I was mostly (and blissfully) unaware of Trump before he oozed onto the national political stage. I’d heard about many of these scams but I never watched The Apprentice or saw any of these commercials. It surprised me, then, to see how consistent DT’s public persona has been over the years. His pitch hasn’t changed an iota. Best, biggest, fabulous, blah blah blah. The only cliche missing was “a lot of people are saying.”
I’d imagined that to remain in the public eye so long he’d have to have developed and honed his personal style to keep it fresh. Nope. He’s saying today the exact same things he’s been saying for the last thirty years. Yet suckers keep biting. I’d like to know what it is that enabled this serial fraudster to flourish while his fellow grifters faded. He wasn’t the first flamboyant racist, misogynistic high-rolling asshole to fleece the masses, but he’s the one who became President and is now worshipped as a god. One helluva world.
