2016
> ... a lot of Trump’s political act seems lifted from bully-wrestlers. A clear influence is “Ravishing” Rick Rude, an Eighties champ whose shtick was to insult the audience. He would tell ticket holders they were “fat, ugly sweat hogs,” before taking off his robe to show them “what a real sexy man looks like.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-america-made-donald-trump-unstoppable-162952/3/

#TrumpAndDuterte
#ProWrestling
#StrategyOfCondescension
#RavishingRickRude #TrumpsPoliticalAct

How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable

Donald Trump is no ordinary con man. He's way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever.

Rolling Stone
> Like any good book, Some People Need Killing poses more questions than answers, and perhaps the biggest ones are: Why did the people of what is often referred to as Asia’s oldest democracy allow a mass murderer to get away with murder for six years? Why, despite his record of genocide, did they give him a 75 percent approval rating when he left office?
#PatriciaEvangelista #AsiasOldestDemocracy and
#StrategyOfCondescension