More Americans say Trump has prioritized his personal business interests than the country as a whole - AP-NORC
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When it comes to allegations that he has profited from the presidency, 41% believe President Trump has done something illegal and 18% think his actions have been unethical but not illegal. Another 18% feel he’s done nothing wrong.
  • deeprlyeh@lemmus.orgEnglish
    12·
    8 hours ago

    I can’t imagine how people think anything else. He has no positive publicity, in the 80s and 90s he was constantly getting shit on in interviews.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 hours ago

      I blame that fucking game show he was given. I guess before that some rappers thought he had street cred or some shit.

      I mean people that were at least marginally aware would know he was a jackass long before. Did anyone reading/watching American Psycho think the protagonist worships donnie for justifiable reasons?

      • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 hours ago

        It’s not just his game show, imo. Not to push back on what you said. Really just to say I believe it’s much wider and longer than that. I can’t say I know the full impact if any, but whenever he was mentioned and displayed personally or mockingly it was always the same, rich guy everyone fawns over.

        I might be telling on myself a little here, but I just rewatched an episode (about 30 seconds in) of Saved by the Bell, with a dating game show partly made up of the show’s normal cast as the contestants. Screech plays “Donald Chump”. He’s introduced and he fans a big wad of cash. I suppose it’s making fun of Trump, with the name used and maybe how it all played out, but I think the imagery might not convey only mockery. This is just one of many mentions, in many media, about the man over the years. How many people are just name dropped like that over and over?

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Yeah, I remember some people in the early 90s all agog that they went to see one of his casinos. They were not old enough to gamble, but just excited to see donnie’s Taj Mahal or whatever the fuck.

          Even back then, I was like…who cares, that guy sounds like a dickhead and it’s a casino? 🤷 But I was raised not to really value people that happen to have money as if they are special.

          So many people are operating on Worthington’s Law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbU4VRs2rro