This story from Art of the Deal perfectly sums up Trump
"What the bulldozers and dump trucks did wasn't important, I said, so long as they did a lot of it." Trump was talking about a stunt he pulled in 1982, when he owned a piece of land along the Atlantic City boardwalk and wanted Holiday Inn to partner with him on the construction of a casino. Contrary to his representations to Holiday Inn, hardly any construction had taken place on the site, and he was concerned the company would decline to invest once they saw what was basically a plot of empty land. So in advance of a site visit by Holiday Inn executives, he directed his construction manager to hire dozens of pieces of heavy equipment to move dirt around on the site, digging holes and filling them back up if necessary. We see this strategy repeated over and over in Trump's presidency. Trump signs executive orders to great fanfare, even if they have no effect beyond instructing his cabinet secretaries to prepare reports months from now. He demands that Congress pass a healthcare bill, with no particular concern for what's actually in the bill.  Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message He a fucking nemotode, but he understands that a lie repeated often enough can be more effective than the truth. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message
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 Current events- week of Oct 12. Pope Leo to have surgery for a lung nodule tomorrow. * - larue33 October 12, 2026, 07:43:29
- Being confidently and performatively ignorant seems to be a common trait - OB25 1 hour ago
- Speaking of lung nodules... Hannity just destroyed Zacharia on his show. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:49:28
- Reuters: WH ordered Starlink to turn off Ukraine’s defensive satellite information system - ATL Yesterday, 19:10:25
- Hey complainant, you're not going to believe this - ATL Yesterday, 14:29:07
- GOP: The beatings will continue until morale improves - ATL Yesterday, 09:18:26
- not sure if ai - Nobster Yesterday, 08:22:58
- Palatine man arrested over failed plot to attack Hindu temple in Aurora - ATL Yesterday, 05:42:25
- WSJ reporting Zacharia never passed bar exam. Failed it in 2011 in CA.* - SurfTheBoneyard October 14, 2026, 21:27:46
- Red Wings blogger asks MI senate candidates for their opinions on the team - biclops October 14, 2026, 20:35:03
- I’ve never seen or listened to Talarico before. He’s currently killing it in a CNN town hall.* - voiceofreason October 14, 2026, 19:30:36
- Is that JD Vance in the background of the Kevin Hart Verizon commercial?* - Toonces October 14, 2026, 18:58:17
- SNDK down nearly $1,000/sh since it peaked in late June - timmer October 14, 2026, 18:53:12
- It was only a matter of time - Stu October 14, 2026, 15:05:10
- Wait what was the diesel deal again? - MC October 14, 2026, 14:48:55
- and, from below, Russia is laundering Iran's oil in exchange for arms and intel - VIV October 14, 2026, 15:23:12
- The deal was that Russia would buy a shitload of trump coin, and in exchange, Trump would end - doubledown October 14, 2026, 15:16:50
- so it will last/cover even less than the 12 hours or whatever of use it would have in the us?* - lcubed October 14, 2026, 15:10:03
- Here comes the election interference - larue33 October 14, 2026, 13:48:06
- LOL. Rep Andy Harris being dumb and loud. - doubledown October 14, 2026, 12:49:43
- Impossibly, I think Trump hit a new low with these tiger videos* - reggiedunlop October 14, 2026, 12:48:45
- I'm not sure why Mike Collins shows up for these debates with Ossoff... - shua October 14, 2026, 12:02:04
- Georgia GOP.... - KingTalkyTiki October 14, 2026, 12:39:52
- what the fuck is possibly scribbling the whole time. and then reads off a script every time he talks - John Coctostan October 14, 2026, 12:36:23
- This is like if Mike Tyson fought an infant. * - doubledown October 14, 2026, 12:17:49
- Ossoff is just really good at this. Some of those debates with Perdue in 2020 were 1-sided* - UofIL6 October 14, 2026, 12:15:08
- They are just beatdowns - AintHatin October 14, 2026, 12:12:19
- Inflation outpaced wage growth for the 6th month in a row. This is going great. - VIV October 14, 2026, 11:55:13
- We have guns too (watch to the end) - Sounder October 14, 2026, 10:21:37
- God Made Trump - Sounder October 14, 2026, 10:10:04
- I don't know if this is trying to pump up the base or troll the haters - Sammich October 14, 2026, 11:35:39
- LMFCO wat* - Jackie October 14, 2026, 10:37:34
- imagine that being your life where you actually believe this* - VIV October 14, 2026, 10:36:31
- The evangelicals will eat that shit up. - doubledown October 14, 2026, 10:18:55
- Is that real?>* - reggiedunlop October 14, 2026, 10:14:39
- I'm still trying to understand the logic of kicking healthy people off of health insurance - ATL October 14, 2026, 09:14:40
- Oops, Trump's new press secretary is a Chinese spy - complainant October 14, 2026, 07:33:02
- Ken Paxton is more absurd than Councilman Dexhart in P&R - CanHartlebHireSnider October 14, 2026, 06:51:57
- Okay this is a good ad to be running in the South - ATL October 14, 2026, 04:25:04
- We're basically handcuffing Ukraine and letting Russian attack to get Ukraine to agree - ECEIllinois October 14, 2026, 02:12:45
- One of the better made up ‘crying tough guy’ stories yet - OB25 October 14, 2026, 00:12:51
- DT, is this your Congressman? I don’t remember. - Tortillini October 13, 2026, 22:12:48
- I understand I’m biased. I understand the algo feeds very specific things to me - John Coctostan October 13, 2026, 21:55:41
- Tough guy Donnie to scared to sit down to get deposed by BBC. Oh yeah, - Mrap24 October 13, 2026, 21:14:49
- Hey, Siri, how does white privilege work? - Sounder October 13, 2026, 17:28:39
- Looks like Trump is having a very good day - ATL October 13, 2026, 16:00:29
- Where do they find these people - Sounder October 13, 2026, 13:56:30
- Give her a break, she was seriously burned in a fire trying to save their three dogs. * - doubledown October 13, 2026, 14:19:02
- Starlight lookin ROUGH* - Sammich October 13, 2026, 14:08:04
- Why is she shocked?!? - KingTalkyTiki October 13, 2026, 14:02:26
- Those eyebrows, tho* - AintHatin October 13, 2026, 13:57:28
- JD Vance with the gay jokes and innuendos against Talarico - ECEIllinois October 13, 2026, 13:21:55
- I dont think anyone’s search history has ever crossed my mind. Seems really weird to bring that up. - GhostofPokeyStixPast October 13, 2026, 16:33:12
- Just the most loathsome piece of shit* - Jackie October 13, 2026, 14:45:41
- every accusation is a confession with these people - ATL October 13, 2026, 13:36:03
- This guy??? - haighter October 13, 2026, 13:35:28
- The last resort when you have absolutely nothing left in the chamber... - KingTalkyTiki October 13, 2026, 13:31:32
- dotz - Sounder October 13, 2026, 13:32:26
- let's check in on Trump's stump speeches - Sounder October 13, 2026, 13:30:35
- Which party's convention crashed Grinder again? I forget. * - doubledown October 13, 2026, 13:27:14
- Guilfoyle resigns - TarheelIllini October 13, 2026, 12:33:14
- Dana White getting his beak wet - Sammich October 13, 2026, 10:57:29
- Iran has been laundering its oil through Russia in exchange for weapons and intel - VIV October 13, 2026, 09:36:07
- WH Press Conference, OnlyFans edition - ATL October 13, 2026, 08:52:18
- "I practiced international transactional law with all the appropriate credentials"* - ECEIllinois October 13, 2026, 14:16:33
- LOL...and I'm old - KingTalkyTiki October 13, 2026, 13:47:37
- Pepperdine must be so proud* - CWR10 October 13, 2026, 13:17:11
- Zacharia claims to be a lawyer but.... - ATL October 13, 2026, 11:25:55
- The White House Press Office is affirmative action for blonde barbies* - Sounder October 13, 2026, 11:04:12
- She announced they've asked Guilfoyle to resign. Imagine being too corrupt for this administration.* - ATL October 13, 2026, 09:02:25
- voted today ================> - ATL October 13, 2026, 08:08:00
- Good news for QC deucers and IJKA. CLF is pulling $5 million in funding from the Meeks campaign. - Illiniphil October 13, 2026, 07:59:18
- Oh Riley, bless your heart - OB25 October 12, 2026, 22:35:55
- I’m beginning to think that people who don’t assault women have abandoned the GOP - ATL October 12, 2026, 19:05:29
- Kacey is awesome - ATL October 12, 2026, 17:13:35
- Kacey is awesome - ATL October 12, 2026, 20:28:28
- also ella langley untagged herself from noem's tweet* - ECEIllinois October 12, 2026, 17:58:31
- lots of funny things about that, not the least of which is that song is NOT pro-Texas. * - assassin October 12, 2026, 17:43:41
- lol, perfect* - UofIL6 October 12, 2026, 17:20:30
- I'm beginning to think that intelligent people have completely abandoned the GOP ship - ATL October 12, 2026, 13:26:43
- is this even legal? - Sounder October 12, 2026, 11:29:52
- He never pays up. * - memyselfandillini October 12, 2026, 12:15:16
- Of course he doesn't, but I'm asking, is even offering it legal?* - Sounder October 12, 2026, 12:16:33
- I'm not watching the video. What does he promise?* - Warrin'_Illini October 12, 2026, 12:28:09
- $5000 and a beej from Melania. * - doubledown October 12, 2026, 12:31:46
- Is it really the $5000 thing again?* - Warrin'_Illini October 12, 2026, 12:34:16
- Yeah, he thinks he has a winner, so he will repeat the message as often as possible. - doubledown October 12, 2026, 12:37:34
- $1.3 trillion dollars* - Sounder October 12, 2026, 13:45:37
- US debt was $19T when Trump first took office. It'll be ~$44T when his term ends.* - Warrin'_Illini October 12, 2026, 13:51:33
- Blessed are the rich - opey8 October 12, 2026, 14:21:41
- And you're still waiting for interest rates to come down?* - Stu October 12, 2026, 14:10:52
- Yeah, but how much of that was due to The Biden Crime Family? * - doubledown October 12, 2026, 14:02:20
- Your party of fiscal responsibility, ladies and gents! - KingTalkyTiki October 12, 2026, 13:53:38
- Dems should counter with $10,000* - Stu October 12, 2026, 13:40:50
- $5,001* - Sounder October 12, 2026, 13:41:41
- I've seen some of the GOP influencers try to hype the $5000 thing but their heart - Warrin'_Illini October 12, 2026, 13:06:08
- He lies about the lies that he lied about* - Sounder October 12, 2026, 12:48:51
- In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no standing to challeneg* - gvibes October 12, 2026, 12:10:03
- doesn't matter. he's betting on the dumbest 5% of swing voters to believe him* - VIV October 12, 2026, 11:42:58
- not gonna watch that, but my educated guess is no - Sammich October 12, 2026, 11:41:06
- if democrat policies will prevent it, why not do it now when you have control of each branch?* - lcubed October 12, 2026, 11:32:04
- Between the Talarico mental institution story, DHS raiding Omar - Sounder October 12, 2026, 10:36:31
- The right wing social media machine is pushing that Talarico was in an OH mental hospital… - SurfTheBoneyard October 12, 2026, 09:07:43
- Homeland Security raids Rep Omar’s home. - tvillini October 12, 2026, 08:09:38
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