I was watching Fox the other night when they were waiting for Trump to speak and they kept repeating the meme that his claim to fame is being a reality TV star.
But this is not true. He was a star of REALITY long before reality TV was invented. Trump has been in the national eye since the 1980s.
So why does he appeal to the only truly disenfranchised people in the America: the working middle class? He isn’t one of us. He didn’t work his way up from blue collar beginnings.
Here’s why: in a nation that creates wealth through overpriced startups that are invented just for the IPO and an eventual buyout long before anything useful is produced, Trump is a builder. He actually puts up casinos and hotels, instead of building a virtual casino on the internet and then selling shares via GoFundMe.
Yeah, he did some time on Reality TV, but most of America’s Trump experience has been with him doing stuff and being larger-than-life. The allure of a President who DOES CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS is powerful since we haven’t had one of those in a very long time.
You are correct.
The railroad and industrial "robber barons" everyone loves to hate may have been unpleasant individuals, but they (mostly) built things- and much of what they built lasted past their deaths. As you point out, Donald Trump "builds things"... at least to a greater extent than any of the current banking, brokerage and trust fund plutocrats.
He also contrasts starkly with someone like Jeb!, Rubio or Kasich… so much so that I loathe the latter - and their support groups - more as time goes on.
Mr. niteowl77
Not only that he builds things .. but he’s proud of the fact that he’s made a fortune doing it.
People are attracted to the fact that Trump thinks Americans should be wanting to be rich .. so they can do extraordinary things in America.
THAT IS HIS APPEAL: He makes people believe that it’s okay to be prosperous - to be rich - to own property - to take nice vacations with their families - to send their children to quality schools (where they don’t get taught Common Core).
Trump makes them believe in the goodness of America again.