<internal monologue> Do I want to wade into this? Not really, it’s a beautiful Sunday morning. But this is stupid. Of course it’s stupid, that’s why you stay quiet. But, Twitter. </internal monologue>

*sigh* so I read the WaPo story about the Trump recordings.

A thread. (1/8)

Those who know me or have followed me on this looney-amplifier platform know I am not a Trump apologist, never have been. And if you are looking for something in this thread to make the case otherwise, move on.

But there needs to be some real talk... (2/8)

I see and hear people deifying Mary Trump and Maryanne Trump Barry over the “tell all” book and secret family gossip recordings.

Yeah, that’s right, I said gossip.

America - we created what is Donald Trump. We demand larger-than-life personas and live off their drama (3/8)

From Keeping up with the Kardashians all the way back to Rock of Love (I developed a slight crush on Jes Rickleff)... we created an entire marketplace for the absurd and wanted a distraction from our own lives so the drama of the uber-rich found us begging for more. (4/8)

The bygone era of reclusive wealthy allowed them to keep their family drama sewed up tight in the Martha’s Vineyard sunrooms as Aunt Agatha and Cousin Martha gossiped over their tea... but HELLO 2020!!! Rich Family Drama is news now. (5/8)

My point is this - this deification will backfire. This kind of appetite for drama is how we got a Reality TV POTUS in the first place. (6/8)

I don’t give a damn what Trump’s 80-something year old sister has to say. She’s rich and powerful. Her life doesn’t impact mine.

I don’t give a shit what Trump’s niece has to say. She admits she feels slighted by Trump’s treatment of her now dead father. Family drama. (7/8)

Never Trumpers - please exercise some self reflection and realize you played a role in getting here (eg the demonization of Mitt Romney)

Trumpers - This is the family drama of old rich powerful people, not spiritual warfare.

Reality TV begat the reality that is 2020 (8/8)