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Dick Lanier's avatar

"his ability to convince people he will reward them" - just another way of saying "con man".

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Jonathan Drake's avatar

Yes. He is a good con man. The amazing thing is that people continue to believe that they will be the one that he treats well. ItтАЩs like the woman who believes she can reform the philandering husband. Just look at how many peopleтАЩ who have served him only to be thrown under the bus when they are no longer useful to him. Look at how he tosses aside Rudy, whoтАЩs an idiot and a criminal. But he gave everything to Trump and Trump could give 2 shots about him. So long Rudy. YouтАЩre no longer useful to me. He is a psychopath of the highest order.

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Dick Lanier's avatar

What's always amazed me is that Trump was born into wealth, hasn't done a hard day's work in his life, grew up in NYC, hasn't shown the slightest interest in helping people less fortunate than he (and indeed has been sued for fraud and nonpayment of debts by those less fortunate folks), wouldn't be caught dead hobnobbing with those without money, and couldn't find Alabama on a map if you painted it red, and yet his supporters somehow view him as on their side. Just another piece of evidence for the con man that is Trump.

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Daniel Miller's avatar

Speaking about not caring about people less fortunate than he is, Ivanka has been quoted by one of her acquaintances in college who had recommended that she read a book about the working class as saying "Why should I care about poor people?" That attitude was part of her upbringing.

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