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Wed Sep 27, 2017, 06:03 AM Sep 2017

Naomi Klein: Trump's like the fatberg - horrible, noxious, hard to dislodge [View all]

The author and journalist Naomi Klein has likened Donald Trump to a “fatberg”, a congealed lump of fat and sanitary products that causes dangerous blockages in sewers.

Klein, the Canadian author of bestsellers including No Logo and The Shock Doctrine and a Guardian contributor, was the international guest speaker at the Labour party conference in Brighton. Previous speakers have included Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela.

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In remarks greeted by laughter and applause, Klein said: “It’s tough to know exactly how to adequately sum [Trump] up. So let me try a local example.

“You know that horrible thing currently clogging up London’s sewers – I believe you call it the fatberg – well, Trump is the political equivalent of that.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/26/naomi-klein-trump-fatberg-london-labour

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