Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose
By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amountsMany years ago, in the crowded corridor of a Manhattan hotel, I was surprised to find myself standing face-to-face with Imelda Marcos, then the first lady of the Philippines. At that time, she was said to possess 3,000 pairs of shoes.I desperately longed to ask the wife of the dictatorial president, Ferdinand Marcos, why anyone could need all those shoes.
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By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amountsMany years ago, in the crowded corridor of a Manhattan hotel, I was surprised to find myself standing face-to-face with Imelda Marcos, then the first lady of the Philippines. At that time, she was said to possess 3,000 pairs of shoes.I desperately longed to ask the wife of the dictatorial president, Ferdinand Marcos, why anyone could need all those shoes. And more importantly, why would someone spend so much of her country’s wealth on stiletto heels when so many citizens were so desperately poor? But natural reticence, good manners or simply fear prevailed, and I walked away.
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- By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amountsMany years ago, in the crowded corridor of a Manhattan hotel, I was surprised to find myself standing face-to-face with Imelda Marcos, then the first lady of the Philippines. At that time, she was said to possess 3,000 pairs of shoes.I desperately longed to ask the wife of the dictatorial president, Ferdinand Marcos, why anyone could need all those shoes.
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Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose
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