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    He has done it for so long he really thinks that is what you are supposed to do. I was completely done with him when I read what he did to the people who built that casino all those years ago. He ruined lives and never once has he thought or cared about it. Its not something he is capable of.

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    He’s notorious for not paying people. He purposely chose small contractors to help build and do work on his properties, then would say they did terrible work and he wasn’t going to pay them. He knew they wouldn’t be able to afford to take him to court to get the money owed.

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      He’s a successful businessman, he does indeed run the country exactly like he runs his businesses: stiff the people doing the work for him, divert the funds towards his nepotism clique, bleed the company dry until bankruptcy, and move on to do the exact same thing again because when you’re a star, they let you do it.

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    Trump: I WILL FUCK YOU ALL UP THE ASS!

    crowd: CHEERS

    Trump: I THINK YOU’RE ALL TRASH AND I WISH I COULD THROW YOU ALL IN A GIANT POOL OF ACID

    crowd: ERUPTS WITH APPROVAL

    Trump: I WILL EAT YOUR CHILDREN

    crowd: CHEERS WILDLY AND THROW BABIES IN THE AIR

  • s3p5r@lemm.ee
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    List of sources quoted in this list of "push back:

    So if you were hoping for actual consequences from his base or even just someone new and noteworthy criticizing him, this is not the article for you. I’m glad the Trade Unions are going to spread the word though, that will be a good thing.

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    Here’s what I don’t get.

    He’s incredibly consistent, not paying contractors, or employees. Or paying fractions of what the contract actually stipulated.

    I don’t get why any contractor would work for him. any contractor that works with trump is going to get fucked over. its how he operates.

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      Plus more scattered throughout. Here’s just some of the obvious quotes about it

      DOL should clarify that a home office is not subject to OSHA regulations and that time to set up a home office is not compensable time or eligible for overtime calculations

      They want to remove overtime pay for work from home

      Congress should amend the NLRA to authorize collective bargaining to treat national employment laws and regulations as negotiable defaults. For example, this reform would allow a union to bless a relaxed overtime trigger (e.g., 45 hours a week, or 80 hours over two weeks)

      Allowing labor laws to be negotiable is going to be used by companies to given worse labor contracts to unions and is a blatant attempt to weaken their power

      Here’s a decent article that includes some of the more conniving ways Project 2025 wants to gut overtime

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        You’d think Unions would just reject that bullshit, but then Teamsters is … probably fully on board.

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          The Teamsters, who’re unabashably using bureaucratic obstruction and strict compliance to refuse to cross picket lines.

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    He didn’t have to admit it. Anyone that’s been paying attention to him for the last 30 some years knows that he’s a con man that doesn’t pay his bills.

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      Unfortunately it seems that the people who rally for him didn’t research him and alway think anything bad said about him is made up. This may actually help show them he really doesn’t like the working class.

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        I’ve been following this POS since late 80s, Grifters are going to grift and con men are going to con.

        He doesn’t need to show them. He’s already said, “I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.”

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        Either they think it’s made up, or they just convince themselves that the face-eating leopard ”surely wouldn’t eat my face.”

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      You mean the guy who didn’t endorse anyone? I think it was clear that the higher ups would’ve liked to endorse Harris, but too many of the rank and file members support trump. I don’t think this’d move the needle much.

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      The Teamsters Guy did not endorse Trump, he used the platform to directly address the working class. If you listen to a speech he called people like Trump and the entire party out for who they are, called the entire duopoly out for who they are,

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    Who the fuck didn’t know that already? This dude is notorious for not paying anyone for like the last 40+ years.