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SarahD

(1,732 posts)
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:28 PM Jun 2024

Trump is like a mob boss. No coincidence his name is "Don."

He and his "family" spent years screwing people, dodging prosecution, buying their way out of trouble, running real estate and other scams, running out on their debts, and generally behaving like an organized crime family. He even lives in a gilded whorehouse. When the reckoning finally came, it was in the form of a conviction for a much less severe crime than many others he committed. It's like when a mob boss is convicted of tax evasion.
https://www.salon.com/2024/02/27/trumps-criminal-past-is-catching-up-at-the-worst-moment-politically/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/23/donald-trump-judge-attacks

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Trump is like a mob boss. No coincidence his name is "Don." (Original Post) SarahD Jun 2024 OP
He is not like a mob boss. He is a mob boss. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #1
+1. A regular mob boss does not own the Republican Party, the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives dalton99a Jun 2024 #4
Mob bosses don't usually try to destroy the entire country. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #5
Rapeville wanted to rape America MutantAndProud Jun 2024 #2
And they should move Trump and Putin to the Hudson River. GreenWave Jun 2024 #3
Don Donnie Dipshiterino Jerry2144 Jun 2024 #6
His last name is also appropriate. tanyev Jun 2024 #7
Mobbed up, slobbed up, and blobbed up Blue Owl Jun 2024 #8
However, In The Mob... ProfessorGAC Jun 2024 #9
Of course the name is a coincidence. DavidDvorkin Jun 2024 #10

Irish_Dem

(81,262 posts)
1. He is not like a mob boss. He is a mob boss.
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:31 PM
Jun 2024

Andrew Weissmann says Trump is WORSE than a mob boss.

dalton99a

(94,115 posts)
4. +1. A regular mob boss does not own the Republican Party, the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:38 PM
Jun 2024

a large number of federal judges, and millions of cultist followers ready to do his bidding


Irish_Dem

(81,262 posts)
5. Mob bosses don't usually try to destroy the entire country.
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:40 PM
Jun 2024

They run lucrative operations here, why destroy the landscape.

 

MutantAndProud

(855 posts)
2. Rapeville wanted to rape America
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:34 PM
Jun 2024

So they did, like the brain-addled monsters they are. Ever felt the uncanny eerie feeling at someone in the news getting turned into a star before being utterly destroyed on the limited number of media orgs acting like something out of A Wrinkle in Time or 1984? That’s Rapeville for you. Brought to you by Auto-Bronze, because why not spray tan your face? I’m sure the centimeters between the chemicals and your brain are just fine.

tanyev

(49,291 posts)
7. His last name is also appropriate.
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 06:51 PM
Jun 2024

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
trump·er·y

ARCHAIC
noun
noun: trumpery; plural noun: trumperies
attractive articles of little value or use.
"None of your woolen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"
Similar:
trinkets
baubles
cheap finery
knickknacks
ornaments
practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.
"he exposed their ideals as trumpery"
adjective
adjective: trumpery
showy but worthless.
"trumpery jewelry"
Similar:
showy
gaudy
garish
vulgar
tasteless
worthless
valueless
cheap
tawdry
shoddy
flashy
flash
trashy
tacky
rubbishy
delusive or shallow.
"that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves"
Origin

late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’.

ProfessorGAC

(76,698 posts)
9. However, In The Mob...
Sat Jun 1, 2024, 07:08 PM
Jun 2024

..."don" is a sign of respect & nobody actually respects TFG.
There are those he uses (and who fear his wrath) & those who use him.
Respect is not part of the equation.

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