A Grand Ole Party supported cast a doubtful eye on the company his party leader has kept….
This week’s news about Omarosa secretly taping chief of staff John Kelly and President Donald Trump is yet another reminder of something about Trumpworld: Politics has always attracted eccentric opportunists, but people in this administration are especially weird.
In the case of Omarosa Manigault Newman, we are talking about a melodramatic reality star who lies constantly and brought a recording device into the Situation Room. But she’s just the latest example of the motley crew Trump has made famous.
Take, for example, the president’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who is currently on trial for tax and bank fraud and reportedly paid more than $18,000 for a python jacket. Or Trump’s former senior adviser, Steve Bannon, who studies obscure Italian fascists and insists on wearing multiple layers of clothing yet doesn’t seem to own a comb or a razor.
And let’s not forget Rob Porter, the straight-looking Trump staffer who (allegedly) beat the hell out of two of his ex-wives before dating Hope Hicks. Seb Gorka was the Hungarian fugitive who was a villain straight out of central casting. Scott Pruitt was the former head of the EPA with a penchant for French cuisine and Ritz Carlton hand lotion.
Only the best people?
Clearly, Trump likes casting people who are not just interesting characters, but who are also cartoon caricatures. There’s Rudy Giuliani, the bulging-eyed former “Mayor of America” who has become a parody of himself. There’s Mooch (Anthony Scaramucci), who is essentially a caricature of a fast-talking Italian businessman…..
I had to check the source to find the author (or as James quaintly and confusingly calls him, “a Grand Ole Party supported” [sic] [cq]).
It’s Matt Lewis, a name that rings no bells with me. Is CG familiar with him?
By the way, CG would appreciate several passages further down in the column which praise Ronald Reagan’s belief in immigration.
(Not that it excuses the Gipper starting his 1980 campaign at a rally in Neshoba County, Mississippi..)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-i-join-a-movement-that-naturally-attracts-extremists-and-kooks
Matt K. Lewis.…Wiki…