Can't tell you how puzzling your post is. How many people on this forum display fawning admiration for Trump? I can think of two ... maybe three.
And none of those few genuine admirers like him because he made a bunch of money. They like him because he espoused goals for America that a lot of people wanted and agreed with.
As far as Nouveau Riche is concerned, that doesn't describe Trump at all. His father was rich. He grew up rich. Maybe Bill Gates or the Facebook guy is newly rich and both of them show a lot more class than Trump. Nouveau Riche is a snobbish term, implying that people who recently became wealthy are less classy than people whose money is so old it was originally called wampum.
One reason I was never for Trump ... besides the obvious ... was that I didn't think he could beat Hillary. I thought we had blundered into choosing the ONE person in the whole world that she could beat.
As we read daily about Hillary's bizarre behavior since losing, I'm still thankful that Trump won.
It's kind of weird that a lot of NTers here are so outraged that Trump has made some bad decisions recently. Isn't that what they expected all along?
Oh, well. I see some really strange posts and ideas here.
Just an observation, but some will be nouveau riche after a dozen generations of having money.
Money and class are not equivalent, although often confused by the whole 'economic class' thing.
I have observed a quiet calm in those who have real wealth and power that I do not sense in Mr. Trump, and would hazard a guess that the eleven figures attributed to him are, in actuality, less impressive than the mythos surrounding them. Perhaps that is why the tax returns remain hidden from view.
Some people get starry eyed over such, me, meh.
Money is nice, enough money is handy, too little sucks, to be sure, and too much is a liability as much as an asset, (and too much is something that transcends the comfort level of the individual, a level they feel comfortable with or act sensibly with, not anything I or anyone else should impose as a limit. If people have too much, they manage to divest themselves of it soon enough without any outside intervention by officialdom.)
But yes, there are those who get starry eyed at the 'rich and famous'. Whether they vicariously associate with them in some dream world or whatever, they spend money at supermarket checkout stands to read all the latest gossip and form affections and loyalties to individuals and families with extraordinary emotional attachment. No one said that was a mentally realistic nor balanced situation and in its extremes it can even be dangerous: Look at John Hinkley, who wanted a date with Jodie Foster so badly he shot the President to get her attention (And Jim Brady, and a Capitol Hill Policeman).
Me, I prefer science fiction as an escape, although politics isn't far behind, in so many ways.
Be that as it may, those fawning sycophants are out there, but few here, mainly because this is one of the more sane discussion sites on the web, and no small number have left here because of our patent lack of obsequiousness. He is an elected official, the President no less, but no entity to be worshipped. My Deity fulfills His promises, and has an impressive track record for doing just that.
Entire websites have generally given themselves over, like trumpbart (poor Andrew must be tilling the earth above his grave), that treehouse place, and others, and even Fox which has managed to fall significantly from grace among principled Conservatives.
So saying that because you don't see hardly anyone here who doesn't act that way (much) doesn't mean they aren't out there, wearing their made-in-China MAGA hats and fighting in the streets somewhere just trying to hear someone speak nice things about their new hero--or to shout down those who won't.
I'd have to say this is an unusual sample to draw conclusions from.
We are all glad Hillary lost. Keep that in mind. It's like not getting the grilled tofu at the company picnic. But look at the burger and realize that we could have had steak. YMMV, but at least it isn't the tofu.
