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Trump is the classic "confidence man."
Confidence man: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist.
A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
A confidence game, also known as a con, scam, grift, or flim flam, is an attempt to win the trust and confidence of a victim, known as the "mark," in order to defraud them. Although general expectation is that con artists are untrustworthy, their particular ability is actually to be able to gain the trust of their victims. They play on people's selfish desires, fears, and greed.
The term "confidence man" ( later shortened to con-man) first came into use in 1849, when the New York Herald published a story about the arrest of William Thompson, entitled, "Arrest of the Confidence Man." Thompson would approach strangers on the street, talk a while with them, and then ask if they had "confidence in him to trust him with their watch until to-morrow.” The victims would then give Thompson their expensive watches, believing him to be an acquaintance they didn't remember.
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