Daily Mail article on Laurence Leamer's new book on Trump and Mar-a-Lago

[highplainsdem]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6628313/How-Donald-Trump-used-Mar-Lago-barge-world-celebrities.html




Very long article, with lots of photos and gossip.

For instance, that Trump calls himself "the king of Palm Beach."

[Wellstone ruled]

1. This Sucker has been and is nothing more than

a modern version of PT Barnum,who I understand,was whom Trump self created himself after.

[highplainsdem]

3. I agree Trump has a lot in common with Barnum, as Moyers among others pointed out

https://billmoyers.com/story/donald-trump-learned-pt-barnum/


but I haven't heard of Trump ever telling anyone he was deliberately copying Barnum.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. My Spouse'e Aunt

taught at a Medical School some where in NYC for more than thirty years. Some of the stories about the Trump Family and their History of screwing over people were interesting. She mentioned how Trump Family Members would renege on Contributions to her Medical School as well as other Charitable donations.

She was the our source of the PT Barnum likeness.

[Docreed2003]

7. Trump once said in an interview

That one of his favorite books was a biography of Barnum. He has certainly studied it well.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Yes he has.

It is all about the Hustle.

[Achilleaze]

2. The self-proclaimed King of Palm Beach* (R)

is also the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Dirty Donny himself.

* who lost the real election by 3 million votes (even with russian-republican darkside treasonous collusion) and so desperately needed a FAKE "royal" title to kinda feel OK about his deceitful & ignoble self and his treasonous KGOP republican cronies

[CatMor]

4. He's the king of bad taste ....

I think Mar A Lago is a garish, ugly, overdone monstrosity. He stated he likes it because it's in the style of Louis XIV and that's what he prefers. What a joke.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, that's perfect!

I've been thinking the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme was eerily prophetic of current events, except for the references to a king. There ya go.

[kimbutgar]

9. I have this old book called Palm Beach Babylon

And a lot of the stuff in this article was in the book. The old guard hated him and put up with him but they at least tolerated Ivana.