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Salon
Salon
Lifestyle
Melanie McFarland

How fame delayed "The Fall of Diddy"

We’re only beginning to feel the vast consequences of American voters returning a twice-impeached, 34-count felon to the most influential leadership position on the planet. Academics and analysts are still sorting through the how and why of Donald Trump's election victory, but much of it boils down to fame worship.  

Enough viewers believe the myth “The Apprentice” perpetuated about Trump to give rise to a movement that took over one of America’s two major political parties. Its senators and congressmen enable his grifting and normalize his morally reprehensible and outright dangerous decrees. Those who disagree with him are afraid to publicize their objections.

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