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== S-U ==
== S-U ==
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: You've got to admit he can laugh at himself like at his roast and originally at the White House Correspondent's Dinner before [[It's Personal|the jokes against him got more scathing]], which is unusual for someone so card-carryingly vain. According to [[Frontline]], Obama's jokes about Trump were the turning point that caused Trump to run for president seriously.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Trump can laugh at himself, like at his roast and originally at the White House Correspondent's Dinner before [[It's Personal|the jokes against him got more scathing]]. [[Frontline]] even claimed it was Obama's jokes about Trump that caused Trump to run for president seriously.
** Inverted when he became President and skipped both White House Correspondence Dinners (2017 and 2018). Comedians Hasan Minhaj<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmSZX_zVuQ WHCD 2017] ''youtube.com''</ref> and Michelle Wolf's<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEiq_C6j3c WHCD 2018] ''youtube.com''</ref> roasts were particularly brutal affairs. After the backlash following Wolf's roast it was announced that a presidential biographer (Ron Chernow) would give a talk in 2019, heavily indicating that comedians were no longer allowed to celebrate the 1st Amendment at these dinners.<ref>[https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/2019-white-house-correspondents-no-comedian.html No Comedians Allowed] ''vulture.com''</ref>
** Inverted when he became President and skipped both White House Correspondence Dinners (2017 and 2018). Comedians Hasan Minhaj<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmSZX_zVuQ WHCD 2017] ''youtube.com''</ref> and Michelle Wolf's<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEiq_C6j3c WHCD 2018] ''youtube.com''</ref> roasts were particularly brutal affairs. After the backlash following Wolf's roast it was announced that a presidential biographer (Ron Chernow) would give a talk in 2019 that prohibited comedians from attending Presidental dinners.<ref>[https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/2019-white-house-correspondents-no-comedian.html No Comedians Allowed] ''vulture.com''</ref>
* [[Self-Made Man]]: In the sense that he [[Half Truth|inherited his business]], went broke (bankrupting a ''casino'' is, as many have noted, no mean feat), and then rebuilt himself. His "small loan of million dollars" may well have been $413 million.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/donald-trump-tax-fraud-fred.html Trump Tax Fraud] ''nytimes.com''</ref>
* [[Self-Made Man]]: In the sense that he [[Half Truth|inherited his business]], went broke (bankrupting a ''casino'' is, as many have noted, no mean feat), and then rebuilt himself. His "small loan of million dollars" may well have been $413 million.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/donald-trump-tax-fraud-fred.html Trump Tax Fraud] ''nytimes.com''</ref>
* [[Spanner in the Works]]:
* [[Spanner in the Works]]:
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** The news regarding the [https://archive.is/KE36C TPP being dead in the water], which has been attributed to Trump, effectively torpedoed any hopes of it coming into action before he even enters the White House. Luckily, this was [[averted]] for almost everybody - while the USA walked away from the deal, everyone else involved is still benefiting from it.
** The news regarding the [https://archive.is/KE36C TPP being dead in the water], which has been attributed to Trump, effectively torpedoed any hopes of it coming into action before he even enters the White House. Luckily, this was [[averted]] for almost everybody - while the USA walked away from the deal, everyone else involved is still benefiting from it.
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: Nicknamed "The Donald", after his first wife Ivana Trump referred to him as such in an interview.
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: Nicknamed "The Donald", after his first wife Ivana Trump referred to him as such in an interview.
* [[Terrified of Germs]]: Avoids pressing the call buttons on elevators, or even shaking hands. (Which would make him an interesting head of state.)
* [[Terrified of Germs]]: Has been said to avoid pressing buttons and shaking hands.
* '''[[Troll]]''': As demonstrated during his presidential campaign, he would purposely lure the media into writing hit pieces on him by spewing inflammatory rhetoric so they would give him publicity they otherwise would have denied him. His best troll, even acknowledged by CNN, was when he promised to speak about his views on [[Barack Obama]]'s national origin, duped the media into airing nearly half an hour of positive press about him, then made a brief comment Obama was born in America just as they were losing patience and abruptly left.
* '''[[Troll]]''': As demonstrated during his presidential campaign, he would purposely lure the media into writing hit pieces on him by spewing inflammatory rhetoric so they would give him publicity they otherwise would have denied him. His best troll, even acknowledged by CNN, was when he promised to speak about his views on [[Barack Obama]]'s national origin, duped the media into airing nearly half an hour of positive press about him, then made a brief comment Obama was born in America just as they were losing patience and abruptly left.
** In retrospect, "pussygate" shows some of his methods on a small example. It was a [[Defensive Feint Trap]] that worked: the more his "mistake" made opponents overconfident, the more crossfire and losses they brought on themselves. Without more efforts from himself, at that.
** In retrospect, "pussygate" shows some of his methods on a small example. It was a [[Defensive Feint Trap]] that worked: the more his "mistake" made opponents overconfident, the more crossfire and losses they brought on themselves. Without more efforts from himself, at that.
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