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highplainsdem

(49,138 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:27 PM Jun 2018

"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.

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"Is President Trump suffering from a case of upper crust envy?" Chuck Todd, just now (Original Post) highplainsdem Jun 2018 OP
Steve Benen has a good examination of this "Elite Don Populism" dawg day Jun 2018 #1
Is this one those the Nouveau Riche being snubbed by the Old Money... Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #2
Exactly... sdfernando Jun 2018 #4
Nouveau? ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #6
Yes. Always has been. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #3
Yes, he will never be accepted by them and he knows it. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #5

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. Steve Benen has a good examination of this "Elite Don Populism"
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:34 PM
Jun 2018
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/confused-about-his-brand-populism-trump-wants-be-the-elite


The New Republic had a good item along these lines, arguing, “Unpacking Trump’s statement, it turns out he’s 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 Trump’s 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)
2. Is this one those the Nouveau Riche being snubbed by the Old Money...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:34 PM
Jun 2018

Has the Pig been refused entry into that level of the monied?

sdfernando

(4,962 posts)
4. Exactly...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:54 PM
Jun 2018

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.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Yes, he will never be accepted by them and he knows it.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:17 PM
Jun 2018

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.

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