Can people finally stop with the nonsense that the con and Leon are smart business guys?

[Quiet Em]

They aren't, and they never have been.

They are just two very wealthy con artists, who were handed lots of money from their daddies, and who bullshit their way through things and behave like dumbass adolescents.

[Silent Type]

1. The people who voted for trump call conning people "good business." Bet salespeople went heavy trump.

[Skittles]

2. anyone who behaved like them in any other job

WOULD BE FIRED

hell, NEITHER ONE OF THEM WOULD PASS A BASIC BACKGROUND CHECK

[Dave Bowman]

3. I never considered these two particularly intelligent.

[RockRaven]

4. No, people can't/won't stop with that, because repeating it serves their interests.

Everyone parroting that shit -- whether evil or dumbass -- is doing so because saying so serves a purpose of some kind.

[SheltieLover]

5. Smart business guys?

How the hell do you bankrupt a casino? It's not as if they're in the business of giving money away.

[AZJonnie]

10. In reality a LOT of casinos have gone out of business over the years, for lots of different reasons

But I'm pretty sure in Trump's case it was mostly hubris. IIRC, they were rundown mob joints that he bought pretty cheaply, with the genius plan that he'd take on a ton of debt to 'spruce them up' and make them 'worthy of his famous name' believing that doing so would bring the customers flocking. Then they didn't flock, and he was stuck with a fuckton of debt and not enough income, so of course he ran away from them using bankruptcy and stiffing his creditors. If ownership overextends itself with risky investments that don't pan out, the business doesn't pan out, and that's true of just about any type of business.

[SheltieLover]

11. Ffs

What an idiot.

[benfranklin1776]

12. Ah so true!

But you can bankrupt them if you’re looting them to line your pockets, same MO he’s always used: con the suckers to invest and then bleed them dry. Same basic formula he used to con his way into his current position: Brazenly lie to voters (his marks) about how great he will make it with the same rancid sales pitch “it’ll be great like no one has ever seen” and completely plunder and loot them once he takes over. 😡🤬

[SheltieLover]

15. Makes sense!

I hadn't thought of looting one's own business.

[JoseBalow]

16. It's actually pretty common to loot your own business, especially with mobsters and wannabes

drumpf has bankrupted his businesses over half a dozen times, and profited nicely each time doing so.

(1:10)

[SheltieLover]

17. Gawd what a shitbag

[JoseBalow]

18. Yes, he is a huge bag of shit

Despicable in every regard

[benfranklin1776]

20. Perfectly depicts his tactics!!

That’s exactly what he is a lowlife criminal who cons or strong arms his way in and then burns the place to the ground. 🤬

[JoseBalow]

21. That's what he's doing to this country

If he can get his hands on it, sell it out the back, and squeeze it for all it's worth.

[benfranklin1776]

19. That's the only thing he's ever excelled at!

[Maraya1969]

6. I think it is important to point out the personality traits that make wealth

For example, CEO's have higher rates of sociopathy in their ranks. Many times, people think money is the answer to all their problems, and they are never satisfied because once they get that particular thing, they want the next thing and then the next thing.

I think it is important to point out how very wealthy people are like people who hoard cats. We recognize the disease in the cat hoarder, but the billionaire who constantly needs more billions is labeled as having a superior brain. Stop it right there. Explain to people that greed is not a character asset but a character defect. There is something wrong with a person who can never be content with things as they are

[Doodley]

7. Tesla wouldn't exist without the $38b in government contracts and many more billions in subsidies and tax dodges.

Using a chainsaw on Twitter didn't make it more efficient. It enabled it to become a cesspit of hate.

As for Trump, every failed business, bankruptcy, braggadocious interview, and TV appearance, and every business or individual he has screwed over has just been a job creation scheme, because if he had simply invested the money his daddy gave him and put it in the S&P, he would be wealthier than he is.

[andym]

8. Trump has a very checkered business record. To be fair, Elon has been amazingly successful

with Paypal, Tesla, Starlink, and SpaceX. Neuralink looks promising as well, and the jury is out on XAI/Grok. But Elon's success has surely gone to his head, and his poor record at Twitter and now disastrous record with the government exposes his arrogance and hubris.

[rubbersole]

9. What do you have against dumbass adolescents?

🤪

[Meowmee]

14. I never started with it

We knew they were rich con artists many years ago for orange psycho and elunatic was another obvious one. On average they are far worse than the average con artist since they are psychopathic and op is a murderer already. Elunatic will murder people with his actions.

[werdna]

22. Only if the Bible. . . er MSM, tells them so! n/t