• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    13 days ago

    Unfortunately, Trump’s TV career was a screaming success. He had a hit TV show that was unique, and it ran for several seasons.

    In addition, and perhaps more importantly, it rehabbed his image from being the poster boy for bumbling, blowhard, failed business hacks, to a successful business professional.

    His TV show was the most successful enterprise of his career, and directly led to him becoming president. That’s not failure.

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      12 days ago

      I don’t admit this much, but before trump ran for president I kind of liked him. He was a “bumbling, blowhard, failed business hack” that seemed to be a little in on the joke, The Apprentice, his appearances in WWE, he seemed like he was playing a character and playing up to how people perceived him… Unfortunately, he is just that and has no self awareness or shame, worse for some reason that’s still really appealing to a basket of deplorable people…

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          12 days ago

          There wasn’t a light to see really, I thought he was an entertainer who was a bad in real life business man and found that entertaining. I had no interest in him as a political entity.

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      12 days ago

      His flamboyant “You’re fired.” Was important to the gay community at the time.

      It wasn’t something you’d expect them to allow on television.

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        12 days ago

        Yeah, I always thought it was really bad form to be celebrating someone being fired. That show not only rehabbed HitlerPig’s reputation, it helped condition the brains of his fans. “I love when he fires them, it’s so funny.” MAGAs are ALL sociopaths.

        And Pedophiles. Just had to get that in.