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The Legend Of "Good Times Charlie" aka Samuel Torres

True beliefs aren't guaranteed to go better than actions based on false ones; but they're much more likely too.

Most people don't know how truly altruistic Donald Trump can be. Most people aren't aware the former President has never had a drink of alcohol in his life.
Most people don't know how truly altruistic Donald Trump can be. Most people aren't aware the former President has never had a drink of alcohol in his life. (In 1986, Donald Trump saved my dad's life I Samuel Torres Jr - Coney Island Summer 2017 )

The idea of a "true story" miniseries about Donald Trump presents some real challenges and obstacles. First of all, none of today's actors are good looking enough to portray a young Donald Trump. It's a HUGE role most liberal/leftist actors simply don't have what it takes. Obviously, all earlier iterations of Donald Trump are understandably a little less perfect than the man who would be POTUS 45. The only person who may be able to pull it off (Tucker Carlson), already has steady work. Carlson is always on the living room tv and Marc Rebillet is streaming on the computer, when I visit my uncle's apartment in Coney Island's Little Odessa. My uncle's life story is the inspiration for the movie. He taught me actions based on true beliefs aren't guaranteed to go better than actions based on false ones; but they're much more likely to. Actions based on false beliefs go well only by luck.

Most people don't know how truly altruistic Donald Trump can be. Most people aren't aware the former President has never had a drink of alcohol in his life. Before Trump transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, Donald Trump attended Fordham University with my uncle Samuel Torres. My uncle's nick name in college was "Good Times Charlie" which explains his drinking problem. When my uncle needed a liver transplant in 1986, no one in my family was a match. Not only did Donald Trump give my uncle a liver, that same day in the organ donors section of the hospital, Donald Trump donated his brain and heart. That very moment, Trump proudly proclaimed, "Why should I keep something I don't have any use for?" A day after my Dominican uncle's liver transplant, he inexplicably started speaking in Russian.

His son (Samuel Torres Jr) is considering running for city council in November.

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