Excess Quote by Timothy L. O'Brien

“Donald Trump was seen for quite a long time as a punchline, the jokes about the excesses and the failures of the 1980s. And he had become, you know, a human shingle and a punchline.” quote by Timothy L. O'Brien — Download Open image

“Donald Trump was seen for quite a long time as a punchline, the jokes about the excesses and the failures of the 1980s. And he had become, you know, a human shingle and a punchline.”

Timothy L. O'Brien

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