He never did work for you.

The story was that Donald Trump was a, a business rival of Vince McMahon, who had purchased some element of what by now was WWE.

And Donald Trump was presented as a kind of fan-friendly, benevolent billionaire in opposition to Vince McMahon as the billionaire tyrant who wants everything run his way.

A good time to bring in Jimmy Botlit, because this isn't just a Donald Trump thing, is it, Botlit?

Oh, absolutely.

Neo-kayfabe isn't the Trump thing.

Trump is just the most on-the-nose, Vegas neon example of a much wider shift.

Politicians aren't solving problems, they're performing identities.