David Mamet
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Here's the thing. I don't want my tax dollars to go to give an endowment to Harvard.
Here's the thing. I don't want my tax dollars to go to give an endowment to Harvard.
Okay, so Trump says, wait a second, you have to do away with the anti-Semitism. They say, fuck you. They say, wait, no, no, no, you really have to. It's against the law. It's against the Civil Rights Act. You have to stop.
Okay, so Trump says, wait a second, you have to do away with the anti-Semitism. They say, fuck you. They say, wait, no, no, no, you really have to. It's against the law. It's against the Civil Rights Act. You have to stop.
Okay, so Trump says, wait a second, you have to do away with the anti-Semitism. They say, fuck you. They say, wait, no, no, no, you really have to. It's against the law. It's against the Civil Rights Act. You have to stop.
What were they?
What were they?
What were they?
Exactly so. They said they were going to make some concessions. I don't know if they made any. But here's the thing. If it were blacks or gays or women, you wouldn't say... Absolutely. They made some concessions. Oh, my God. So Trump says, you have to fucking stop it. And they say, I'm not going to. So they say... So he says, okay, guess what? I'm going to have to raise you back.
Exactly so. They said they were going to make some concessions. I don't know if they made any. But here's the thing. If it were blacks or gays or women, you wouldn't say... Absolutely. They made some concessions. Oh, my God. So Trump says, you have to fucking stop it. And they say, I'm not going to. So they say... So he says, okay, guess what? I'm going to have to raise you back.
Exactly so. They said they were going to make some concessions. I don't know if they made any. But here's the thing. If it were blacks or gays or women, you wouldn't say... Absolutely. They made some concessions. Oh, my God. So Trump says, you have to fucking stop it. And they say, I'm not going to. So they say... So he says, okay, guess what? I'm going to have to raise you back.
We're going to play hardball. That's what he's doing.
We're going to play hardball. That's what he's doing.
We're going to play hardball. That's what he's doing.
Did you ever play poker? No. Okay. When you play poker... You have to dominate the table. You can't just say, I'm going to call your bet and see what happens. You have to raise people. You have to put people on the back. You have to make them respond to you. So that's what he's doing.
Did you ever play poker? No. Okay. When you play poker... You have to dominate the table. You can't just say, I'm going to call your bet and see what happens. You have to raise people. You have to put people on the back. You have to make them respond to you. So that's what he's doing.
Did you ever play poker? No. Okay. When you play poker... You have to dominate the table. You can't just say, I'm going to call your bet and see what happens. You have to raise people. You have to put people on the back. You have to make them respond to you. So that's what he's doing.
Then don't play the hand. But if you do have the cards, you have to make people fear you and wonder what you've got. So that once in a while, when you don't have the cards, you... You muscle them and either you win or once in a while they call you and they find that you're bluffing so that the next time you can win. It's playing the long game.
Then don't play the hand. But if you do have the cards, you have to make people fear you and wonder what you've got. So that once in a while, when you don't have the cards, you... You muscle them and either you win or once in a while they call you and they find that you're bluffing so that the next time you can win. It's playing the long game.
Then don't play the hand. But if you do have the cards, you have to make people fear you and wonder what you've got. So that once in a while, when you don't have the cards, you... You muscle them and either you win or once in a while they call you and they find that you're bluffing so that the next time you can win. It's playing the long game.