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Besides routinely using extortion, threatening violence, and generally having contempt for following the Law — is there any other evidence that Donald Trump acts like a Mob Boss?
Well Vice.com has researched the topic, and found some surprising similarities — an even endorsements. This was almost prescient given the Boss’ current outrageous behavior …
We Asked Actual Mafia Experts If Trump Is Really Acting Like a 'Mob Boss'
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ell after his presidency comes to an end, we're going to be talking about Donald Trump and the Mafia. The past two years have made that virtually inevitable. Critics have taken note of Trump appearing to support omertà—the Cosa Nostra's signature code of silence—and how his behavior recalled Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, the mob associate who brought down John Gotti. In his book A Higher Loyalty, fired FBI director James Comey went so far as to suggest Trump's demand for personal fealty, which the president has denied making, was like "Sammy the Bull's Cosa Nostra induction ceremony." Later, in his first interview after wrapping up a 17-year prison sentence for drug dealing, Gravano himself responded to Comey, giving Trump a stamp of approval: "The country doesn't need a bookworm as president," he said. "It needs a mob boss."
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The Trump-as-mob-boss trope isn't just the work of Mafia junkies who can't get enough of The Sopranos—it's rooted, at least in part, in the president's official conduct. The omertà moment amounted to Trump decrying that one of his associates, ex-fixer Michael Cohen, actually cooperated with federal investigators exploring hush-money payments to women who said they had affairs with Trump. Last week, the New York Times published a lengthy article addressing Trump's attempts to derail the investigations swirling around him—how he's battled probes "with the same tactics he once used in his business empire: demanding fierce loyalty from employees, applying pressure tactics to keep people in line and protecting the brand—himself—at all costs." Andrew McCabe, the since-fired deputy FBI director who briefly replaced Comey, recently gave an interview while on tour for his own new book in which he likened Trump's leadership style to a mafioso's: "that kind of overwhelming or overriding focus on loyalty and sorting everybody out immediately—like you're either with us or you're against us."
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The article goes on to cite Trump’s use of the word “rat” and other degrading nick-names for people. A practice that Mafioso use to keep their hierarchical order in line.
I would cite his use of disclosing personal information of family members — as he did with Michael Cohen — as a veiled threat to ‘remember their Oath’ — to him.
Trump seems to have a major problem with “snitches” and “whistleblowers” too, as his Tweets often target.
So desperate has the Impeachabgle-one been lately — that he has threatened those investigating him, and those providing evidence again him — with Capital Punishment, through the use of his imaginary “charges” of Treason.
I guess it’s a good thing that Trump’s “charges” are mostly imaginary. … So far.
It’s a good thing that our resident Bully, is mostly a coward at heart his core. He always tries to find some “fall guy” to do his dirty work for him. And if they fail he discards them.
AND IF THEY SUCCEED — he keeps them around for a while (as Alibis) — and “discards” them when the time is right.
As he is currently trying to do with his most recent “fall guy” — Mike Pence.
Trump is a real profile in courage corruption. Like all the ‘strongmen’ he uses as his anti-hero role models.
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I’m sure I missed a few examples of Trump being all Mobster. (“Are you talking to me?”)
So help a wiseguy out, pitch in a comment or two.
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And don’t forget to rec the story too, Capiche?
(These timely stories just don’t grow on trees … you’re thinking of moss, that green spongy stuff on the north side of trees.)
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