:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"I always find it fascinating to see who's picked for the seats right behind the President at his \"rallies\". It doesn't seem to be at random, though the selections themselves are often a little odd. But, 99% of the time, they are white people. Except for that one guy, occasionally,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unnamed-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135322,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/08\/trump-celebrates-2016-election.html","url_meta":{"origin":135706,"position":5},"title":"Trump celebrates the 2016 Election (again)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Nov-17 1:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Quoth the President of the United States... \"Congratulations to all of the 'DEPLORABLES' and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory!\" Rallying his supporters after yesterday's electoral losses? Trolling his opponents? Or just being the President from the Id? 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