Donald Trump on Orson Welles' legacy

[Wellesnet]

Donald Trump: ‘I loved Orson Welles. He was totally f―ked up. He was a total mess’
http://www.wellesnet.com/donald-trump-o ... -totally-f

Trump's comments and our take:

"I loved Orson Welles. (flattering)
He was totally f--ked up. (critical)
He was a total mess. (critical)
But think of his wives. (flattering)
Think of his hits. (flattering)
He was like this great genius that after 26, never did it. (critical)
He became totally impossible. (critical)
He thought everybody was a moron, everybody was this, everybody was that; (critical)
if he had a budget he’d exceed it by 20 times and destroy everything. (critical)
He became impossible. (critical)
I loved that.” (flattering)

[rubbydub]

It's fairly obvious that Trump is a sociopathic narcissist. His comments on Welles is an example of what psychologists call "projection".

[Wellesnet]

IndieWire's take:

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/donald ... 201687387/

Donald Trump is a huge Orson Welles fan. Huuuge.

The presumptive Republican Nominee for president recently told Bloomberg that he “loves Orson Welles,” adding, “He was totally fucked up. He was a total mess. But think of his wives. Think of his hits.”

Ah yes, the wives and the hits. Though Trump said his favorite film is Welles’s ‘Citizen Kane,” a movie about an heir to a fortune who becomes power hungry–ahem–his overall view of Welles is decidingly negative. “He thought everybody was a moron,” Trump said. “He was like this great genius that after 26, never did it. He became totally impossible.”

Perhaps ironically, some of Welles’ least admirable qualities are exactly what Trump says attracted him to the director. “If he had a budget he’d exceed it by 20 times and destroy everything,” Trump said. “He became impossible. I loved that.”

[Wellesnet]

Beatrice Welles offers her view:

"Never mind the inaccuracies and that what he is saying is so wrong – the rest of it is stupid," she said. "Why mention his wives? He's talking about his films and then he brings up his wives? It's just so stupid."

http://www.wellesnet.com/beatrice-welle ... er-father/

[Wich2]

"It's just so stupid."

Well, Beatrice, as we are ALL learning -

That IS the essence of The Donald.

-Craig

[atcolomb]

It's going to be one hell of a election coming up and if William Randolph Hearst were alive today he would be foaming at the mouth.

[Le Chiffre]

Trump's comments on Welles illustrate how his mouth is like a broken water main, shooting out in all directions chaotically, with no rhyme or reason. He doesn't seem to have a good grasp on most of the things he talks about, but his followers love the rhetoric.