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hiromichi
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 1380
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:46 am Post subject: play the American public for suckers |
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I don't understand what the captioned phrase means.
Mr. Romney also called Mr. Trump “a con man, a fake,” and poked fun at his “Make America Great Again” baseball caps by saying Mr. Trump was “playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.” _________________ Hiromichi |
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Lorikeet
Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:00 am Post subject: Re: play the American public for suckers |
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hiromichi wrote: |
I don't understand what the captioned phrase means.
Mr. Romney also called Mr. Trump “a con man, a fake,” and poked fun at his “Make America Great Again” baseball caps by saying Mr. Trump was “playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.” |
It means he was treating the American people as a con man would. A con man can succeed if the people he is conning believe him--they are "suckers". |
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hiromichi
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
Thank you. _________________ Hiromichi |
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