Friendless
Watching the coverage of President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, I am struck who how respected and admired he is now, yes, but also how well liked. People just liked him. I liked him. And I cannot help but contrast that with Trump.
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Trump has his Acolytes, his Sycophants, his Supplicants, and his Confederates … but does he have any actual friends? Has anyone in his life — anyone not family or an employee or anyone not strictly transactional — just thought “You know who I want to hang out with now? You know who I want to have a fun lunch with or share this interesting passage from a book I just read?” and then immediately thought “Donald!”
I really don’t think that Donald Trump has any actual friends. Jeffrey Epstein and Rudy Giuliani don’t count.
