Excellent Olivia Nuzzi article (warning, put down your coffee first her descriptions of TFG are

[MLAA]

hilarious)

I hope this isn’t behind a paywall, I was unable to test it before posting.

One of my favorite descriptions:

‘On the day he announced his candidacy this past November, the air was heavy with oleander and snipped greenery and sea mist colliding with mold and wood polish and hotel soap and the metallic vapor of Diet Coke and the alcoholic ferment of generations of cougars in Chanel No. 5. ‘


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024.html

[niyad]

1. That was one ugly, depressing read. The F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR** is

even uglier and more clueless than even I thought. And, let's see. . .mel is beautiful. And princess sparkle pony and the plastic ken-doll took their children to Qatar (before princess took their daughter to Paris).

[AllyCat]

2. Hahaha! Just the excerpt is hilarious!

[Ocelot II]

3. It's behind a paywall, unfortunately.

[malaise]

4. I read it without a paywall

Love this
“Those idiot producers. Those imbeciles! Haven’t they got any eyes? Have they forgotten what a star looks like? I’ll show them. I’ll be up there again, so help me!,” Trump leaned over O’Brien’s shoulder and whispered, “

[Ocelot II]

6. It limits how many articles you can read, and I'd already used mine jp.

[area51]

11. Possibly this link might work for you.

https://archive.ph/FVNWg

[Ocelot II]

12. Thanks!

Great article, both funny and depressing.

[teach1st]

7. No paywall for me

Nada. They may have a set number of site views before the paywall kicks in.

[Hekate]

16. Here's a free link, courtesy of another DUer

https://archive.ph/sb0Mp

For more excerpts here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217491594

[Ocelot II]

17. Thanks!

[badhair77]

8. The Norma Desmond analogy is pure gold.

[MLAA]

10. Total lack of self awareness! Perfect movie for him.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Don't underestimate him

He still has complete control of that party. He will dust DeSantis and then ask him to be his VP.

[ZonkerHarris]

14. From the article to back up your point....

No decent people want anything to do with him,” the former official said. “I think he knows he’s got a fucking F-team and he’s embarrassed by it.” Still, this person admitted, the F-team may have a point: “There are so many gross opportunists, the minute it looks like he’ll win, they’ll all be back.”

[ZonkerHarris]

13. another great paragraph about the people who may or may not work for him this time...

"Among Trumpworld’s known regulars who did not flee in an outright panic, this early period of the new campaign is a time for self-interested planning. Some are reluctant to make their participation official for financial reasons; some are waiting for things to get even worse to swoop in and save the day; some are waiting to see if it does get worse so they can pretend they were never going to get involved. The people who swear they will never be dragged back sometimes do seem to mean it, but sometimes it seems they are just trying to convince themselves."

[MLAA]

15. So right on! The cowards!

[Hekate]

18. It is a brilliant piece of writing. I laughed in horror, then made my husband read it...

He was also horrified, but really fascinated at the Sunset Boulevard/Norma Desmond movie revelations, as he knows the movie better than I. At the end of her article, Olivia Nuzzi brings up the end of the movie — how the mad, washed-up movie star is tricked into coming quietly. You realize: that’s probably how Donald could be captured as well….

Do you remember how Sunset Boulevard ends? Norma Desmond shoots and kills the writer, a fraudster who has fallen under the spell of her charisma, just as he summons the courage to walk away. Her sycophantic butler flips. There are no enablers left to protect her. A final fantasy, a fake movie set, is staged in the mansion’s entryway. The lights go on, and she is lured before the cameras, where the police are waiting to haul her away.

[MLAA]

19. And apparently TFG has watched it over and over and over! At least this should allow him to

recognize his end!

[dalton99a]

20. Kick