![]() Being a hypocrite clearly does not concern him and this is one of those infuriating traits that makes him so strongly disliked from Norway to Chile. Lastly, the saying that “those in glasshouses should not throw stones” is something that never occurs to Trump. However, outside of America, boasting about your wealth and fame is still largely seen as gauche. His claim to have “made it” financially is central to Trump’s appeal to many Americans that one sees interviewed on television. He vaingloriously promotes his poll numbers, his primary victories and the dismissal of his opponents as “ so easy to beat”. His patriotism is wrapped up in his claim that America will get so used to “winning” everything under a Trump presidency it will get sick of winning. When it comes to boasting, Trump is constantly self-congratulatory and arguably the biggest self-promoter in living memory. ![]() It is not only unhealthy, but many around the world would see it as trashy. In a world where eating a variety of food has become commonplace, Trump’s diet lacks sophistication and imagination. And for all of his money, the Trump diet consists of lots of McDonald’s meals, extremely well-done crispy steak, diet cola, and no alcohol. His claim to have “made it” financially is central to Trump’s appeal.īehind all the bluster, Trump’s vocabulary is repetitive and dull as he repeats the same platitudes and self-praise over and over. If one takes a deeper look at Trump and his enterprises, he has a remarkable talent for making glamour bland and soulless. This view of Americans is that their lives, to quote Alexis de Tocqueville, are particularly “unpoetic” and that they live by clichés and hollow catchphrases like “have a nice day”. The third stereotype - that Americans are sameish and live bland lives - would seem at first glance to miss the mark with Trump. In an earlier American generation, such rhetoric was associated with the Know-Nothing anti-immigration movement. When it comes to uncouth anti-intellectualism, Trump with his simplistic solutions, his lowest common denominator attacks on his political opponents, and his constant disregard for experts and their findings, makes him top of the class of loud-mouthed American bloviators for many. Anti-intellectualismįorget Trump’s Wharton School MBA – and his boast that “I know words, I have the best words”. But many outside the US view them as the crude rantings of a narcissist. Trump’s bad manners could generously be viewed as anti-elitist populism challenging the failing status quo. In terms of manners, Trump is the schoolyard bully as CEO. ![]() He is one of those Americans that foreigners have instantly strong opinions about. I am writing a book on negative stereotypes about Americans, and Trump is the gift that keeps on giving for the project. Trump is strongly disliked across the world because he is the archetypal “ugly American”: obnoxious, uncouth, boastful, materialistic, and duplicitous. However, while there is widespread disapproval of Trump’s nationalist, protectionist and racist policies, it is his persona that most repels non-Americans. This boast was unlikely to win Mexicans over to Trump. Mexicans have been told they are going to pay for that “tremendous wall” along their roughly 3200-kilometre border with the United States, which would cost approximately US$12 billion to build. Some of this has to do with what Trump has flagged as his possible foreign policies: the Japanese and South Koreans are key allies one day, and on their own the next day with encouragement to nuke up. WIN/Gallup has surveyed world opinion and Donald Trump’s support is extremely weak (apart from in Russia).
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