British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I've Read

[TexasTowelie]

Someone on the question-and-answer website Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following 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 Trump’s 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 don’t 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, it’s a fact. He doesn’t 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.

Read more: https://thehobbledehoy.com/2019/03/08/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-ive-read/

[secondwind]

1. An amazingly spot on description. Just amazing.

I love his style, too. Thanks for posting.

[Hortensis]

2. Wonderful. Love the laurels to Obama.

[RussellCattle]

3. Same web site also has a British-Indian author taking the entire Trump clan...

....to task in rather colorful terms.

https://thehobbledehoy.com/2021/01/11/british-indian-novelist-writes-an-awesome-farewell-to-trump-administration/

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. He gave me a whole new appreciation of Eric...

“...you pallid clammy suppurating nocturnal semi-human grub, your absence of charisma is your only notable trait and the act of flushing you from memory will so be smooth and painless that in a month people will find it hard to picture your moon face."

As the Joker might say, "This country needs an enema."

[RussellCattle]

11. Poetry, ain't it?

[malaise]

5. So true

and you know that it is why he hates Obama because no African-American should have all those attributes.

[jaxexpat]

6. Right you are. Only ego borne in entitlement has the amoral energy to bear those, sluggingly too.

A new word, already, again.

Sluggingly: use it judiciously, it's surprisingly bitter with a briefly satisfying aftertaste. Meaning may vary, check local conditions, do not use in an enclosed area or near open flame.

[malaise]

9. LOL - never heard it before

[whathehell]

7. These are the same reasons most Americans dislike him..

Though Mr. White may like to think otherwise, there's nothing unique to Britain in his critique.

[RocRizzo55]

8. Trump has a lot of class...

All low.