Cyrano
Cyrano's JournalTrump Inc. dealt with foreigner corporations. U.S. business's knew better.
Two of Trump Inc''s biggest associates/customers were Russian Oligachs and Saudi Arabians (and the banks that laundered the money).
I really don't know if any legitimate businesses dealt with him. He was well known to stiff his contractors, screw his "partners," and lie about,, ... well, ... just about everything.
Overall, virtually everything Trump touched turned to shit. How could any businessman man in the world screw up a casino? Well, Trump's Atlantic City Casino went bankrupt. (That's like loosing a horse race with one horse in it.)
Given his position and opportunities, he could have been one of the richest men in the world. But his focus was always on "the scam." After all, why earn it when you can get fools to just give it to you?
I doubt if there was any legitimate businessman in America who didn't know who and what Donald Trump was and is..
Conversely, many around the world, who didn't do their homework, ended up lining Trump's pockets and losing millions.
This was our last president who wants to be our next one. It's incredible how many millions of voters are buying the same shit he's selling and has always sold.
One man has seized the attention of America.
He didn't do it alone. He was backed by billionaires and right-wing organizations to whom democracy is a blockade to the world they want to own and rule.
Trump is their perfect and (unknowing) tool. He wants to be king. He's clueless that he's just the means that the American fascists required to finally destroy democracy and instill their absolute control and power.
These people loudly backed Nazi Germany until Pearl Harbor. After that, they shut up until the war ended. It took them decades to reach the point of being on the verge of seizing absolute power. This November will tell weather or not they succeed. And if they do, the vast majority will find themselves in a world in which they are, for lack of a better word, enslaved.
Vote.
Have you ever seen "Schindler's List?"
If you haven't, find it and watch it.
If you have, watch it again.
It is the world that will exist for all if he wins/steals the election.
Vote.
What if Trump passes on before the election?
It might be due to any natural cause: A heart attack; A stroke; A lightening bolt; Choking on a cheeseburger; -- Hell, the possibilities are endless.
But if any of this happens, the wingnut response is totally predictable:
"HE WAS ASSASSINATED!" And he will become an instant martyr.
Marjory Taylor Greene will shriek that, "They used Jewish space lasers."
Putin will find "secret information" that McDonald's poisoned him.
FOX "news": "His murder by Dems was the only way he could lose.'
The NY Times will waffle: "Either side may have been involved."
So who will then become the Republican presidential nominee?
Donald Trump Jr. will claim he's the natural successor.
Nikki Haley will state she was "The last one standing."
And every Republican in the country will insist that they are "The One."
Seems that TSF's possible end could cause more chaos than his presence.
The scorpion, the frog, and the election.
A scorpion asks a frog to carry him across a stream. The frog says, "But you'll sting me." The scorpion promises he won't. The frog agrees.
Halfway across, the scorpion stings the frog. As both are drowning, the frog says, "Why did you do that? You've killed us both." The scorpion replied, "It's my nature."
All I can say to MAGA's and other Republicans is, stick with your guy. But I don't want to hear about it when you're facing your own end.
Trumpism is a plague that could destroy us all.
Every fascist leader in human history had the same desire/dream/sickness. They wanted to own the entire world.
Fortunately, none of them had the power to do so. But now, nuclear weaponry has made it a possibility.
So why don't current authoritarian world leaders use them? Because it will also end them.
Having said this, does anyone think that Donald Trump believes he can use nuclear weaponry to destroy all his enemies, yet survive his position as "Dear Leader?" Yeah, it's likely he does. He's not wrapped to tight, and he's one of the most ignorant human beings imaginable.
So, all you MAGA's, and all you wealthy enablers of a president you think you own and can control, go ahead with your votes and schemes to put him back into the White House. IMO, it will lead to your end, either in a nuclear moment, or. to a far more drawn out, miserable, tortured end under the rule of a madman you think you "own."
None of this will happen if we all get out, vote, and reelect Joe.
The crazies won't go away. But, at a minimum, we can, for now, push them back into the prehistoric caves from whence they came.
We fear they will win. Yet, they don't fear us, the majority.
The wingnut factor of the Republican Party has been with us for centuries. From slavery, through the Civil War, to the Klan's dominance in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, to the American Nazis who wanted us to side with Germany during WWII, to the McCarthy Congressional hearings of the 1950's, thru Jim Crow, thru Nixon's "Southern Strategy." thru Reagan's amiable bigoted ignorance, to the SCOTUS appointing George W. president in 2000, and now, through the Trump era of insanity.
They have always been a vocal minority, backed by the interests of some of the most malignant members of the ultra-wealthy and powerful.
Today, they are in a position where their goal is in reach. The destruction of democracy. Trump is so ignorant that he isn't even aware that they exist and that he is the fulcrum they've always wanted. Nonetheless, they are more than willing to use a clueless, ignorant buffoon to accomplish their ends.
And now, Trump, their unknowing puppet, has turned the entire Republican Party into a cult that dares not betray him in public. He has told us what he will be and do if/when he wins (steals) the presidency. And we are living in fear of that.
Why aren't they living in fear? Because we don't make threats? Because we don't openly carry arms? Because we don't adorn ourselves and our vehicles to proclaim our patriotism? IMO, they are greatly underestimating us. After the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese admiral who planned and lead the deadly attack said:
"I believe all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
Is the fascist element of American society making this same deadly error?
IMO, yes.
Why would any reputable, competent lawyer work for Trump?
Yes, Trump can afford to pay "the best lawyers." But why would any of them want to represent him at this time?
It's not the money. "The best lawyers" can be paid just as much by clients who won't abuse or taint them. It's not for the notoriety. "The best lawyers" already have good reputations among their peers. And they must know that in becoming Trump's legal representatives, they are diving into a sewer. They will be forced to obey their client's insane demands, and wade through whatever shit he demands they wade through on a daily/hourly basis.
Why would any reputable lawyers put themselves in such a position? Fame? All they'll end up with is the disdain of their more principled colleagues. (And perhaps getting stiffed unless they're paid up front.)
I really don't get it, unless Trump's dumpster divers have dug up something salacious or illegal on some of "the best lawyers." Short of that, does anyone have an answer as to why any respectable, competent, principled lawyer would want to defend him? Not to mention having to daily sit next to the stench of his body and soul in a courtroom?
If the judge jails Trump on contempt,
Will he be supplied with Depends?
Will he be given the supplies he needs to groom and hold that bird's nest firmly on his head?
Will he be given a supply of orange makeup?
Not to mention all the other realities that a 77 year old narcissist has to deal with?
Does he really believe all of his jailers will keep silent about these things?
Just asking.
A MAGA wearing camouflage
I stopped at Dunkin" Donuts this morning and saw a guy dressed in camouflage colored pants and shirt and wearing a red MAGA hat. I guess he is all ready for Civil War 2.0.
The purpose of camouflage wear is to make one less visible. It's effective in jungles, but in a suburban setting it makes you stand out as though you were wearing a clown costume.
I wondered where he was going. No one goes to work dressed like that except for military personnel, and no soldier would wear a field uniform with a MAGA hat. Maybe he was going home to do, ... whatever it is MAGAs do at home. Then again, this is a fairly liberal neighborhood and he may have been on his own little "reconnaissance mission."
Whatever. Everyone at Dunkin' Donuts looked at him and then turned away. I'm sure that many shared my thought that he may have been armed, or had an assault rifle in his car. -- Do you suppose we'll ever get back to being a country that doesn't have far too many potentially dangerous assholes roaming among us?
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