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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (17 children)

Both too proud to de-escalate the situation. What the hell are they even arguing about? They're both children in suits.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 13 hours ago (12 children)

Trump was mentored by Roy Cohn. Cohn was Joe McCarthy's attack dog and had a reputation as the most vicious lawyers in New York. Cohn was the guy who taught Donny to make contracts with mid level businesses and then stiff them.

Trump repaid these lessons by abandoning Cohn when he found out Cohn had AIDS

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I genuinely think something is broken in Trump. The closest thing he ever had to a friend is Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Epstein said that he was D's best friend for 10 years. Said he was charming and could sell anything. Then said he used that for evil as he trashed all his friends and wives in a pattern: build trust, draw people in, and pop a nasty betrayal.

The recording is doing the rounds on social media again.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Then said he used that for evil as he trashed all his friends and wives in a patty

That would mean that Epstein had nothing on Trump. Would Trump betray Epstein's friends if Epstein could destroy him?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Heard it. He also said Trump is smart about real estate… and nothing else.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I remember an old black and white movie where one pirate saves another's life.

I can't recall the exact line, but it was something like "I had to save you; you're the only other person I've ever met who is as evil as I am."

[–] tla@lemmy.world -5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Courtesy of LLM:

Could be the 2003 Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl? Not black & white though.

It’s spoken by Captain Hector Barbossa (played by Geoffrey Rush) to Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) during a tense moment on the island. The full exchange is:

Barbossa: "You’re a cruel one, Jack Sparrow. You’ve doomed us all!"
Jack Sparrow: "Not all of us."
(Elizabeth then shoots Barbossa with a pistol.)
Barbossa: "I had to shoot you, darling. It’s nothing personal. You’re just the only person I’ve ever met who is as evil as I am."

Could be the 1940 pirate film "The Sea Hawk", starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains.

In one scene, the villainous Captain Thorpe (played by Claude Rains) says to the protagonist, Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn), something along the lines of:

"I had to save you—you're the only man I've ever met who's as big a scoundrel as I am!"

Another possibility is "Captain Blood" (1935), also starring Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, where rival pirates exchange similar banter.

Other options are:

  • "The Black Swan" (1942) (with Tyrone Power)
  • "The Buccaneer" (1938) (with Fredric March)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Full movie.

https://youtu.be/6Q5j56oDL8s

It was Charles Laughton speaking to John Carradine

For something a tad more modern, I can't praise "Black Sails" enough. All the sex and violence fo GOT with a much faster pace.

edit =forgot the link. shiver me timbers.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thing just made up a scene whole cloth.

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