{"id":24988,"date":"2016-11-28T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24988"},"modified":"2016-11-28T01:05:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:05:25","slug":"5-deeply-obnoxious-things-we-learned-about-donald-trump-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/5-deeply-obnoxious-things-we-learned-about-donald-trump-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Deeply Obnoxious Things We Learned About Donald Trump This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first-para\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">There was a one week reprieve from the &quot;5 Right-Wing Outrages This Week&quot; series, and it now looks like Alternet&nbsp;author Janet Allon has a new series, the &quot;Despicable Things &hellip;This Week&quot;, or words to that effect.&nbsp; <\/span><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#39;m sure Trump won&#39;t disappoint in providing suitable material for her new series.&nbsp; <\/font><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Here is her&nbsp;second article, and like her previous series, guaranteed to have you doing deep sighs and shaking your head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"trump_gage\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24998\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/trump_gage-300x232.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/trump_gage-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/trump_gage-150x116.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/trump_gage.png 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"repubhubembed\">\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/h15%20Deeply%20Obnoxious%20Things%20We%20Learned%20About%20Donald%20Trump%20This%20Week\/h1%20blockquote%20class=repubhubembedp%20class=rhexcerptDonald%20Trump%20spent%20Thanksgiving%20week%20leaking%20his%20potential%20cabinet%20picks,%20making%20Mitt%20Romney%20grovel%20and%20turning%20down%20security%20briefings.%20He%20also%20made%20the%20time%20to%20sit%20down%20with%20the%20New%20York%20Times%20to%20flatter%20and%20lie%20to%20them,%20which%20seemed%20to%20have%20inexplicably%20fooled%20the%20paper%20of%20record%20into%20saying%20look,%20he's%20not%20that%20bad.%20The\u2026!--more--\/pstyle%20scoped.repubhubembeddisplay:none;\/style\/blockquote%20iframe%20class=rhembed%20src=\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/view.act?p=MTg1NjY=&amp;c=Mzg3NzcyMDA=&amp;fuid=MjQxNDA2Mjc=&amp;s=rights&amp;showDate=true%20height=1500%20style=width:100%;border:0;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\/iframescript%20async%20type=text\/javascript%20src=https:\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/js\/rh.js\/script%20!--%20TO%20HIDE%20THE%20DATE,%20change%20showDate=true%20to%20false%20--%20\">Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving week leaking his potential cabinet picks, making Mitt Romney grovel and turning down security briefings. He also made the time to sit down with the New York Times to flatter and lie to them, which seemed to have inexplicably fooled the paper of record into saying look, he&#39;s not that bad. The&hellip;<!--more--><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"http:\/\/h15%20Deeply%20Obnoxious%20Things%20We%20Learned%20About%20Donald%20Trump%20This%20Week\/h1%20blockquote%20class=repubhubembedp%20class=rhexcerptDonald%20Trump%20spent%20Thanksgiving%20week%20leaking%20his%20potential%20cabinet%20picks,%20making%20Mitt%20Romney%20grovel%20and%20turning%20down%20security%20briefings.%20He%20also%20made%20the%20time%20to%20sit%20down%20with%20the%20New%20York%20Times%20to%20flatter%20and%20lie%20to%20them,%20which%20seemed%20to%20have%20inexplicably%20fooled%20the%20paper%20of%20record%20into%20saying%20look,%20he's%20not%20that%20bad.%20The\u2026!--more--\/pstyle%20scoped.repubhubembeddisplay:none;\/style\/blockquote%20iframe%20class=rhembed%20src=\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/view.act?p=MTg1NjY=&amp;c=Mzg3NzcyMDA=&amp;fuid=MjQxNDA2Mjc=&amp;s=rights&amp;showDate=true%20height=1500%20style=width:100%;border:0;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\/iframescript%20async%20type=text\/javascript%20src=https:\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/js\/rh.js\/script%20!--%20TO%20HIDE%20THE%20DATE,%20change%20showDate=true%20to%20false%20--%20\"><\/p>\n<style scoped=\"\" type=\"text\/css\">.repubhubembed{display:none;}<\/style>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/h15%20Deeply%20Obnoxious%20Things%20We%20Learned%20About%20Donald%20Trump%20This%20Week\/h1%20blockquote%20class=repubhubembedp%20class=rhexcerptDonald%20Trump%20spent%20Thanksgiving%20week%20leaking%20his%20potential%20cabinet%20picks,%20making%20Mitt%20Romney%20grovel%20and%20turning%20down%20security%20briefings.%20He%20also%20made%20the%20time%20to%20sit%20down%20with%20the%20New%20York%20Times%20to%20flatter%20and%20lie%20to%20them,%20which%20seemed%20to%20have%20inexplicably%20fooled%20the%20paper%20of%20record%20into%20saying%20look,%20he's%20not%20that%20bad.%20The\u2026!--more--\/pstyle%20scoped.repubhubembeddisplay:none;\/style\/blockquote%20iframe%20class=rhembed%20src=\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/view.act?p=MTg1NjY=&amp;c=Mzg3NzcyMDA=&amp;fuid=MjQxNDA2Mjc=&amp;s=rights&amp;showDate=true%20height=1500%20style=width:100%;border:0;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\/iframescript%20async%20type=text\/javascript%20src=https:\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/js\/rh.js\/script%20!--%20TO%20HIDE%20THE%20DATE,%20change%20showDate=true%20to%20false%20--%20\"><iframe class=\"rhembed\" height=\"1500\" src=\"\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/view.act?p=MTg1NjY=&amp;c=Mzg3NzcyMDA=&amp;fuid=MjQxNDA2Mjc=&amp;s=rights&amp;showDate=true\" style=\"width:100%;border:0;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\"><\/iframe><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.icopyright.net\/user\/js\/rh.js\"><\/script> <!-- TO HIDE THE DATE, change \"showDate=true\" to \"false\" --><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Hold onto your hats everybody!&nbsp; Based on his cabinet choices announced or leaked&nbsp;this week, and policy announcements, it is going to be a wild ride.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a one week reprieve from the &quot;5 Right-Wing Outrages This Week&quot; series, and it now looks like Alternet&nbsp;author Janet Allon has a new series, the &quot;Despicable Things &hellip;This Week&quot;, or words to that effect.&nbsp; I&#39;m sure Trump won&#39;t disappoint in providing suitable material for her new series.&nbsp; Here is her&nbsp;second article, and like <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/5-deeply-obnoxious-things-we-learned-about-donald-trump-this-week\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}