Trump ‘An American Asshole'
Playboy Africa|June 2021
Calling soldiers “losers” and downplaying the deadly pandemic, the president shows he cannot rise above insults and lies
Brian Karem
Trump ‘An American Asshole'

Donald Trump’s fear is palpable.

Letting loose with a series of more than 50 “rage tweets” before early afternoon on Tuesday, the soon-to-be ex-president went after Democrats, journalists, Joe Biden, protesters, college football, governors in Michigan, Illinois and Maryland, and a host of other enemies real and imagined—well, mostly imagined.

The tweet tirade followed Trump’s Monday campaign rally disguised as a Labor Day press conference. Trump’s rambling diatribe was of questionable significance, but he may have made history simply by conducting a press event on the front steps of the White House. White House scholar Martha Kumar told me she can’t remember a president in the modern era conducting a press conference there. A quick check of the history books shows it may well be the first time a president ever did such a thing.

You’d think Trump would make better use of the time and space.

Standing not far from a window seat that still shows scorch marks from when the British torched the White House in 1814, Trump fanned the flames of hatred and tried to burn his enemies. As reporter Jeff Mason of Reuters tweeted while at the event, “@realDonaldTrump has unleashed on China, criticized the media, and called @JoeBiden a ‘stupid’ person during rambling remarks at the White House.”

When Mason asked him a question, Trump told him to remove his mask. Mason refused. Trump then later retweeted a photo of Mason not wearing a mask, along with a denigrating comment— “Same guy that didn’t want to take off his mask yesterday in asking a question while being very socially distanced. Fake news!”

This story is from the June 2021 edition of Playboy Africa.

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