“What part of Donald Trump is not elite? The business side, the politics side, the inheritance side?” BBC reporter Emily Maitlis asked.
“Oh my god, there’s so many things about the president. How about the cheeseburgers, how about the pizzas that we eat?” Scaramucci replied.
“Everyone eats cheeseburgers, pizzas, what are you talking about?” the reporter fired back.
I’m with the reporter. A love of certain foods does not make an everyman.
Scaramucci then accused Maitlis of “coming across a little elitist” and said he grew up in a middle-class family with a “tight budget” and “little to no money.”
He said Trump understands the “common struggle” even better than he does.
“He knows how to operate in the elitist world and has unbelievable empathy for the common struggle that’s going on with the middle-class people and the lower middle-class people,” he said.
Oh sure, he understands the “common people”. Having daddy hand you a million bucks in seed money, that’s a very typical thing, happens to most commoners, right? Oh, and the language! “Common struggle”, pretty sure that’s shortspeak for commoners, because Tiny Tyrant fancies himself royalty. As for empathy? Oh, please. Pull the other one, it has bells on. It is totally unbelievable that Trump has any empathy at all. I would love to see someone point Trump at a typical lower middle class house, and tell him he had to take all his vacations in it, rather than his mansion in Florida, for a month. He wouldn’t be able to do it. Although you probably could park him in a Pizza Hut for a day, if the pizza was free.
Via The Hill. (Video at the link.)
rq says
There’s free pizza? Where?
Caine says
Hahahahaha. Mmm, I wouldn’t mind some free pizza.
jimb says
Appropriate since today is Pizza Thursday.
Well, at our house, anyway. :-)
blf says
It’s Pasta Thursday here. Tonight, gnocchi with gorgonzola and (probably) pignons de pin et plumes de pingouins. Plus some avec.
Caine says
It’s “I have no idea of what I’ll eat” day.
rq says
Husband was responsible for bringing home something delicious today.
It wasn’t pizza but it was delicious!
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Frozen pizza here today. No time and energy for cooking.
blf says
At least defrost it… and remember, the cardboard to eat is that which is inside the box…