Donald Trump's Summer Celebrations Are Falling Apart!
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Good morning, good morning. All my fault, not the team's fault. I could not get my technologies to work. I am a boomer. Happy Pride, everyone. Thank you. Welcome to Hot Topics. I'm Don Lemon. This is the Don Lemon Show. And yeah, so I'm glad that you're here. Make sure you hit the like and thumbs up. But I just want to start by giving a very special shout out to the most prominent gay icon in American politics today. Do you guys have any idea who that is? You have any idea who I'm talking about? That is Donald J. Trump. Look, so now before you change the channel or you switch off to somebody else, I want you to stay with me because The Atlantic just published a piece. It's called The King of Queens. And it is one of the most extraordinary things that I have read in years.
Put it up. This is The Atlantic. And it's not opinion, it is documented, it's sourced with quotes and a reporter who actually counted things. So I must, for this morning's monologue and me talking to you today, our whole thing, well, not all of it, but largely attributed to Ashley Parker over at the Atlantic. Ashley, thank you, channeling me, channeling me, okay? So let's get into it, all right, everybody? Let's get into it. So I want to give you the numbers first, because the numbers really tell the whole story here. The Atlantic counted the number of times that Donald Trump called another man handsome in his second term alone. Now, you want to know that number? 68? 68 times? He called a man handsome at 69, I believe, one term, not counting the two Thanksgiving turkeys he also called handsome, which brings the grand total to 69.
No, I didn't make that up. 69 times he called military pilots who visited the Oval Office perfect specimens. He cooed about a former Iowa State Senator who looks like the Marlboro Man, he said. He told the president of Paraguay, he said, young, handsome guy. It's always nice to be young and handsome. That's what he said. And he looked at a Coast Guard cadet at the commencement last week and said in front of the entire graduating class and their families, look at the muscles on this guy. Donald, he called a New York Giants quarterback, Jackson Dart, a beautiful guy with legs like tree trunks. What's going on here? What do you think is happening here? Legs like tree trunks. And then, and then the mother of them all that you guys have known before, Arnold Palmer.
Trump gave a speech about Arnold Palmer, which he praised Palmer's swing with his quote, and I'm quoting here, stiff shafted clubs, and then mentioned Palmer's alleged shower assets in a speech talking about his, you know what size, his manhood to a crowd about a dead golfer's Body part. Do you know what I'm talking about? Did I just say it? You know what I'm talking about. The Daily Show ran a full montage last week. And Ronnie Chang, who's hilarious, watched all of it.
What is the Atlantic story framing Donald Trump as the βKing of Queensβ and why does it matter?
And then he looked directly into the camera and he said, okay, I'm just going to say it. The president needs to go F a dude. Like, just go for it, Mr. President. I'm not even saying you're gay. It just seems like something you need to get out of your system. And don't worry about what supporters will think. You'll be fine. Your base will love it. And your shaft. Now, I have to say, that is a comedian who's actually doing his job, and I'm here to do mine right now. So let me paint a full picture for you. So this is a man who dances at YMCA, to the YMCA at every single rally. He told Fox News himself that YMCA is the gay national anthem. His words, not mine. And the dance, let me talk about the dance. Multiple observers on social media, social media personalities, people with functioning eyes, have described the YMCA dance as resembling a double hand job.
I'm not going to demonstrate a little when he does this. But you know what I'm talking about. He is obsessed with Elton John. He was friends with Liza Minnelli. I mean, come on, his interiors are Liberace-esque. He spent his formative years at Studio 54. He was mentored by Roy Cohn. one of the most legendary gay men in New York history.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15β3:39
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What is the Atlantic story framing Donald Trump as the βKing of Queensβ and why does it matter?
3:39β6:58
3
How many times did Trump publicly praise other menβs looks and which examples stood out?
6:58β20:39
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Why do commentators say Trump displays campy, gay-coded aesthetics from the 1970sβ80s?
20:39β37:23
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How does Trumpβs rhetoric about queer culture conflict with his policy actions?
37:23β45:49
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Why are major musical acts withdrawing from Trumpβs 250th celebration and whoβs left?
45:49β1:06:16
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What went wrong with the Freedom 250 vs America 250 arrangement and the alleged βbait-and-switchβ?
1:06:16β1:08:35
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