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BOSSHOG

(41,808 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 02:50 PM Jan 17

Everything is gonna be okay

Lil Pete says he’s found Jesus and he promised not to drink on the job. That’s all we can ask. OTH, Lil MS Bondi got her an attitude.

Those nominated have brought this upon themselves. If they had any integrity they would not have been nominated. Trump doesn’t want any of his people to have integrity. He will ban it from the White House. ON DAY ONE. Any one entering the White House must check their integrity at the gate.

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Everything is gonna be okay (Original Post) BOSSHOG Jan 17 OP
They work in a crime syndicate for a mob boss. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #1
The parallels to mob rukle are stunning. usonian Jan 17 #3
It is not a loose parallel. The Trump family is a crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #4
Exactly this: Mike 03 Jan 17 #2

usonian

(16,854 posts)
3. The parallels to mob rukle are stunning.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:34 PM
Jan 17

If you saw the movie "Donnie Brasco", it's based on real life.

Joe Pistone, the real life "Donnie Brasco" wrote about his experiences.

In a chapter entitled "The Way of the Wiseguy," he spells out the "rules".

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=377665
He's a mob figure.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/article/the-mob-movie-goodfellas-tells-us-everything-we-ne
The Mob Movie Goodfellas Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About Trump’s Universe


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Henry begins the film by telling us, “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.” Trump is what happens when you try to have it both ways.

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Goodfellas nailed Trump’s type down to a T. Even if you believe wealth and power and strength are inherently admirable (they’re not), Goodfellas portrays the cheapest, shoddiest versions of those glories—the Trumpian versions, as it were.

Irish_Dem

(67,219 posts)
4. It is not a loose parallel. The Trump family is a crime syndicate.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:30 PM
Jan 17

I mean literally, not metaphorically.

Mike 03

(18,323 posts)
2. Exactly this:
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:22 PM
Jan 17
If they had any integrity they would not have been nominated. Trump doesn’t want any of his people to have integrity.


Remember the first term? The people he got rid of the fastest were the few cabinet members who had enough integrity to 1. criticize Trump's plans 2. threaten to resign 3. just by their presence they made Trump uncomfortable precisely because they knew history, were highly intelligent, or cautioned against some action Trump wanted to take.

I also think that is why he shuns our allies. He only wants strongmen on the same level as himself--not reputable world leaders like we see in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, etc... He doesn't want to risk the scrutiny of people with high standards and moral compasses. It's just too embarrassing. And the strongmen all look out for each other and don't criticize each other.
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