Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The picture of defeat

Trump, afer Tulsa


Looks like his makeup sweated off onto his collar.  He didn't sweat his ass off, though.




This is all especially poignant considering the fact that image is everything to Trump.
He is [...] someone who believes deeply in the pageantry of his office, of airbrushed calculation [...] , branding, and the power of costume. Be that pageantry in the generals whom he famously once lauded as “straight from central casting” or his disastrously staged march across Lafayette Park to St. John’s Church in response to the protests in Washington D.C.

It’s a tenet that was clearly on display in Tulsa not just in his own uniform — the flag-reflecting blue suit, white shirt, red tie — but in supporting acts that included Lara Trump, son Eric’s wife and a Trump campaign adviser, in a white wrap dress; Kimberly Guilfoyle, son Don Jr.’s girlfriend and chairwoman of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, in a bright blue wrap dress; and Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, in red, like a matching patriotic array.

  NYT
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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