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BARI KANTOR's avatar

Trump's entire existence is kayfabe. So sick and tired of him blaming everything on immigrants. Divide and conquer is his strategy. Turning one group against another. And in the end, aren't we ALL immigrants? The only people not immigrants are the true original inhabitants of this country, the Native Indian.

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RM Gregg's avatar

Worth reading Terry Bollea's testimony in the Gawker trial. He breaks down in tears (!) as he tries to explain how Hulk Hogan, the character, works and how a sex tape ruined his real life because of the publicity. Of course, the jury believed him and rest is history.

At this point, Trump is completely kayfabe created character, no different then Hulk Hogan

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

Thanks for the reminder. That lawsuit was an abomination. The defense was: Gawker argues that Bollea's "frequent public discussion of his sex life made the clip newsworthy and thus protected by the First Amendment." Here's a link to his bs sad sack testimony, for which the media company was destroyed.

All on behalf of Peter Thiel, but that's another story.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/08/469685935/hulk-hogan-testifies-in-his-100-million-lawsuit-against-gawker

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Helen Stajninger's avatar

I think you have something there about Kayfebe and neokayfebe. Also how Trump and MAGA’s continue to lie about crime, immigration and pretty much everything. Thank you!

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McLain's avatar

Very interesting. Thanks for your informative and entertaining essays, Nina!

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Michael Morgan's avatar

I understand that Musk entered the US on an F-1 student visa and then ditched his classes to work, illegally.

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

Links?

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