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The War For The Soul Of Our Movement (Ep. 2546)
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Trump on Wollman Rink, Real Estate, and Why He'd Be the Greatest Communist
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This segment binds together the show's running themes. Bongino recounts a pre-show chat with Trump before a major interview that drew 300,000 live streamers. Trump launched into a detailed technical explanation of the brine-and-salt refrigeration mixture used to fix Wollman Rink — a New York ice skating facility no one could repair for decades that Trump fixed in six months as a private citizen. The level of granular operational knowledge impressed Bongino. That hands-on expertise is why Trump's instincts on rent control and communism are credible. [1] — Donald Trump "Trump says communism is easy to sell because everything is free year one. Then year 2 or 3 arrives — no food, no housing, no military, no l…" 59:50 Then comes the clip: Trump says he would be the greatest communist in history because free everything is the easiest political sell ever devised. Free rent, free food, free housing — everyone votes for you. The problem: after 2–3 years, no food, no housing, no military, no law and order, squalor, third-world conditions, and collapse. It has happened for thousands of years. Always does. Always has.
Trump says communism is easy to sell because everything is free year one. Then year 2 or 3 arrives — no food, no housing, no military, no law and order — and the whole place collapses. It has happened for thousands of years under different names.
