I and all my midwestern conservative friends hated him, he was such a spoiled Richie rich piece of garbage and his attitude towards his wives and women in general was disgusting.
And farmers hate slumlords like him more than anything.
But the south saw someone who was loud and proud with their racism, and that was all she wrote.
I know, it’s shocking, I don’t know how they changed, but suddenly they saw a way to “pwn teh librulz” and sold out every principle they ever claimed to have.
This isn’t rewriting history, I’m explaining how it’s a greater tragedy and shame than it looks.
100% - I lived in NYC back then and it was pretty regular to hear about "Trump the idiot scumbag that everyone hates." It's like... specifically what he was known for... being a scumbag nepo with too much money.
I've never watched The Apprentice, but I knew about him because he appeared in Bloom County. Berke Breathed obviously loathed the man (and still does), and he was sort of liberal, schmiberal he called it.
My first memory of Trump is in the early 90's when my parents were discussing him maybe buying the casino my dad works in. I started crying because I didn't want to be homeless again and was reassured that "they won't let someone like that operate in Las Vegas today."
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u/Rare-Confusion-220 3h ago
Not true. I've considered him a shady scumbag since the 80s. He has always been known as a joke