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Note: This article contains images of dead animals that some readers may find disturbing.
LAST NIGHT AS Donald Trump Jr was proudly announcing his father as the Republican candidate for the US presidency, journalist and broadcaster Ronan Farrow couldn’t help but notice some symbolism.
While many of the delegates at the four-day-long convention in Cleveland are enthusiastic supporters of Trump Sr, many just can’t get behind him.
Conventions are supposed to be the time when, after a gruelling primary process, party members put their own personal choices behind them and unite behind whoever won.
Sometimes it can be difficult – but most of the time, they get there.
Except this time there are many who simply refuse to do so. Some Republicans – notably, the likes of Mitt Romney – think that supporting Trump is damaging to their own party, and indeed to the US as a whole.
That’s why, among the cheering for veterans and booing for Hillary Clinton, Commentary Magazine described a general listlessness among delegates.
That’s where the symbolism comes in…
In particular, the Republican Party’s symbol of the elephant and a reminder from Farrow that Donald Trump Jr once proudly stood holding the severed tail of a wild elephant.
The picture was taken during a ‘big game’ hunt Donald Jr went on with his younger brother Eric Trump. The photos surfaced in 2012 with The Daily Beast reporting that the pair were hunting in Zimbabwe.
Last year’s killing of Cecil the lion by US dentist Walter Palmer in the same country provoked global outrage.
On their hunting trip, the Trumps also posed beside a dead cheetah and a crocodile hanging from a tree.
The story made quite big news at the time and Trump Jr subsequently defended himself in an interview with Deer & Hunter magazine, saying he had “no regrets about it”.
Last night’s tweet from Farrow provoked a bit of reaction online – and he wasn’t the only person to notice the symbolism – but it’s unlikely to hurt his father’s campaign too much.
Whether or not the Trumps will actually kill the party, well that’s a different question.
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Could ye not have found a better photo lads.
@Honeybadger197: good effort HoneyBadger but that’s still only an “artist’s rendition”
@Jazz Buckler: Sure tip down with your camera so…
@Red hurley: next Dun Laoghaire baths? But heated from solar power as I still remember how cold it was learning to swim as a kid.
@Honeybadger197: no pleasing some people!
@Suzie Sunshine: Yep!
@Honeybadger197: The aesthetics are only a curiosity. The facility is the main draw, so I’ll be going irregardless when it opens
How long until someone trips and sues the Corpo? I’d say three months.
@Jazz Buckler: Few pints!
@Suzie Sunshine:
It wasn’t a personal comment – was just pointing out it wasn’t a photo ffs Jeez! God how people just enjoy stirring up shit by projecting good vs evil on stuff
@Jazz Buckler: and irony of that is it’s still a building site so no photos possible
Great – just in time for the winter. Amazing planning.
@Conor Byrne: well Sept onwards is when seawater is at its warmest y’know…
@Conor Byrne: At least you can have a beer whilst you waiting. Lol
Great idea.. Amazing some people on here still manage to complain..
@Will: they’re Shinners and Looney Left.
David Cullen jnr ..Didn’t his daddy David Cullen Snr go bankrupt and transfer property into his family’s name …and owe NAMA 28 million ??? They always surface in the end !!
@Steve Austin: if you fall off the horse , you just get back on.
Most people who lose their job , eventually go back to what they were doing , it’s what they know.
Many developers went bust because people simply couldn’t borrow money anymore. Not because of what they were doing was bad.
People have access to money , developers can develop
If you live in Wicklow the last place you’re going to go for a swim is Clontarf
@Random_paddy: if you live in Clontarf, the last place you’re going to go for a swim is Wicklow
I remember many years ago swimming in Clontarf baths. It was a hot day and a few friends and I cycled down to spend the afternoon swimming and sunbathing. After braving the cold water I swam a length of the pool and stopped to catch my breath. There, right in front if me was a disgusting, revolting human poo……floating serenely along without a care in the world. I made a very hasty exit, cycled home at olympic speed and spent an hour in the shower! I also rinsed my mouth with listerine until it almost bled. No fancy facelift will erase that memory for as long as I live! I have never swam in a sea pool since. Traumatised doesn’t even touch the edges!!!
@Elizabeth Gregory: Shit happens
@Barry Tallon:
@Elizabeth Gregory: how do you know the difference between a human poo and a seals poo?
Just in time for autumn: genius!
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