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Carolyn Grillo's avatar

Another good, matter of fact piece of writing, all the more shocking because it’s “just the facts,ma’am.” Holy cow! Does this never end?

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Ronald Claiborne's avatar

Hi Carolyn! Thank you. I don't know if it's all the years of being straight news reporter or maybe just my style, but I almost always prefer to lay out the facts or what people say were the facts and let the reader decide rather than tell them what to think. It's kind of similar to my distrust of mood music in movies, documentaries or TV news stories. Thanks again for bothering to read my "stuff."

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Bonnie Max's avatar

He learned evil from his father and RC

That’s what resonates with him.

An endless well. Maybe one of the current lawsuits will nail him.

Thanks for this story. It shows how his evil started decades ago.

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David Ewing's avatar

In writing this piece, was it at all tempting in interject some of Fred Trump’s supposed Nazi sympathies?

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Ronald Claiborne's avatar

Well, that's kind of a different, other story. There's a much bigger story about Fred and his background and behavior, and the powerful influence he (& Roy Cohn) had on Donald. The acorn didn't fall too far from the oak tree.

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Karen Brown's avatar

Another good, yet disturbing, read. Thank you!!

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Bonnie Russell's avatar

I remember this case well, this Jersey girl had eloped to California but my paternal grandparents had moved from the lower East side to Trump Village at Coney Island. I moved back east in1070 so had a front row seat to all the Trump shenanigans from their discrimination suits, being sued for not paying their contractors and the belly up of the Atlantic City Casino (just name me one other casino on the planet that has ever gone bankrupt!!!) Business failure after business failure and then in 2016 to see the cult drink the Kool Aid.

His alignment with the white supremacists groups have ripped the scab off his true leanings and it boggles my mind how anyone from a minority group can even think of voting for him.

Thanks for these newsletters , Ron. Always informative and educational for those who didn't live through this "history".

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