leomoon
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What did trump learn from Roy Cohn?
From Quora:
For those who don't know about "The Red Scare" others mentioned Senator Joe McCarthy who behaved similarly to Trump.
There was a movie made about him and Joe McCarthy who destroyed people's lives - many of them famous people.
He was a BULLY too, and "Opportunist" as they now call him. trump will go down in the same history....as McCarthy
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2499780121?playlistId=tt1783393&ref_=tt_ov_vi
From Quora:
It’s safe to say that Donald Trump learned enough from Roy Cohn to impact his own worldview and personality significantly. To understand Donald, you must understand Roy Cohn.
For those not familiar with Roy Cohn, he rose to infamy during the 1950’s for playing a major role in the Red Scare with Joseph McCarthy. Together the two men destroyed countless lives with fabrications, fear-mongering and aggressive accusations with little to no facts.
After the Red Scare, he went back to New York and began a private law practice. This is where Roy Cohn met the young Donald Trump and showed him the power of publicity and how to manipulate the media. He helped show Donald that any press is good press. Cohn represented Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch as well as countless prominent Mafia and Organized Crime figures.
Cohn is credited with introducing Trump and Murdoch in the 1970s. He also introduced Trump to Roger Stone.
A closeted homosexual with AIDS, Cohn lied about his disease and sexual orientation for years, claiming that he had liver disease.
Roy Cohn’s sad life came full circle in 1986 as he was disbarred from practicing law and later died from his complications from the AIDS virus.
Cohn lived his life according to 3 major principles:
These three principles can be seen pretty clearly throughout both men’s lives. Trump’s current words and actions speak volumes to how this advice has stuck with him since the 1970s and it has never been more evident than today.
- Never settle, never surrender.
- Attack, Attack, Attack, Counter-attack.
- No matter how deep you get into the muck, always claim victory and never admit defeat.
The thing that confuses me most, is that Donald Trump saw how these principles impacted Roy Cohn’s legacy and how he ultimately ended up disbarred, disgraced and dead, yet somehow he continues to stick by them.
https://www.quora.com/What-did-Donald-Trump-learn-from-Roy-Cohn
David W. Rudlin
Novelist, corporate poo bah, foodaholic, political junkie.
Answered December 11, 2018
Attack, attack, attack.
It all boils down to that.
Thus:
Trump’s own take: “You just tell them and they believe you.”
- Never admit error.
- Never apologize.
- If you can’t attack the facts, attack the person presenting them.
He’s almost a parody of the Roy Cohn philosophy. And as long as you don’t care about the law, morality or human decency, it’s a sadly effective approach to life.
For those who don't know about "The Red Scare" others mentioned Senator Joe McCarthy who behaved similarly to Trump.
There was a movie made about him and Joe McCarthy who destroyed people's lives - many of them famous people.
He was a BULLY too, and "Opportunist" as they now call him. trump will go down in the same history....as McCarthy
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2499780121?playlistId=tt1783393&ref_=tt_ov_vi
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