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This borders on absurdist. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've come to expect a certain level of daftness and self-absorption with the Trump Org, but this is just
by zeruch 4y ago
This borders on absurdist. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've come to expect a certain level of daftness and self-absorption with the Trump Org, but this is just...weird.
Like not the normal disconnect from reality, but a more disturbing indicator of unraveling. I mean he must truly be seeking any distraction from his growing number of legal threats to think this somehow qualifies as a "major announcement" to the point that the lunacy of the announcement and its subsequent analysis is more substantive than the announcement.
- tppiotrowski 4y agoIt's the new "attention economy". Your value is how many eyeballs are fixed on you. It creates spectacles like this. Edit: another comment pointed out that this is just Trump licensing his name to a product that he likely didn't conjure up himself.
- d23 4y agoIt strikes me as a sign he must be incredibly desperate for money.