The other day I was perusing a news article about social media when I came across a reference to Donald Trump's now defunct blog, which he called "From the Desk of Donald Trump."
He put up his first post on May 2, 2021.
Twenty-nine days later he gave up blogging and all his posts were deleted.
Whoa, thought I upon reading this news, or news to me, at least, as it likely would have been to most folks: It seems that "From the Desk of Donald Trump" both entered and dropped out of the blogosphere with a yawn.
Anyway, Whoa, I thought, Donald Trump cannot blog!
Now, granted, the guy can do a lot of things that I can't. I can't build hotels, casinos, exclusive golf clubs or factories in China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Honduras where workers make "Make America Great Again" hats.
Whoa, thought I upon reading this news, or news to me, at least, as it likely would have been to most folks: It seems that "From the Desk of Donald Trump" both entered and dropped out of the blogosphere with a yawn.
Anyway, Whoa, I thought, Donald Trump cannot blog!
Now, granted, the guy can do a lot of things that I can't. I can't build hotels, casinos, exclusive golf clubs or factories in China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Honduras where workers make "Make America Great Again" hats.
I can't buy people, I can't mesmerize people or garner their adoration.
I can't compel people to lie for me, commit crimes for me, do wrong for me, make fools of themselves for me, throw away their good names and careers for me, go to prison for me, or jeopardize their health for me.
Donald Trump can and does do all those things.
But dude can't write a blog.
Dude can't write anything. Unless you call tweets writing.
Apparently Trump didn't even write the few blogs he posted. According to an article in The Washington Post, "Trump dictated his messages to his aides, who would print them out so he could revise them with a Sharpie before manually posting them to the blog." (1.)
Sorry, but doing that no more makes you a blogger than hiring a ghost writer to produce a book then attaching your name to it makes you a writer.
But dude can't write a blog.
Dude can't write anything. Unless you call tweets writing.
Apparently Trump didn't even write the few blogs he posted. According to an article in The Washington Post, "Trump dictated his messages to his aides, who would print them out so he could revise them with a Sharpie before manually posting them to the blog." (1.)
Sorry, but doing that no more makes you a blogger than hiring a ghost writer to produce a book then attaching your name to it makes you a writer.
As for me, neither my books nor my blog are widely read, and few people have heard of me or ever will. But I can blog and I can write books, and every word ever posted or published under my name has been my own, straight from my own head, hand, and heart.
And that I wouldn't trade for all Donald Trump's millions.
And that I wouldn't trade for all Donald Trump's millions.
References
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/02/trump-blog-dead/
2. https://abcnews4.com/news/local/where-is-maga-merchandise-made
3. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395464-trump-biographer-trump-didnt-write-any-of-his-books
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