They KEY to the election. Somehow... inexplicably they made Trump "cool".
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This won't get the attention it deserves because people are too hung up on other minor reasons for the loss.
The Trump machine somehow took a fat, balding pig with a combover... a former Democrat New Yorker who shits on a golden toilet and turned him into a hero to everyone from the dude at the drive-thru at McDonalds, the dude watching MMA on TV and the loser surfing the internet all day long.
Donald Trump is the antithesis of cool, if cool is defined by the likes of James Dean, George Clooney, Gal Gadot or Denzel Washington...
Gen Z literally... *almost* voted for Donald Trump. An 80 year old guy who couldn't find the on/off switch for an XBOX and probably needs help to set up his cell phone.
IMHO, a significant part of this is the Butler PA attempt on his life. That sparked the whole "Trump is a badass" thing online and probably iced PA for him...
People need to remember... the US President IS NOT chosen by a board of tenured Professors from Yale.
And look at history...
Clinton and Obama (POTUS for 16 of the last 32 years) were undeniably cool.
Any post-mortem that doesn't dig into this is incomplete.
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charismatic by many accounts - and therefore might pass that test.
Donald Trump is/was 'cool' in absolutely nobody's book. Just didn't happen. (no matter how one tries to contort the definition, or the support)
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that folded quite nicely into the uniquely American obsession with money/prestige and anti-heroism. To wit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_in_music
List of songs that mention Donald Trump
1980s
"Johnny Ryall" by Beastie Boys (1989): "Donald Trump and Donald Tramp living in the men's shelter" [2]
"My Word Is Bond" by Donald D (1989): "And after that me and Donald Trump hung out / Donald talkin' 'bout Donald Trump,' man, y'all is crazy" [1]
"Lie-Z" by The Fat Boys (1989): "I got money like Donald Trump!" [30]
"Trump" by Cindy Lee Berryhill (1989), from the Rhino Records album Naked Movie Star.[31]
"Sick of You" by Lou Reed (1989) from New York: "They ordained the Trumps and then he got the mumps..."[32]
1990s
"Donald Trump (Black Version)" by The Time (1990): "Donald Trump (black version), come on take a chance / A 1990s love affair, the real romance"[17]
"I Gotta Say What Up" by Ice Cube (1990): "I gotta say what's up to Digital Underground and Humpty Hump / Cause he makin' more than Donald Trump, you know what I'm sayin', yo"[33]
"Skin Trade" by Nice (1990): "I'm not rich like Donald Trump"[1]
"Get Dumb! (Free Your Body)" by The Crew featuring Freedom Williams (1990): "I'm donaldtrumpin' gettin' paid buildin' somethin'"
"Tale o' the Twister" by Chagall Guevara (1990): "Up on the roof of Trump Tower / She said, 'It's yours on a trade-in'"
"Skypager" by A Tribe Called Quest (1991): "Beeper's goin off like Don Trump gets checks"[1]
"Quote Unquote" by Mr. Bungle (1991): "With his mouth sewn shut, he still shakes his butt / 'Cause he's Hitler and Swayze and Trump and Travolta"
"Money and the Power" by Scarface (1991): "Rolling hard, stackin paper like Trump"[2]
"No Nose Job" by Digital Underground (1992): "Now Cube says you're making more than Donald Trump / So yo, go on and get your nose fixed, Hump."[34]
"Panhandlin' Prince" by Ugly Kid Joe (1992): "Mr. Trump, can I ask you a question, you got some spare some change for me, sucka?"
"Pocket Full of Stones" by UGK (1992): "Call me Black Trump"[2]
"Da Funk" by Redman (1992): "I'm back with the funk, chump / You want funk, how many lumps? / I got spunk / I'm well known like Donald Trump" [33]
"Las Vegas (In the Hills of Donegal)" by Goats Don't Shave (1992): "Inishowen could then be known for its multimillionaires / Where Donald Trump would like a chunk to live in solitaire"[18]
"Smart Like Einstein" by Little Charlie and the Nightcats (1993): "I was smart like Einstein, rich like Donald Trump".[35]
The Coup's eponymous song from their debut album Kill My Landlord (1993): "Break yourself Bush, it's collection day / Break yourself Trump, it's collection day / Break yourself DuPont, it's collection day / You stole the shit from my great granddaddy anyway"[1]
"Pimps (Free Stylin at the Fortune 500 Club)" by The Coup (1994): "Trump Trump check out the cash in my trunk/I am Donald Trump me think you mighta heard about me/How me last wife Ivana come and catch me money"[citation needed]
"211" by Master P (1994): "Put more cash in my pockets than Donald Trump"[2]
"Incarcerated Scarfaces" by Raekwon (1995): "But yo, guess who's the black Trump?"[33]
"Protect Ya Neck II The Zoo" by Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995): "Warning you chump, brain is out for lunch/Given the power punch, soon to be paid like Donald Trump"[citation needed]
"Money Talks" by Double X Posse (1995): "A bank account so fat that Donald Trump would wanna be me"[1]
"Paid" by Kid Rock (1996): "I'd still be in the house getting paid like Trump"[1]
"Three Strikes You In" by Ice Cube (1998): "I'm just tryin' to get rich like Trump" [2]
"Mafioso" by Kool G Rap (1998): "Can't stop until I got a casa up in Trump plaza"[2]
"Trump Change" by E-40 (1998): "Trump change, I'm talking Donald Trump change / I'm talking Steve Wynn, I'm talking you know? E-Feezee"[2]
"Tru Master" by Pete Rock (1998): "In hot pursuit of Donald Trump rap loot"[2]
"Get Back" by Zebrahead (1998): "Got to get the dough like my man Donald Trump"
Paper Bag Thoughts" by DJ Clue? featuring Raekwon (1998): "Hear me yo; wild Trump style."[36]
"Money Is My Bitch" by Nas (1999): "The best couple they seen since Trump and Marla Maples"[2]
"Speed Law" by Mos Def (1999): "Rocked the Trump Tower to the terrordome"[1]
"Muzzle Toe" by Wu-Syndicate (1999): "It's reg or not, pockets love Trump Donald" [1]
"Hova Interlude" by Jay-Z (1999): "Well, I'm the ghetto's answer to Trump" [37]
2000–2009
“Stuntin In My Car” by DITCH (2009): “Spending mad money they call me Trump, poppin off shots with my hand on the pump”
"Love on Haight Street" by BT with Rasco and Fifty Grand (2000): "Took me twelve months to stack money in lumps / Far from livin' foul but further from Don Trump"[38]
"Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" by Nelly (2000): "Let me in, now / Let me in now / Bill Gates, Donald Trump let me in now / Spin now, I got money to lend my friends now"[33]
"Bad Boyz" by Shyne (2000): "What type of nigga stay in the Trump for weeks? (Bad Boyz)"[2]
"Can I Live" by Cypress Hill (2001): "We tryna get money so we can be livin' like Trump"[33]
"Get Paid" by Styles P. (2001): "Tryin' to see my sh*t in the Forbes; Trump tower for 'self." – Styles P, 2001, A Gentleman and a Gangster.[39]
"Hip Hop Quotables" by Ludacris (2003): "I buy cars with straight cash, have meetings with Donald Trump"[33]
"What More Can I Say" by Jay Z (2003): "I'm at the Trump International: ask for me I ain't never scared"[2]
"Playas Only" by R. Kelly (2005): "Bet she ain't never seen a penthouse at the Trump / Me and are been around the world and we'll give it to you just how you like it girl" Google Play. Retrieved February 16, 2017[40]
"Thug Motivation 101" by Jeezy (2005): "I'm Donald Trump in a white tee and white 1's"[2]
"Good Morning" by Cage (2005): "Donald Trump, shotgun pump, illegal store fronts"[citation needed]
"Shut Up Bitch" by Lil' Kim (2005): "I'm in the Trump International, 30 floors up (so high)"[2]
"It's Goin' Down" by Yung Joc (2006): "Boys in the hood call me black Donald Trump"[41]
"Jealousy" by Fat Joe (2006): "We fuckin with Donald Trump now"[2]
"Heavy Metal Kings" by Jedi Mind Tricks (2006): "I'm like Trump in The Apprentice, only fire at night!"[citation needed]
"The Format" by AZ (2006):"From Bed-Stuy to the East, I'm too at peace to lose it / But love it, I still does it, breathing off a Trump budget"[33]
"We Gon' Make It" by Diddy (2006): "I spend absurd money, private bird money/That Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Bloomberg money"[2][4]
"Free Radicals" by The Flaming Lips (2006): "You're turning into / A poor man's Donald Trump / I know those circumstances make you wanna jump"[citation needed]
"Midgets and Giants" by Sage Francis (2007): "Fuck an apprentice, I got more firepower than Donald Trump!"[citation needed]
"The Morning News" by Chamillionaire (2007): "Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump keep arguin' about nonsense"[citation needed]
"American Wedding" by Gogol Bordello (2007): "So be Donald Trump, or be an anarchist. Make sure that your wedding doesn't end up like this!"
"Mo Cars, Mo Hoes" by Fabolous (2008): "They know I'm hood rich, Donald Trump of the pumpers"[2]
"This is the Life" by Rick Ross (2008): "I'm in Trump Towers, amongst earners"[2]
"Donald Trump's Hair" (2009) by Kacey Jones[42]
"F.U.$" by Danger Danger (2009): "I wanna be a famous jet-set billionaire, just like Donald Trump, with better hair"[43]
"96,000" From In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda: "Donald Trump and I on the links and he's my caddy"[44]
2010–2015
"So Appalled" by Kanye West (2010): "Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all"[33][45]
"Get It" by Big Sean and Pharrell (2010): "I'm tryna stuff em until I can't fit no more. I'm talking Donald Trump level"[2]
"Listen to My Drama" by Ivy Queen (2010): "Yo soy fina como Gucci, la heredera de Donald Trump / I am fine like Gucci, Donald Trump's heiress"[46]
"Donald Trump" by Mac Miller (2011)[4]
"Trump" by Young Jeezy (2011): "Call me Donald Trump / The type that count my money while I smoke a blunt"[47]
"Racks on Racks" by Lil Wayne (2011): "Get money like Donald Trump"[4]
"Gucci Gucci" by Kreayshawn (2012): "I'm looking like Madonna but I'm flossing like Ivana Trump"[48]
"I Need Dollas" by T.I. (2012): "Used to want dough like Jay-Z, but now I'm thinking Donald Trump"[4]
"Loco-Motive" by Nas (2012): "I started out broke, got rich, lost paper then made it back / Like Trump bein' up down up, play with cash"[33]
"Ball" by Lil Wayne and T.I. (2012): "I'ma fire my blunt like Donald Trump"[2]
"Google That" by Raekwon (2012): "Black Trump... with fat pockets" [2]
"Pirates" by Rick Ross (2012): "Resurrection of the real, time to get the richer than Trump" [2]
"I Wanna Be With You" by Nicki Minaj with DJ Khaled (2013): "At the Trump, and you bitches at the Radisson" [2]
"The Dangerous Three" by R.A. the Rugged Man (2013): "I'm the Don: Corleone, Cornelius, Trump, King"[citation needed]
"Karate Chop" by Shaquille O'Neal (2013): "You ain't got enough, better get a loan from Mr. Bill Gates / And Donald Trump and Carlos Slim"[33]
"Loaded" by Young Thug (2013): "Plottin' on Donald Trump!"[49]
"Donald Trump Walk" by Jerry James (2013): "I'mma make them bottles pop / Donald Trump talk"[50]
"Off the Corner" by Meek Mill (2014): "Going Donald Trump numbers on the corner/I made a million on that corner"[2][4]
"***Flawless Remix" by Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj (2014): "He want 'Monster Nicki' in Sri Lanka I told him, 'Meet me at the Trump, Ivanka'"[citation needed]
"Donald Trump" by Young Thug (2014): "Donald Trump, I made / Forbes list this month!"[2]
"What We Doing" by Fat Trel (2014): "What we countin'? (hundred thousands) / Where we at? (Trump Towers)" [51]
"Up Like Trump" by Rae Sremmurd (2015): "Forbes list, Forbes / Read it like the Bible / Up like Donald Trump"[4]
2015–2016, during Trump's presidential race and election
"Black Friday" by Kendrick Lamar (2015): "I'm the son of the pioneer that got you near the sun / Play with him, bitch you better off voting for Donald Trump"[33]
"El Chapo" by The Game (2015): "This is goons day, I can have Guadalupe / Come through and knock Donald Trump out his toupee"[33]
"Free Enterprises" by Rick Ross (2015): "Assassinate Trump like I'm Zimmerman"[2]
"Bad Boy on Death Row" by Dave East (2016): "Donald Trump ain't safe on my block, gotcha your wifey at IHOP"[2]
"Mr. Tangerine Man" by Rocky Mountain Mike (2016)[19]
"Nobody Speak" by DJ Shadow featuring Run the Jewels (2016): "Flame your crew quicker than Trump fucks his youngest" [2]
"FDT" YG & Nipsey Hussle (2016): "Fuck Donald Trump"[2]
"FDT Pt. 2" by G-Eazy (2016): "A Trump rally sounds like Hitler in Berlin or KKK shit, now I'm goin' in"[2]
"Free Steven Avery (Wrong America)" (2016) by Cabbage: "Death to Donald Trump/ Death to Donald Trump/ There's something about politics in America/ Death to Donald Trump/ Death to Donald Trump/ There's something about politics in America..."[52]
30 Days, 50 Songs project, released daily between October 10 and November 8, 2016 by Dave Eggers and Jordan Kurland, including notably:
"Million Dollar Loan" by Death Cab for Cutie[24]
"Mr. Tangerine Man [live]" by Wesley Stace[25]
"I Might Vote 4 Donald Trump" by JPEGMafia ft. Freaky[53]
"Viva Presidente Trump" by Brujeria (2016)[54]
"Donald Trump" by Upchurch[55]
"Conrad Tokyo" by A Tribe Called Quest featuring Kendrick Lamar (2016): "Move with the fuckery / Trump and the SNL hilarity"[56]
"See Me Down" by Lil Durk featuring Jadakiss (2016): "Let's face it/ If Donald Trump win the spot, then we back to the basics" [57]
"Black Barbies" by Nicki Minaj and Mike WiLL Made-it (2016): "Island girl, Donald Trump want me go home" [58]
2017–2021, during Trump's first term
"Trump Talkin' Nukes" by Tim Heidecker, released February 9, 2017 as a part of Our First 100 Days.[59]
"Fuck You Donald Trump" by Sharptooth released on September 27, 2017[60]
"I Burn but I am not Consumed" composed and performed by Karine Polwart with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Celtic Connections, Thursday 19 January 2017 [61] and subsequently included on her "Laws of Motion" album.
"No Smoke" by Roc Marciano & Knowledge the Pirate: "Somewhere in Fiji, sippin' mojitos and martinis / While Trump tweetin' quotes from Mussolini" [62]
"No Es Mi Presidente" by Taina Asili Y La Banda Rebelde[63]
"Tear Down That Wall" by The Bright Light Social Hour[64]
"Tiny Hands" by Fiona Apple[65]
"No Favors" by Big Sean & Eminem: "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! / I'll make his whole brand go under" [66]
"Land of the Free" by Joey Badass (2017): "Obama just wasn't enough, I just need some more closure / And Donald Trump is not equipped to take this country over"[67]
"Rockabye Baby" by Joey Badass (2017): "Time is running up, feel the burn in my gut / And if you got the guts, scream, 'Fuck Donald Trump'"[68]
"Santa Please" by Miss Eaves (2017): "Impeach for Christmas Impeach for Chanukah Impeach for Solstice Impeach for Kwanzaa One thing I need One thing I want Impeachment Impeach Trump"[69]
"Legendary" by deadmau5 & Shotty Horroh (2017): "Tried to give her draws of the proper skunk / But she prefer the whites like Donald Trump"[70]
"The Heart Part 4" by Kendrick Lamar: "Donald Trump is a chump / Know how we feel, punk?"[71]
"Tin Foil Hat" by Todd Rundgren featuring Donald Fagen[72]
"I'm Not Racist" by Joyner Lucas (2017)[73]
"XXX." by Kendrick Lamar (2017): "Donald Trump's in office / We lost Barack and promised never to doubt him again"[74]
"Thug Life" by 21 Savage (2017): "All my tint presidential, like I'm Trump, dawg" [75]
"Set Up Shop (Remix)" by Lil Baby and Marlo featuring Young Thug (2017): "I wanna be a billionaire/ I ain't got no problem with Donald Trump" [76]
"Like Home", "Framed", and "Heat" by Eminem (2017) from his Revival album:[77] "Grab you by the *meow*, hope it's not a problem, in fact / About the only thing I agree on with Donald is that"[13]
"Gays 4 Donald" by Pink Guy (2017) [78]
"Dining At The Trump" written by Cude & Pickens (2017) for the album Bobby Lee's Good American Musical Show.[79] Bobby Lee Cude, Hard Hat Records, CEO
"Diamond Duck" by Maraaya (2017)[80]
"hate will never win" by XXXTentacion (2017) samples Donald Trump's Charlottesville speech.[81]
"In Charlotte" by Young Dolph (2017): " I got niggas hate me like I'm Donald Trump" [82]
"Losing My Life" by Falling in Reverse: "I respawn like I have a reset button, hated more than Trump is" (2018)[83]
"Ye vs. the People" by Kanye West featuring T.I. (2018): "But ever since Trump won, it proved that I could be president".[84]
"Uproar" by Lil Wayne (2018): "Listenin' to Bono, you listen to Donald".[85]
"Another Year" by Shad, Eternia & Ian Kamau (2018): "Trump is in charge, and they trump up the charges"[86]
"Love It If We Made It" by The 1975 (2018): "'I moved on her like a bitch!' / Excited to be indicted / Unrequited house with seven pools / 'Thank you Kanye, very cool!'"[87]
"15 (Intro)" by Bhad Bhabie (2018)[88]
"KITTY KITTY" by De Staat (2018): Various lyrics alluding to Trump and his campaign policies, (such as "Big deal maker, orange entertainer, swamp it up, 'gator" and "Make the new news faker"
.[89] The song's music video depicts two crowds of people charging towards each other in slow motion, with the two groups coloured blue (to represent the Democratic Party) and red (representing the Republican Party).[90]
"Let Me Out" by Gorillaz (2018): Donald Trump's name is mentioned, but censored, because writer Damon Albarn did not want to give the "most famous man on earth any more fame".[91]
"Veins" by Earl Sweatshirt (2018): "Stuck in Trump Land, watching subtlety decayin'"
"Die" by Badflower (2018): "Fuck you, Donny Boy!"
"Arrest the President" by Ice Cube (2018): "Arrest the president, you got the evidence, That nigga is Russian intelligence (Okay)" [92]
Clean Bandit – "Mama" (feat. Ellie Goulding, 2019): music video depicting life of an abused child who grows up to resemble Donald Trump and become President, but is still unhappy
"Commotion" by Moneybagg Yo (2019): "Presidential made 'em mad like Trump (ha)" [93]
"Batuka" – Madonna (2019): "Get that old man / Put him in a jail / Where he can't stop us"[94]
"The Principal" – Melanie Martinez (2019)
"45 (A Matter of Time)" by Sum 41 (2019): "I believe that I / Am losing faith in all of humankind / But then I realize it's plain to see / That a number is all you are to me"[95]
"The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady " by Kid Cudi and Eminem (2020): "Bunch of half-wits up in office".[96]
"Trump is your President" by Bryson Gray, Mickey Winston and David Films (2020) about the first impeachment of Donald Trump : "Donald Trump is your President, if you like it or not".[97]
"Virus Potus " by Vii-Pii (2020) about the Trump communication during the COVID-19 pandemic : "Shutdown Trump, we'll all get by".
"Sunshine" by Young Dolph (2020): "my president is Trump and my Lambo blue"[98][99]
"Real One" by G Herbo featuring Lil Durk (2020): "I was pissed off at my lawyer, me and Von ain't do shows in month/ I can't blame the judge and state's attorney, 'cause both of 'em voted for Trump"[100]
"4 More Years" by Forgiato Blow & Colt Ford (2020)[101]
"MAGA STEPPING" by Bryson Gray (2020): "Trump 2020 I'm bout' that" [102]
"Ain't It Different " by Headie One, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, and Onefour (2020): "I'm stacking up all these funds, making paper like Donald Trump" [103]
"GUN TOTIN' PATRIOT" by Bryson Gray & Forgiato Blow (2020): "Trump, okay bury him a legend. Trump, okay America's biggest blessin/ Tell Jesse Smollett that I know this MAGA Country"[104]
"Quick Escape" by Pearl Jam (2020): "The lengths we had to go to then to find a place Trump hadn't fucked up yet"
"Border Inside My Heart" by Watsky (2020): "Donald J. Trump is a thug and a plague / and if he signed your check, you belong at The Hague"
"Dirty Little Virus" by Iggy Pop (2020): "Grandfather's dead, got Trump instead"
"Commander in Chief" by Demi Lovato (2020)
2021 – Present, between Trump's terms
”Pleura” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (2021): “Orange baby, always squealing”
"Everyone's an Asshole" by Badflower (2021): "If a president can prevent no evidence / And still convince a mob to riot"
"FIX URSELF!" by JPEGMAFIA (2021): "I love my baby like Trump loves Putin, in the deepest way (Yeah)"
"Fake Woke" by Tom MacDonald (2021): "Eminem used to gay bash and murder his mom/ And now he doesn't want fans if they voted for Trump" [105]
"Cancelled" by Tom MacDonald (2021): "Y'all been starting rumors, let me help you with some, yeah: / I'm a racist, I'm a sexist, I'm in love with Donald Trump" [106]
"We Cry Together" by Kendrick Lamar (2022): "See, you the reason for Trump!"
"Dead To Rights" by Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown (2024), alluding to the various indictments against Donald Trump[107]
"ONBOA47RD" by Fivio Foreign, Kodak Black & Donald Trump (2024): "They keep asking' 'bout Trump, but I don't speak on family business"[108][109]
"Fighter" by Jon Kahn (2024), alluding to the Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania[110]
"American Hero" by Lil Pump (2024) alluding to the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign[111]
then why are the repubes hiding the ER report?
It shouldn't be a big deal at all.
But it is. It's become another fugly republicon secret. 
