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I don't like the whole "down to earth politician I could get a beer with" thing, but I legitimately don't think I can picture trump or vance looking happy with a farm animal, and I think that says something about them as peoplecin a way that's different than just "down to earth".
You should look like that if you're at a fair and someone hands you a piglet. It's just a funny, cute thing that's supposed to make people happy.
The closest was when Trump tried to pose for a photo op with a bald eagle and the eagle attacked him
If we were in a novel or a movie the critics would have called that symbolism too heavy-handed. Of course they also would have said it is too unrealistic to have millions of dimwits voting for a con man because they are all racist.
Seeing this for the first time was the best part of my day.
I love it so much that this was real. The joke writes itself
I think the range of clothing I can picture them in is suit or golf polo. They just exude the energy of rich boys who don't want to do anything "beneath their station".
I bet neither has ever made their own bed.
Vance probably has as he was in the military. Even a cushy press job has to make his own bed. But I'm sure he's put that all behind him and now thinks of that as work for the servants.
The "get a beer with" thing is about trust and being comfortable. Sounds like, "handing him a piglet" is your version of this. His reaction makes you trust and be comfortable with him as a decent human.
I vote, you now use the phrase, "I'd hand that guy a piglet." And make it your own.
Makes a lot of sense when you put it like that. :)
I felt funny about it because I don't generally need my politicians to be "down to earth" because exceptional people are often not and that's fine, but I do need them to have that human joy of a baby animal, even if they're not a pet owner or anything.
Definitely appreciate the insight that it's related, but different qualities being desired. :). Definitely going to use that phrase now.
Trump couldn't pull off holding a book for fuck's sake. And this guy, he's just charming. He's a big lovable oaf.