Trump would be a half forgotten foot note if the republican leadership had honored their oath to the constitution and acted in the nation's interest by impeaching him after Jan 6.
Brilliant essay. I think you're right to figure Trump as an other worldly figure, since that seems to be how he views himself and acts accordingly. I tried to get at this myself by describing him as a black hole in something I published here:
What’s interesting about this movie is that Trump supporters have really taken to it, or at least parts of it. There are edits and fancam videos of that final scene in his office floating around out there. It’s taking on another life as a meme, sort of like American Psycho.
Great article. To add to the poem’s echoes, one of the lessons of Goethe’s Faust Part Two is that every development is simultaneously a destruction. With Trump- the developer turned politician-that has certainly been true for many. If not yet for Trump and his family.
Trump would be a half forgotten foot note if the republican leadership had honored their oath to the constitution and acted in the nation's interest by impeaching him after Jan 6.
After watching this film I thought of Macbeth, but Faust is even
better- perceptive analysis
This is powerful! I hope it gets around.
Brilliant essay. I think you're right to figure Trump as an other worldly figure, since that seems to be how he views himself and acts accordingly. I tried to get at this myself by describing him as a black hole in something I published here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/brandonenorth/p/to-donald-trump?r=7wc7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Well done!
What’s interesting about this movie is that Trump supporters have really taken to it, or at least parts of it. There are edits and fancam videos of that final scene in his office floating around out there. It’s taking on another life as a meme, sort of like American Psycho.
I liked reading this article! Thank you for it. Mephisto as a lawyer is very American.
Bravo!
Great article. To add to the poem’s echoes, one of the lessons of Goethe’s Faust Part Two is that every development is simultaneously a destruction. With Trump- the developer turned politician-that has certainly been true for many. If not yet for Trump and his family.