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PatSeg

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10. He just doesn't get it

Reply to Upjumpdadebil (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 03:12 PM

Oct 10

He sees prizes and medals as something to collect and display without doing the work, which is much like so many authoritarian leaders across the world. "I always wanted a Purple Heart", totally clueless as to what people endured to earn it.

I really don't understand how people can relish accolades that they did not earn. Where is the satisfaction in that?

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Trump goes on morning Truth Social posting spree - but glosses right over his Nobel Peace Prize loss [View all] highplainsdem Oct 10 OP

He knew he wasn't going to win ... we all did FakeNoose Oct 10 #1

Huge LOL! Bayard Oct 10 #2

Was he actually NOMINATED? One of his lackeys did it... CTyankee Oct 10 #3

By this loser... Clouds Passing Oct 10 #5

Maybe they will put one in his Happy Meal. twodogsbarking Oct 10 #4

Mighty sour grapes riversedge Oct 10 #6

"His Nobel Peace Prize loss"??? PatSeg Oct 10 #7

Wasn't the "prize" this year for work Last year... Upjumpdadebil Oct 10 #8

I think I read somewhere (??) that his nominations would be for the 2026 Prize. Marie Marie Oct 10 #9

He just doesn't get it PatSeg Oct 10 #10

His entire life has been having things handed to him... he knows nothing else Blasphemer Oct 10 #11

And the one person he is trying to convince PatSeg Oct 11 #12

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