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Some Comments about Trump

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Robert Lindsay
Aug 31, 2025
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Trump has no real values at all, he thinks everything is just a negotiation (devoid of any moral considerations), and he projects this mentality on to every situation irrespective of the context. He has no understanding of a broader moral or civilizational context.

It's hard to understand things when you don't read books; Trump relies on an almost neo-reptilian sense of weakness, fear, ego, and greed. Personally, I think he perfectly represents the true American spirit of success through slavery, stolen land, murder and grift.

Settler colonialism, just making the original inhabitants "disappear". great legacy.

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Possibly true, interesting:

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Trump has learned "business" from NYC Jewry; he exemplifies this approach, where doing business invariably means suckering, pressuring, or outright cheating the other side into a loss. This is all these grifters are capable of: you must strong-arm, blackmail, or con whoever you do "business" with, or else there i…

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