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The Movie Trope that Explains Trump’s Political Dominance (www.politico.com)

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To win again, Democrats must stop warning voters against the kind of people movies taught us to love.

from Politico
By Dan Brooks
09/07/2025 10:00 AM EDT

That Trump was a boarding school graduate who inherited over $400 million did not seem to affect voters’ calculus, in the same way Danny the caddy doesn’t ask why he should risk his college scholarship to help a millionaire win a bet. In the narrative of the 2016 election, Trump was the slob, even though he was a textbook snob in both background and agenda. From cutting taxes for the wealthy to slashing regulations for corporate America, his policies reinforced the positions of those already in power, i.e. the snobs. But his rhetoric, demeanor and attitude toward the mythic Washington establishment has been pure slob.

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