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The low life vulgarian told them years ago (Original Post) malaise 17 hrs ago OP
Chosen One's privlege? czarjak 17 hrs ago #1
Thank you. "Vulgarian" is the word that's been rattling around in my head that perfectly LoisB 16 hrs ago #2
I'm trying to remember... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #3
Canadian journalist Graydon Carter malaise 15 hrs ago #4
Love Graydon Carter! yellow dahlia 15 hrs ago #5
Yep malaise 14 hrs ago #6
Thank you! GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #7

LoisB

(12,429 posts)
2. Thank you. "Vulgarian" is the word that's been rattling around in my head that perfectly
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 05:43 PM
16 hrs ago

describes IT.

GiqueCee

(3,478 posts)
3. I'm trying to remember...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:47 PM
15 hrs ago

... which journalist branded Trump as a "Short-fingered Vulgarian". It was several years ago, and likely the origin of the tiny hands thing that pisses him off so much.
You always find the best stuff, malaise!

malaise

(293,267 posts)
4. Canadian journalist Graydon Carter
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:59 PM
15 hrs ago
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/the-canadian-journalist-who-first-called-donald-trump-a-short-fingered-vulgarian

US President Donald Trump once called him a "dummy" and "a real loser" with "no talent" and at one point said that he owned the worst restaurant in New York.
It all started when Canadian journalist Graydon Carter coined an infamous description of Trump that has now become a running joke in pop culture. He said the businessman was a “short-fingered vulgarian” in a 1988 edition of satirical magazine Spy, which Carter co-founded.
"At Spy magazine, we had funny epithets for people and the epithet for Trump was every time we mentioned his name, we called him a short-fingered vulgarian, which he hated, and then to his great horror, I became the editor of Vanity Fair," Carter tells Sunday Morning.

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