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Ping Tung

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1. "There's only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Oscar Wilde
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:16 PM
May 30

Alas for us and the rest of the civilized world, "Trump" is easily spelled and pronounced.

I think he manipulates the press by simply doing and saying outrageous stuff that gets headlines and wild responses. When things go wrong he just blames the media or sacrifices someone down stream from him.
His acolytes praise him for "doing something" no matter how harmful, dumb, or dangerous it is. To him governance is pure showbiz and he's the star. He's a very shallow man preaching to very shallow people who can't see beyond the rhinestones and spotlights.

He's good at the endless razzle-dazzle that enchants the Rubes. Just as Al Capone was good at smuggling liquor

Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. H.L. Mencken

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