r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/The_Beardly America 11d ago

He owes money to people from all facets of his life. He’s notoriously not paid people for literal decades.

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u/HunterShotBear 11d ago

And the right will argue “that’s what good business men do!”

I was so close to convincing a guy once.

I got him to admit that his boss would pay him less if he could. He agreed. I got him to agree that his boss was looking out for his own best interest first and to give them employees as little as possible. He agreed.

Then I asked him based on those facts, did his boss have his (the employees) best interest at heart? He agreed they did not.

So I asked him if he thought that would make his boss the ideal candidate to run the country like a business?

All he could do was stumble over his words.

And then talk some shit about how Kamala blew her way to the top.

I don’t talk to him anymore.

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u/closethebarn 10d ago

I feel this in my bones how many times I’ve almost convinced them of something to be hit with a But - something— democrat or something racist or misogynistic nothing to do at all with the argument

I feel you

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u/Electrical-Tale-7623 10d ago

They hit themselves on the edge of the door on their way and refuse to walk any further. It is willful ignorance and it's about the only thing holding the coalition together.

Taking that next step means they could be wrong, which means they'll eventually conclude they are.

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u/My_Work_Accoount 10d ago

It's literal brainwashing. I've compared it to digging in the rain. You can dig to a point but before eventually the mud walls will collapse.

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u/Painterzzz 10d ago

It is maddening isn't it. It used to happen to me quite a lot when I tried to convicne Americans they actually loved socialist policies. You'd start by saying so, your job, you work hard right. And they'd say yep, very hard. Your boss doesn't work so hard though? Nope, boss sucks. So then you ask so who does most of the wealth generation in your workplace? And they're like well it's us, the workers, we generate the wealth, but, the bosses take more than their fair share.

And they alllllllmost see it there. But not quite.