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take this with a grain of salt but I have been looking at his behavior as a negative model, ie the devil, an actual reality, informing us in every possible detail how not to be. A really really really bad fairy tale....

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Robin, Trump is the epitome of evil. There are no shades of gray here. His support comes from those who are xenophobic, homophobic, misogynistic and racist, many of whom support the KKK goal of white Protestant supremacy. This is the 2nd episode of the American Civil War. The cancer is no longer regional for it has metastasized throughout the body politic. [My source is primarily "The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election and Why?" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0896920517740615

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I was a teen during Watergate and a bona fide Nixon-hater. Within two years of his demise, however, I viewed President Nixon as a tragic hero brought down by a tragic flaw. Though I went on to learn not to hate anyone -- for that diminishes me spiritually -- I find Trump to be a tragic ZERO who IS a tragic flaw.

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