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marmar

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Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:57 AM Nov 2

Donald Trump was never qualified to be president -- or anything else

Donald Trump was never qualified to be president — or anything else
After a lifetime of lying, failure and incompetence, this conman stands at the gates of power once again

By Kirk Swearingen
Contributing Writer
Published November 2, 2024 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Let’s get one thing straight before Election Day — and before nearly half the electorate votes for him: Donald Trump was never remotely qualified to run for president of the United States of America, let alone to hold that office.

Likewise, although he still pathetically boasts about being “like, really smart” and attending a great business school, Trump never had the brain power, seriousness or attention to detail necessary to become a legit businessman.

That judgment doesn't come from me; it’s what people closest to him have said for decades, from the journalist who first warned us about Trump to the ghostwriter who regrets working on “The Art of the Deal” to the people who worked most closely him during his four years degrading the presidency, shredding political norms and tearing our country apart.

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It may seem a small point in a moment where we appear on the brink of losing our democracy and seeing Trump’s critics face retribution, but any history not written by the MAGA faithful will note that Trump had no business running for president in the first place. He had no public service experience and knew next to nothing about governance or foreign affairs or, it seemed, much of anything else — except of course how New York political bosses and the New York mob operated, along with all the lessons in bullying and fighting back he absorbed from his father and his later mentor, the ruthless Roy Cohn. ...............................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/11/02/donald-was-never-qualified-to-be--or-anything-else/




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Donald Trump was never qualified to be president -- or anything else (Original Post) marmar Nov 2 OP
The stinking, walking malignancy must be destroyed. dalton99a Nov 2 #1
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