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How is Trump like the Tiger King?
6 Ways That Joe Exotic’s Life Paralleled That Of Our President
What does the popularity of Tiger King have in common with the election of Donald Trump? For one, both represent huge and unexpected cultural phenomena. In fact on March 29, “Tiger King” had more than half as many Google searches as our current president.
I think the way Tiger King captured the zeitgeist is no accident. I mean, doesn’t the protagonist of the show remind you of someone? Doesn’t Joe Exotic’s life story sound familiar? In Exotic we have a bold and flamboyant showman. Joe is a man who sought fame at all costs. A narcissist, he lied constantly and still earned a cult-like devotion among many, many followers. Oh, and he ran for president of the United States in 2016. This isn’t the only parallel between Joe Exotic and our current POTUS. Below I’ll show how the life of the Tiger King and Donald Trump are eerily similar, each representing funhouse mirror reflections of the other.
