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Trump is a troll.
And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesnβt just talk in crude, witless insults β he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. Itβs all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.
Well, we donβt. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.
And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.
Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.
Heβs not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.
Heβs more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
βWhy do some British people not like Donald Trump?β
Nate White, a witty writer from England wrote the perfect response.
βA few things spring to mindβ¦
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 β all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trumpβs 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 β not once, ever.
I donβt say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility β for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, itβs a fact. He doesnβt even seem to understand what a joke is β his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
The rich, spoilt guy who thinks money can buy everything. I remember the 80s in NY how he did everything to always be in the limelight; his real estate business, marriage to Ivana and their glamorous lifestyle were always in the news.
He still in the limelight and for negative reasons. I await the day when that idiot is made to repay all that he owes and all his dad owe the American people.