Eric Peters,
CIO of
One River Asset Management
said:
“Trump represents authenticity,”
said the Australian investor.
Childish, self-centered, misogynistic,
money-focused, bullying, full of shit –
but authentically so, he continued.
Nearly every foreigner I meet is appalled.
But intrigued, perplexed (too).
Mainstream politicians are
the ultimate distillation
of inauthenticity.
In pursuit of becoming
what people want them to be,
they become nothing,
often worse.
Who’s the most authentic politician
you can think of globally?
... I reckon it’s Trump.
There’s a price to pay
for Bill Clinton’s
serial infidelities
wrapped in slick lies,
Bush’s tragic
neo-conservative wars
waged on pretense.
Not a single banker
was incarcerated
for 2008’s corruption,
conflicts of interest.
Obama, earth’s
most powerful
commander-in-chief,
proved unwilling to
shield black children
from everyday slaughter
in his hometown
Chicago ghettos.
As Barak was Bush’s legacy,
Trump is the legacy
of Obama’s empty eloquence.
And we’re learning
that people would prefer
an authentic dickhead
versus someone
who is perceived inauthentic
and controlled by
shadowy vested interests
that haven’t worked
for the majority.
