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title = "You've Been Trumped Too (2016)"
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date = 2020-11-28
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tags = ["movies", "documentaries", "trump"]
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[IMDB Summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6158604/):
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A chronicle of the confrontation between billionaire Donald Trump and feisty
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92-year-old Scottish widow, Molly Forbes.
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On the eve of 2016 election, a filmmaker decides to make a point about the
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republican candidate for the USA presidency, Donald Trump, focusing on the
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struggles of an old lady in Scotland, whose water have been cut with the
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constructor of Trump gold course.
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For the plot, you can imagine how it would go: focusing on the "don't care
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about others" from Donald, which failed to recognize he (and his business)
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harmed some other folk. Also, you can imagine that his whole family --
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specially Donald Trump Jr -- would *also* not give a shit about their actions
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affecting someone else. And you can expect that there is a lot of speculation
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that the Trump family is actually using politics to force people out of their
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homes so they can built a bigger golf course.
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Where the movie falls short, though, is the feeling that the filmmakers thought
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they could actually make a dent on Trump's campaign for presidency using just
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one story. Sure, a 92-year-old lady that gets cut from her water supply, have
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to have her children bring bottled water so she can have water to drink and
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only wishes to have a real shower, all that while Trump Corporation (and his
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son) keep saying that they will fix the problem, do absolutely nothing and,
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when a neighbor takes the matter in his own hand and gets sue for it, it is
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infuriating, but you don't expect that voters in the USA -- voters that would
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(and did) vote for Trump -- would care about some old lady in Scotland, do you?
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In this line of "trying to make you furious", there are some selected quotes
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from voters, like "Maybe she shouldn't have water anyway" from a man, and two
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Trump supporters saying they they understand the neighbor going after a power
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"bigger than him", 'cause they are also going after a power bigger than them,
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which is Hillary Clinton. Oh, sure you understand, but *you're supporting the
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power bigger than him, you dumb fucks*!
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(See, it works, sometimes.)
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If they have picked up more stories, shown more people affected by the lack of
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sympathy of the Trump Corporation and such, maybe it would feel more like a
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real contender, as sad as it is a 92-year-old woman having no water to shower
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or even drink.
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