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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn Yahoo--'Loser': How a Lifelong Fear Bookended Trump's Presidency
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On Yahoo--'Loser': How a Lifelong Fear Bookended Trump's Presidency (Original Post)
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2020
OP
'The Art of the Rig'. Catchy book title. So he put into action the modus operandi he
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2020
#5
czarjak
(11,191 posts)1. When you'll lie about Jesus...
Youll lie about anything. Remember that Book that nothing beats, Chosen One?
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)2. Interesting -
Cohen recounted how, in 2014, CNBC was preparing a poll of the 25 most influential people in the world. Trump, who initially ranked 187th out of 200, ordered Cohen to improve his standing. Just make sure I make it to the top 10, Trump said, according to Cohen.
Cohen hired someone to assess the options. After that person determined that the poll could be manipulated, $15,000 was spent to buy discreet IP addresses through which votes for Trump could be cast. The scheme worked, with Trump elevated to ninth place when all the votes were counted.
Before long, Trump believed he really was rated in the top 10 and was regarded as a profoundly important business figure, Cohen wrote.
But CNBC removed Trump from the list without offering an explanation. The infuriated future president ordered Cohen to get the network to change course. This failed. He then ordered him to plant a story in the media about the terrible treatment Trump had received at the hands of CNBC. This also failed.
Cohen hired someone to assess the options. After that person determined that the poll could be manipulated, $15,000 was spent to buy discreet IP addresses through which votes for Trump could be cast. The scheme worked, with Trump elevated to ninth place when all the votes were counted.
Before long, Trump believed he really was rated in the top 10 and was regarded as a profoundly important business figure, Cohen wrote.
But CNBC removed Trump from the list without offering an explanation. The infuriated future president ordered Cohen to get the network to change course. This failed. He then ordered him to plant a story in the media about the terrible treatment Trump had received at the hands of CNBC. This also failed.
Vote manipulation and lamestream media from before he ran for presidency.
NJCher
(35,421 posts)3. Hadn't heard that one
I marvel at how little regard he has for what we would call reality.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)8. I hadn't heard it either. n/t
moonscape
(4,664 posts)4. That his ranking was even 187 in
the world is remarkable, or 187th in the US even.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)6. I agree. n/t
sprinkleeninow
(20,132 posts)5. 'The Art of the Rig'. Catchy book title. So he put into action the modus operandi he
had already been accustomed to during the last nearly 4 years, and as a result, thereby tainting the office of the presidency.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)7. Agreed. n/t