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/

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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

> The presidency is serious. The presidential electoral process, however, is a sick joke, in which everyone loses except the people behind the rope line. And every time some pundit or party spokesman tries to deny it, Trump picks up another vote... Trump is no half-bright con man, either. He’s way better than average.

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#BetterThanAverageConMan

> ... Trump started off the debate by jumping on his favorite wrestling foil, Prince Dinkley McBirthright, a.k.a. Jeb Bush. Trump seems to genuinely despise Bush. He never missed a chance to rip him for being a “low-energy,” “stiff” and “dumb as a rock” weenie who lets his Mexican wife push him around. But if you watch Trump long enough, it starts to seem gratuitous.
> ... he was not the choice of corporate America. The... money went elsewhere... Business would rather have a.. pliable Republican in office...[not] an unstable, irascible character like Trump. But then he defeated all of the typical obstacles... and now all of these traditional insider actors like #GoldmanSachs and #ExxonMobil and God knows who else, have all glommed onto his presidency and they’re getting whatever they want.
https://progressive.org/magazine/%E2%80%98it%E2%80%99s-a-scary-time-%E2%80%99-an-interview-with-journalist-matt-taibb/
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‘It’s a Scary Time:’ Matt Taibbi Reflects on His Travels on the Trump Campaign Trail

“Trump made his campaign into a class conflict and he used the media as the representatives of the class enemy, because they were the ones in the room. It was a brilliant strategy. It made his speeches really work.”

Progressive.org
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I feel blue .😭

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