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Why the Establishment hates Donald Trump

3 May 2024

8:22 PM

3 May 2024

8:22 PM

Like many commentators who have struggled to understand the reasons for the inveterate hatred of Donald Trump among the swank people who actually run the country, I have generally come up with two answers.

The first is aesthetic.

Trump does not look like, act like or talk like a typical politician. He has a funny hairdo, seems to have a fake tan and his taste in clothes and food are infra dignitatem.

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