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* [[Open Mouth Insert Foot]]: In a virtual [[Call Back]] to famously admitting to obstructing justice in the Lester Holt interview in May 2017,<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-reveals-he-asked-comey-whether-he-was-under-investigation-n757821 Trump/Holt Interview NBC] ''nbcnews.com''</ref> in an interview with The Daily Caller published 11/14/18,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/14/transcript-trump-daily-caller-interview/ Trump Can't Help Himself] ''dailycaller.com''</ref> Trump openly stated that he thought the Mueller investigation was illegal and shouldn't have been started. The firing of Jeff Sessions (who had recused himself from the investigation) and subsequent appointment of Mike Whitaker (a known critic of the Mueller investigation) as acting AG was, for Trump, an obvious solution, in spite of its apparent unconstitutionality.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html Whitaker Appointment Unconstitutional] ''nytimes.com''</ref> Trump seems unable to prevent himself from admitting his corrupt intent to obstruct justice.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/11/15/trump-cant-stop-blurting-out-his-desire-to-obstruct-justice/?utm_term=.a2961f7aa270 Trump Keeps Admitting Desire To Obstruct Justice] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
== P-R ==
* [[Parody Retcon]]: [https://theweek.com/articles/836330/what-all-president-trumps-jokes-have-common Most of Trump's jokes]. From the [[Black Comedy Rape|"locker room talk"]] on the [[wikipedia:Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Access Hollywood tape]] to the chant of "Twelve more years!", anything that goes over poorly is often passed off as comedy.
* [[Pervert Dad]]: Trump has a documented history of discussing the sexual appeal of his daughter Ivanka, including his own attraction to her, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-creepiest-most-unsettling-comments-a-roundup-a7353876.html going back at least to 1997] if not further. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCzhcaGrUG8 And he hasn't been shy about proclaiming any of it in public and on the record.]
* [[Pinocchio]]: The trope of the little wooden boy whose nose grew whenever he told a lie can be applied to any person who repeatedly lies. Trump, however, was responsible for so much ''disinformation'' - or lies - in 2018 that the Washington Post created a new category of "falsehood" (as part of their Fact Checker) for false claims repeated more than 20 times publicly. It was called the "Bottomless Pinocchio".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/fact-checker-most-repeated-disinformation/?utm_term=.7ea2e566af6a Bottomless Pinocchio] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
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*** Also with the aid of his various press secretaries and spokeswoman Kelly-Anne Conway, with her evocation of the [[George Orwell|Orwellian]] [[Newspeak|term]] ''"alternative facts".''
** [[Reality Ensues]]: Trump's constant attacks on truth mean we must wait for the truth to be revealed, and for reality to ensue.
== 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.
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