221: A Retrospective on Donald Trump

P&C try to take the measure of a very unmeasured man

The boys drink and review 1621 Brewery’s East Bound and Brown Indian Brown Ale, then look back on Donald Trump and assess his good and bad qualities.

Now that we have some distance, what can we learn about the Trump phenomenon?

The boys recommend two bird’s eye view perspectives to govern how we view Trump. First, there is “Donny from Queens.” Second, there is the observation that the right takes Trump seriously but not literally, while the left takes him literally but not seriously.

The boys review a few lists of accusations against Trump and try to parse them according to those two rules.