The Idiocracy of Trumpamania
Hulk Hogan, Dana White and Kid Rock were the perfect intellectual warm-up acts for the toxic masculinity of Trump's dark, dystopian vision to end American democracy.
It is pointless to fact-check Trump's rambling, 90 minute acceptance speech. Key features were the expected regurgitation of MAGA's bigotry and resentments, Trump's self-aggrandizing lies and praise of authoritarian strong-men, and tirades completely devoid of any clear policy objective other than the mass deportation of millions of American workers. Everything you need to know about Trump's Republican Party is the convention highlight of pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan ripping off his shirt to reveal a Trump-Vance tank top to a cheering GOP crowd.
Former President Donald J. Trump walks onto the stage on the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times
Trump Struggles to Turn the Page on ‘American Carnage’, New York Times | 7/19/2024
By Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender
On the last night of the G.O.P. convention on Thursday, Donald J. Trump promised to bridge political divides, and then returned to delighting in deepening them.
Former wrestler Hulk Hogan took the stage at the Republican national convention on Thursday, giving a speech riddled with wrestling metaphors.
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