Trump Quotes by Howard Jacobson

12 Trump quotes by Howard Jacobson

Howard Jacobson’s 12 quotes bring a literary touch to Trump, offering nuanced reflections that blend cultural critique with his distinctive narrative voice.

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Alarm bells ring when a politician stands haughty upon his honour.

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I never believe any politician talking about popular culture.

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You don't have to believe the electorate secretly hankers for a dose of Marxist-Leninism to accept that there are deep levels of…

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There mustn't be a moment when we turn on the TV and think, 'There's Trump in the White House' - that must…

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You won't get a rational assessment of a political party from a member, and you won't get a reasoned account of the…

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How Donald Trump has come so far with so few words - how he even managed to keep up conversationally with all…

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People keep saying you can't satirize Trump because he's beyond satire, but it's not difficult to just let him out and let…

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I wouldn't suppose for one moment that there's a single one of Trump's voters that would be anything but confirmed in their…

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Let discernment in matters of fashion and entertainment determine who should get the vote, and half the country would be disenfranchised.

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Words do not necessarily make us moral. And there have been presidents before who have stumbled over syntax and looked foolish when…

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Trump can be damned to all hell with his enclosed little world in which no thought is possible. But it's the encouraging…

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Trump's hobbled vocabulary is now the incontestable stuff of comedy: not just how few his words but how narrow their range, from…

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