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Mike 03

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11. He got lucky. In the 90s he met a group of corrupt Russians who needed an ignorant patsy

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2020, 01:29 PM

Jul 2020

just as badly as he needed their laundered money. Otherwise, he'd be living beneath a freeway overpass.

The rest is history.

Also, running as an angry populist if what you do if you if you're the opposite of a mastermind. Look at history's tyrants.

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Trump Is Actually A Criminal Mastermind Genius - Think About It [View all] DanieRains Jul 2020 OP

I don't know. I hate when someone uses the word 'genius' to describe this POS. After all, SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #1

And You Can Bet He Somehow Benefitted From Those Declarations Of Bankruptcy ..... global1 Jul 2020 #12

Good point. Newest Reality Jul 2020 #2

No, he really isn't. Mary Trump's book explains how he's been "institutionalized" The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3

I often think of him as akin to the sludge at the bottom of a cesspool. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2020 #4

He's not a genius, or even smart - just lucky. HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #5

No. He just has a lot of greedy people helping him to fail upward. Aristus Jul 2020 #6

Trump is the luckiest, foolish, criminal in history. shockey80 Jul 2020 #7

He has the street smarts of a thug and a bully dalton99a Jul 2020 #8

... greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #9

greatest con-man ever 0rganism Jul 2020 #10

He got lucky. In the 90s he met a group of corrupt Russians who needed an ignorant patsy Mike 03 Jul 2020 #11

No mastermind, no genius. panader0 Jul 2020 #13

He got rich by inheriting hundreds of millions of dollars from daddy. - n/t Jim__ Jul 2020 #14

Trump is no more a criminal genius than R. Kelly Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #15

Gushing admiration of his ability to rape is deplorable. Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #16

I've always thought if corrupt people applied the same energy, time etc. spent on their vile cornball 24 Jul 2020 #17

No he's not. He grew up in a mob family. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #18

Mark Cuban said he's kind 8f a savant. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2020 #19

He's not a genius nor rich. He went bankrupt several times... brush Jul 2020 #20

I gotta totally disagree!! bluestarone Jul 2020 #21