Justin Klinger asked this question about Billy Summers:
am I the only one having trouble with the CONSTANT references to Donald Trump in everything King does these days ? I'm enjoying the plot of the book, but i'm 10 percent in, and there have been like 20 mentions of Trump in a book that has nothing to do with politics.
Jennifer I love the idea that you, or me, or anyone, can tell an author what they should be mentioning in their writing.

14 mentions in the whole book apparentl…more
I love the idea that you, or me, or anyone, can tell an author what they should be mentioning in their writing.

14 mentions in the whole book apparently, your counting leaves something to be desired.

Stephen King has never not grounded his books in the current affairs of the times they are set.

Oh and everything is politics, you know that and so do the rest of his readers. Just because it's not the politics you want to read about doesn't change that fact.
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