The term wise guy to mean a smart aleck came into use in the later 1800s in America. The modern definition - since 1970 - means a person who's in the Mafia.
With that established we know the former president is a wise guy on political steroids who's trying to drag democracy down a back alley for an ambush.
Trump slithered into the social and financial scene with millions from his father.
He was a natural con man and grifter with no conscience or concern for others. He's known for shedding his support for friends and allies like a snake if it'll personally benefit him.
His wise guy education came from the likes of notorious New York crime bosses, and the likes of Roy Cohn, and Roger Stone.
As Trump put together his company he was guided by his mentors and emulated their way of doing business like a wise guy. It didn't take long before everyone in his orbit to call him boss.
His Republican acolytes in Congress refer to him as boss when the press isn't around.
Others like extreme activists openly call him the boss.
The public has seen testimony and emails from the Jan. 6 Select Committee where GOP lawmakers cravenly call him the boss.
Trump's perfected the art of passing the buck to others and never getting caught outright ordering his minions to commit a crime. Like a classic crime boss/wise guy in the mafia movies, he always has a layer of fools who end up paying for his crimes.
No surprise then that Trump has a wise guy agenda for America where he controls the masses with government thugs loyal only to him. That way he'll become America's puppet master and first dictator.
This midterm and the next two years has to be a refusal (by voters and Democratic lawmakers) of the orange wise guy's agenda if the republic is to survive.
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