No One Needs To Ever Bash Trump Again. A Brit has done it for us.
Someone on Quora asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"
Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this magnificent response.
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 Trumps 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 dont 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, its a fact. He doesnt 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 doesnt 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. Its all surface.
Much more: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/24/1866899/-No-One-Needs-To-Ever-Bash-Trump-Again-A-Brit-has-done-it-for-us?utm_campaign=trending#comment_74227088
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)But we need to keep pointing them out, lest they be normalized.
Wawannabe
(5,644 posts)And then some!
Fuck tRUmp!!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Pretty much defines a bunch of other wingnuts I know as well. Shallow as sweat on a hotplate.
Thanks for posting, Rhiannon......
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,207 posts)As did your description!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)DFW
(54,349 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,207 posts)Except it does irritate me whenever anyone says Trump "won" - since he wasn't the choice of the American people!
DFW
(54,349 posts)Which pretty much sums up all the people who really believe it.
Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,207 posts)Our British allies have a way with words...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
democrank
(11,092 posts)And to think about 1/3 of voting Americans think this thug deserves their support
sl8
(13,736 posts)Marcuse
(7,479 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth