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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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
Irish_Dem
(81,262 posts)Andrew Weissmann says Trump is WORSE than a mob boss.
dalton99a
(94,115 posts)a large number of federal judges, and millions of cultist followers ready to do his bidding
Irish_Dem
(81,262 posts)They run lucrative operations here, why destroy the landscape.
MutantAndProud
(855 posts)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? Thats Rapeville for you. Brought to you by Auto-Bronze, because why not spray tan your face? Im sure the centimeters between the chemicals and your brain are just fine.
GreenWave
(12,641 posts)Call it "Moscow on the Hudson"
Jerry2144
(3,272 posts)Is his mob name
tanyev
(49,291 posts)Dictionary
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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.
Blue Owl
(59,099 posts)Hes all that and a bag of shit
ProfessorGAC
(76,698 posts)..."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.