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PatSeg

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20. Probably true for the most part,

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:37 PM

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but if he knows that a newspaper article is about HIM, he's been known to go out of his way to read it. He did this a lot during his business years; often he would mark such articles with a marker and pass them on to other people.

Now that he is president, he probably passes that responsibility on to others. Plus his vanity does not allow him to appear before others wearing reading glasses.

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Of course he does.... NM Grins Friday #1

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Probably true for the most part, PatSeg Friday #20

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