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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 06:08 PM Jul 2016

Trump Reminds Me of Bernie Madoff

JUL 17 2016, 10:42 AM ET
by DANNY FREEMAN

... "Donald Trump is sort of to politics what Bernie Madoff was to investment," Vilsack said Saturday afternoon. "He is selling something that people don't fully understand and appreciate what it actually means" ...

"I don't trust someone who says to me we're going to be a safer nation by bringing torture back," the Cabinet member said. "I certainly don't think it's going to make us a safer nation by suggesting that more countries need nuclear weapons. So those kinds of statements, those kinds of positions concern me for the safety of my family, and I think Americans will feel that way" ...


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-reminds-me-bernie-madoff-tom-vilsack-says-n611071

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Trump Reminds Me of Bernie Madoff (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2016 OP
Trump the narcissist and con man will say anything that gets him applause Warpy Jul 2016 #1
That's an insult to Bernie Madoff... you need to apologize to him! InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2016 #2

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
1. Trump the narcissist and con man will say anything that gets him applause
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 06:18 PM
Jul 2016

I honestly don't believe much of anything that comes out of his mouth.

Comparing him to Madoff is apt, they're cut from the same cloth. Madoff just had more class. Not much more, it's a low bar.

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