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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The anti-Platner posts show how privileged and out-of-touch you all are. You sound like Trump sounding out the word groceries. Do you know anything about Maine besides Kennybunkport and Acadia? You all say "his dad was a lawyer!" like it means he was a partner in NYC Big Law. Sullivan, Maine has a population of 1200! Ellsworth, ME where he worked has a population of 8,000. You may drive by and through these places on your way to Bar Harbor but this is where the people who serve you live and work. So the dad bought him a house? SO WHAT?! When I lived in that area, I bought the nicest house I'll ever live in just a few years before Platner got his for just over 100K. IK just looked it up and the median home price in Sullivan, Maine, in 2017 was between $116,000 and $140,000. Platner lived his whole life in small-town, working class Maine. He served multiple tours in the Middle East. He works with his hands. Your assumption that he is a "rich kid defying daddy" says a lot more about you than it does about him.[/quote] Not only was his father a lawyer, his grandfather is a famous architect and his mother owns a restaurant that sells $41 seafood pasta with truffles. Having a lawyer for a Dad and restauranteur Mom who sells her well off diners truffle pasta just screams working class. This is the menu at his downtrodden mother’s restaurant. Please stop with this madness. https://www.ironboundmaine.com/ironbound-menu [/quote] +1 Thank you. So sick of this fiction about him being "working class." I don't care either way what his background is, but he needs to stop pretending he's something he's not. [/quote] Platner is a freaking oysterman!! He works with his hands. That's the definition of working class. Go away with your lies, troll. Our working class man is going to win. Ha! [/quote] +1 If you listen to the NYT interview, he defines working class as someone who has to get up and go to WORK for a living, as opposed to amassing wealth on assets. Whether a W2 employee or a small business owner, if your wellbeing depends on you getting up and WORKING everyday, if your world turns over if you get laid off or lose a bunch of clients…you are working class. Not if your money makes money while you sleep. [/quote] +2 just started the podcast. Also his dad was his bank for the mortgage. He pays him back with interest.[/quote] His Daddy giving him a $200,000 loan does not = growing up working class. You know that, right? I feel like I’m in an alternate universe.[/quote] How do you define the working class? I have to work to pay my bills, mortgage, kids' college, and food. Others do not have to work or worry about what happens if they lose their job at 54 years of age. I need to know how posters are defining working class, because if you are working to live and sustain a lifestyle, you are working class in multiple tax brackets. [/quote] So Platner gets exposed as the son of a lawyer and restaurateur and the scion of the family whose paternal grandfather was a famous architect who designed a restaurant on top of the World Trade Center and a line of $15,000 office chairs and had a self described chateau for a home and now we have to revise working class to include anyone who has a job and by this all so convenient expanded definition it can include two lawyer parents working to pay off a $3 million house in Bethesda? No, I’m not playing that game. Your guy is a fraud and a charlatan and no different than Rachel Dolezal. No need to redefine definitions because some politician in Maine is full of it.[/quote] Dude, nothing matters anymore. We were given Trump and were told he was a "businessman" and "self made man" when he was actually just a dumb rich playboy who was handed a half-billion dollar real estate empire from his dad, and outside of that real estate empire most of his side businesses flopped and went bankrupt. He talks like a construction worker and the MAGA morons buy it.[/quote] DP. Trump has never claimed or even pretended to be "working class." He's a buffoon, but he owns his background and wealth. You're comparing apples and oranges.[/quote] Not at all. Trump presents himself as a self‑made success, but independent financial investigations show he mostly benefited from extensive family wealth and support. Examples from public reporting: Trump has often described receiving only a “small loan” from his father to start his business. He has repeatedly claimed he built his empire through “hard work,” “tough negotiating,” and “being smart.” In his books (The Art of the Deal, The Art of the Comeback), he presents himself as a scrappy, self‑driven builder who outworked competitors. What independent investigations found: Reporting from The New York Times and other outlets documented that Trump received the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support from his father over decades, including loans, gifts, and inheritance structures. These reports also found that Trump was a millionaire by age 8 and a full partner in his father’s business by his 20s. Trump uses construction‑worker language as a rhetorical tool to present himself as a hands‑on builder and a champion of blue‑collar workers, even though his background is elite and inherited. Examples of the style: He talks about “builders,” “welders,” “steelworkers,” “concrete guys,” and “the trades.” He uses phrases like “I know construction,” “I know deals,” “I know how to build things,” and “I’ve been on job sites my whole life.” He often contrasts himself with “politicians who never built anything.” Why he does this: It reinforces his brand as a hands‑on builder rather than a traditional politician. It appeals to blue‑collar and union‑adjacent audiences, even though he is a billionaire real‑estate developer. It positions him as someone who “gets” the working world despite his wealth. It's not "apples and oranges" whatsoever.[/quote] Trump embraces his wealth. He is not ashamed of it. And, Republicans do not demonize people who are wealthy. And, believe it or not - he relates to the working class. He doesn't criticize people who decided not to go to college. He understands that people in the trades make a good living without a college education. He employs these people! On the other hand, Democrats seem to hate people who make money and create jobs. Unless those people are their big donors like George Soros or Neville Roy Singham. Notice that they never criticize actors and actresses who are quite wealthy, yet are not job creators. Why is that? [/quote]i Trump is notorious for not paying his bills to blue collar tradesmen. He counter sues and settles for pennies on the dollar. Trump has literally bankrupted hundreds of contractors in the Tristate area. They are under the threat of severe non disclosure agreements. [/quote]
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