Have any of you who are giving Trump a pass because "you had to deal with the mob to be successful in New York" actually read the entire articles linked by the OP? He didn't just deal with the mob, he was in bed with them. He hired underpaid illegal immigrants. He bankrupted small businesses involved with his Atlantic City ventures, personally pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars while passing on debt to bond and shareholders. His casino license application was magically rubber stamped even in the face of activities which would get many operators shut down. The list goes on and on. But it's ok, everyone had to do it...

 

...if they wanted to make money. Greed almost excuses everything, and as for what it doesn't, well everyone else is doing it.

 

To paraphrase an infamous moment during a Trump interview, that's the argument of a 5 year old, not a Presidential candidate.

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