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ananda

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7. I never liked Donald Trump, even when..

Reply to bmichaelh (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:38 AM

Sep 25

he was popular back in the 80's.

I tried to watch The Apprentice once and lasted
about 10 minutes, total yuk.

When the opera director Peter Sellars did those
shows on PBS, he set The Marriage of Figaro
in the Trump Tower penthouse. It was really
really out there.

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Kimmel reveals why he does not like Trump [View all] bmichaelh Sep 25 OP

I feel the exact same way.... FarPoint Sep 25 #1

Trump has always been a bully Coldwater Sep 25 #2

Ty for sharing this clip! SheltieLover Sep 25 #5

Same here malaise Sep 25 #20

Great minds... SheltieLover Sep 25 #21

Never Surrender to a Bully MrWowWow Sep 25 #3

"Why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here." Ray Bruns Sep 25 #9

What's to like about him? greatauntoftriplets Sep 25 #4

For me, it started with his appearances on Howard Stern's show in the 90s. Miles Archer Sep 25 #14

My revulsion was the articles in the early 1980s about that horrendously garish apartment. greatauntoftriplets Sep 25 #16

I never watched, either. Grins Sep 25 #18

I was on the CT/NY border (literally, within feet) and learned of the trumps and their crimes and excesses Totally Tunsie Sep 25 #24

I was in NJ, 20-miles from NYC. We all knew what a fraud the Trump's were. Grins Sep 26 #31

Exactly! I was doing the same as you - informing everyone I knew that he was a fraud and a danger. Totally Tunsie Sep 26 #32

For me, it was his ad in the newspaper choie Sep 25 #27

I learned of that long after it happened, but... Miles Archer Sep 26 #30

I became aware of him in the mid 1980s misanthrope Sep 26 #28

DiNiro despises Trump to the upmost degree. oasis Sep 25 #6

I never liked Donald Trump, even when.. ananda Sep 25 #7

I started following Donald and father Fred in the '70s pazzyanne Sep 25 #13

Wow. I was never really aware of Fred. ananda Sep 25 #15

I was a weekend paper junkie pazzyanne Sep 25 #23

Not to take any credit but I've been calling him Bif since 2016 mdbl Sep 25 #8

Not only a bully but a stupid bully too boot. Ray Bruns Sep 25 #10

While he has the instincts of a bully, he is missing one component misanthrope Sep 26 #29

there are hundreds of reasons why not to like that orange POS but that is a good one LymphocyteLover Sep 25 #11

Trump Tower was used as the Devil's NY apartment in Devil's Advocate. ChicagoTeamster Sep 25 #12

Jimmy Breslion on Trump 1990 Grins Sep 25 #17

Kimmel to TSF: "Isn't it past your jail time?" nt Wednesdays Sep 25 #19

i didn't like him the 1st time i saw his bragging ass on this old house decades ago. then i got SPY magazine. pansypoo53219 Sep 25 #22

We're now seeing Trump some_of_us_are_sane Sep 25 #25

I knew that about Biff but louis-t Sep 25 #26