Trump PARTIES as Presidency CIRCLES THE DRAIN
Historians Compare Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Party to The Great Gatsby
Discover why historians view a key Mar-a-Lago event as a historical turning point echoing literary warnings about American decadence and political collapse.
Short Summary
- Historians pinpoint Trump's Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago as a politically significant moment marking peak hubris.
- The celebration occurred just prior to midterm elections demonstrating a major repudiation of Trump's political standing.
- The discussion draws explicit parallels between key figures in Trump’s circle and characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel.
- Experts argue that Trump's aesthetic choices demonstrate "style follows dysfunction," contrasting sharply with classical American understatement.
This segment analyzes a specific Donald Trump celebration through the lens of literary history, primarily comparing it to The Great Gatsby. Sean Wilentz and Sydney Blumenthal argue that the party signified Trump’s obliviousness just before subsequent political setbacks, providing a framework for understanding current political style and historical resonance.
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Meanwhile the country went hungry! His whole let them eat cake was a huge FU to the American people 🤬
Thanks very much for addressing this. I was SHOCKED that it wasn’t a huge scandal at the time. The obscenity was so glaring and blatant, I expected an immediate explosive rejection of this hideous display of decadence. I was crushed when no one said a word.
The rose garden has become the gathering center for the mob
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Top Comments (10)
Meanwhile the country went hungry! His whole let them eat cake was a huge FU to the American people 🤬
Thanks very much for addressing this. I was SHOCKED that it wasn’t a huge scandal at the time. The obscenity was so glaring and blatant, I expected an immediate explosive rejection of this hideous display of decadence. I was crushed when no one said a word.
The rose garden has become the gathering center for the mob
He's spinning down the drain and he's taking us with him.
I’m not gonna lie it was hard deciding whether to pay the electric bill or my cellphone bill or buy groceries. 6:44 These are the most evil people ever.
Vote 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 let's take the United States of America back
No Congress and the Supreme Court and the Republican Party are assisting him. They will pay! Soon!
Thank you for reminding us. This reminder should be kept alive. We're caught up now in the whole Venezuela catastrophe and we should be reminded that he was more than willing to let our children starve.
As he told a reporter in 2015, “When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same.” “The temperament is not that different,” he said.
Pay your money and get your pardon.