Regular guy Donald Trump calls himself a 'blue-collar worker' at rally
After the stress of a brutal presidential debate, Donald Trump retreated to a small Pennsylvania town Monday, where he referred to himself as a "blue-collar worker."
Trump, who inherited an estimated $40 million stake in his father's company in 1974, was speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
"I love blue collar workers," said Trump. "And I consider myself in a certain way to be a blue collar worker."
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Here is Trump, basically the walking embodiment of a Bruce Springsteen song, posing with his family in a totally normal American home.
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And here is his regular guy's man cave with a planet-sized chandelier and down-home ceiling in fresco.
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George Takei from Star Trek gets it.
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In the crowd, Trump's supporters reportedly laughed, perhaps because the idea of him being a blue-collar worker seemed so plausible.
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Trump has never been shy about sharing his folksy wisdom, the kind you might hear at your local watering hole or the Met Gala.
"I made a lot of money and I made it too easily, to the point of boredom. Anything I did worked!" he told Vanity Fair in 1990.
"Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich," he said on Good Morning America in 2011.
Or perhaps Trump was just being very literal when talking at the rally.
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Either way, it’s good to see Trump’s entire family sharing his traditional, blue-collar values.
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Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
