Trump is Pierce Hawthorne from @darkestimeline, a racist, decript old man-child born of privilege who does awful things, but i can’t help but feel sorry for him, even if for miliseconds, from time to time (I will explain what i mean by “feel sorry for him” in another analogy)...
@darkestimeline There’s this episode of The Powerpuff Girls that introduces the Princess villain who is a whiny child of privilege who goes to school in a limo, looks down on everyone, and only flies “private” on daddy’s jet. But she’s always crying and miserable because she always wants more...
@darkestimeline …She’s clearly a villain, and wants to join Powerpuffs, and tries to do good with them but then clearly can’t do anything right and becomes just a straight-up villain character. Near the end of the episode, the Powerpuff Girls apprehend her, and the princess is crying...
@darkestimeline …and tearfully spews something like “why won’t you let me be a Powerpuff Girl??”

Trump is the princess.
@darkestimeline She’s so pathetic and clearly unhappy, but you don’t feel sorry for her generally because she’s… evil and trying to destroy people’s lives. But in that moment of tearful vulnerability, you can’t help but pity her, at least I can’t. This happens whenever I read like Nixon bios...
@darkestimeline …As monstrous and atrocious and murderous a president as he was, I can’t help but feel sorry for him when you read about his life. The problem was, he took ALL the wrong lessons from it. Trump, obviously, doesn’t really have a comparable backstory, but still.
@darkestimeline Trump doesn’t really have any real friends, just people who want things from him. He got EVERYTHING he wanted in life—fame, legions of devoted fans, a business empre, parties, gorgeous wives, big family, all the power and access you could possibly have—yet he seems miserable…
@darkestimeline …He’s devastated he can’t tweet anymore. Imagine having all of that and being sad about not being able to post. He could be reading the most classified of documents in modern U.S. history right now and making them public! thedailybeast.com/after-inciting…
@darkestimeline And at least someone like Ted Cruz has a wife who doesn’t act like she’s waiting around for him to die.
@darkestimeline Anyway, I don’t want to occassionally pity the man. But it’s hard.

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