Donald Trump: Difference between revisions

* [[Pinocchio]]: The trope of the little wooden boy whose nose grew whenever he told a lie can be applied to any person who repeatedly lies. Trump, however, was responsible for so much ''disinformation'' - or lies - in 2018 that the Washington Post created a new category of "falsehood" (as part of their Fact Checker) for false claims repeated more than 20 times publicly after attributing so many to Trump. It was called the "Bottomless Pinocchio".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/fact-checker-most-repeated-disinformation/?utm_term=.7ea2e566af6a Bottomless Pinocchio] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Press Secretary #2 Anthony Scaramucci. Alternates between [[Brooklyn Rage]] and effusive [[Big Brother Worship]] (not that kind of [[Big Brother Is Watching|Big Brother]]... well maybe?). Goes by [[Spell My Name with a "The"|"The Mooch"]], though his name also brings to mind [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] character Scaramouch (yes, the one from [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]) a.k.a. Scaramuccia. Scaramouch is proud and cowardly, but we have yet to see if it's a [[Meaningful Name]].

** As an example of the comic relief part, on his 6th day on the job, he called a reporter and demanded for her source on the record, then promised to fire everyone in the department if she didn't reveal the leak's source, then said he knew it was Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, while wrapping up that he wasn't going to "[[Anatomically-Impossible Sex|suck his own cock]] like [Steve] Bannon." All on the record. The incident that leaked which was "a threat to the American country"? The fact that he, the president, and Sean Hannity had dinner together.

** Even the First Lady Melania Trump's [https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/first-lady-melania-trump photo]. It's impressive, but an "ambiguously dangerous" Glamour Shot, really? Is this merely something she wanted to do for fun, and why not? Is this posturing as a political move? Both? Who can tell?

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