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I don't think "con job" is the whole story here. There's always money to be made when morons gather together and soulless hedge fund managers don't care about the side effects. What better place could there be to sell advertising space for testosterone supplements and nuclear fallout shelters?
Not to mention all the free advertising for it from both social and mainstream media.
Con job is the name for what you described. It is short hand for confidence game and literally means "A confidence game, also known as a con, scam, grift, or flim flam, is an attempt to win the trust and confidence of a victim, known as the "mark," in order to defraud them."
Those soulless hedge fund managers and conning the investors and Trumpers to make money.
Hence Trump selling ugly sneakers and "presidentially endorsed" bibles...
Him selling bibles just astounds me. How did he not just explode into a billion orange particles when he picked it up?
There really is no justice in the world.
My brain starts to ache just trying to figure out how the heck anybody can associate that man with any morally-goaled faith.
Even the most basic background on things he doesn't even dispute shows he's the antithesis of everything Jesus even talked about.
I'm surprised anyone who considers themselves and this guy a "Christian" doesn't just spontaneously combust from the sheer cognitive dissonance required to hold themselves together.
Oh god I thought that was a joke.
Edit: hoooooly shit.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003
This surpasses Simpsons levels of dark humor.
"The word of God- approved by and with written foreword in simple English by ~~Mussolini~~ ~~Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow~~ ~~Nicolae Ceaușescu~~ Damold G Trumph, only $59.99"
You know how I know God isn't real? Because that.
Jesus be like... "dude".
Ah, the famous "trickle down" principle of economics.