What a neat combination of ambition, evil and incompetence
And alcoholism
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Leopards, Tigers, and Faces. Oh my!
That's going to be an internet legend!
And I was there at the creation!!
Ah. This is what I hoped for and expected. The fascists are too dumb and blind to achieve their most ambitious goals.
I live in New York City, and there are so many stories about how stupid Trump is.
When he built his Tower, the building he had to raze was considered on of the most beautiful examples of Deco on 5th Ave. His architect told him to preserve as much of the building as he could, but Trump overruled him. When people asked him to save some of the art work, he promised he would, then destroyed it. Later, he lied about everything.
He had a golden opportunity to get in good with the Manhattan elites, and threw it away because he was too dumb to listen to anyone.
I grew up in NYC in the 80s, I am acutely aware of what a fucking clown he is.
Two things. First, we could probably sit down and swap stories and each of us would hear at least one tale that was completely new to them.
Second, if you're a New Yorker you'll love this book. It's about a man who owned a furniture store on 125th Street back in the 1960s through the '70s. He's a hard working man, a loyal husband and a good father. All he wants to do is sell good merchandise at a reasonable price and take home a decent profit. The book is full of colorful characters and loads of great descritions of Harlem and the rest of the city, including Radio Row [which was demolished to make way for the World Trade Center]
There's some criminal activity and a couple of murders, but those aren't the main thing.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/harlem-shuffle-colson-whitehead/16311673?ean=9780525567271&next=t
Thanks, will check it out.
I took my wife & kids to NYC last summer as part of our family vacation. It’s just amazing to me how the city’s changed from the Ed Koch days. I mean, I lived there through Giuliani (back when he was relatively normal), I saw the evolution happen in real time, but it’s still kind of boggling to think back on it.
Old joke.
"If you don't like Manhattan, come back in fifteen minutes. We'll change it."
it's so frustrating how little we listen to eachother. black and jewish new yorkers have been saying what a huge problem this guy is since the 1980s. but did he go to jail back then? no. he just slowly amassed clout until he was president
He was a joke. I remember telling a good friend of mine that he was running for President. She's extremely political and she pooh-poohed the idea that he'd ever win anything. I watched him roll on and on and I still have trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that so many people could vote for the pussy grabber.*
*After the tape came out, a Conservative woman went on 'The View' TV show to defend Donnie. Another panelist kept repeating 'pussy' over and over. Finally the GOP lady had had enough and demanded that the other woman stop using the offensive term.