Trump notices that times have changed
Trump and priorities is a hot topic today, because on the one hand a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas plus a hurricane getting stronger as it approaches, and on the other hand a woman who said something critical about him. The underlying thought is that a normal person in Trump’s job would focus on the first hand rather than the second.
It seems noteworthy that the president was tweeting about Debra Messing and The Apprentice this morning, hours after a mass shooting in West Texas and while a hurricane that’s threatening parts of the south was continuing to strengthen.
I have not forgotten that when it was announced that I was going to do The Apprentice, and when it then became a big hit, helping NBC’s failed lineup greatly, @DebraMessing came up to me at an Upfront & profusely thanked me, even calling me “Sir.” How times have changed!
Well no shit times have changed, “sir.” Then you were just a loudmouth on tv; now you’re the president of the US.
There’s an interesting thing about this change in the times that Trump doesn’t seem to have noticed: the expectations are different. Very different, and in more than one area. Not much is expected of blowhards on tv except that they blow hard in a way that many millions of people want to watch. I’m not a fan of blowhards, myself, even if I share their politics, and I don’t really get the taste, but lots of people love them. But being president is a different kind of job and position, and it requires a different set of skills. Trump has none of the skills required for that job; not one. He can’t even look the part for the cameras, let alone actually perform it.
So, yeah, no shit people who tolerated him when he was just a corrupt racist vulgar tv shouter are not willing to tolerate him now that he’s in a position to destroy everything. What an idiotic Gotcha it is to rage that someone who flattered him when he was a mere joke is critical of him now that he’s Godzilla.
Plus the whole priorities issue. Mass shootings, growing hurricanes, and all Donny Two-Scoops cares about is his own precious bloated self.
What a spectacle.
Yeah, people can “like” or “admire” someone who is making them money, but not “like” or “admire” that person when they are in a position of true power, especially nuclear power.
For some reason, the Apprentice was a popular show. I never saw the appeal (but then, there is very little TV that I have ever seen the appeal in; I don’t have time for much of that. I have too many other interesting things to do, not least of which is reading this blog). Because it was popular, it made money. Because it made money, people were willing to suck up to Trump (even call him sir – why the f*** is he so obsessed with that, anyway?). That doesn’t mean they actually liked or admired him. They liked and admired money.
Trump is obsessed by being respected (or at least given the superficial trappings of respect) simply because he has never had that. NY society always knew exactly what Trumps father was and what Trump was. No matter what wealth and apparent power trump accumulated the reaction of NY Society (and the establishment generally as he came to national prominence) has always ranged from chilling politeness to open mockery. That burns him more than anything and is why he so insecurely references every time someone calls him sir. it’s also whay so many of his tweets include the phrase “… your favourite President. Me!”. He just has to get that reinforcement in. I’m your favourite. Me! No one else. Me me me!!!!!
I’ve got it. All the US needs to do is change its official motto to (fanfare)………….
IN TRUMP WE TRUST.
Rob – oh yes – and it’s why he hates Obama so much, too. I can only hope it makes him deeply miserable at all times.
I hope he feels even more miserable than I do looking back at all the typo’s in my comment. Sheesh.
“typo’s”
>_>
Holms, typo’s is an abbreviation of typographical errors, so the apostrophe is correct.
Eh? What rule is that? Apostrophes don’t represent abbreviations in general – they represent verbal contractions like “don’t” but they don’t represent all abbreviations.
I think I just fell foul of Muphrey’s* Law.
* Not a typo.
Yeeees, I realised that was just a sloppy grammatical error after posting. Now I really hopeTrump feels worse than me.