# Donald Trump is a Bizarro Jay Gatsby!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 13, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395 "2016-10-13T06:20:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395/1 "2016-10-13T06:20:41Z")
Anyone else look at Donald Trump and see a Bizarro Jay Gatsby come to life?
Gatsby - Born poor
Trump - son of a millionaire
Gatsby - a successful crook
Trump - Four bankruptcies in legitimate business
Gatsby - eager to make a good impression on everyone he meets
Trump - alienating the world one demographic at a time
Gatsby - covers up a lack of schooling with elaborate manners
Trump - expensive private schooling, no class
Gatsby - covets another man’s wife
Trump - brags his wife is the hottest (okay, she IS a former model)
Gatsby - Was an innocent victim of circumstance and misunderstanding
Trump - is both the iceberg and the Titanic at the same time.
Gatsby - devoted his life to regaining the love of one woman that he lost
Trump - just grabs 'em by the p----, 'cause he’s a star.
Can anyone think of any others?
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### Author:  [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395/2 "2016-10-13T06:33:59Z")
He’s RL Citizen Kane.
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### Author:  [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395/3 "2016-10-13T09:54:24Z")
Gatsby: Fictional character that we are all very glad has been brought into being.
Trump: Real life character that we fervently wish would disappear.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395/4 "2016-10-13T12:01:10Z")
Pretty sure the opposite of Donald Trump would be a woman who earned a law degree and held elected office before becoming president.
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### Author:  [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-a-bizarro-jay-gatsby/768395/5 "2016-10-13T16:04:39Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#):
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> Gatsby: Fictional character that we are all very glad has been brought into being.
> Trump: Real life character that we fervently wish would disappear.
Hah! Good one! 😃