If You Were Donald Trump, You Would Have Quit By Now
Allan Betz
3/10/2019 10:42:00 AM -
Remember a time when your parents told you to never give up? Chances are, if you were in the shoes of Donald Trump, you would have quit by now.
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower in New York City, to let the country know he was running for president. This declaration meant he was essentially giving up his billion-dollar companies, wealthy lifestyle, and time with his family. With nothing to gain and all to lose, then candidate Trump set to help repair our country’s image and direction.
The day before he announced his run, Trump was a well liked figure in the media and had close associations with many other celebrities and athletes. That all changed on June 16th. The same friends who would have gladly attended his wedding, mingled at Mar a Lago, or appeared on ‘The Apprentice’ soon made part-time careers out of attacking him publicly. Very few would stomach this desertion, they would take back their words in order to preserve their status, but not Trump.
Late night shows and celebrity gossip blogs were merciless to the then Republican nominee, and continue to viciously attack him as president. This went far beyond the pale of acceptable actions that could be mistaken for comedy, for instance when Kathy Griffin posted a photo on Twitter of a bloody severed head resembling Trump, or when Snoop Dogg pointed a gun at someone impersonating Trump in one of his music videos.
Most people would say that he asked for this by running for President, and that argument could be fairly sound, but the attacks on his family also crossed a line nearly unheard of in politics. Long-time Trump rival, Rosie O’Donnell claimed that the President’s son Barron has autism. Peter Fonda said “We should rip Barron Trump from his mother’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles.†The Daily Mail, chimed in claiming that First Lady Melania Trump was a prostitute.
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