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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:53 PM Feb 2017

A Short History of the Trump Family

February 9, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Sidney Blumenthal: “A week after the inauguration, Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Origins of Totalitarianism were number one and number 36 respectively on the US Amazon bestseller list, but the true-life Donald J. Trump story has more to do with what Scott Fitzgerald called ‘foul dust’ than with ideas or ideology. Reckoning with Trump means descending into the place that made him.”

“What he represents, above all, is the triumph of an underworld of predators, hustlers, mobsters, clubhouse politicians and tabloid sleaze that festered in a corner of New York City, a vindication of his mentor, the Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn, a figure unknown to the vast majority of enthusiasts who jammed Trump’s rallies and hailed him as the authentic voice of the people.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/09/short-history-trump-family/

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A Short History of the Trump Family (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Republican role model: "triumph of underworld predators..." Achilleaze Feb 2017 #1
KNR Thank you! Lucinda Feb 2017 #2

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. Republican role model: "triumph of underworld predators..."
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:57 PM
Feb 2017

The Republican family values role model is some raunchy freakin "foul dust" cast into the face of decent, honest Americans.

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