Also, I don’t think I’m the only one with this problem. I have seen excellent reporting on Trump’s world, but the observations or making humor seems to fail on a regular basis. I read all the commentary in various publications, both from the Left and Right, and all fail. I can’t speak for them, but since I have the same problem, I feel it’s the foundation is not settled under my feet. It shifts like sand on a windy day on the beach. Whatever ridiculous thing I write about Trump, the ‘great’ man himself seems to top it. The truth is Trump is hysterical. No one can touch him with respect to humor. He’s the type of guy who has a knife on someone’s throat, and everyone says “please drop that knife, Don.” Then he cuts the guys throat just because he wants to do it, or show that no one has any control over him. He doesn’t care about the guy whose throat got cut, but cares deeply about how people see him, and even more important, that they don’t control him in any fashion or manner.
Trump is not like Conrad Hilton, who started off working in his Dad’s general store in New Mexico, which eventually he turned that general store into a ten room hotel, and of course, ultimately, the Hilton Hotels around the world. Trump was very much born into his situation of wealth and followed his daddy’s footsteps into the world of property. I would like to say that Trump is brilliant at branding, but in no way or fashion have I ever wanted to wear a Trump tie or eat a Trump steak. I have always considered him a low-life bottom feeder of a tycoon and one with no original creative vision. Howard Hughes was born rich, but at the very least he had an impressive vision of aviation and owning a movie studio. Trump never did anything creative in his life. Everything he touches turns into mediocrity. Including his family and now, the White House.
There are great characters around Trump, for instance, Steve Bannon. But even writing something satirical about him is hard, due that like his soul brother of sorts, Trump, he’s impossible to make fun of due that he makes himself into a fictional figure. For one, no one likes Donald Trump. Bannon, I’m sure, thinks of him as a fool, and of course, every Republican secretly and (sometimes) publicly hates him as well. I seriously doubt that Jared Kushner likes Trump. I’m going to presume he wants his wife, but his father-in-law. No. He can be made fun of, due to the corruption of his very soul. Trump and Bannon have no soul. Kushner does, and he knows what he’s doing is bad. Therefore a chance for a writer to comment on someone like Jared.
For example with Trump. Him pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Apparently, a man who is in the wrong job, but loves the position of power, in the same sense as a boy who likes to be chosen hall monitor at their high school. Does Trump like or care for Arpaio? My guess is no. He's just a prop for him to use, and he will throw him under the bus if the mood hits him in the right place. Arpaio is a man with a vision, a plan even. Therefore a perfect subject matter for a writer to comment on humorously. Again, if I was going t focus on Trump, I will come off as a failure. At this moment and time, it's imperative for writers to comment on their time and era. The thing is, it's a tough job when you're dealing with a psychopath. I don't have the skills of a true crime writer, but perhaps one is needed when writing about the Trump administration.
On the other hand, I'll still work on it. All of us should do so. I just wished that there was someone like Preston Sturges around. Where is he when one needs him?
- Tosh Berman
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