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highplainsdem

(49,004 posts) Sun Feb 9, 2020, 11:36 PM Feb 2020

Bloomberg's theory of Trump

https://www.axios.com/michael-bloomberg-theory-trump-campaign-320e4913-da4e-415b-bebf-59318d728d3b.html

"He is a real estate promoter as opposed to a businessman," Bloomberg told me at a campaign stop last Monday in Compton, south of downtown LA. "And they have very different ways of going about things."

Bloomberg's full comments:

"A promoter does one transaction and is never going to see that customer ever again. In his case, he sells a building to you and chances are he'll never have you as a customer again. So he can be much more aggressive in terms of trying to get the best deal for himself.

A businessperson, you always want to leave something on the table for the other side of the transaction because you're going to come back and try to have another transaction. And in fact, in this day and age, you can be a customer of another firm, they can be a customer of yours, you can be partners with them, you can have a lot of different relationships.

So the business world is much more complex, and you don't behave that way. And I think that explains a lot of ... his demeanor here versus other presidents or what I would do. ... That's the way I've always thought about it. Because you look at him and you say, 'Why does he do this?' That's what my conclusion is."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bloomberg's theory of Trump (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

That is... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #1

Nailed it. MFGsunny Feb 2020 #2

Newest Reality

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1. That is...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 12:28 AM

Feb 2020

That is a pretty good assessment and pointing out the differences is helpful, especially if one considers Bloomberg a genuinely successful businessman who has experiential knowledge of being one.

Dissecting Trump publicly still has a ways to go and mocking, deriding, reacting is more like playing into the shtick than using strategy and insight in order to drill into his reality TV show and show the set, lights, etc.

As long as Bloomberg continues to fund and present ways to shave away the facade Trump wears and jab him right in his inherit deceptions of both sides, then I really appreciate that. I was resenting his sudden entry and I don't support any candidate who is a member of the oligarch club, (unless they can convince me in great detail as to why I should) but if he is doing this for the sake of defeating Trump one way another, then bring it on. I am not too concerned about him being a challenge to other candidates at this point, but if he can sway public opinion with his money, we need that right now and massively.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)

2. Nailed it.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 01:19 AM

Feb 2020

MF45 is a grifting day trader. Not even one-night stands - just 15 minutes of I'm gonna get mine and f*ck you suckers.

But the world is built on various ongoing relationships that rely on usually satisfactory win-win results.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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