• @[email protected]
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    216 months ago

    Trump came out of the borough of Queens and was never, ever considered part of the true Manhattan elite. In fact, when he was starting out in the 1980’s, Wife #1, Ivana, was the star of the show and Donnie was the chump who carried her bags.

    • @Stovetop
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      156 months ago

      Fuck that. True Manhattan elite or not, anyone who cosplays a successful businessman because they received millions of dollars from daddy is an elite scumbag all the same.

      • @hemmes
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        56 months ago

        Yeah, and you don’t get rich by using your own money.

  • @HogsTooth
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    196 months ago

    The only 2 answers are both “Trump is a dick.”

    Either he doesn’t have the money and he’s been lying forever or he does have the money but he’d rather spend someone else’s.

    • @RestrictedAccount
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      06 months ago

      This is a rare occasion when I miss being on Reddit, because this deserves Gold.

      • @HogsTooth
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        36 months ago

        Donate to LGBTQ organizations instead

    • @Sterile_Technique
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      136 months ago

      He looks like he’s lost a lot of weight recently. My theories are he either hopped onto the ozembic bandwagon; he knows his life is effectively over once he can’t dealy the legal shit anymore, so he’s just going all-in with cocaine; or stress is just absolutely destroying his body.

      I hope it’s #3.

      • @zeppo
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        36 months ago

        Ozempic would not be surprising. Meth would not be surprising either. As far as stress, I assume he’d normally deal with that by stuffing his face full of fast food hamberders.

  • @Hobbes_Dent
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    6 months ago

    1980s: Really rich in public perception, at least in rural Canada to little kids. Like a real Richie Rich without that Robin Leech accent!

    2004: Played really rich on TV, reups the mystique from the 80s for the talk radio/TV crowds who don’t see that real billionaires are all over the place.

    2016: Really terrifyingly rich but not liquid yet.

    Never: Richie Rich rich

    2024: The only chance he has to get the ‘title’ back. Terrifying.

    • mycelium underground
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      56 months ago

      they don’t bankrupt 6 companies because they are good at making profits.