Trump's sweet spot - the intersection of low class and fake

28 February 2019, 10:30 AM

jon-nyc

It recently struck me how consistently he can be found at the intersection of low class and fake. It doesn't even warrant comment to find him there. He just belongs.

Think about it.

Of course he's buddy buddy with the guy that runs the National Enquirer.

Of course he's been involved in pro wrestling.

Of course he hosted a reality TV show. And another.

Of course he chases porn stars.

Of course he gilds everything in cheap gold plate

Of course he sold get rich quick schemes on infomercials.

I'm probably missing a few.

28 February 2019, 10:44 AM

Nina

I think you're on to something.

28 February 2019, 11:54 AM

QuirtEvans

I'd describe it slightly differently. He craves to be the "best" ... the smartest, the richest, the most successful, the tallest, the most handsome. But he's both lazy and cheap, and he has always failed to generate respect from the "elite". So he is stuck with pretending he's the best, in every category. Richest. Smartest. Tallest. Most clever. Most handsome. And he will do anything that reinforces those pretenses. He also gravitates toward get rich quick schemes, because he wants money and has no ethics. If you want money and don't mind doing things that are tawdry, unethical, or downright illegal, of course you'll gravitate toward those things, because everyone ... the people with a moral code, the people willing to work hard ... can compete in the lawful and clean space, but there are things they won't do so there's less competition and less hard work in the tawdry space.

The world is changed by people who do not accept an existing reality and bend it toward their will. Sometimes for the better, and, in this case, for the worse.

28 February 2019, 12:00 PM

Nina

I don't know all the details of his casino acquisitions/flops, but that seems like another data point towards jon's thesis. Take a business that is often on the edge of legality, slap your name and some faux "classy" finishes on it, call it the best, most classy, most elegant. Fail utterly in keeping it open.

28 February 2019, 01:59 PM

kluurs

I think he's the Charles Foster Kane for the new millennia.

28 February 2019, 02:12 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by jon-nyc:

I'm probably missing a few.

Casinos.

Breast implants.

Gobs of other cosmetic surgery.

Fake hair.

Fake tan.

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28 February 2019, 02:32 PM

Mary Anna

He's had breast implants?

28 February 2019, 02:35 PM

pianojuggler

I knew that was coming.

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28 February 2019, 02:52 PM

QuirtEvans

quote:
Originally posted by kluurs:
I think he's the Charles Foster Kane for the new millennia.

Rosebud! In this case, Rosebud is a Wharton diploma.

28 February 2019, 03:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pianojuggler:
I knew that was coming.

Ya,

Well???

28 February 2019, 03:06 PM

I do know he wishes he could get longer fingers...!!!

28 February 2019, 03:57 PM

RealPlayer

Good one, Jon. Look at Mar-a-Lago, a palace of glitz.

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28 February 2019, 04:03 PM

wtg

Kind of says it all. Who with any taste would have a white piano?

28 February 2019, 04:05 PM

RealPlayer

I made a concert poster like that once...only mine was more elegant.

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“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." -- Bill Murray