Theatrics, hatred and Linda McMahon: how pro wrestling explains Donald Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : All of which is to say, Trump and his team have learned the most essential lessons of Trump's favorite art form.
65% : Much like Trump, McMahon was a master at capturing your attention because you couldn't quite believe he was able to do what he was doing.
48% : Trump did a late-stage campaign interview with the retired wrestler Mark Calaway (better known as the Undertaker), and was so excited that he essentially turned the tables and started interviewing Calaway with childish questions (eg "What stops somebody from going nuts and starting a real fight?").
47% : Most notably, Trump hosted two installments of the annual WrestleMania extravaganza in the late 80s, attended many additional shows and even participated in a long storyline where he pretended to be in an explosive rivalry with Vince, back in 2007.
40% : But given that she works for Trump, her reasonableness is nothing more than "kayfabe".
39% : But Trump wasn't the only key contact.
35% : Trump was rapt and grinning while Hogan ripped off his shirt and declared that "Trumpamania" would take the former president all the way back to the White House.
32% : Before that storyline, Trump had rarely, if ever, worked up a rowdy and interactive crowd.
27% : If you don't understand wrestling, you'll never understand Trump.
26% : We no longer trust that anything we see or hear from Trump is strictly "real" - he lies as easily as breathing and routinely gets bored with his plans - but nor do we feel certain that he won't act on his most ludicrous promises.

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