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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.
wordwan Yeah. I first noticed King's behaviour about Trump on twitter. It kinda surprised me as I had a strange idea that Stephen King was an intelligent and …moreYeah. I first noticed King's behaviour about Trump on twitter. It kinda surprised me as I had a strange idea that Stephen King was an intelligent and worldly guy. Guess I got fooled.

Writers are NOT their writing, it seems. And that's something I will remember from here on out, when I read books by anyone.

And it, pretty much, changed my view of Stephen King. I was NEVER political before Donald Trump. It opened my eyes to a lot of people's behaviour, to be perfectly honest.

Course, then, you start to notice there are a LOT of writers who act immature.

Writers aren't gods. And that's a damn fact.

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