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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For 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. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. 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.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

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 ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

No spoilers, but this is the cleverest football advert I've ever seen.

[DM Akademikerbladet @akademikerblad]

"Den manglende interesse i saglige argumenter har aldrig været tydeligere end med regeringens mission om at halvere universiteternes kandidatuddannelser", skriver chefredaktør Troels Kølln #dkpol #uddpol
https://t.co/BElRfP4kY8

[Videnskab.dk @videnskabdk]

Klimaspiralen tager en markant drejning i slutningen af denne video. Den illustrerer klimaets udvikling gennem 142 år. 1/8🧵 #ShowYourStripes

[Trein Møller @TreinMoller]

Uanset hvad fremtiden bringer, skal vi gå den i møde endnu klogere, mere analytiske og bedre uddannede. Ikke det modsatte.

[Akademikerne @ACakademikerne]

Kandidatreform: Appel til regeringen!

Der er endnu tid til at trække i nødbremsen og lytte til advarslerne fra aktører og centrale interessenter

@RStoklund @KatrineRobsoe @PeterJuelJensen @mharpsoe @MaiVilladsen @sofielippert @xSkalvig @KonservativeDK @ChristinaEgelun
#uddpol

[Trein Møller @TreinMoller]

@minkonto Kæft, det er genialt 🤩

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

'I didn't sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by while religious fanatics ... try to impose fascism on my country' — This Navy veteran is telling Florida's Martin County School District to get its hands off his kid's books

[Trein Møller @TreinMoller]

@ozzie_bozzie Ja

[Steffen Groth @steffen_groth]

Aaja Chemnitz fra grønlandske IA fortæller i P1, at hun er blevet kontaktet af Løkke, der ville høre om hun ikke ville pege på en blå statsminister. Måske anerkender Løkke alligevel de nordatlantiske mandater på lige fod med de øvrige, hvis bare de er isblå, som Det Arktiske Hav.

[Magnus Barsøe @MagnusBarsoe]

Thoughts and prayers til DR's analysetopchef 🙏

[Søren Søndergaard @SrenSndergaard3]

Der er mindst 100 gode grunde til, at Søren Pape ikke skal være statsminister i Danmark. Hans private seksuelle orientering er under ingen omstændigheder én af dem. De kristne fundamentalister kan gå af H til! #dkpol
https://t.co/oii2ppf86w

[Anne Binderkrantz @AnneBind]

Jeg har fulgt dagens debat om uddannelsesreform og bevæggrundene bag den. Og nu har jeg sådan set bare ét spørgsmål: Er det tanken at lave et grundigt stykke analysearbejde, inden man laver den største reform af universitetsuddannelserne i mands mindre? 1/5

[Trein Møller @TreinMoller]

Under his eye

[Mikkel Taxa @mtcza]

"Selvom man har tjent nogle penge, behøver man ikke være uvenner med dem."

[Cathrine Holm-Nielsen @CathrineHolmN]

Der er et stigende behov for akademisk arbejdskraft i private virksomheder🤓 Informations- og kommunikationsbranchen ligger i top 5 blandt de brancher der har ansat flest højtuddannede gennem de sidste 10 år. #dkbiz #komdk #KS #akademikere #arbejdsmarked

[Cathrine Holm-Nielsen @CathrineHolmN]

STRATEGI FOR BEDRE VILKÅR FOR PRIVATANSATTE
KS arbejder kontinuerligt for bedre vilkår - også for vores privatansatte medlemmer. 5 indsatser i @ACakademikerne s privatstrategi er afgørende for akademikerne på det private arbejdsmarked kommende år. Læs her: https://t.co/FDcLBt4VtY

[Rulle Grabow @rulgw]

Dette forfærdelige og fremragende essay fortjener at blive læst af alle os, der nyder at spise ude - og alle jer i #dkmedier der kun synes at overgreb og krænkelser fortjener dækning, når de rammer kendisser og ‘branchen’. Føj for helvede. #ligebagjer

https://t.co/IqkmuWJ4l3

[Trein Møller @TreinMoller]

Klog og klar tale!

[RÆSON @raesondk]

"Man kan have dyb sympati for hendes synspunkter, men det er alligevel svært at forstå, at argumentet om loven slet ikke gør indtryk på hende,'."

Kommentar af Eva Smith efter Støjbergs dom [gratis at læse]: https://t.co/74nvxM0lpU

[Uno Helmersson @unohelmersson]

A great piece on FLEE here via the @THR which goes into director Jonas Poher Rasmussen's creative process, as well as the motivating forces behind my score 🎶 Have a read!

@FleeMov #FLEE @neonrated @MilanRecLabel @pias_global

https://t.co/hvq06HVpRj

[Anne Louise Kragh Rühe @RuheAnne]

“Jeg piller kvinder fra hinanden, genopbygger dem og sørger derved for, de vil gøre alt for mig.”

Det var én af de beskeder, jeg fik fra redaktøren, som Dyrby netop har forfremmet. 1/2 #MeToo #dkmedier