Donald Trump: Difference between revisions

* [[Never Accepted in His Hometown]]: Trump joins [[James K. Polk]] as the only Presidential candidate to lose both his home state and state of residence while still winning the election. Unlike Polk these are the same state (New York).

* [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity]]: Trump managed to sail through the 2016 Republican primary with minimal spending by ensuring the media '''never''' stopped talking about him. Their constant airing hit pieces against him ensured that by the end of the primary ''everyone'' knew Trump wanted to build a border wall despite minimal ads on the subject. This continued in the general election where over sixteen major publications redistributed a graphic he posted, claiming its use of a six pointed star (supposedly a Star of David) was supposedly a hidden anti-Semitic agenda at no cost to him.

* [[Nothing to See Here]]: Trump makes all his wives, ''alleged'' mistresses and staffers sign Non-Disclosure Agreements.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-signed-one-trump-is-aggressive-in-his-use-of-nondisclosure-agreements-even-in-government/2018/08/13/9d0315ba-9f15-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html?utm_term=.c19fa7eece1e NDAs for all] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>

* [[Nouveau Riche]]: To a degree. His father was a very successful low income housing developer in NYC, he sent Donald to Fordham, so his family was doing very well before. Donald just took his love of construction and everything else [[Up to Eleven]]. Trump has noted his family was not welcome among the "old money" families from different parts of New York.

* [[The One Thing I Don't Hate About You]]: Hillary Clinton cited his children at the debates as her compliment.

* [[Open Mouth Insert Foot]]: In a virtual [[Call Back]] to famously admitting to obstructing justice in the Lester Holt interview in May 2017,<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-reveals-he-asked-comey-whether-he-was-under-investigation-n757821 Trump/Holt Interview NBC] ''nbcnews.com''</ref> in an interview with The Daily Caller published 11/14/18,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/14/transcript-trump-daily-caller-interview/ Trump Can't Help Himself] ''dailycaller.com''</ref> Trump openly stated that he thought the Mueller investigation was illegal and shouldn't have been started. The firing of Jeff Sessions (who had recused himself from the investigation) and subsequent appointment of Mike Whitaker (a known critic of the Mueller investigation) as acting AG was, for Trump, an obvious solution, in spite of its apparent unconstitutionality.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html Whitaker Appointment Unconstitutional] ''nytimes.com''</ref> Trump seems unable to prevent himself from admitting his corrupt intent to obstruct justice.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/11/15/trump-cant-stop-blurting-out-his-desire-to-obstruct-justice/?utm_term=.a2961f7aa270 Trump Keeps Admitting Desire To Obstruct Justice] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>

== P-R ==

* [[Parody Retcon]]: [https://theweek.com/articles/836330/what-all-president-trumps-jokes-have-common Most of Trump's jokes]. From the [[Black Comedy Rape|"locker room talk"]] on the [[wikipedia:Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Access Hollywood tape]] to the chant of "Twelve more years!", anything that goes over poorly is often passed off as comedy.