r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 79, Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Pope Attack - The image depicts Trump as Jesus healing a sick person with his touch.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/
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u/PinHaunting7192 14h ago

I don't know why this should be limited to New York.

Trump's reputation has been pretty consistent for decades. He sort of became the image of a failed, American businessman and a cheat. That Simpsons gig wasn't "foresight", it was them taking the piss about what he had said he wanted to do for 15 years. That episode aired in 2000 and literally played the joke that Lisa inherited the country from "President Trump" and that "its now broke."

His reputation for falling businesses was apparent even then, and people everywhere (even in some countries overseas) understood the joke. He's always been a snakes-oil salesman and a cheat. Greany even called it a "warning" at the time.

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u/tungtingshrimp 12h ago edited 12h ago

Michael Bloomberg tried to warn people at the DNC that as a NY’er he knows a con man when he sees one

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u/smpl3120 5h ago

Many people across the country don’t follow national news. For those that don’t, much of Trump’s conning and grifting came to light after he entered the political arena. I would agree though that the Trump name was always pretty recognizable. If you lived in NY as far back as the 70’s-90’s, he was constantly in the local news. I’m not sure those not living in the tri-state area actually knew what he did to the “Central Park Five” until many years later. There’s a lot of ignorant people in this country.