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> "Trump may have doomed us to an endless flood of celebrity politicians..." We've had numerous celebrity politicians before Trump. Franken, Reagan, Arnold, Ve
by Caveman_Coder 9y ago
> "Trump may have doomed us to an endless flood of celebrity politicians..."
We've had numerous celebrity politicians before Trump. Franken, Reagan, Arnold, Ventura, Springer, etc... The list continues[1] and it definitely wasn't Trump that was the first (although he holds the highest position of any of the other celebrity-actor-politicians, without having first held another political position).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actor-politicians#USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actor-politicians#USA
EDIT: Clarified my comment on Trump being the "first" celebrity-president
- pitt1980 9y agofwiw, Springer's political life was before he became a nationally known celebrity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoReagan was president too though.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoFair point. I edited my comment to make clear that I meant first celebrity-president without having had any other political position.