Saturday, August 15, 2015

Hair he is... Mr. America?

Donald Trump has managed to blurt his way to the top of a hoard of candidates vying for the Republican nomination. I like the way he is willing to say what he thinks, including about his competitors. The problem is, he apparently doesn’t actually think very much or very clearly. No "Reagan Rules" for him (never speak ill of fellow Republicans, a rule Ronnie’s handlers never followed).

He inherited wealth, went broke, and was bailed out by his bankers but he struts around like a self-made man. When you owe the banks thousands or even millions, that’s your problem. But when you owe them even more, that’s their problem. He was their problem and they took care of him.

His contribution to America is building casinos, a fancy word for grim warehouses of hopeless obsessives throwing their money away. He has no style or taste yet he claims his name alone is worth $3B and maybe that’s true because America has plenty of vulgarians.

What does it tell you about a man’s ability to (literally) face facts when he so desperately tries to hide his baldness? His “do” is structural: a comb-over-under-around that swirls over his eyes. I say dump the chump.