#trump is a nepo baby

[tomorrowusa]

This POLITICO article is from 2019. But little mentioned in its content has substantively changed since then except that Trump is out of office.

There are few things less real than so called "reality shows". And Trump's Apprentice shows were even less real than most of that genre.

A lot of Trump supporters are unaware that he is a nepo baby who was known mostly as a self-promoting publicity hound who suffered a string of business failures and bankruptcies prior to making it big with the Apprentice.

Who is Donald Trump? Ask Americans and many of them will describe a self-made billionaire, a business tycoon of unfathomable success. In research recently published in Political Behavior, we found that voters are not simply uninformed about President Trump’s biographical background, but misinformed—and that misinformation has serious political consequences. Large swaths of the public believe the Trump myth. Across three surveys of eligible voters from 2016 to 2018, we found that as many as half of all Americans do not know that he was born into a very wealthy family. And while Americans are divided along party lines in their assessment of Trump’s performance as president, misperceptions regarding his financial background are found among Democrats and Republicans. The narrative of Trump as self-made is simply false. Throughout his life, the president has downplayed the role his father, real estate developer Fred Trump, played in his success, claiming it was “limited to a small loan of $1 million.” That isn’t true, of course: A comprehensive New York Times investigation last year estimated that over the course of his lifetime, the younger Trump received more than $413 million in today’s dollars from his father. While this exact figure was not known before the Times’ report, it was a matter of record that by the mid-1980s, Trump had been loaned at least $14 million by his father, was loaned at least $3.5 million more in 1990, had borrowed several more million against his inheritance in the 1990s after many of his ventures failed, and had benefited enormously from his father’s political connections and co-signing on loans early in his career as a builder.

Yep, The Donald was a rich kid who spent his dad's money rather poorly. While his father Fred was despicable in his own right, at least HE really did have a successful real estate empire.

When people do discover the true story behind Trump, attitudes about him are changed in a statistically noticeable way.

On perceptions of business acumen, which are higher across both parties, the information regarding Fred Trump’s role in his son’s business success is equally important. Democrats reduce their perceptions of Trump as a good businessman by 6 points, while Republican perceptions decline by 9 points.

And the producers of the Apprentice series had to do a lot of work just to keep up Trump's image.

Apprentice Producers Struggled to Make Trump—and His Decisions—Seem Coherent

The producers were the real (evil) geniuses of the series – not Trump.

Putting the series together was incredibly time consuming. According to journalist Patrick Radden Keefe in the MSNBC clip below, they would have to shoot 300 hours of footage for every 1 hour they actually aired. That is some serious editing for a "reality" show.

Mark Burnett was the metaphorical man behind the curtain pulling the levers of Trump's business image.

In close contests, it takes only a small percentage of votes to change an electoral outcome. The reality about Trump's business image is an additional tool we can use to gnaw away at his vote totals.

[momohotdogaroni]

Why do Trump supporters think we love Biden the way they love Trump? Bidens approval ratings were so bad he had to drop out. Every time someone tries to educate them they are always like “well Biden did this….”. BRO we don’t think about Biden as much as you.

Can we not ignore what Trump is doing because Biden or Obama did x,y,x? Even though they believe whatever daddy Trump or Elon says.

Don’t forget Musk owns X.

Bezos owns Washington Post and Twitch.

Zuckerberg owns Meta (Facebook and Instagram, etc)

Trump “saved” TikTok so we will see how that plays out.

Our media is owned by billionaires that have gotten richer since Trump took office.

Please wake the fuck up because we all need to work together to save the country from an oligarchy.

[typicallyriarkle]

watched mickey 17 over the weekend and captive prince has truly rotted my brain because why has the idea of an AU where Kastor sells Damen off as an expendable taken up half my brain space since I left the theatre

there's just something about the idea of mickey 17 vs 18 and the dichotomy of Damen's relentlessly optimistic and slightly delusional and very human view of his brother vs the kingly, powerful, level and untouchable side of him that could be reallyyy fun to explore

ALSO two Damen's??? who wouldn't want that?

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:

There’s a new nepo baby in the White House. On Wednesday, an aide for Vice President JD Vance confirmed that he hired Tucker Carlson’s 28-year-old son, Buckley Carlson, as his deputy press secretary. According to ABC News reporter Will Steakin, Buckley’s hiring has been in motion since at least Monday. He added that the former Fox News personality’s son has only worked on Capitol Hill since 2019, most recently as a communications director and deputy chief of staff to Rep. Jim Banks, Republican of Indiana.

President Donald Trump is known for building a White House rife with nepotism, so Buckley’s new role is sure to reignite backlash to what looks like biased hiring.  Then again, given that Tucker has long been a Trump ally and a prominent voice in conservative media, his son’s hiring might not come as that big of a shock.  Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time that Tucker might’ve pulled some strings to help out his son. The Washington Post reported in 2022 that Tucker and his wife, Susan Andrews, called on Hunter Biden to help get Buckley accepted into Georgetown University. “I realize you don’t really know Buckley,” Andrews wrote in a 2014 email to Biden, who is a Georgetown graduate. “Maybe you could meet or speak to him and he could send you a very brief resume with his interests and grades attached.”

Vance and Tucker also appear to be close. After all, it was during Vance’s 2021 Senate run that he lamented to the then-Fox News personality that Democrats were promoting an “anti-family” agenda led by “a bunch of childless cat ladies.” This, in turn, became a campaign issue after Vance was selected as Trump’s running mate in July. More recently, Vance was featured on Tucker’s streaming platform, Tucker Carlson Network. 

Tucker Carlson’s nepo baby son Buckley begins his job in the Trump White House, to serve as JD Vance’s deputy press secretary.

[agentfascinateur]

(courtesy of Occupy Democrats)

Only there because his name is Kennedy...

[tomorrowusa]

« [A]nd there’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA. »

— Gov. Tim Walz speaking at a town hall in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Gov. Walz, a former US House member, is holding town hall meetings in districts where GOP reps are too afraid of their own constituents to face voters in person.

Donald Trump rants about immigrants destroying American jobs. But he's fine with such job-destroying immigrants as long as they are white multi-billionaires; and if those billionaires have a history of racism going back three generations then all the better in Trump's eyes.

^^^ Elon, go back to Africa!

Musk is one of those billionaires who collects multiple citizenships for fun and profit. He's a citizen of two other countries in addition to the US. Yet fellow nepo baby Dipshit Donny is giving him access to sensitive government data which real Americans cannot see.

[momohotdogaroni]

How do we get MAGA people to wake up. 😭😭

Donald Trump is manipulating you. He was hearing what you needed and telling you everything you wanted to hear in order to get elected. Now that he’s elected he’s trying to pass laws that benefit the billionaires and corporations.

Like we all agree that politicians are slimy. The media is full of propaganda. We all agree that there is a lot of wasteful spending but to take the money away from everyday Americans? Is that really the answer?

Humans DO NOT deserve to suffer. We deserve to have our basic needs met. We deserve to enjoy life. Yes our system does need to change but to give billionaires control over that change is not the answer. Please do not blindly follow such an angry man.

These are not “lies being pushed by the left”. These are true things that are happening now and its just gets worse and worse.

If some people aren’t free (trans, POC, immigrants) nobody is free. They will continue to take from us because they don’t care about us. They just want money and power. Please don’t be fighting for another dictator.

Wake up

[amberofember]

born to be a nepo baby studying art history, forced to learn about macroeconomics 😔

[slacktivist]

WHEN WAR CRIMES ARE NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY LUCRATIVE

[sebibibebi]

breaking my silence. someone please god give mick a haircut

[momohotdogaroni]

Sent this to my family lol

For some reason the versions of this where he gives two salutes is being deleted and replaced with a version with a quick cut to a cheering crowd so I’ll just share it here 🙃

[liliesmultiverse]

how i felt after scripting that donald trump, joe biden, sam taylor, gracie abrams, wilbur soot & j.k. rowling don’t exist in my nepo baby reality

if you have any other suggestions pls gimme

[iregularlyevadetaxes]

I think Trump actually looks up to Musk. Trump is an idiot nepo baby so Musk comes across as a super genius to him it makes sense

[nquesoxlies]

Every time I see are BoB out here calling Lou racist, homophobic and a Trump supporter and acting like they're on some moral crusade to protect the sanctity of this network procedural I'm just baffled and furious?

Like, I don't know him. He could be a jackass? But I am relatively certain they do not have the receipts for this. Not to mention that we do have receipts that strongly indicate their fav is problematic. >.>

There's also just this weird all or nothing mentality that is aimed at people they don't have pants feelings about that is just fucked up. No one is a paragon. Humans are messy. We need room to fuck up and learn better. Lou has been in the public eye for a while given his shitty dad is a famous guy who dragged his family into "reality" TV stuff. (If anything Lou is a nepo baby, but he can't help that lol) I'm not saying we have to support obviously terrible people, but um, we don't have the receipts.

See also claims "Oliver hates him." Or "poor Aisha, having to work with Him." Based on zero evidence and against much evidence to the contrary.

But again, we don't know these actors.

Maybe if these same people yelling about Lou had not also attacked EVERY other LI that wasn't their pants feeling preference, we could take their claims more seriously, but the pattern is real rancid. And if they actually cared, they'd be hitting everyone with the same standards. Which they aren't.

Anyways. I'm exhausted. Thanks for being awesome!

Until I see a legit receipt showing that Lou is any if those things within the last few years... I think I'll use my common sense to know who promotes/supports AI and right-wing propaganda and who doesn't.

[hrrtshape]

hi Emma!! can you make a list of people to script out? lol

a comprehensive list of people to script out because they are objectively rancid:

(this is MY OPINION, and these people are HORRIBLE. i do not care for discourse. i am the jury, the judge, and the executioner of my own script. begone.)

johnny depp (we are not bringing 2013 tumblr back. pack it up.)

elon musk (i am scripting a reality where he does not exist and never has.)

j*ff bezos (ew)

andrew tate (i want my dr to have zero men who speak in soundbites from a joe rogan podcast.)

kanye west (no. next.)

chris brown (should’ve been wiped from public consciousness a decade ago.)

trump (not even a background character in my worldbuilding. gone.)

mark zuckerberg (if i see the metaverse in my dr, i’m burning it down.)

tucker carlson (i am scripting a dr where he never learned to read.)

any tiktok finance bro (no crypto, no ‘sigma male grindset,’ no pyramid schemes disguised as 'hustles.')

any man who starts a podcast with a brick wall background (automatic deletion.)

gal gadot (war criminal)

anyone who refers to women as ‘females’ (blocked, banned, removed from the simulation.)

any mediocre nepo baby trying to make ‘fetch’ happen (i am eliminating their acting careers at the source.)

whoever keeps giving sean penn a platform (who even asks for him anymore??)

whoever invented surge pricing on uber (i will find you.)

landlords. just, landlords.

jake paul and his ugly older brother (no.)

p*rnhub’s entire executive team (you know what you did.)

whoever decided to put ads on streaming services that already cost €15 a month (jail.)

jared leto (grown man. cult leader. dm’d underage girls like it was a hobby. gone.)

ezra miller (an international menace. every timeline is safer without them.)

armie hammer (cannibal allegations aside, why was he even famous? no.)

kevin spacey (never should have been a household name. goodbye.)

roman polanski (he's still alive? not in my dr.)

woody allen (should have been locked in a vault in 1979 and never let out.)

sean penn (why is he always involved in international conflicts? for what?)

mel gibson (we do not let blatant, recorded antisemitism slide. gone.)

chris pratt (not even the best chris. zero charisma. no.)

mark wahlberg (hate crime past. bad acting present. get out.)

miles teller (he just looks like a guy who ruins the vibe.)

vin diesel (refuses to let fast & furious die. enough.)

shia labeouf (unforgivable. no sympathy. let my girl mia out of your ugliness. gone.)

drake bell (convicted and still trying to make music? jail.)

dan schneider (he should have been removed from nickelodeon in the 90s.)

george clooney (irrelevant. flop. mocked on south park)

dream & co (i am eliminating every minecraft manchild from my dr. full reset.)

shane dawson (why did this man have a platform for 15+ years?)

again but andrew tate & his weird bald brother (expunged.)

keemstar (harbinger of all things nasty on the internet.)

jefree star (ugly. racist. something else)

p. diddy (whatever’s going on there is dark-sided. allegations on allegations. exile.)

nick cannon (he is building a small country with his offspring. make it stop.)

taylor swift’s entire ‘team’ (they keep letting her cook, and she should NOT be cooking this much.)

tyga (groomer. weirdo. we are not looking past it.)

pedro pascal (this is a test. if you reacted emotionally, you’re too far gone. no i'm joking. I'M JOKING)

christian horner (red bull f1 guy) (currently under investigation for weirdness. gone.)

cristiano ronaldo (his whole vibe is off. also, the case. you know the one.)

andrew tate (he gets listed thrice, for good measure.)

king charles (you waited how long to be king? pathetic.)

vladimir putin (the list is too long. gone.)

whoever keeps inviting logan paul back into mainstream relevance (why?)

every tech ceo who looks like they drink nutrient sludge instead of eating food (you are not evolved, you are sick.)

anyone who got famous just by reacting to tiktoks (do something else.)

guys who made a 'how to pick up girls' course (straight to hell.)

prince andrew (…do i even need to explain?)

ellen degeneres (mean, fake, expired.)

whoever keeps casting james corden in things (why do they exist?)

the entirety of the british monarchy (what are you even for?)

every influencer who scams their audience with fake ‘mentorships’ (shameful.)

james corden (listed again, because he keeps coming back.)

anyone who calls themselves a ‘high-value man’ unironically (tragic.)

whoever designed apple’s autocorrect system (i will find you.)

whoever keeps rebooting franchises instead of making original movies (enough.)

the facebook fact-checkers who flag satire posts as misinformation (get a job.)

people who still defend chris brown (you're in the trenches for a man who would leave you there.)

whoever greenlit ‘velma’ on hbo max (you have destroyed a generation.)

prince andrew (listed again for emphasis. we are not forgetting.)

if you shift and see even one of these people, run it back. that is not your dr. we do not tolerate pollution.

[tomorrowusa]

It's sadly hilarious how some incel Trump fanboys consider him to be a hyper-masculine role model. Being a bullying nepo baby with creeping dementia does not make somebody a superhero.

In fact, he's a pathetic wimp who tries to make up for his deep insecurity with fulminating rants which consist of fantasies, self-aggrandizement, and verbose threats – but seldom any reality.