What if Trump was born to a family without money?

[Dennis Donovan]

Thought exercise; what do you think his occupation would be?

[Brainstormy]

1. don't know, but

we would never have heard of him.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Of course. But, what we know of his personality, what would he be qualified to do?

[2naSalit]

2. He'd be Ratso Rizzo...nt

[Dennis Donovan]

5. Ratso had a loveable side, though...

[2naSalit]

14. True.

It's the best I could come up with on a moments' pondering. I might come up with something better later in the day. I have to go for a drive today that involves going over a pass and hoping it warms up by the time I get rolling. Currently it's -10F, supposed to get up to +28F, which sounds far better. Unfortunately I have to get there early and it's at least an hour's drive on the freeway.

Later.

[Dennis Donovan]

19. Safe travels!

[2naSalit]

21. Thanks!

[MontanaMama]

32. Safe travels! Maybe the sun will peek out

and make for a nicer ride. The groundhog was high, Salit...it just keep snowing and blowing on this side of the divide.

[2naSalit]

82. Just got settled back in.

It was a beautiful drive, sunny all day and did get up to +28! The roads were dry except for a couple drifty spots.

And I saw eagles. I saw a few on the way out. But on the way back I saw four pairs, each were perched close together on the same branch. That was kind of cool. I have a few who sit in a tree near my place so I get to see them often but seeing pairs all over the place was cool.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Feckless gangster.

[Dennis Donovan]

7. He's too much of a coward to do that...

...plus he sucks at "oaths".

[MrsCoffee]

6. Where is the Umbrella Academy when you need them?

[Dennis Donovan]

12. He could be a tester!

With all that urine flying around the russian hotel rooms, an umbrella might be handy!

[IggleDuer]

8. Inmate

[Dennis Donovan]

13. Yep - my money's on that!

[exboyfil]

9. Car or Whole life sales

maybe working for a for profit diploma mill or a fly by night "investment" house.

[Dennis Donovan]

15. Herbalife! Amway!

Totally fits him!

[ginnyinWI]

10. Either a member of the Mob,

or else a shady salesman of some kind.

[Dennis Donovan]

16. I think he sold me my second car...

The first I paid over $1000 for, that is.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. No Way On The Former

The outfit has people around who either will kill or earn money.
He's too chicken to be the first, and provably incapable on the second.
The mob wouldn't give him the time of day.

[47of74]

11. License plate factory worker.

[Dennis Donovan]

17. Corcraft Foreman?

...except he's too dumb to be a foreman... or a worker.

[2naSalit]

18. What he already is only without the

fancy digs and notoriety. He's still an evil drug trafficking, human trafficking money laundering traitorous, abusive pimp.

[Dennis Donovan]

23. I almost said Trevor Philips...

...but I find myself always feeling sorry for him (Trevor), despite his psychopathy.

[fleur-de-lisa]

20. Harry Wormwood from the movie 'Matilda'

The sleazy used car salesman played by Danny DeVito.

[Dennis Donovan]

27. Yes! Perfect!

[bigbrother05]

22. Pimp

eta: or dead in Nam, no money to pay doctor to get him out of the draft.

[Dennis Donovan]

37. He still would've dragged his fat ass to Canada...

...not for ideological reasons, but because of cowardice.

[MineralMan]

24. Driving a garbage truck.

Good pay, mob connections and opportunities for grifting.

[Dennis Donovan]

31. That would require a learned skill...

He would've compacted his supervisor on the 2nd day.

[Johnny2X2X]

25. He'd be in prison

When he punched his grade school teacher in the face he would have been expelled and sent to juvenile detention. It would have gone downhill from there for him. He'd probably have been a common criminal who spent most of his life behind bars.

[Dennis Donovan]

29. His life would've gone south fast...

[NewJeffCT]

26. He'd likely be dead

with his diet and a working class or middle class background, he likely would not be able to get decent affordable medical care and medication.

Probably massive heart attack or stroke while in his 50s.

[Dennis Donovan]

28. Ding ding! Chicken dinner!

Yes! I can't see him surviving his forties, actually...

[snort]

30. Somebody would have beat his head in with a frying pan

long before now.

[Dennis Donovan]

38. Now, it's "take a number" for the pan...

[smirkymonkey]

85. I think that would have been a distinct possibility.

I always said that the reason nobody has yet beat him within an inch of his life was because of his money and influence. Without his money he would have had his fat ass kicked to hell and back hundreds of times before he reached the age of 40. I doubt he would still be alive.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Finding Empty Beer Cans Next To The Highway

And he'd still find a way to ruin the profit margin!

[Dennis Donovan]

41. Declaring Bankruptcy on $3.98...

...and suing the can collectors for the 5 cents he didn't get for the empty corn can.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Same Book, Same Page, Dennis!!!

[tinrobot]

34. He'd be the guy sitting at home doing nothing while his wife paid the bills.

He's always relied on others for money, don't see that changing.

[Dennis Donovan]

45. Who would marry him?

[klook]

35. With the same toxic combination of greed, narcissism, racism, stupidity,

laziness, fake facile charm, craven self-interest, AND small hands... I dunno. All I come up with is “corrupt politician.” Even that takes some money, and a little bit of work. Money can be acquired, though, and work ethic can be faked for a while.

He probably could have been a right-wing TV pundit. Radio wouldn’t work for him — he has to be seen.

[Dennis Donovan]

48. He's not even smart enough to lie for a profession

...which is what right wing TV pundits need to do on a daily basis.

[klook]

72. Yeah, televangelist suits him better.

And he’d be happy with the extracurricular opportunities...

[spanone]

36. petty thief.

[Dennis Donovan]

49. The same as now...

[spanone]

67. Yep. take away daddy's money and this guy is homeless.

👍🏼

[rzemanfl]

40. What if the Union Navy had an aircraft carrier at the start of the Civil War?

[Dennis Donovan]

51. The Merrimack/CSS Virginia would've lasted 15 seconds!

...and the Confederacy, about an hour.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

42. "Good morning, sir. This is Microsoft Security calling. We know you have been looking at porn." NT

[Dennis Donovan]

52. ...and he would shell out the $250 to "unlock" his computer.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

57. What I meant is, DJT would be in the boiler room making the calls. NT

[democratisphere]

43. Used car con man.

[Dennis Donovan]

54. EZ Credit! C'mon in!

"I've got a Pinto with your name on it!"

[democratisphere]

75. No credit check financing from the Bank of Russia.

[ChicagoRonin]

46. If Trump was born without money

. . . he'd be a Trump voter

[Dennis Donovan]

55. Still deplorable...

Of course!

[Javaman]

47. he would have had a rap sheet a mile long for grifting scams. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

56. Two trees worth of paper, at least!

[Buns_of_Fire]

50. The (late) 3rd-shift manager at the Newark KFC.

Unfortunately found stuffed into one of the Colonel's pressure cookers which had been set to "Extra-Crispy". No one at the KFC saw or heard anything. Police are treating it as a suicide.

[Dennis Donovan]

58. My first OTT job was at KFC...

Those huge pressure cookers *could* fit a dude in them...

[DetlefK]

53. Scammer or pimp.

He doesn't have the intelligence or patience for a regular job.

And he doesn't have enough empathy to connect with clients for a salesperson job.

[Dennis Donovan]

60. Given his intelligence and skills...

he'd be way underqualified for either of them, or anything, for that matter.

[smirkymonkey]

87. +1000

But somebody would have rubbed him out a long time ago. His money is the only thing that his kept him alive.

[comradebillyboy]

59. He'd be a carnival barker

[Dennis Donovan]

62. That might be the only thing he'd be qualified for...

[DetlefK]

61. Jacob Wohl.

The 20yo scammer who is banned from working in the financial industry.

The guy who created a fake private investigative agency without employees.

The guy who tried to fake a sex-assault allegation against Robert Mueller.

The guy who is currently sucking up BIGTIME to Trump on Twitter in the vain hopes of getting attention by the Trumpistas and becoming some relevant social-media personality. (It worked for what's-his-name with his edited videos.)

[Dennis Donovan]

65. Yep. Just a total scumbag...

Like Wohl and what's-his-name.

[Turbineguy]

63. Short career as

a pimp or dope dealer.

[Dennis Donovan]

68. Hey now, I dealt weed in school!

We had morals and standards!

[Turbineguy]

71. I remember you!

1 oz. lids. No stems, no seeds that you don't need!

[Dennis Donovan]

73. Nah, I was the pin joint dude at the back of the bus...

...back when an Oh Zee cost $40. Paid for my prom tux!

[nykym]

64. Inmate

[Dennis Donovan]

69. If he survived his 30's...

I think someone would've deep-sixed his punkitude long before this.

[LiberalFighter]

66. He would had been dead years ago.

[Dennis Donovan]

70. With his 98 IQ (being generous here) he would've been taken care of...

...by kind Liberals.

[The Figment]

74. Restaurant employee

Cook at some greasy spoon, gut hanging over his belt,two day beard, hair askew underneath a paper hat,hollering "Order Up"

[Dennis Donovan]

76. ...gesturing wildly with a spatula!

...as Vera drops a tray of plates!

[RHMerriman]

78. So Vic Tayback in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore?

So Vic Tayback in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore?

[OhZone]

77. I'm thinking janitor -

and serial killer.

He only fails to get caught immediately, because no one believes he could do it because he's so incompetent.

ha

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

79. If he survived Vietnam (i.e., not getting fragged by his platoon), he'd be a used car salesman--

and not a successful one, at that.

He would not have any friends in school (no change here) and be married multiple times (no change).

Finally, he would be caught having incestuous sex with his daughter and sent to prison for the rest of his life. Pedophiles are the low man on the totem pole in prison.

More importantly, he would have not been able to afford an Iphone so he could spend his day tweeting insane messages, and if he managed to steal one, it wouldn't matter because he would not be president.

[gordianot]

80. He would haunt gun shows as the switch blade vendor.

Definite high school drop out material, might have made Vietnam if the Army kept him in spite of being undesirable for military service.

[Power 2 the People]

81. Interesting topic!

High school dropout.
Never able to hold a steady job. Chronically unemployed.
Multiple arrests for petty crimes.
Multiple arrests for domestic violence.
Protection orders from estranged ex wives and children.
Votes straight Republican ticket.

[Volaris]

83. Federal Inmate

[GulfCoast66]

84. A fat bitter old man. Spending his days in a recliner watching Fox News and reading right wing sites

On the internet.

Oh, wait...

[CrossingTheRubicon]

86. No doubt...

[smirkymonkey]

88. He's be the white Huggy Bear, except not as charming or as smart.

[Hekate]

89. He would have been expelled from his public school for beating weaker kids; sent to juvy early on...

...for joyriding in stolen cars plus shoplifting, and would have graduated to carjacking with grievous bodily harm, thus a lengthy stay in prison in his 20s. He may well have started his career of rape in high school and gotten sent up for that as well.

I have given this some thought.

[Totally Tunsie]

90. Three possibilities:

Selling Amway products door-to-door.

Running a Ponzi scheme defrauding senior citizens.

He'd be the 400 lb. guy sitting on the bed in his mother's basement that he's always talking about.