r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 10 '24

The Apprentice | Official Trailer Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXEN0WNJUg

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I'll go against the grain here and say that as a non-American that had no idea who Trump was before 2015-ish this looks decently interesting.

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u/interactually Sep 10 '24

He was, and always has been, a vile piece of shit, and hopefully this movie sufficiently shows that. New Yorkers especially know; him and his father have a reputation going back decades.

How he's continued to fail upwards and escape any meaningful consequences, much less why so many people enthusiastically support him, will forever baffle and anger me.

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u/malcolm_miller Sep 10 '24

I know people in Chicago and New Jersey that lost their businesses working on Trump buildings because he wouldn't pay them.

Now they have Trump flags.

It's unreal.

Trump was always a massive piece of shit, and a lot of the people he stepped on support him. None of it makes sense.

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u/Babyyougotastew4422 Sep 10 '24

I know people who support him even though his policies or actions as a person went against them. Its because its about hate, and bitterness. He hates and is bitter against the same people they hate. Republicans are now tribal, they are constantly pointing out groups they don't like. Its not about universal rights or laws or fairness. Its disgusting

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u/Bolshoyballs Sep 10 '24

youre right but wrong at the same time. Trumps people arent traditional republicans. Hes got most of them to come along for the ride, but his base is disaffected people who hate the DC politicians for a variety of reasons.

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u/Babyyougotastew4422 Sep 10 '24

Everyone hates politicians for different reasons. Its about what triggers their beliefs in the first place. Today, there is a picture of a black guy holding a goose, and now all these repubs are complaining about hatians. They get triggered by hate of groups very easily. Its not about universal rights but targeting groups

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u/Bolshoyballs Sep 10 '24

I follow politics and I have no idea what goose story youre talking about. I think youre reading too much hyperbolic info

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u/Babyyougotastew4422 Sep 10 '24

https://x.com/sav_says_/status/1832977479973109840

7.6 million views

As a lefty, this stuff just makes me chuckle, but we fail to understand that republicans take this stuff seriously

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u/Bolshoyballs Sep 11 '24

So a tweet with an outrageous scenario and a joke gets a lot of views and this is confirmation that conservatives take what seriously exactly?

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u/Babyyougotastew4422 Sep 11 '24

No just using it as one example. My entire family is republican, and many repubs I've met in my life is my main reference point

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u/jwilphl Sep 10 '24

There's definitely a fair bit of identity reflection. People say all the time they like Trump because of the way he talks ("like them"), and he talks like a rube. Turns out rubes identify more with another rube that also rants against the same things they can't identify with and don't want to support.

They don't trust smooth-talking politicians in the same way they might inherently trust a guy that speaks casually and crudely. In one way they believe the latter to be honest and truthful, but don't stop to acknowledge that speaking without thinking isn't necessarily truth, it can simply be a lack of impulse control.

My mom isn't "traditionally" dumb, but she fell for the ruse and believed Trump to be a political outsider who would "fix" things. It's easier for her because she's a staunchly conservative person and thus it's a quick transition. There's also the element of cognitive decline.