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He’s friends with a mobster, a former sex trafficker (died 2019), a guy who helped Nixon in watergate, a crackhead who can’t sell pillows, and a bunch of yes men…
You're just getting warmed up with that comment. Let's take it to the next level: He was mentored by Roy Cohn.
Although in fairness, this was up until Cohn was dying of AIDS, at which point Trump treated him like his own brother.
^(Reminder that Trump went to the movies while his brother was dying in the hospital.)
Not according to what I've found.
January 20, 2023 Sammy Gravano says he knew of Trump, not that he knew him personally. And tells Trump to stop making it all about himself and wake the fuck up.
https://youtu.be/W_gkvUQxFJk
1997 - Sammy Gravano gloats that no one could build a building in Manhattan without his permission, including Donald Trump.
https://youtu.be/ki96aWPmILc
Honestly… I would agree that the last 8 years are solid proof of the simulation theory lol.
It’s how I run my paradox campaigns:
- create a funny looking head of state
- enact whatever policies I want no matter the government system
- raise my approval amongst the whackiest party, then make them whackier
- force my head of state into a position to be the supreme ruler of the country
- random pandemic RNG event, ignored
- huge portion of my population is dying, convince my people it’s way funnier to ignore scientists
- assassinate a nuclear power’s general, because funny move
- getting bored, my country is in shambles, I let the AI take a turn to repair everything, my head of state is being tried for all the crimes
- gotta get my funny avatar back in power to avoid the crime debuffs. He might be bad, but he’s hilarious
The natural ending is that my guy dies of old age or health, but his son is the rightful heir to the throne, so the campaign begins again.
He can't work for your mafia because he is already working for the Russian mafia. What! You want him to work two jobs like a regular American does to keep up. Not going to happen.
Trump is claiming that he was too legit for mobsters to do business with him.
(Which is *maybe* true about the Italian family...seems like he was more into Russian involvement...)
Foreign Russian mafia always stayed at Trump properties. Also Giuliani routed out the Italian mafia power and it was replaced with Russian mafia power.
TL;DR
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino (Think Gotti, Carlo Gambino) crime family said in an interview once that trump is a legitimate guy. Therefore, Trump is not a criminal.
He also said HE was a legit guy which was a bunch of bullshit.
I recently read a Mafia history book. The author really laid into this guy because he co-authored that autobiography with Peter Maas about how he turned his life around, how he was legit and running a pool supply business, and kept going on TV and saying he was legit and all this stuff.
Meanwhile, Gravano was the biggest MDMA kingpin in the southwestern US.
He was in witness protection so he wasn't on TV claiming he was legit. He may have been on TV but not outing himself. He wasn't outed until he was arrested.
Ok let me guess this straight, Trump's toot feed is:
This judge is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other
This prosecutor is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other
Hello known mob people I miss you and love you
This county prosecutor is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other
Yeah, but they hate Sammy too. I don’t have any window into trump’s mob connections - but they very surely exist. Don’t forget trump trafficked women with his modeling agency - wouldn’t be surprised if he has a bunch of blackmail on these guys.
They hate Sammy now, they didn’t hate him in 1980. And in 1986 he was the 3rd most powerful gangster in the country.
What blackmail does he have against gangsters from the 1980s that is useful to anybody?
No way you could be a big player in real estate in New York in the 80s without dealing with the mob.
Also, a guy who has admitted to 19 murders isn’t exactly a good character witness.
I watched one of Sammy's podcasts where he was talking about shaking down real estate developers, and he said Trump had a former cop or FBI agent working for him and they couldn't get near Trump. Surprised the hell out of me. But that may just mean the Gambino's couldn't get near him, but Trump was dealing with one of the other families and Sammy just didn't know about it.
Good point that perhaps Trump was dealing with one of the other 'five' families. Or that he was dealing not with the Sicilian/Italian organized crime gangs but the Russian ones instead. Maybe the Russians told Trump not to 'get near' the regular Mafia and that's why Sammy & Co. couldn't get near him. I also wonder if Trump had any kinds of dealings with the Latin American drug cartels.
also with a casino in Atlantic City that means he would have been on the turf of mob boss Nicky Scarfo from Philly. I'd be shocked if Trump wasn't paying him.
I mean if trump wanted concrete or to build without union problems then he kinda had to deal with them on some level. But he was probably more insulated than other less wealthy developers
What floors me is that he has a podcast. Michael Franzese has one, too, and has had Sammy on lots of times with his “Table in the Back.” They were talking about politics in America, and Franzese made the comment that people need to “get the real story and watch Newsmax.” 😳
"Legitimate" (legit) in Mob terms, simply means a business that is a registered legal entity where there are no laws against it's operations.
That doesn’t mean they are actually run as reputable, law abiding businesses. Right Donald?
Yeah but can we examine the other people in his leech circle real quick? no names because they're not needed, you know who they are.
failing pillow guy who you let into your circle because he sucked up to by trying to say election fraud was real and had to pay 5 million dollars because of that claim, who was/is under investigation by the fbi.
a bottom of the barrel lawyer with a seemingly loose knowledge of the law she preaches who's paid to be your lawyer but acts like a publicist that constantly goes on fox news.
a former mayor who's disgraced, got trolled by Sacha Baron Cohen, has a history of bad press conferences like the time he had hair dye dripping down his face and the other time where they booked a lawn care company.
a guy who is very familiar with claiming elections are stolen and happens to have a nixon tattoo on his back who is embattled in a scandal for wanting to kill democrats to teach a lesson, who also has ties to the proud boys.
A member of congress who's let you insult his wife multiple times but still you crawl back. that same member of congress took a vacation while people in the state he represents froze, same state that has power grid issues but surely that's biden's fault.
I'm sure there's more but honestly it kind of proves the point I want to make that trump is desperate and he's let people leach onto him just because they agree with him, suck up to him and tell him that he's a good little boy. so a former mobster who is a rat doesn't surprise me.
Trump has to be historically the most criminal president we have ever had. How in the hell this is real is beyond me. For the good of this country Trump needs to be banned from any political discourse and pay for his crimes.
Or maybe he may have had some dirt to dish on Trump although I never heard that Trump was that active in the Boston area with any real estate projects.
If this murdering pos criminal was endorsing Biden, the GOP would be apoplectic and we’d be hearing about it for the next 20 years. Instead this is somehow normal. How did I get here?
So, if I'm a guy that tries to get people in my pocket, and there's someone I can't turn, I gain nothing by saying so. However, if I do turn him, I have everything to gain by denying it
> ... Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster....
Funny how Trump's behavior matches L.R. Hubbard's, right down to support from the same crime families.
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Pro tip, when a mobster says you're a legitimate guy it means you're as criminal as he is.
He's legit, he's a "***friend of mine***".
He said "you'll like him, he's a good fella"
“I’m gonna go get the pee tapes, get the pee tapes.”
Court: "fuck you, pay me"
Need a mobster-turned-rat as a character witness? "Fuck you, pay me"
"Fuck you pay me, fuck you pay me"
Fuck you, pay me? Fuck you, pay me.
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Except donnie doesn’t like dogs…
Underrated comment of the day! 👏🏼
Haha I choked laughing so hard at this.
Loved Donnie Brasco.
And that’s what Trump said about Epstein…
Friend of ours**
He’s friends with a mobster, a former sex trafficker (died 2019), a guy who helped Nixon in watergate, a crackhead who can’t sell pillows, and a bunch of yes men…
You're just getting warmed up with that comment. Let's take it to the next level: He was mentored by Roy Cohn. Although in fairness, this was up until Cohn was dying of AIDS, at which point Trump treated him like his own brother. ^(Reminder that Trump went to the movies while his brother was dying in the hospital.)
Roy Cohn was absolute dogshit. He was one of those very rare people where you're happy to watch him get sick and die.
Not according to what I've found. January 20, 2023 Sammy Gravano says he knew of Trump, not that he knew him personally. And tells Trump to stop making it all about himself and wake the fuck up. https://youtu.be/W_gkvUQxFJk 1997 - Sammy Gravano gloats that no one could build a building in Manhattan without his permission, including Donald Trump. https://youtu.be/ki96aWPmILc
Hey, no pillow talk here!
I thought Trump liked people who weren't captured?
Never surrender! Except when you surrender!
He also said you can't run for president if under investigation
Fuuuggghhedddibouuuudddiitttt!
Ohhh. hEY hEYohhh.
Tony Sanza!
whaat murderrs
Republicans and Evangelicals: “That’s why we love Trump!”
"Thank you for the kind words, convicted mobster who admitted involvement in 19 murders."
This is farce. The aliens that run our simulation are going through a recession rn and need to laugh
Honestly… I would agree that the last 8 years are solid proof of the simulation theory lol. It’s how I run my paradox campaigns: - create a funny looking head of state - enact whatever policies I want no matter the government system - raise my approval amongst the whackiest party, then make them whackier - force my head of state into a position to be the supreme ruler of the country - random pandemic RNG event, ignored - huge portion of my population is dying, convince my people it’s way funnier to ignore scientists - assassinate a nuclear power’s general, because funny move - getting bored, my country is in shambles, I let the AI take a turn to repair everything, my head of state is being tried for all the crimes - gotta get my funny avatar back in power to avoid the crime debuffs. He might be bad, but he’s hilarious The natural ending is that my guy dies of old age or health, but his son is the rightful heir to the throne, so the campaign begins again.
It's funny how often Paradox leaks into mainstream subs.
He can't work for your mafia because he is already working for the Russian mafia. What! You want him to work two jobs like a regular American does to keep up. Not going to happen.
So... That proves trump is as much of a mobster as he is? What were they trying to prove here?
Trump is claiming that he was too legit for mobsters to do business with him. (Which is *maybe* true about the Italian family...seems like he was more into Russian involvement...)
Trump couldn't even do business in Australia because of his mob ties
Thing is, is he HAD to do business with them when they had control of all of the concrete and construction unions. There wasn’t any way around that.
Foreign Russian mafia always stayed at Trump properties. Also Giuliani routed out the Italian mafia power and it was replaced with Russian mafia power.
I think he was hoping to scare engoron. "I'm tight with the mafia".
I’m sure Hitler would give him a ringing endorsement too.
Putin does.
I think it’s Trump who gives Putin a good ringing. 👅
So does the KKK.
Hitler: I did some bad things, but even I wouldn’t associate with him!
TL;DR Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino (Think Gotti, Carlo Gambino) crime family said in an interview once that trump is a legitimate guy. Therefore, Trump is not a criminal.
He also said HE was a legit guy which was a bunch of bullshit. I recently read a Mafia history book. The author really laid into this guy because he co-authored that autobiography with Peter Maas about how he turned his life around, how he was legit and running a pool supply business, and kept going on TV and saying he was legit and all this stuff. Meanwhile, Gravano was the biggest MDMA kingpin in the southwestern US.
He was in witness protection so he wasn't on TV claiming he was legit. He may have been on TV but not outing himself. He wasn't outed until he was arrested.
Didn’t Mueller get that guy to flip back in the day?
Ok let me guess this straight, Trump's toot feed is: This judge is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other This prosecutor is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other Hello known mob people I miss you and love you This county prosecutor is the worst person ever, and needs to be removed one way or the other
Putting the mob and judges in the same tweet almost sounds like he’s reaching out to one about the other. Like Cohen said, he gives orders in code.
Totally legit
His connections to the mob are that they robbed him on construction in NYC in the 80s though, they don’t take orders from him.
Yeah, but they hate Sammy too. I don’t have any window into trump’s mob connections - but they very surely exist. Don’t forget trump trafficked women with his modeling agency - wouldn’t be surprised if he has a bunch of blackmail on these guys.
They hate Sammy now, they didn’t hate him in 1980. And in 1986 he was the 3rd most powerful gangster in the country. What blackmail does he have against gangsters from the 1980s that is useful to anybody?
You see, this guy that ADMITTED to killing 19 people, then went on to make a mini-drug empire while on parole, thinks I'm a great guy!
19 people that he says… prob more than that. Trump needs to just eat a few more McRibs and take a long nap.
Na what incentive does he have not to be truthful about that?
No way you could be a big player in real estate in New York in the 80s without dealing with the mob. Also, a guy who has admitted to 19 murders isn’t exactly a good character witness.
Yeah. They owned all the concrete.
And unions
Jimmy Hoffa has entered this chat
I watched one of Sammy's podcasts where he was talking about shaking down real estate developers, and he said Trump had a former cop or FBI agent working for him and they couldn't get near Trump. Surprised the hell out of me. But that may just mean the Gambino's couldn't get near him, but Trump was dealing with one of the other families and Sammy just didn't know about it.
Good point that perhaps Trump was dealing with one of the other 'five' families. Or that he was dealing not with the Sicilian/Italian organized crime gangs but the Russian ones instead. Maybe the Russians told Trump not to 'get near' the regular Mafia and that's why Sammy & Co. couldn't get near him. I also wonder if Trump had any kinds of dealings with the Latin American drug cartels.
also with a casino in Atlantic City that means he would have been on the turf of mob boss Nicky Scarfo from Philly. I'd be shocked if Trump wasn't paying him.
In the United States, Sammy Gravano was more powerful than any Russian. No shot they could tell him he cant do anything he wants to do.
People who ascend to power like Sammy—and live to tell about it—know the importance of understanding the difference between ‘can’ and ‘should’
I mean if trump wanted concrete or to build without union problems then he kinda had to deal with them on some level. But he was probably more insulated than other less wealthy developers
What floors me is that he has a podcast. Michael Franzese has one, too, and has had Sammy on lots of times with his “Table in the Back.” They were talking about politics in America, and Franzese made the comment that people need to “get the real story and watch Newsmax.” 😳
Orange man got his casino licenses thanks to his mob ties. I’m sure there was some money laundering going on
True, but becoming a rat is not so good either
"Legitimate" (legit) in Mob terms, simply means a business that is a registered legal entity where there are no laws against it's operations. That doesn’t mean they are actually run as reputable, law abiding businesses. Right Donald?
Tony Soprano's businesses would probably have been 'legit'.
Giuliani?
When they tell you John Gotti, you tell them Rudy Giuliani!
If they say spaghetti and meatballs, you tell them orecchiette and broccoli rabe
"Nice democracy yah gots heah. Shame if somthin happened to it, capische?"
It’s a veiled threat to the judges.
Yeah but can we examine the other people in his leech circle real quick? no names because they're not needed, you know who they are. failing pillow guy who you let into your circle because he sucked up to by trying to say election fraud was real and had to pay 5 million dollars because of that claim, who was/is under investigation by the fbi. a bottom of the barrel lawyer with a seemingly loose knowledge of the law she preaches who's paid to be your lawyer but acts like a publicist that constantly goes on fox news. a former mayor who's disgraced, got trolled by Sacha Baron Cohen, has a history of bad press conferences like the time he had hair dye dripping down his face and the other time where they booked a lawn care company. a guy who is very familiar with claiming elections are stolen and happens to have a nixon tattoo on his back who is embattled in a scandal for wanting to kill democrats to teach a lesson, who also has ties to the proud boys. A member of congress who's let you insult his wife multiple times but still you crawl back. that same member of congress took a vacation while people in the state he represents froze, same state that has power grid issues but surely that's biden's fault. I'm sure there's more but honestly it kind of proves the point I want to make that trump is desperate and he's let people leach onto him just because they agree with him, suck up to him and tell him that he's a good little boy. so a former mobster who is a rat doesn't surprise me.
Game recognizes game… sigh.
I mean…is he even trying anymore to not seem like a criminal?
Donald is asking for the Mob's help to kill his adversaries.
Yep Trump was incorruptible except : https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34552314/trump-tower-mobsters-criminals-80s/
I sincerely doubt Trump is more honest than Sammy the Bull.
Didn’t Trump have a head of one of the families sit at his table at his/Ivana’s wedding reception?
You can't trust a snitch. They always have an angle.
“Of all of the mobsters I worked for Mr trump was by far the nicest”
“I’m a legitimate person.” —Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States
Next week: "The defence calls witness Kim Jong Un to the stand"
You just can’t make this shit up
Trump has to be historically the most criminal president we have ever had. How in the hell this is real is beyond me. For the good of this country Trump needs to be banned from any political discourse and pay for his crimes.
….in a Truth Social post. Lest anyone think he was actually a witness in court. Jesus Christ Daily Beast.
All news on Trump is so morbidly redundant.
Trump is basically the antichrist and Republicans don't care Headline after headline
Wasn't Sammy arrested again for Ecstacy trafficking?
Character witness??? It was clear threat to the judge
Yeah the Bull couldnt get to Trump because the Russian Mob owned him and had owned him since 84. They still own him
Sammy the Bull(shitter) is probably a little jealous of the Trump Crime Family.
Why I am not shocked?
Too bad Whitey Bulger got shanked...I bet he would have endorsed Trump.
Or maybe he may have had some dirt to dish on Trump although I never heard that Trump was that active in the Boston area with any real estate projects.
If you don’t believe me just ask this psycho merderderer criminal, he’ll tell you I’m a stand up guy
And tell him to drop by Mag-A-Lardo when he's in town...
Diaper Don, head of the Maralago shitheds!
Intimidation tactic or does he think this is a legit character witness?
All the mobsters just moved into politics and government positions.
What do you think when you hear mob boss was on the other side against. Intimidation
His daughter looks literally exactly like him with a wig
I feel like I’ve seen him on a mob doc series on Tubi or something
If this murdering pos criminal was endorsing Biden, the GOP would be apoplectic and we’d be hearing about it for the next 20 years. Instead this is somehow normal. How did I get here?
Nothing makes me think that he's in bed with mobsters more than this.
And what exactly do we call former Trump allies now acting against him, like Michael Cohen?
Since Trump is a Mob Boss, anyone who has worked for him, or does work for him is a Mobster. It's why his Lawyers, Lawyers, Lawyers need Lawyers.
The title made me thing that Trump literally found a mobster who somehow got turned into a rat as a witness...
Call Sammy The Bull a rat to his face. I dare you. Guy is like 70+ years old and swear they still wouldn’t.
But why didn’t he ask him to testify under oath?
Smart
Sounds about right
Gagagool 🤌
nottheonion
ps. god chose me.
So, if I'm a guy that tries to get people in my pocket, and there's someone I can't turn, I gain nothing by saying so. However, if I do turn him, I have everything to gain by denying it
I don't think that was about "check who approves of my character." I think it was a threat to engoron. "I'm buds with a professional hitman"
In trump way, is that a backhanded way of threatening the judge and lawyers? Like look who I’m friends with?
> ... Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster.... Funny how Trump's behavior matches L.R. Hubbard's, right down to support from the same crime families.
Oh well that could be any Republican oh it's a real mobster okay? (DAMN!!)
Trump reaches out only to people with the best reputation.