The funny thing is that Donald Trump has never gotten close to any of the real Mafia bosses in New York. Even when he was doing local construction and Atlantic City casinos, he only dealt with cut-outs and middle men. The reason is that the bosses know Trump to be a buffoon who'd use their names and brag about his powerful friends.
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The internet's been memeing that since 2017. Glad The Atlantic is catching on, I guess.
I wish they had the balls to slap RICO charges on the president and his co-conspirators. This is literally what they were made for.
Nuh uh! The president can't do anything illegal, that's literally impossible! Are you suggesting the king is wrong!?!
You can absolutely get fucked you no dick wannabe mafioso. Mob bosses are supposed to be intimidating and calculative. You are neither. You're the biggest pussy in history you're up there with mussolini.
And even then you‘ll get hurt.
If I do what he wants, I will still be sent to RFK's plantations. If my life is over, I might as well give them a black eye on the way out.
Read Snow Crash
Comparing the obese imbecile and his obvious antics to the mafia is actually quite complimentary. It's more like a Schoolyard Bully 'presidency' than anything else.
My first impression after reading the title is to say:
Amazing how journalists will twist words instead of saying the truth. This is called dictatorship.
And then I got carious what is the difference between being a Mafia style government and being a dictatorship. Looking online it seems such topics has been discussed by acidemia and I found this article:
http://www.es.tsu.ge/index.php/es/article/view/188`___`
I then skimmed over the Atlantic article, and it seems to lack depth, as it only look into one aspect of comparison between the two, which is offering protection and getting bribe. However, it fail to address any other aspect. Including, this US government is representing Billionaires class, Republican Party, White Supremacy, Evangelical Christian, and Zionist. Trump cannot do what he want, he just representing these groups and finding balance between them.
I am not sure if this is facism or dictatorship but regardless it is not Mafia government.