The Magic Has A Name: Trump

Trump might just be the Ultimate Salesman insomuch as he cloud of bullshit he peddles is so amazingly popular and yet so entirely inaccurate. I can't even say entirely what he is selling, I don't understand him in the least. Whenever I try to unpack what it is about Trump that people so adore I get basically the same answer over and over, that he speaks his mind- then I point out that much of his talking points and random comments and tweets are falsehoods, that he doesn't just say what is on his mind but rather that he says whatever he wants with no regard for its validity. I think that is a terribly dangerous habit for a man who would be president. The blue collar guys I work with love it. In some respect I think the subtext in this admiration is that all politicians are fucking liars, so if their personal favorite says things that are wildly untrue simply because he is saying whatever makes sense to him then they accept it all the more because his intuitive and warped sense of the world mirrors theirs- I try to point out that many of these intuitive non sequitur moments are carefully crafted to perk their redneck ears.
They don't care, because, again, all politicians, all campaigns are exercises in bullshitting.
I hate to say it, but they have a point.

That said-
Fuck that guy.