His big con: Donald Trump’s campaign is a real-life version of “The Sting”

Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" (Credit: Universal Pictures)
In the classic 1973 movie ‘The Sting,” Paul Newman and Robert Redford are con men who pull off an elaborate hoax – “the big con.”
Donald Trump must have seen this movie and picked up a few pointers because it sure seems like he’s attempting to pull off something similar.
As the movie shows, at the heart of a con lies a deception. In the movie, the victim of the con, the “mark,&rdq