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[Too bad Politico doesn't have a sense of humor - humor is a sign of intelligence - it's sort of a beautiful thing Politico is stupid.]
Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ World
The former president boasts he has “the best words.” But his favorite by far? “Beautiful.”
By Anusha Mathur
But there’s one word that Trump just hasn’t gotten enough of, whether he was speaking on the campaign trail or waxing philosophic from the Oval Office: “beautiful.”
Most of the time, there’s little rhyme or reason to what he considers worthy of the adjective. Here is a selection of 50 times (curated from many thousands of instances) that Trump used his favorite word:
In 2017, for example, in the span of one month, at different public appearances, he described 35 separate things and people as “beautiful.” In his hands, “beautiful” is an amazingly adaptable adjective, wielded as both a compliment — and an insult. Take last month’s live-streamed interview with Elon Musk, when Trump had this to say about his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris: “She’s a beautiful woman, so we’ll leave it at that.”
2 A Rubber Trump Mask.
“Look at this mask. Oh wow, it’s beautiful. Nice head of hair, I’ll tell you that.” | Nov. 7, 2016
3 His Temperament.
“My temperament is totally controlled, so beautiful.” | June 3, 2016
4 A Police Raid.
“Columbia University was a great school, but it’s been badly damaged, I think, reputationally. … They could’ve done this with the tents. … But the police came in and in exactly two hours, everything was over. It was a beautiful thing to watch. New York’s finest.” | May 1, 2024
5 Soil.
“We happen to be lucky; under our feet, we have great wealth. Not only in the form of your kind of wealth, which is beautiful, fertile soil, but also in other locations in the form of energy.” | JUNE 21, 2017
6 His Hair.
“You go into a new home, you turn on the faucet, no water comes out. You turn on the shower – if you’re like me, you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly."| AUG. 6, 2020
7 Clean water.
“No longer will the EPA be telling you how to run your business or do your job or live your life. Instead, it will focus on its true mission: clean air and clean, beautiful, crystal water—nice, beautiful, clean water.” | june 21, 2017
9 A Dog and a Hole in a Wall.
“Our K-9, as they call — I call it a dog, a beautiful dog, a talented dog — was injured and brought back. But we had no soldier injured. And they did a lot of shooting, and they did a lot of blasting, even not going through the front door. You know, you would think you go through the door. If you’re a normal person, you say, “Knock, knock. May I come in?” The fact is that they blasted their way into the house and a very heavy wall, and it took them literally seconds. By the time those things went off, they had a beautiful, big hole, and they ran in and they got everybody by surprise.” | june 21, 2017
10 White House Telephones.
“These are beautiful phones.” | jan. 24, 2017
11 Farming.
“Farming — which is something that is very beautiful to me. I’m not a farmer, but I’d be very happy to be one. It’s a very beautiful world to me.” | june 22, 2017
12 Coal.
“And we’ve ended the war on clean, beautiful coal, and we’re putting our miners back to work.” | june 21, 2017
13 A Solar Wall on the Border.
“A solar wall. Makes sense. Let’s see. We’re working it out. We’ll see. Solar wall—panels. Beautiful. I mean, actually, think of it, the higher it goes, the more valuable it is. It’s like—[laughter]. Pretty good imagination, right? Good? My idea.” | june 21, 2017
14 Fighter Jets.
“And a lot of it’s already coming, those brand-new, beautiful planes, those incredible stealth F-35s, the . . . you have the F-35, you have the F-18s, the Super Dupers, the Hornets.” | oct. 18, 2018
15 A Note from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“And I got along very well with President Xi. He’s a great guy, wrote me a beautiful note the other day when he heard about what happened.” | july 20, 2024
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