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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.

MaryAlice The last novel I read, a character was working for a group to re-elect Hillary Clinton, thus the author references her many times. She also mentions a…moreThe last novel I read, a character was working for a group to re-elect Hillary Clinton, thus the author references her many times. She also mentions a character who works for the Green Party.

In context of the story, King's mention of that guy makes sense; one of the characters is much like him. King also mentions President Bush and uses Hillary's own words "Bush's war."

King mentions writers using their real life as characters for their novels. Thus it is not surprising that King's character(s) would reflect his own beliefs

Tho' I loathe seeing that con man's name, it did not bother all that much. It was realistic.

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