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"Donald Trump has always cut a peculiar figure on the world stage, due to the juxtaposition between his tweedledum figure and primate-dominance loom. But his clothing choices are pretty “weird” too: is he doing it on purpose, to amplify the bafflement and make you question your own reality? Or is he doing it all out of vanity and self-consciousness?
The tie The worst mistake a heavyset man can make, apparently, is the too-short tie, which lands in the middle of the belly like a thin but noisy flag, proclaiming: “Look at me! I am a belly, and I am mighty!” This is thought to be why Trump wears his ties so eccentrically long...The behind-side is meant to tuck into a loop at the back, but his can’t reach, being now too short. Physics, eh? Not all the money in the world can befuddle it. Instead, he ties the short side down with Scotch tape, which is just plain odd.
The cap In common with so many populist authoritarians, Trump fugles the superiority of his supporters (“You have good genes, you know that?”) while seeming somewhat repulsed by them. As recently as 2015, he pointed out a crowd of supporters, saying: “Look at these people … It’s literally a little bit sad.” The Maga hat is, fascinatingly, both a statement of that contempt and a mask for it. The message: look at these silly people; imagine putting your infantile hopes and dreams on a baseball hat. And now I am wearing the hat, and they think I am like them, would you just look at that?
Golfing Trump favours a modern white polo and dark slacks, and all the pizzazz associated with the sport is limited to some fancy monochrome golf brogues. His relative sobriety is because he doesn’t think of golf as leisure; he thinks it’s his real job. You wouldn’t wear fancy dress to the office now, would you?
Trousers An awesome amount of material must go into making Trump’s trousers, which are both too wide and too long. It gives him a fairytale look, like he might be able to take off, or sail across an ocean using just what he’s standing up in. Which maybe is the look he’s going for, idk."
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Fun article. Interesting analysis.
The tie The worst mistake a heavyset man can make, apparently, is the too-short tie, which lands in the middle of the belly like a thin but noisy flag, proclaiming: “Look at me! I am a belly, and I am mighty!” This is thought to be why Trump wears his ties so eccentrically long...The behind-side is meant to tuck into a loop at the back, but his can’t reach, being now too short. Physics, eh? Not all the money in the world can befuddle it. Instead, he ties the short side down with Scotch tape, which is just plain odd.
The cap In common with so many populist authoritarians, Trump fugles the superiority of his supporters (“You have good genes, you know that?”) while seeming somewhat repulsed by them. As recently as 2015, he pointed out a crowd of supporters, saying: “Look at these people … It’s literally a little bit sad.” The Maga hat is, fascinatingly, both a statement of that contempt and a mask for it. The message: look at these silly people; imagine putting your infantile hopes and dreams on a baseball hat. And now I am wearing the hat, and they think I am like them, would you just look at that?
Golfing Trump favours a modern white polo and dark slacks, and all the pizzazz associated with the sport is limited to some fancy monochrome golf brogues. His relative sobriety is because he doesn’t think of golf as leisure; he thinks it’s his real job. You wouldn’t wear fancy dress to the office now, would you?
Trousers An awesome amount of material must go into making Trump’s trousers, which are both too wide and too long. It gives him a fairytale look, like he might be able to take off, or sail across an ocean using just what he’s standing up in. Which maybe is the look he’s going for, idk."
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Fun article. Interesting analysis.
