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muriel_volestrangler

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40. Yep - it's just more cultural vandalism by the snowflake Republicans. Citizen Kane is Trump's favourite film
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:12 PM
Jul 22

Republicans are not only are blind to the arts, they demand people pretend that they are sophisticated and supportive.

The Trump Files: Donald Has One Piece of Advice for Citizen Kane

Donald Trump’s favorite movie is Citizen Kane, the 1941 film about a publishing tycoon mogul who surrounds himself with material luxury but struggles to find happiness. “I loved Orson Welles,” Trump told Bloomberg’s Timothy O’Brien. “He was totally fucked up. He was a total mess. But think of his wives. Think of his hits. He was like this great genius that after 26, never did it. He became totally impossible. He thought everybody was a moron, everybody was this, everybody was that; if he had a budget he’d exceed it by 20 times and destroy everything. He became impossible. I loved that.”

In fact, Trump was such a big fan of the movie that he filmed a short video about it, directed by famed documentarian Errol Morris. “Citizen Kane was really about accumulation. At the end of the accumulation, you see what happens, and it’s not necessarily all positive,” Trump says, in what is fair to describe as an understatement. As he describes the film, Trump comes close to doing something unusual—he engages in self-reflection. “Perhaps I can understand that—the relationship that he had was not a good one for him,” the thrice-married Trump says of Kane’s declining relationship with his wife. He adds that “in real life, I believe that wealth does isolate you from others; it’s a protective mechanism.”
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At the end of the video, Morris asks him a question: “If you could give Charles Foster Kane advice, what would you say to him?”

Trump doesn’t have to think about it. “Get yourself a different woman,” he says.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/trump-files-donald-has-weirdest-reaction-citizen-kane/

There’s a scene in Citizen Kane when Kane is celebrating his wedding to his new bride, Susan Alexander, whom he’s promised to make into an opera star. “Charlie says if I can’t (sing at the Met) he’ll build me an opera house!” Susan squeals. “That won’t be necessary,” Kane laughs. From there, the film immediately cuts to a headline: “Kane Builds Opera House.” She proceeds to flop.

https://mysteriouschicago.com/citizen-kane-and-the-civic-opera-house/


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Fucking what???? This is just ass kissing. Initech Jul 22 #1
Wow. Talk about boot licking. She's an ex-porn model who can barely speak the native allegorical oracle Jul 22 #6
Hmmmmmm malaise Jul 22 #15
Maybe they're looking to expand into the pole dancing market? CincyDem Jul 22 #2
Don't forget the teen beauty pageants newdeal2 Jul 22 #3
Why choose...they can do teen beauty pageants with a pole dancing competitions. Very Epsteinian. CincyDem Jul 22 #21
So it's now called "The Hooker Center"? bif Jul 22 #4
They'll need to replace all of the lights with... Hugin Jul 22 #9
Will her girl on girl soft porn collection have a section? Autumn Jul 22 #5
What??? PatSeg Jul 22 #7
To some, porn is an "art" PJMcK Jul 22 #30
Ah yes, I guess that is true! PatSeg Jul 22 #42
If it's that easy to name it'll be easier to rename... Hugin Jul 22 #8
..........." I guess Pole Dancing is considered an art."........ riversedge Jul 22 #10
That really sounds like a half-hearted endosement LNM Jul 22 #25
Another distraction but remember..she's in the photos and was part of the team Deuxcents Jul 22 #11
Followed by a gallery exhibition of the Epstein photo collection Torchlight Jul 22 #12
Will the "artists" consist only of white Americans? Ping Tung Jul 22 #13
What fucking arts has she promoted???? spanone Jul 22 #14
Interpretive fluid motion with a pole ? leftstreet Jul 22 #16
Seriously - I just read her Wikipedia page, because supporters will have added any real action or achievement muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #22
The art of gold-digging. Celerity Jul 22 #24
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Don Giovanni bmichaelh Jul 22 #18
You got to be kidding LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #19
I'm having a difficult time, getting upset about this latest travesty. Paladin Jul 22 #20
They must be turning it into a XXX theater. Vinca Jul 22 #23
... SheltieLover Jul 22 #26
For just a moment, I thought they meant it would be called Jackie. viva la Jul 22 #27
Bribe to buy her silence re epstein? SheltieLover Jul 22 #28
Ole Jeffrey Traildogbob Jul 22 #32
Oh no Demovictory9 Jul 22 #29
Ah yes, the grand achievements of the fake Melania Trump that is graceful, chartable, is fighting against bullying, etc. Oneironaut Jul 22 #31
Will she be in charge of putting up the fawking Christmas decorations there too? Diamond_Dog Jul 22 #33
Tear it down, build a rose garden. Duncan Grant Jul 22 #34
Let me guess jmowreader Jul 22 #35
In Cleveland, we had the Roxy Marthe48 Jul 22 #36
Madam Malaria's House of Blue Lights MrWowWow Jul 22 #37
This was buried in that stupid bill LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #38
Yep - it's just more cultural vandalism by the snowflake Republicans. Citizen Kane is Trump's favourite film muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #40
reality leaves Borowitz and the Onion in its dust rurallib Jul 22 #39
Next, they're going to tell us that she's the Virgin Mary reincarnated. greatauntoftriplets Jul 22 #41
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The GOP is disgusting Johonny Jul 22 #44
Republicans on the one committee put the language into a bill. So technically they've renamed nothing at this point. Wiz Imp Jul 22 #45
... Totally Tunsie Jul 22 #46
The new name for this facility LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #47
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