KO: Trump Wants to Ride in a Gilded Coach?! Behold this man's vanity

[niyad]

Trump Wants to Ride in a Gilded Coach?!
Behold this man’s vanity

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-trump-wants-to-ride-in-a-gilded-coach-2017-04-20?c=series

[fun n serious]

1. Why did MSNBC drop him?

I always liked him.

[niyad]

6. speaking unvarnished truth to power.

[frankieallen]

11. apparently, it's because he is impossible to get along with, and very difficult to work for.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/keith-olbermann-on-why-he-left-msnbc-and-how-he-plans-to-get-even-20110607

ESPN, another network Olbermann played a crucial role in giving a unique identity, through his hosting of SportsCenter. In the book, many of Olbermann's former colleagues describe him as brilliant but insufferable. Admits one anchor, "We felt not so much relief when Keith left as unrestrained fucking joy."

[MineralMan]

2. Trump is truly the President who would be King.

[niyad]

3. emperor palpatine

[MineralMan]

4. Indeed, with delusions of being Louis XIV.

All that gilded crap is so pretentious...

[niyad]

8. and shows a great deal of insecurity.

[MineralMan]

9. Oh, yes, indeed.

Trump is an illustration of over-compensation.

[Fresh_Start]

5. I think he wants to live out his dream of being a princess like Cinderella.

Even if thats not exactly his thought process, I think it would upset him that we say he wants to be a princess.

[MineralMan]

7. Here is an actual US Presidential Carriage

Once used by President Lincoln. It's currently in the Smithsonian Museum. Perhaps Trump will put it back into use for processions. Note the complete lack of gilding.

[niyad]

10. here, I can fix that:

[MineralMan]

12. Why, of course. That would tart it up nicely.