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mobeau69

(11,159 posts)
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 10:13 PM Dec 2016

Soros: Trump is a "con artist and would-be dictator"

"Democracy is now in crisis. Even the US, the world’s leading democracy, elected a con artist and would-be dictator as its president. Although Trump has toned down his rhetoric since he was elected, he has changed neither his behavior nor his advisers. His cabinet comprises incompetent extremists and retired generals."

"But the US will be preoccupied with internal struggles in the near future, and targeted minorities will suffer. The US will be unable to protect and promote democracy in the rest of the world. On the contrary, Trump will have greater affinity with dictators. That will allow some of them to reach an accommodation with the US, and others to carry on without interference. Trump will prefer making deals to defending principles. Unfortunately, that will be popular with his core constituency."


Read more: https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/open-society-needs-defending-by-george-soros-2016-12

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Soros: Trump is a "con artist and would-be dictator" (Original Post) mobeau69 Dec 2016 OP
Strip the title of President bdamomma Dec 2016 #1
predator and dictator niyad Dec 2016 #2
I'm surprised Soros didn't add that MOST CEO's operate as a distator. They know thedy are the top napi21 Dec 2016 #3
We fought wars to keep guys like Trump from getting absolute power. Initech Dec 2016 #4
Apt Description colsohlibgal Dec 2016 #5

napi21

(45,806 posts)
3. I'm surprised Soros didn't add that MOST CEO's operate as a distator. They know thedy are the top
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 11:25 PM
Dec 2016

dog in their Company, and what they say goes. I think that's one of the main reasons we never before elected the head of a large Corp. The Con has already admitted that's his style when a reporter asked him how he was going tto get the cooperation of Congress and he said "I NER have any problem getting people to do what want. ll have to do isa ask and they do it." Wait until he finds out he ALL WRONG ON THAT ONE!

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
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Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:43 AM
Dec 2016

The white nationalists, the Nazis, will be cool with it all. But the white working class regular folks who got conned just were not bright enough to see through his fake populist BS. They will rue the day they voted for this disgrace of a candidate.

This has been a nightmare for a lot of us, unlike anything I can remember. White knuckle time till 2021 unless we all get nuked first.

What in the world were non racist Trump voters thinking?

I had my issues with Hillary but good grief, when I looked at her opponent it made it clear to me I had a zillion more issues with the Gropenator.

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