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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

why do his supporters not care that he's turned himself into a brand???

Bud, trump's been a brand for literal decades

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Literally almost a century+, Fred Trump opened Trump Market (a supermarket) in 1933

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder what else Trump was into in the 1930s?

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 4 points 15 hours ago

Being such a shit slumlord that Woody Guthrie wrote a song about him lol

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

lea-think <- link

(The answer may surprise you!)

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Man imagine if he actually got that to take off and Trump market was competing with walmart

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 6 points 19 hours ago

Yeah there's an alternate timeline where Fred Trump becomes a Simon Skinner* style grocery magnate instead of selling off the property and pivoting to real estate.

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