….this Trump is a bad man, The Punjab said, terrible man….he has no ethics, toast was dipped in runny yolks…

…..what’d you mean, Rose slung another plate, This is America….he’s as ethical as the next guy, a check was turned facedown with a smiley-face circled….

I tell true story….I came here with nothing…amassed millions….home in Connecticut….two cars….real American wealth, a swig of joe, I did all this on principles…..

….yeah….what happened….

9-11happened…..lost everything, Rose poured Punjab more coffee, All gone…within minutes….

…..so what’d you do?…..

I go to friend…I tell him….loan me couple of grand….he does…., Rose cleared a table nearby, I take that money to Vegas….I meet beautiful woman there whose husband worked for mob guy, Another slurp of coffee, I tell her….loan me twenty grand….and if I die please forgive me….

…..she do it?….

24 hours later she give me two checks totaling forty grand, Rose shook her head, Why?…cause I am ethical….good things happen to ethical people….Trump….not ethical….

What?….what the fuck’s your story gotta do with any of this or that, Rose went through her check pad, You’re crazy Punjab…..

….yes….but ethical and on my feet again..

didja ever pay those people back?….

…..that would be un-American….I filed bankruptcy immediately….that is very American….

….whatever Punjab….

yeah…whatever….more coffee please…