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spanone

(135,831 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2019, 03:07 PM Aug 2019

We're seeing trump run America the same way he ran his businesses...

Into the ground.

He will bankrupt America too.

He's been fucking with China for 2 1/2 years now.

Payback.

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We're seeing trump run America the same way he ran his businesses... (Original Post) spanone Aug 2019 OP

all he knows is being a bully KT2000 Aug 2019 #1

remember "Goodfellas"? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2019 #2

I've been saying for a couple of months now... sir pball Aug 2019 #3

KT2000

(20,577 posts)

1. all he knows is being a bully

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 05:03 PM

Aug 2019

a 1950s mob lawyer trained him to behave like a 1950s movie about mob thugs.
You never lose if you consider bankruptcy to be a success. He still got to destroy other people.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. remember "Goodfellas"?

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:08 PM

Aug 2019

when Ray Liotta's character described what a "bust out" was???

Seen in that light, trump's bankrupts are classic.
He's as much a mob boss as Gotti was.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)

3. I've been saying for a couple of months now...

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:10 PM

Aug 2019

...this is the point where he'd usually just declare bankruptcy, write off all his losses, and start fresh.

But he can't do that now.

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