You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. Is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:Īmericans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.
He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. That is, except when he is among bullies then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.Īnd worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.Īnd in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.Īnd like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs he only crows or jeers.Īnd scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.īut with Trump, it’s a fact. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.įor instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Here is Nate White’s answer to the question, “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump.” It’s written so well, so strongly, that I wonder whether an intelligent rebuttal could ever be done. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. TRUTH: Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump? Nate White, articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent and brilliant response: