Trump still doesn't understand why 'you're fired' can't work like it did on TV
Source: The Guardian
Trump still doesn't understand why 'you're fired' can't work like it did on TV
News that Trump ordered the firing of Mueller shows he thinks he can utter his catchphrase and people just disappear
Richard Wolffe
Fri 26 Jan 2018 19.13 GMT
Donald Trump has a problem with reality. To be specific, he has a problem distinguishing reality television from reality. With each passing news cycle, it’s alarmingly clear that he believes in his own character from the fantasy show known as The Apprentice.
Now, most viewers above the age of four have already figured out there’s a certain artifice to the world of TV. There’s the dramatic music and the heavy editing, the make-up and the lights, and of course the word “show”, which gives away the whole game.
But our commander-in-chief sees something else when he stares into the screen during his many daily hours of executive time inside the White House. He sees a window on the world in which he can utter his catchphrase and people just disappear, along with all their problems.
“You’re fired!” worked so well on The Apprentice. Why shouldn’t it work so well with the multiple investigations into all these allegations of collusion with the Russian government, money laundering through his real estate business, obstruction of justice and his chaotic management of the executive branch of government?
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/26/trump-still-doesnt-get-the-difference-between-reality-and-reality-tv
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