rant · moment 9 of 25
Everybody Wants Nice Things: The Case for Loving Money
from Qatar, Kanye, & The Gift Of Luxury | The Tim Dillon Show #444 · #444
4 min
He expands into a broader defense of luxury and gift diplomacy, admits he loves money, and tells the O. Henry 'Gift of the Magi' story as a strained analogy for accepting the plane.
- Foreign governments' job is to influence America, and Qatar has the money to do it effectively—unlike the Netherlands, which would give Trump a wooden troll.
- Tim admits he loves money and enjoys capital, apologizing sarcastically for it as if confession requires suicide.
- The WASP aesthetic might be uncomfortable with Trump's luxury lifestyle, but Tim is on board with it—he loves that he lives in a gold apartment and builds beautiful buildings.
- If you want to get something going in America, you better show up with a gift.
- Tim attempts to reference "The Gift of the Magi" as a lesson about bringing gifts to get things done.
- The actual twist of "The Gift of the Magi"—he sells his watch, she sells her hair, and they each buy the other a gift for something they no longer have.
- Tim concludes the moral is to accept the plane and stop the communist bullshit.
Donald TrumpQatarSteve Wynn's Resort