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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just started watching the film The Apprentice and I'm just trying to figure out how people like Trump and his mentor Cohn can get away with so much shit. Is professionalism just a fairy tale? Cause it looks like behaving like the biggest asshole in the nation is a viable way to get ahead.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    Trump and his mentor Cohn can get away with so much shit

    An army of lawyers and PR experts, and some mobsters. That the bastard made use of his buffoon imagery to even allow himself to enter a WWE ring because "sports entertainment" is bread and circuses -- and the audience loves kayfabe.

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