LOYAL AG said:

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Aggie Dad Sip said:

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yippee2 said:

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I voted for Trump - boy was I wrong
I thought he was different.

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If you thought a trust fund baby democrat from New York City who was gifted $200M in cash and NYC real estate in the 70s, cheated on all three of his wives with hookers and porn stars, bankrupted four casinos, and was known more for his tv game show than his business acumen was going to make America great again, I question your judgment.

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Trump has owned over 500 businesses and six have gone bankrupt. That's a failure rate significantly lower than the business world writ large where over where half of all businesses fail within five years. There's a reason that, in the absurd legal case about him inflating asset values and defrauding banks, the banks testified they would do business with him again. His businesses have been an extremely good bet for his banking partners.

Trump turned that $200m portfolio into $4 billion. We could all hope to do so well in our careers. And he was an iconic figure long before the TV show. I personally think he's a clown but that doesn't change my respect for what he's built as a businessman.

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But, but Orange Man bad...

Aggie95 said:

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Replace them all with ai.

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Having heard many of them opine during hearings and news stories, "replace" is a strong word....as is "intelligence" (the i in ai).

yippee2 said:

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I voted for Trump - boy was I wrong
I thought he was different.

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He is very different.

Whether you agree with him or not, this is what Mamdani does for the most part and how he got so popular with his followers.

I also think this is partially how Trump beat HC. People wanted a certain approach and he claimed he would do it. You might disagree with what he said but he gave you his reason.

CrackerJackAg said:

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The American public is 60% ******ed. I don't have that kind of faith in my fellow Americans to not have any jerk reactions.

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I don't have any faith in career politicians who use the system to screw over the people they're supposed to be representing. Because that's all they've been doing for over a century now.

Our system of goverment was not designed for people to make a career of politics. It's supposed to be a term of service, not a decades long appointment to a ruling class.

There is too large a percentage of people in this country that do not care about the truth. They only care about what gets them free-bees. Thier votes are purchased by politicians that promise handouts. We are not coming back from that.

LOYAL AG said:

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Aggie Dad Sip said:

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yippee2 said:

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I voted for Trump - boy was I wrong
I thought he was different.

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If you thought a trust fund baby democrat from New York City who was gifted $200M in cash and NYC real estate in the 70s, cheated on all three of his wives with hookers and porn stars, bankrupted four casinos, and was known more for his tv game show than his business acumen was going to make America great again, I question your judgment.

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Trump has owned over 500 businesses and six have gone bankrupt. That's a failure rate significantly lower than the business world writ large where over where half of all businesses fail within five years. There's a reason that, in the absurd legal case about him inflating asset values and defrauding banks, the banks testified they would do business with him again. His businesses have been an extremely good bet for his banking partners.

Trump turned that $200m portfolio into $4 billion. We could all hope to do so well in our careers. And he was an iconic figure long before the TV show. I personally think he's a clown but that doesn't change my respect for what he's built as a businessman.

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The key to my post was cash "and NYC real estate". Do a little research and tell me what $100M in NYC real estate in 1971 (when it was gifted to him by his old man) would be worth now.