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Here’s The Things You Probably Forgot Trump Did
It’s been a long, long 7 years since former President Donald Trump oozed down the escalators of Trump Tower to throngs of flashbulbs as he announced his 2016 candidacy for US President.
No one took him serious. How could they? He was a caricature of a human being, often playing up himself in the media appearing in everything from Home Alone 2, to making cameo appearances on World Wrestling Entertainment where he’d waltz into the ring and smash someone over the head with a metal chair, straighten his tie and walk out to thunderous applause. He became a perpetual meme with his own long-running reality show The Apprentice with his popular tag line, uttered through pursed lips, “You’re Fired.”
He almost wasn’t a real human being; More of an well written egomaniacal villain from some Tina Fey scribed comedy sitcom when Fey was at her best. Her 30 Rock years. From the ruddy orange tan and ferret-like toupee, to his stunning Slovenian bride, a former high-end escort who is 24 years his junior to his clear lack of eloquence- even intelligence- when speaking in public. He is the most impersonated, mocked, parodied and reviled US President in history, and deservedly so. There is no question he was the real life incarnation, albeit a far less capable Lex Luther, probably more the equivalent of Pinky, from the classic WB Cartoon Pinky and the Brain…