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"In the scope of a golfer’s career there are so many peaks and troughs and it worked out for me this year."

The effects of RealPage's scheme was far-reaching; at least half of the country's landlords reportedly ate from the trough, calculating that even if rent hikes resulted in vacancies, they would still make larger profits.

"In those troughs the second home owners do spend well in town."

We know that Trump wants what they have — absolute power, office for life, a press that can’t scrutinize or criticize him, and the ability to turn the public treasury into his feeding trough.

Final decisions over who gets to eat from his trough will be revealed to relevant groups by the end of November, another sign that he's thinking beyond one election cycle.