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Uncle Joe

(65,535 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:18 PM Aug 2025

The Rise and (Upcoming) Fall of Donald Trump



Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He is the host of the podcast Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School, he lives in Manhasset, Long Island.
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The Rise and (Upcoming) Fall of Donald Trump (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2025 OP
Supporting the statement that if people are kept miserable enough for long enough EverHopeful Aug 2025 #1
Yes, because they vote out of anger instead of hope. n/t Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #2
I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" as a young person. They're playing it back. usonian Aug 2025 #3

EverHopeful

(702 posts)
1. Supporting the statement that if people are kept miserable enough for long enough
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:30 PM
Aug 2025

they'll choose Authoritarians.

usonian

(26,595 posts)
3. I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" as a young person. They're playing it back.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:05 PM
Aug 2025

OK, so I found the transcript and put it up at pastebin.com

https://pastebin.com/raw/YzqRndME

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