There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian character or couple. That was good news as a voucher of the success of the gay rights movement, but it still grew a bit tiresome: 'Look at us! Our show is so hip, one of the characters is homosexual!'

Trump can't string a single grammatical sentence together, and at the podium, he is lumpen and awkward.

Trump is not charismatic. He is artless and politically clumsy and wears his egotism on his sleeve.

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