About character, integrity, and being racist
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I have always admired Herschell Walker for being strong in his faith, a man of the highest integrity and character, level headed, just an all around great man. He doesn't say things he doesn't mean.
It's been said here that Trump is lacking in character and integrity, and a racist. I'm about to utterly destroy those claims. Being black, a man of impeccable integrity, a man of uncompromised character, and a man who has been a close, personal fried of Trump, no one is more qualified to judge Trump on these points. And I will take Herschell Walkers opinion over anyone else.
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I consider Trump's stance for free speech and against political correctness (wokeness et al) to be a legitimately held principle, not based on opportunistic politics.
As far as claims that he's racist, sorry, but anybody participating in the weaponization of that idea without compelling evidence of it is on the wrong side of history and should be ashamed of themselves. But I do understand how easy and lazy and enticing it would be to have that hammer and have this guy you hate and oh do I swing it at his face???
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It's a conversational hand grenade and clears the table of rational thought.
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How do you square ‘of the highest integrity’ with all the stories of him stiffing small vendors?
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@jon-nyc said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
How do you square ‘of the highest integrity’ with all the stories of him stiffing small vendors?
Or suing elderly widows to try and force them to sell their home?
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@Klaus said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
"Racist" isn't among the main problems with Trump. Also, the word has become mostly devoid of meaning in modern conversation. It's the word progressives use to express disagreement.
As someone said, "When everything is 'racist,' nothing is 'racist.'"
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Today, Walker said that he has lost friends because of his support of Trump.
How pathetic is that...
...of course, there's at least one member here (rarely visits any more) who stated that he will "defriend" anyone who is a Trump supporter.
So much for tolerance, I suppose.
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@jon-nyc said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
How do you square ‘of the highest integrity’ with all the stories of him stiffing small vendors?
There are many layers of managers and corporate wheels between the top dog and a small vendor.
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@Larry said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
@jon-nyc said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
How do you square ‘of the highest integrity’ with all the stories of him stiffing small vendors?
There are many layers of managers and corporate wheels between the top dog and a small vendor.
Ah. So is the explanation that this is normal practice or that Trump didn't know/direct?
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Not getting paid on development projects is a known risk when dealing with developers. I’m not defending it but it is nowhere near as rare as it is being made out. He may have overreached on the Taj Mahal after great success with the prior two Atlantic City properties, but he was also blindsided by Black Friday and higher interest rates.
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Not that I know of. But I was in the securities side, not commercial banking.
By the way I don't think the idea that this is standard fare for a 100MM company holds water. He had a special reputation for stiffing people. Note that he was always dealing with foreign banks. US banks knew better. Maybe they got burned decades earlier.
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Not true at all. You just didn't hear of it until then.
US banks quit dealing with him ages ago.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in About character, integrity, and being racist:
Not true at all. You just didn't hear of it until then.
US banks quit dealing with him ages ago.
I googled that. I found that the NYT, WP, and a few other similar "news" sources made that claim, but then it quickly spiraled down into a quagmire of conspiracy theory nonsense that got crazier and crazier. Then I found where he had negotiated with several banks to save his company when the SHTF, but it seems that all were eventually satisfied, so I think this is another case of a story with a grain of truth, cherry picked to omit the parts that hurt the narrative, and pretty much just typical bull shit.
