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The allure of Trump
- Thread starter Draka
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metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Could you post that because sources on two different national channels haven't found a single tape or recording of any type to support that, and the Jersey City chief of police says he knows of no such demonstration. And remember that Trump said the numbers were in the "hundreds of thousands". At least Carson admitted his "mistake" on this.
Here in the Detroit area, we have the largest Muslim population in the States, and no such thing happened here.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Actually it was from the West Bank. In Tehran, there actually was a pro-American demonstration right after 9-11.
If I recall, the only reported place where Muslims were cheering the news of 9/11 was Palestine. That is, I recall having read a news report to that effect shortly after 9/11. No where else was that the case, according to the report.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
You may be right. The pictures I saw posted of them cheering was indeed from the WB.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Even if some did, and I'm sure that some did at least behind closed doors, so what? The fact still remains that those in Jersey City, including the chief of police and mayor, know of no "hundreds or thousands" as Trump claimed. This isn't the first time Trump has trumped up fabrications.
Draka
Wonder Woman
I'm sure he started long before fabricating reasons to dodge the draft too.
Now there's something I can respect!
About the only thing I respect about Hillary is her dodging it too.
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.45 Cal
The allure of Trump is quite simple. He says what a lot of white males are thinking.
That's remarkably self-referential of you.
averageJOE
zombie
He says he was was able to see people jump out of the towers from his penthouse, and at the same time saw "thousands" of people in New Jersey cheer as the towers fall. So, he must have seen these "thousands" of people cheering on TV somewhere. Why is there no video evidence of this? (Also, he didn't have a clear view of the twin towers from his home. So that is another lie in of itself.)
Yup. He's a demagogue.
esmith
Veteran Member
What do you ascribe the word "oligarch" to? I assume that you know that it is a Russian word which is a near-synonym of the term "business oligarch" or "business magnate? Or is it you think that all successful business persons are whatever you use the word oligarch to portray?
It's interesting that dang near every criticism of Trump is applicable to the leading Dem front runner.
But this keen lens is seldom applied to one's favorite.
One big difference is that Trump wouldn't have to cadge for money.
That would make him an oligarch, wouldn't it??
More interestingly.....how many candidates are not oligarchs?
The definition of an oligarchy is a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Given the control that the small group of the very wealthy have over the writing of laws including giving their bought-and-paid-for legislatures actual copies of those laws to pass, we're living in an oligarchy. The only question is which group of oligarchs control which party.
Right- and left-wing populists are united in wanting to return control of the country to the people although the disagreements are almost total about how to do that.