Donald Trump Unmasked…In 1979!
This 1979 profile of Donald Trump in the Village Voice should be mandatory reading–in the Know Your Enemy department. The corruption, refusal to acknowledge responsibility, self-aggrandizement, and use of other people’s money are not at all surprising. Only two things surprised me: 1) the racism goes back so far in time. I’d always thought that was a “party dress” he put on in order to run a demagogue campaign for president–but he was apparently the enforcer keeping blacks out of his father’s apartments.
2) The notorious McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn, one of the sleaziest figures in 20th-century US politics, was one of the family’s lawyers.
If Donald Trump becomes the nominee (or runs 3rd-party), we need to distill some of the central points into a highly readable one-page flier and get it absolutely everywhere. If Trump is the nominee, I will personally do that flier. And I want a legion of volunteers to distribute it.
Side note: I’m proud to say my mom was one of those white Urban League volunteers mentioned in the article, who determined if an apartment was *really* “already rented” after a family of color was refused. I have no idea if she was involved in the Trump Village investigation–probably not, since she lived far away in the Bronx.
I do find it deeply ironic that he has managed to build a meme that as a “self-made man,” he has so much money, he can’t be bought. He and his father got their money in the first place by leveraging political connections and doing deals with little or no skin in the game, if the article is accurate (and I have high confidence that it is). What is self-made is not his wealth, but his image.
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Rachel Adelson, I think you nailed it. And thanks for sharing this story. I was going to just share your post on FB, but then I decided it was worth turning into a blog post. I just did share the earlier, unedited version as a comment on your post–not that my own post has had a few hours to age (just as soon keep the Google juice for my own site).
Thanks & ‘welcome. And never no mind how this information gets out.
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American voters are generally not very good with history. I have been meeting the candidates and their stump speeches are rife with distortion of even recent history, but their supporters applaud them on cue.
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How could anyone think he’s a “self-made man”? My dad was a self-made man. Someone with a rich dad is not self-made. Granted, that’s the least of my problems with him. It sickens me that someone so bigoted has so much support.
He built the ‘self made man’ meme because it resonates with US voters, but it’s just like GW Bush, “born on third base and thought he hit a triple.”
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I will be part of that legion with you Shel. I’m a Baha’i, so I’m not allowed to join political parties. However, this candidate is so dangerous and against everything I stand for, I feel obligated to do everything possible to keep him out of high office, for our country and for the peace of the world.
Check and document the facts then go for it! Although the Democrats are probably hoping that he gets the nomination. He should be one of the easiest to beat.
I sure don’t hope he gets the nomination! The risk of him becoming president is just too scary.
Janet Beatrice if he gets the nomination, he’ll be hard pressed to win the general election. I just hope he doesn’t even get the nomination.
I hope you’re right! If he gets the nomination, that’s just too close for comfort to me. If Sanders gets the nomination, I think a lot of people will be a afraid of a democratic socialist. And a lot of people seem to hate Clinton.
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