Do you sense a pattern here?

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6. I am also amazed

that he hasn't been brought down until now. I think it is the way he threatened and intimidated people that kept him afloat. Too many people were afraid to publicly criticize or expose him. He had that down to a science - confidentiality agreements, lawsuits, etc. It gave him too much confidence though, as his old tricks don't work in a presidential campaign.