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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Is President Trump suffering from a case of upper crust envy?" Chuck Todd, just now
Wonder if Trump will be able to resist tweeting an insulting response to Todd asking that.
Btw, that segment is upcoming after the commercial break, but it has to be about Trump whining about the elite at his rally.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)The New Republic had a good item along these lines, arguing, Unpacking Trumps statement, it turns out hes not, as populist heroes traditionally have been, the avatar or even the tribune of the common man. Rather, Trump is the true elite, a caste of one, the ubermensch who is smart, rich and able to become president. His followers, meanwhile, are the deplorables who are, pointedly, not elite in Trumps manner but have their own form of greatness and smartness which is displayed in their willingness to subsume themselves (the most loyal people on earth) to Trump. This is not the creed of populism but rather of the strong man with an army of loyal followers.
rather of the strong man with an army of loyal followers>>>
That is, yes, fascism.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Has the Pig been refused entry into that level of the monied?
sdfernando
(4,962 posts)and why should they??? The man is a boorish cretin. And Spanky McStumpy cannot stand that is is not part of the club and doesn't realize that he, nor his children will ever be allowed in.
ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)They've been big money New York for nearly 7 decades!
He's just an ass.
Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)I've thought it and said so before.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Look at the people at his rallies. These are the people that love and accept him. These are also the people that he secretly looks down on and wouldn't even let sit on his furniture. But he still needs them because they are all he has.