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[–] 41 points 2 months ago* (9 children)

He doesn't want a deal. Never did. He wasted Canada's time on purpose. He's starting a war.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Really though?

    Trump just wakes up every day and does whatever thing he hopes will distract everyone from hi, being a pedo rapist and his ongoing harvesting of the wealth of the American people.

    I don't think there's an actual plan to start a war. Surely that would be a huge self-own?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    You’re acting like this guy is capable of planning more than 15 minutes ahead. He can’t, that’s all his working memory can hold these days.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    It's silly to think these are the acts of just one man. He holds a grudge too, and he's riled up the masses who, immediately, seem pretty onboard against Canada.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I can assure you the vast majority of people in the USA don’t want a war with Canada. Any voices you are seeing stating otherwise are massively amplified by oligarchs and don’t represent reality on the ground.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It was ghost-written for him. Some guy followed him around for a long time (18 months, I think?).

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago*

    I'm surprised there was that much interaction with him.

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    someone linked the wikipedia page, and someone else quoted this:

    Trump has cited it as one of his proudest accomplishments and his second-favorite book (after the Bible).[5][6] Schwartz called ghost-writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, have said that Trump had played no role in its writing. Trump has given conflicting accounts on the question of authorship.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago

    While now unable to secure a deal with a neighbouring peaceful nation who is the living embodiment of a cartoon beaver offering to share their six-pack, Trump still insists that his negotiation skills are unparalleled.

    Hilarious, I love it. LOL

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    Trump has never authored a single thing beyond tweet length in his life.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'm confused, Tony Schwartz can't make a deal with Canada?

    Wikipedia: The Art of the Deal

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Satire sites post real news now?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    A dumb guy (notice the 'b'?) like trump could only rise in a country like america. They were made for each other. Now most citizens of all stripes are starting to realize "Hey, we need to make some serious changes here". lil' trumpie's end is nigh.

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  • [+] -24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 41 points 2 months ago

    We’re more than a nation known for maple syrup and neighbourly friendliness. We’re compassionate: A relatively small town in Gander, Newfoundland, fed, housed, and emotionally supported Americans during the 911 crisis. The “Canadian Caper” was another time we aided the U.S. (there’s a movie about that). We have supported the United States for years in bogus wars at the expense of our young Canadian people. And now, the U.S. blasts us with tariffs? Thank you, Mark Carney, for saying enough is enough!

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago

    Throughout trade talks Trump has regularly insisted that his business savvy is laid out in his book The Art Of The Deal, which he did not actually write because it was ghost written by journalist Tony Schwartz who has since denounced the president.

    Thank you Beaverton, I knew I could trust your journalism past the headline

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    ghost writer probably did 100% of the typing, with trumpy just contributing with shitty ideas

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    “I wrote every word of it,” Schwartz told Good Morning America Monday. “Donald Trump made a few red marks when I handed him the manuscript but that was it,” he continued (this is far from unusual in terms of ghost-written celebrity books). Trump has denied this, saying he wrote the book. Link

    The US president is, according to his own aides from the first term, functionally illiterate.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Not sure about that source. Presidents have speech writers. Those writers are historically gangrenous I mean fantabulous influencers

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    You're not sure if we can trust the listed co-author of Trump's most famous book that ghost-wrote it for him, on who wrote the book?

    There's absolutely mountains of evidence that Trump operates at a 4th to 6th grade level as an orator, and video evidence (courtroom) of him refusing to read a page in front of him, claiming various things 'text too small', 'don't have my glasses' (Trump has never been pictured wearing glasses) etc. Bro can't read anything beyond the McDonalds menu to identify which number he wants next to a picture.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    However, he wasn't president until almost 30 years after the book was published. I'd be surprised if he had speech writers back then, especially given that he was considered a tabloid writer's dream at the time; an easy punchline to any story about the ultra-wealthy being out of touch.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    "Author" seems a little generous here.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I don't think there's any debate as to whether trump wrote that book or not. The only debate is over whether he ever read it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    "author" 🙄

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Isn't that the weird guy from home alone 2?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Should have tried it on Argentina. They'll go for just about anything Trump feeds them these days

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago