[The_Media_never_lie]

That is one ugly critter. (not the dog)

[Fred Nerks]

Like a small, shrivelled up Sicilian mobster's enforcer, without a shred of empathy or intellect, he's a grim little crook not fit to own an animal, let alone run a State.

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His maternal grandparents were from Sicily (his grandfather from Messina)

Mafia bloodlines - it's in his genes.