I'm a little ashamed to admit this but I had to look the name up. Wow...Barnum and Bailey Circus, eh? Now all the pieces are coming together.
Several of his quotes sound like a literal gateway into the mind of Donald Trump--especially: ""There's a sucker born every minute". Might as well be referring to the Trumpers.
"an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus"...This is Trump! Just replace "Barnum & Bailey Circus" with "White House Circus".
What a great read.
Still, I have to say--Trump is being given far too much credit being compared even to PT Barnum. At least Barnum created something that truly lasted and stood the test of time. What has Trump created? He inherited all his head and drove all his personal creations (Trump Steaks, Trump U, etc) into the ground.
Still, I understand the analogy you're drawing here and find it brilliant: Trump is truly a showman who knows how to sell his entertainment to the easily-entertained; is dazzling the easily-amused rubes with his fake magic tricks; trotting his clowns (staffers) out to keep them occupied and collecting a hefty profit while essentially doing nothing more than theater for easily-impressed masses who don't know any better. It's all smoke and mirrors but his audience leaves the show happy and content in believing they just witnessed magic when, in reality, they gave their money to a man who was lying through his teeth, showing them what they wanted to see and telling them what they wanted to hear.
Of course, Trump fans will defend this by saying: "Democrats do that, too!".
And sure--they do. Every president is a showman to a certain extent. They have to be in order to get those votes--this isn't in dispute--but theater seems to be the sum of what Donald Trump has to offer. He dazzles his audience with "booming economy" magic tricks, making them think they're that much richer when, in reality, it's a smoke and mirrors act to get his 1% pals richer at the EXPENSE of the Trumper "audience".
In fact, theater is all Trump has ever engaged in. He's a businessman. As much as I hate the man, I must give credit where credit is due: he knows how to sell a line and knows JUST who to target to do so. He really found a niche in these Trumpers. He sold them sh!t, called it gold, and they believed it.
This is one reason why I believe any president SHOULD have some measure of political background beforehand. They elected a businessman and that's exactly how he approaches the presidency. The problem is that he's not just a typical businessman--he's the extra slimy, conman type.
Hopefully, midterms will be favorable so we can finally get the ball rolling on ending this Trump circus.
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snepts (11123)
6 years ago
And he's in no position to "drain the swamp." He and his type are worse than the swamp that already exists. I realize Government is Byzantine and a lot should be done to cut waste, but drastic measures bring drastic consequences. The people that get hurt are the middle and poor class. Trump's no savior, that's for sure, quite the opposite.
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dteam6 (5073)
6 years ago
That's what I don't understand about Trumpers. They preach all the time about how much they hate "The Establishment" and how "The Establishment" takes their "jerrrbs" and their money and yet they don't seem to realize that they voted FOR "The Establishment"--the very CORE of it, really.
The notion that a bunch of blue collar bumpkins can call a white collar mogul like Trump "one of us" is laughable.
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