Jim answers “am I the only one having trouble with the...”

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.

Jim I wouldn't say they were "constant" references. I think he's just placing the story in a specific time period- one in which the POTUS was very much on…moreI wouldn't say they were "constant" references. I think he's just placing the story in a specific time period- one in which the POTUS was very much on the minds of a lot of people. Love him or hate him, Donald Trump was at the forefront of all aspects American culture during his four years in office.

Now it did strike me a few times that SK was letting his own views show through (and I agree 100% with him about Trump). Seems to me that some of these rather anti-social characters would have actually been fans of #45. So in that sense maybe it was a bit unrealistic. I mean roughly half the country did vote for the guy, so I have to think that a mercenary or mobster would have found a lot to like in him. (less)

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