What people (not us) say about Trump.

I'm not surprised - Ecclestone would say that.

Billionaire businessman Bernie Ecclestone has admitted fraud following a lengthy, complex and worldwide investigation into his tax affairs by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Crown Prosecipution Service
12 October 2023

Oh for an edit button.

Crown Prosecution Service

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Bernie Ecclestone:
“Trump is the best thing that could happen to the world,” he declares. “As I’ve said right from day one, he is a dealer. He puts it like this: ‘OK, you don’t want me to do this? Well, this is what I want you to do. So, let’s do a deal. I’ll back off a little, but you have to wake up.’
He’s a good dealer.”

So a bit like Don Corleone in the Godfather, making an offer they can’t refuse.

😁

I just wonder how those praising this tactic will feel when it is directed at the UK?

On the other hand, this. He truly is like a toddler, but a very dangerous one.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/donald-trump-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mitt_romney_792528?src=t_donald_trump

#Rich men of the worldRus?
I wouldn't trust BE as far as I could throw him in an Australian dwarf- chucking contest
He is only a second hand car salesman who has become phenomenonally rich- which is suspect in itself- let's not even mention the fraud trial settlement which allowed him to wriggle out of a custodial sentence.
3 men I would emphatically not like to be stuck in an elevator with- Trump, Musk, Ecclestone
Birds of a feather eh?

3 men I would emphatically not like to be stuck in an elevator with- Trump, Musk, Ecclestone

I know it's not funny but the thought of the three of them stuck in a lift together (without you, of course) is quite delicious, especially if the lift was made in Canada, Mexico or the EU and no engineers were available for a couple of months.

Sorry, that's not very kind really, is it.

But what Ecclestone describes is also the description you would apply to a powerful bully
OK, you don’t want me to do this? Well, this is what I want you to do. So, let’s do a deal. I’ll back off a little, but you have to wake up.

which can beinterpreted as ^ I am a big man with a big stick and if you do what I want you will not be hit by it^

That is not my definition of a dealer. A dealer gives a bit, takes a bit and negotiates.

Very rich people probably don’t become so by being nice I dare say. Nor honest?

TBH I can think of few people I would rather NOT be endorsed by than Elon Musk and Bernie Ecclestone , given that the Krays are no longer available.

Ecclestone said similar things about Hitler …

[Hitler] could command a lot of people – able to get things done.

See Hitler remarks:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone

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Other people Ecclestone has said good things about

"Hitler .....could command a lot of people – able to get things done."

On Putin "he replied that he would "take a bullet" for him because he was a "first class person.

He said the Russian invasion of Ukraine was just a "mistake" that all business men make. that President Zelenskyy could have prevented the invasion of Ukraine and that the death of innocent Ukrainian citizens was not "intentional"

If Bernie likes you, chances are you are probably some sort of monster.

Yikes!
I’ve had my eyes opened tonight about Ecclestone.

Agree absolutely with you, Rosie. I wouldn't seek his endorsement of someone to clear my drains.
The Kray twins, actually, might have some useful contacts for that activity..