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Poiuyt

(18,112 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2019, 11:31 AM Nov 2019

What Trump is doing reminds me of what Lance Armstrong did

When people started to accuse Armstrong of doping, he didn't just deny it. He would bully them with lawsuits and public accusations. He had enough money and power in the cycling world that he could literally ruined lives. Punching down is a favorite tactic of bullies.

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What Trump is doing reminds me of what Lance Armstrong did (Original Post) Poiuyt Nov 2019 OP

That has been trump's MO forever. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2019 #1

But Armstrong was actually good at what he did. BuffaloJackalope Nov 2019 #2

And his charity actually helped people lame54 Nov 2019 #3

And Trump's charity only helped Trump. BuffaloJackalope Nov 2019 #4

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. That has been trump's MO forever.

Reply to Poiuyt (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 10:07 PM

Nov 2019

If he sues or counter-sues someone he will talk about it.

If he loses the suit, he will settle quietly, no publicity.

EVERYTHING is about image to him, thus money. He openly talks about the Trump brand.
And that makes sense, given his entire business is based the value of his name.

A rapidly depreciating value now.