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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

#TruthlessTrump always uses "OPM" (that's Other People's Money for those not tuned in).

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COMMENTS:
*  My guess is the guy just didn't want to give his real reason for supporting Drumpf: "He hates the same people I hate."
    *  That has been my experience when I talked to Trump supporters. "He gon get rid of 'em damn (insert minority) and let us real 'muricans get our country back!"
    *  I often get the response: I like what he stands for. Then I ask, like racism and fucking people over?. The answer...well Hillary.....full stop no more conversation cuz I laugh in their faces these days.
*  Trump so far is successful at selling Americans the greatest con of all time, a Trump Presidency....how do these people believe it....nothing but a snake oil salesman.
    *  The phrase "None so blind as those who will not see" comes to mind.
*  And never mind that he lost the original money he got from his dad and then went back and borrowed some more from him. I doubt he's ever used his own money for anything. He's basically a liar, cheater and thief.
    *  He certainly doesn't hide that fact - he was just bragging this week about using other peoples money. Grifters gotta grift.
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‘He’s not a businessman, he’s a con man’: Robert Reich stuns Trump fan into silence
By Robert Reich, September 21, 2016

I finally found a Trump supporter – this morning when I went to buy coffee. (I noticed a Trump bumper sticker on his car.)

“Hi,” I said. “Noticed your Trump bumper sticker.”

“Yup,” he said, a bit defensively.

“I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’m curious. Why are you supporting him?”

“I know he’s a little bit much,” said the Trump supporter. “But he’s a successful businessman. And we need a successful businessman as president.”

“How do you know he’s a successful businessman?” I asked.

“Because he’s made a fortune.”

“Has he really?” I asked.

“Of course. Forbes magazine says he’s worth four and a half billion.”

“That doesn’t mean he’s been a success,” I said.

“In my book it does,” said the Trump supporter.

“You know, in 1976, when Trump was just starting his career, he said he was worth about $200 million,” I said. “Most of that was from his father.”

“That just proves my point,” said the Trump supporter. “He turned that $200 million into four and a half billion. Brilliant man.“

“But if he had just put that $200 million into an index fund and reinvested the dividends, he’d be worth twelve billion today,” I said.

The Trump supporter went silent.

“And he got about $850 million in tax subsidies, just in New York alone,” I said.

More silence.

“He’s not a businessman,” I said. “He’s a con man. “Hope you enjoy your coffee.”
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