As I watched the footage of Donald Trump serving burgers and cooking fries at a drive-thru McDonalds in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, I wondered why I even cared that this was just another fraudulent stunt. He was pretending to “work” there; the place was closed down. It was just a way to troll Kamala Harris, who has said she once took a summer job in a McDonald’s. Trump has never had a summer job, he simply inherited millions, most of which he blew. But why worry about another Trump lie?
It’s what he does. Everyone knows this.
A phrase that has become common, and one that I particularly hate, is the one used to convey that certain politicians’ flaws are “priced in” to their appeal. Priced in is an investing term that means the value of stock has been adjusted to meet the expectations of all the investors and new information will not change it. The outcome of future events – good or bad – is reflected in the price.
So, when we use it about politicians it means the public are well aware of that person’s flaws but somehow accept this as part of the package.
Trump lies, Boris Johnson has difficulties with the actualité, Nigel Farage will stir racial tension wherever possible.
What else is “priced in” with Trump, though? Sexual assault (according to a civil jury), numerous crimes, hush money paid to a porn star, electoral subversion. These go beyond anything remotely acceptable in a functioning democracy. This silly McDonald’s charade was part of an attack on Harris, who he says is lying about her stint in the fast-food restaurant. Trump’s modus operandi is often to accuse opponents of his own crimes, small or large.
It is genuinely shocking to see respectable Right-wingers here endorse Trump on the basis that they cannot stand Harris or a Democrat win. Where is their moral compass? I am not Harris’s biggest fan. She is prone to Californian psychobabble, was surely part of the cover-up of just how cognitively impaired Biden was becoming and is decidedly unclear in certain policy areas. Nonetheless, if she loses the election, I do not think she will be signalling to armed militias to overthrow the election results. I do not think she will hand over Ukraine to Putin. I do not think she will align herself with every other superannuated dictator and abandon Europe.
As I watched the footage of Donald Trump serving burgers and cooking fries at a drive-thru McDonalds in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, I wondered why I even cared that this was just another fraudulent stunt. He was pretending to “work” there; the place was closed down. It was just a way to troll Kamala Harris, who has said she once took a summer job in a McDonald’s. Trump has never had a summer job, he simply inherited millions, most of which he blew. But why worry about another Trump lie?
It’s what he does. Everyone knows this.
A phrase that has become common, and one that I particularly hate, is the one used to convey that certain politicians’ flaws are “priced in” to their appeal. Priced in is an investing term that means the value of stock has been adjusted to meet the expectations of all the investors and new information will not change it. The outcome of future events – good or bad – is reflected in the price.
So, when we use it about politicians it means the public are well aware of that person’s flaws but somehow accept this as part of the package.
Trump lies, Boris Johnson has difficulties with the actualité, Nigel Farage will stir racial tension wherever possible.
What else is “priced in” with Trump, though? Sexual assault (according to a civil jury), numerous crimes, hush money paid to a porn star, electoral subversion. These go beyond anything remotely acceptable in a functioning democracy. This silly McDonald’s charade was part of an attack on Harris, who he says is lying about her stint in the fast-food restaurant. Trump’s modus operandi is often to accuse opponents of his own crimes, small or large.
It is genuinely shocking to see respectable Right-wingers here endorse Trump on the basis that they cannot stand Harris or a Democrat win. Where is their moral compass? I am not Harris’s biggest fan. She is prone to Californian psychobabble, was surely part of the cover-up of just how cognitively impaired Biden was becoming and is decidedly unclear in certain policy areas. Nonetheless, if she loses the election, I do not think she will be signalling to armed militias to overthrow the election results. I do not think she will hand over Ukraine to Putin. I do not think she will align herself with every other superannuated dictator and abandon Europe.