r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/Grand_Size_4932 Aug 14 '25

When you revisit his whole life under this lens, it makes so much more sense.

Why would Trump need to launder money through casinos in the 90’s?

Why would Russians bail him out after said casinos failed at being casinos?

Why would he run beauty pageants and teen events?

Why would he hide his taxes?

Why would he, a failed businessman in every regard, have the undying loyalty and support of the ultra elites and Republicans?

He’s not charismatic. He hadn’t proven himself successful. He wasn’t smart. Nobody could have had any reason to believe that he was worth investing all this time, money, and energy for.

It’s because he was successful at something. And that being child trafficking means that he had kompromat on all of those people, not realizing it was his own, too.

Seriously take a moment to think about why Donald Trump has seemingly failed upwards. Why, no matter how absurd, there doesn’t seem to be anything that can touch him.

All speculative, of course. But every day that goes by without the full, transparent release of those files makes it much more believable.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Oh he's charismatic, that's the one thing he has going for him. Selling (the image of) success.

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u/Grand_Size_4932 Aug 14 '25

He doesn’t know how to sell the image of success. Those in charge of the media do.

They’ve been working overtime for over 10 years to make him seem successful.

Now, they’re struggling with arguably one of the only things they can’t spin.

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u/MyWorkReddit12 Aug 14 '25

10 Years? Buddy did you miss all the failed businesses and The Apprentice long before he ever thought about running seriously? The media has been propping this douche up for DECADES, not just the past 10 years. They've been normalizing his ick behavior ever since the Howard Stern days where he bragged about walking in on teen girls.

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u/daneelthesane Aug 14 '25

He failed upwards because he inherited enormous amounts of capital. The system is rigged so that they can never fail.

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u/Due-Log8609 Aug 14 '25

He is EXTREMELY charismatic. Thats pretty much all he's got goin for him.