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Jiang uses this as the key interpretive model for Trump’s consistency, bargaining style, and indifference to national interest.
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mafia boss
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...You've described Donald Trump as an anarchist who behaves like a mafia boss with no idea of consequences. And you've sent this message to..."
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Jiang says Trump is best understood as a mafia boss who acts for personal benefit and image rather than the national interest of the United States.
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"Well, I think he is consistent. He's a mafia boss. And that's why people don't really understand about him. He's not the president of..."
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"...You've described Donald Trump as an anarchist who behaves like a mafia boss with no idea of consequences. And you've sent this message to..."
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"...to focus on Trump and how he thinks. Trump, he's a mafia boss. Right. And so what mafia bosses do is they like to..."
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"...States has become a mafia Empire and Trump is just a mafia boss so what what what they want is money okay and so..."
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"...of the day it's just a business transaction Trump is a mafia boss and"
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"...necessarily trusted for anything given that as you called him a mafia boss mafia bosses especially publicly like to talk out of uh various..."
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"...really simple, okay? So Kanye's a banker, and Trump is a mafia boss. And this is how they behave, and this is how they..."
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