Donald Trump and I met in New York at a charity function arranged by Gloria Vanderbilt when he was about 20 and I was about 24. We began talking because as we stood at the bar he noticed that like himself I had asked the bartender for iced sparkly water with a lime slice in it. He introduced himself and when I asked him what he did, he said, “My father and I are the biggest real estate developers in the city.” Talking to him he came across to me as a sleazy self-important nouveau riche. A very pretty busty girl walked past us and he excused himself and walked after her. As I stood there watching him approach the young woman, Mrs. Vanderbilt came up to me with my friend Sam Green, who had arranged for my invitation while I was staying with him in the city. I asked her, “Who is Donald Trump?” She replied, “He and his father desperately want to be accepted into society.” Then she smiled adding, “It will never happen.” As it has developed she was right, and Trump is even sleazier than I had originally assessed him. I see him today like a nasty cartoon figure from a Batman movie, and am amazed and saddened by the fact that the media either doesn’t see him as he is or is afraid to profile him accurately. Read this and think about how you would assess such a person if you met him, as I did, at a charity function. Oh, and did I mention he wants you to pay him $100,000 if you want him to go to church with you?
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
President-elect Donald Trump is using the holiday season to further enrich himself by hawking a wide array of Christmas merchandise that has left at least one ethics expert aghast.
As the Washington Post reports, Trump-branded Christmas merchandise on sale this year includes a $38 Trump Advent calendar, a $95 Mar-a-Lago bauble, $22 candy cane Trump socks, an $86 “GIANT Trump Chocolate Gold Bar” and a $28 Trump apron that features Santa Claus waving an American flag.
What makes this cash-out particularly noteworthy is that Trump isn’t even making a pretense about sending the proceeds to charity, but is rather pocketing the money for the Trump Organization.
“As the company encouraged customers to celebrate the holidays with Trump gifts for all ages, President-elect Donald Trump personally profited off of his upcoming term in a manner that is unprecedented in modern history — even during his unconventional first stint in the White House,” reports the […]
Albus Eddie
on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 5:37 am
This is a wonderful story that tells us alot about ourselves. The governing elites have become a parody of leadership. Selling superficial items, access, and image. This is how shallow “leadership” has become in the US. The voters pretend to have choice, and now the politicans pretend to govern. I would say, an accurate assessment of the reality of the situation. Don’t like it? Think outside the box.
Will
on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 6:58 am
The movie “Idiocracy” has predicted our present experience.
Terri Quint
on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 7:07 am
Your first impression of him was right on target, but he was even sleazier than you originally thought! What he is is a bully and people stupidly are afraid of him! If the media and people had stood up to him, convicted him of all his cheating, not paying contractors, not paying taxes, etc. etc. he would not be president today. But the media and people believed that this guy could harm them so they fawned over him and praised him—stupidly—and now he’s won another election! Just shows you how dumb the media can be. Had he been held in check early on, he would never have been elected president. What did he ever do for this country in his first term except the COVID vaccine! Other than that he raised the debt more than any other president in a first term, broke engagements we had been involved with, harmed NATO, and catered to dictators! That’s someone who should be RE-ELECTED???? Americans have gotten dumber, but the true problem is that we have no laws on our news stations, whether radio or TV, and they are allowed to lie, misrepresent, disinformation, etc. and a huge proportion of this country watches those stations and therefore do not know the truth. Now they are starting to see the real Trump!!! Too bad for them!
This is a wonderful story that tells us alot about ourselves. The governing elites have become a parody of leadership. Selling superficial items, access, and image. This is how shallow “leadership” has become in the US. The voters pretend to have choice, and now the politicans pretend to govern. I would say, an accurate assessment of the reality of the situation. Don’t like it? Think outside the box.
The movie “Idiocracy” has predicted our present experience.
Your first impression of him was right on target, but he was even sleazier than you originally thought! What he is is a bully and people stupidly are afraid of him! If the media and people had stood up to him, convicted him of all his cheating, not paying contractors, not paying taxes, etc. etc. he would not be president today. But the media and people believed that this guy could harm them so they fawned over him and praised him—stupidly—and now he’s won another election! Just shows you how dumb the media can be. Had he been held in check early on, he would never have been elected president. What did he ever do for this country in his first term except the COVID vaccine! Other than that he raised the debt more than any other president in a first term, broke engagements we had been involved with, harmed NATO, and catered to dictators! That’s someone who should be RE-ELECTED???? Americans have gotten dumber, but the true problem is that we have no laws on our news stations, whether radio or TV, and they are allowed to lie, misrepresent, disinformation, etc. and a huge proportion of this country watches those stations and therefore do not know the truth. Now they are starting to see the real Trump!!! Too bad for them!