Donald Ain’t No Don
The Mafia takes offense
“The silent circle of assent. The boss in complete control. The loyalty oaths. The us-versus-them worldview. The lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth.”
- James Comey, A Higher Loyalty
On more than one occasion, Donald Trump has been compared to a mob boss. Given his shady dealings and his insistence on loyalty and total control, his organization does seem to bear some similarities to the Mafia. But actual mobsters have taken offense to these comparisons.
Mr. Anthony “Nine Toes” Tonnucci, the new head of the Anti-defamation League of Cosa Nostra, recently spoke out in support of his members.
“We in the Mafia have devoted our lives to creating and maintaining certain standards of behavior, standards that we take great pride in. To see a two-bit outfit like the Trump organization being mentioned in the same breath as ours is not only troubling, it is also a huge insult to our people.”
Although Mr. Tonnucci concedes that Mr. Trump may have had connections at one time or another to New York mobsters, he wants to make it clear that Trump’s actions were not in keeping with the ethical guidelines of the mob.
