I do things right," Trump told Fox News. “I’m a legitimate person.”

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    Yeah, because losing lawsuits, two impeachments, and the current indictments really indicate he doesn’t do anything wrong. Bigly legitimate.

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    Technically he’s correct he is a legitimate person, compared to Real Human Being T’ed Cruz.

    But he’s still broken a bunch of laws.

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    So, in case you didn’t know, this is literally like textbook fascist argument.

    Rather than people being good or bad based on their actions, you’re good or bad based on who you are.

    This is why during the “grab 'em by the pussy” stuff Trump was painted as a good guy who did a few bad things, like saying some off-color stuff on tape.

    This is also why you’ll hear certain people say something like “That Bill Cosby, what a shame. Sure thought he was one of the good ones…”

    …so you can come to your own conclusions about what type of person you have to be to be considered good or bad in the fascist world view…

    …or actually I’ll just say it. If you’re a white Christian male you’re predetermined to be good in the fascist world view. Everyone else is predetermined to be bad… or perhaps has to earn being good until even the slightest of mis-steps proves they were exactly who the fascists thought they were… (not that what Bill Cosby did was a slight mis-step, mind you).

    Same reason laws are enforced more harshly on minorities.

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    Could have been titled “Trump made a long, wet fart sound” and it would have had exactly as much value.

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    Yeah, the whole “I am an infallible god” schtick is getting pret-ty old at this point. As are you. I’d sooner let one of your kill-billy creeps cut my throat than to worship your dumb, dumpy, decrepit ass.

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    Extremely rich man who is surrounded by yes-men and a society believing wealth equals success believes he doesn’t do things wrong.

    At least he genuinely believes that and it isn’t a lie I guess.

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    I’d expect at least something like, “I’m the most legitimate person on earth!” from him.

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    Like I’m going to trust Donald Trump to have any understanding of right and wrong.

    He believes that the things he does are always right solely by virtue of him being the one doing them, even if they would be wrong if someone else did them.

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      He believes that the things he does are always right

      I’m not sure he believes that. Although it’s clear that he says he believes them, and it’s probably true that he believes he can get away with anything that he’s not physically restrained from doing.