> It’s not an inconsistency. It’s very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.
> It’s very important to understand, fascists don’t just see hypocrisy as a necessary evil or an unintended side-effect.
> It’s the purpose. The ability to enjoy yourself the thing you’re able to deny others, because you dominate, is the whole point.
> For fascists, hypocrisy is a great virtue — the greatest.
* A.R. Moxon, https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/109551955251655267
He wont be impeached so is the only hope that the next administration (haha) can charge him?
He's also not a good businessman. He's bankrupted 3 casinos.
To anyone here who is still on the Trump train, let's look at what this Epstien-island-visting, makeup wearing "stable genius" failed to sell to Americans:
~Red meat. ~Airline Travel. ~Gridiron football. ~College education. ~Liquor.
Yet this being is treated as some sort of business savant. Come on.
There also won't be a next administration, he's already said he's going to be president for life.
What turned around his fortunes was being a game show host. He did do well from licensing his name. Also he is now really making a fortune off memecoins and other stuff that seems grifty.
People that think he was a good businessman are like joe six pack or vibe economy types. People in finance or real estate in New York would laugh at the idea.
"Doing nothing" was a better businessman than Donald Trump.
> According to The New York Times, Fred and his wife, Mary, provided over $1 billion (in 2018 currency) to their [five] children
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump
Edit: Only four living children, oops. And the claim was "the equivalent today [2018] of at least $413 million" went to Donald.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/t...
Also, Donald got approximately half of the fortune, not the 1/5 you would expect.
As much as you want that to be true, you're just objectively wrong.
Shit, my sister owns a walkup in lower Manhattan that she bought during COVID and it's already 3x'd in value as of latest appraisal.
You're stretching back 40-50 years, and that was when NYC was a dirty hellhole. It's nice now. You bought in Brooklyn at that same time Fred bought up a lot of Manhattan, you're looking at a return around 300-400x EASILY. Manhattan, if you bought in the 70s and 80s, you're looking at a much higher multiple.
Instead, he's bankrupted 3 casinos, and declared bankruptcy 6 times.
Why do people think he's some sort of business genius?
No "IIRC", but like ... reality.
In terms of actual wealth accumulation, just use a simple return calculator. If Donald Trump placed $1 billion into the S&P500 in 1980 and didn't invest dividends, he would have roughly $17.6 billion, based off the annualized return of 6.5%. However, based off court documents, Donald Trump got a LOT more than a billion, and some of that money was in NYC real estate, which grew much quicker than inflation.
It's clearly about the current administration, which is partaking in enough visible, ongoing corruption to fill a textbook.
Ludicrous. Criminals, the lot of them.
https://theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-fa...
Over the past year, Trump-branded residential towers have opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through a Saudi partner with state ties. In April, a real estate developer unveiled a Trump-branded luxury residential and golf resort at a $5.5 billion state-owned megaproject in Doha, Qatar, at an event attended by Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, and a Qatari minister. The Trump administration and family’s company has plans for new towers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi.
In addition, sovereign wealth funds from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have pledged more than $3.5 billion to a venture capital fund led by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
In addition, the Trump administration is in talks with the government of Qatar to accept a Boeing 747 valued at around $400 million to serve as a temporary replacement for the United States’ current Air Force One presidential aircraft, which are more than 40 years old, given the delays in Boeing’s contract to build two new presidential planes.
mitchbob•8mo ago