Is Sarah Palin Donald Trump’s New Idol?
Published in Le Figaro
(France) on 2 June 2011
by Véronique Saint-Georges (link to original)
(France) on 2 June 2011
by Véronique Saint-Georges (link to original)
Translated from
by Allison Petit.
Edited by Piotr Bielinski.
As a poll in The Washington Post shows the disappointment of 65 percent of voters unimpressed by the first Republican candidates in the running, Sarah Palin and Donald Trump indulge themselves in New York banter that sets the political dance floor of 2012 very, very low. It’s equally worrying and irritating for Barack Obama when the competition isn’t more brilliant. Why spend $1 billion if it’s quickly over?
Beyond the absence of the GOP’s appetite to be chief, there are some questions on what brings these two “celebrities” together. Does Donald really support Sarah, or is he clinging to the popularity of his TV shows?
Sarah Palin riding tandem easy-rider style [sic] inevitably provoked media attention as she launched her “One America” tour. Memorial Day weekend allowed her to return with great fanfare to the media floor for the umpteenth time and to work on her fame and image, both of which she is struggling with and would like to win over. In the “One Nation” tour bus she visited all the musts: Staten Island, The Statue of Liberty, the English battle fields, pepperoni pies and ... Donald, who hosted her like a co-star of Celebrity Apprentice. Is this the mogul’s new political idol?
Indeed, surprise came to New York as the two Republican enfants terribles, Sarah and Donald, met at the top of Trump Tower. Donald, an ex-candidate, was eliminated by President Obama during the White House press dinner. By producing his Hawaii birth certificate, the 44th president ridiculed Donald, whose principal campaign argument was the illegitimacy of the president, a stance held by birthers.
In hosting Sarah Palin in New York he’s crowning himself king and showing that he’s still in the playing field for the populist presidential election of 2012. Along with his wife, Marcia, he received the Palins and their son in his Trump Tower; their meal lasted 40 minutes. Journalists were kept at a distance with the infamous yellow crime scene ribbon!
The message that Donald wanted to send to Sarah is very simple. Yes, he would truly like to see her in the primaries. She has all the qualities. They want to beat Obama. It’s possible. They agree on an economic vision of America that will bring production and jobs back to the country. To give confidence back to Americans by putting them back in the center of the world.
In supporting Palin, Donald Trump doesn’t say anything very far off from what John McCain says, who, this week, declared that she could win. But he may have only been acting out of courtesy to his fellow running mate from the 2008 ticket. The one who came to Arizona to support him before the midterm elections in 2010 at a time when the voice of the tea party was essential for him. We don’t dare to think that John McCain would have wanted to say that Palin could win if the GOP worked harder to find a real candidate.
Beyond the absence of the GOP’s appetite to be chief, there are some questions on what brings these two “celebrities” together. Does Donald really support Sarah, or is he clinging to the popularity of his TV shows?
Sarah Palin riding tandem easy-rider style [sic] inevitably provoked media attention as she launched her “One America” tour. Memorial Day weekend allowed her to return with great fanfare to the media floor for the umpteenth time and to work on her fame and image, both of which she is struggling with and would like to win over. In the “One Nation” tour bus she visited all the musts: Staten Island, The Statue of Liberty, the English battle fields, pepperoni pies and ... Donald, who hosted her like a co-star of Celebrity Apprentice. Is this the mogul’s new political idol?
Indeed, surprise came to New York as the two Republican enfants terribles, Sarah and Donald, met at the top of Trump Tower. Donald, an ex-candidate, was eliminated by President Obama during the White House press dinner. By producing his Hawaii birth certificate, the 44th president ridiculed Donald, whose principal campaign argument was the illegitimacy of the president, a stance held by birthers.
In hosting Sarah Palin in New York he’s crowning himself king and showing that he’s still in the playing field for the populist presidential election of 2012. Along with his wife, Marcia, he received the Palins and their son in his Trump Tower; their meal lasted 40 minutes. Journalists were kept at a distance with the infamous yellow crime scene ribbon!
The message that Donald wanted to send to Sarah is very simple. Yes, he would truly like to see her in the primaries. She has all the qualities. They want to beat Obama. It’s possible. They agree on an economic vision of America that will bring production and jobs back to the country. To give confidence back to Americans by putting them back in the center of the world.
In supporting Palin, Donald Trump doesn’t say anything very far off from what John McCain says, who, this week, declared that she could win. But he may have only been acting out of courtesy to his fellow running mate from the 2008 ticket. The one who came to Arizona to support him before the midterm elections in 2010 at a time when the voice of the tea party was essential for him. We don’t dare to think that John McCain would have wanted to say that Palin could win if the GOP worked harder to find a real candidate.