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FWIW my Republican mate (who's clearly gone off the deep end) sees/saw him as the only person from outside the system with enough wealth to battle the inherent corruption of the system.
That was what a load of people said about him early doors, and it's possibly not a stupid thing to believe if you were unhappy with the 'system' as it currently is. Wanting someone who, through either character or wealth, is incorruptable possibly still is an acceptable thing to want.
But Christ, after four years you still think Trump is the one to cleanse politics? Please.
Personally I suspect that the accumulation of extreme wealth is an indication that you cannot possibly be incorruptable, or that you have sound character.
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Tell me about it. How can you really counter that? His argument ultimately ends up back at "MSM have it in for him".
I even gave a personal anecdote, from someone I know wouldn't lie, who worked at a bank during at time when they had Trump on a retainer to help recover funds they'd lent him, which he hid off-shore, defaulted on, and then filed for bankruptcy. Apparently he micromanaged his money flows so it was cheaper to pay him to help them find their money than it was to go to court and trace it. This was a long time ago now before the apprentice.
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accumulation of extreme wealth
Donald Trump hasn't accumulated wealth. He was gifted it by his father and his performance has been "mediocre compared with the stock market and property in New York".
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jellybaby
FWIW my Republican mate (who's clearly gone off the deep end) sees/saw him as the only person from outside the system with enough wealth to battle the inherent corruption of the system.
So I don't think the anti-establishment appeal is going anywhere. Even more so as on the other side of the coin plenty of people on the "left" probably share exactly the same views on the levels of corruption and nepotism, and corporate control.