A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” -Nate White
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Maybe that is true for you, and that's your choice to think that way! It's my right to believe that President Trump was our greatest president; Trump defended and protected our border. Trump made AMERICA better than we’ve been in a long time. Under Trump’s leadership, America was energy independent, had a great military, and a great economy! It's not about if Trump lacks etiquette or his “mean tweets;” it's about saving America, and TRUMP IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸TRUMP 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
The Queen loved Trump and he has alway been fond of her. This American finds your post here quite humorous. The sarcasm is brilliant, for we know that Trump is literally the opposite of everything you’ve written here, yet you are so eloquent in concealing your true intent. Bravo!
Obama is a fraud. A Marxist determined to destroy the American dream. He’s a smooth con man and hates the average American. He’s half white and half black. A man who hates his whiteness so much that he started a race war and feeds it to keep it alive. He started this war on cops. A despicable move that has cost the lives of countless officers. Endangering them all each and every day. Trump loves America and Americans. That is extremely refreshing. He’s honest and knows how to run the country. The world was a safer place with Trump in the White House. Obama and all his henchmen belong in GITMO
@CalltoActivism Yes, on all points. But what an excellent command of punctuation and grammar. Not surprised the author is a native English English-speaker.
Wow! That's awful Let's compare records. Now. Let's look at what matters. Arab peace deals Iran in a box Afghanistan quiet China in check US feared and respected around the world Southern border controlled Cheap gasoline US#1 in energy production Lowest Black and Hispanic UE in history Wages rising Most people got a tax cut. VS. Inflation the worst since the 70s. Oil (and all energy) prices the highest since the great recession China spying on the US with impunity - in the air and on the ground. And Xi embarrasses him on the world stage. Billions sent to Ukraine with no accounting Unemployment low ... but labor participation abysmal! Nearly 1/2M of 2023 jobs revised down by BLS. That's two months' worth. Millions need two jobs to keep up. Crime out of control in Democrat-led cities. The border wide open. Millions of illegals streaming in. Record debt. Record cc debt Visible dementia. Hidden by his handlers. Middle East on fire.
Wow. The comment on Trump by this British writer is brilliant. Just when the relentless onslaught of Trump/MAGA insanity in this country seems to be too much to take, a British writer with a gift for words comes along and reminds us that we ARE right; that we’ve been right all along. Trump is a menace and it’s up to the resisters to stop him on November 5th.
@CalltoActivism he actually charmed the queen, great example of telling a story though loser
@CalltoActivism Well, if England doesn't like him, it's a solid vote for him. Didn't we fight these guys 250 years ago because they wanted to control us?