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Chasstev365

(8,129 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 08:48 AM Oct 2025

Three Things Trump Has Never Understood About Being President

* He works for US and we don't work for HIM or owe HIM a God Damn thing!

* The US Treaury is NOT his personal money to use in ways that only benefit him politically and financially. His deciding not to allocate money approved by Congress is just like his cheating relatives out of their inheritance!

* He has successfully bullied people in his business dealings, the Republican Party, the corporate media, and to some extent the American public, but it DOESN’T WORK on foreign countries!

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Three Things Trump Has Never Understood About Being President (Original Post) Chasstev365 Oct 2025 OP
He understands grifting. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 #1
Bullying. Bribery. Blackmailing. NCDem47 Oct 2025 #2
blackmail and bribery r a powerful combo. mopinko Oct 2025 #3
And you know... NCDem47 Oct 2025 #4
long ago. mopinko Oct 2025 #5

NCDem47

(3,523 posts)
2. Bullying. Bribery. Blackmailing.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:36 AM
Oct 2025

The killer Bs that are At the foundation of anything he does to get his way. Not asking for consent, and never apologizing.

mopinko

(73,935 posts)
3. blackmail and bribery r a powerful combo.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:38 AM
Oct 2025

he’s got pecker’s cache, and likely most of jeffy’s.

NCDem47

(3,523 posts)
4. And you know...
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:43 AM
Oct 2025

He’s rationalized all of it as “simply doing business” and gaining leverage for any situation.

God, his parents really did a number on this one.

mopinko

(73,935 posts)
5. long ago.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:18 AM
Oct 2025

i know someone who was an office manager for a manhattan law office that did some work for him. she’s got stories.
it’s how he got everything he didnt inherit or steal.

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