Oh I recognize it. It's the 'im valedictorian of my four person class in a tiny town' ego. If someone is the brightest fish in a very tiny pond sometimes they assume they are super clever compared to the whole world.
Leading universities/schools. It's one thing for handsome devils to get away with murder. Quite another for someone who looks like and is Generic Guy to assume we need him to run things
Honestly I think its all a pastiche of what he thinks a hypermasculine straight man would do. There's something deeply performative about him, at all times.
In his defense, gag, look at him next to Trump. JD has worked on himself, lost weight for this campaign. He's just a clueless social climber. He has no political ability.
I don't think that's true. He's about the same as Trump's height - not 6'3" but maybe about 6'. Trump doesn't like short people which is how I knew MTG had no chance to be VP.
I'm pretty sure this is successful internet disinformation, sadly. A former local reporter I know who's 6'1 (and doesn't like the GOP) was in a room with him back in the day and says they're around the same height.
I get this weird satisfaction knowing I could physically look down my nose at this man, while standing in my bare feet too! Maybe cause men like him hate that sorta thing.
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