Trump has been described as a Blue-Collar Billionaire by his crowd. Started with a loan/gift from his father. Had understanding of the building-construction process which eventually evolved into business/real estate development. Respecting his employees, from the guy laying the bricks, to the doorman, to the head architect on his latest project.
He was born with a silverspoon and started out life with a rather large GIFT. And for every story there is of a contractor saying he shook his hand, there's a story about an architect he didn't pay and put out of business just because he wanted the project to look like it came in on budget.
There are many anecdotes of him shaking every hand of every employee in a restaurant. If he was in Mar-A-Lago on business and there happened to be Wedding in one of the ballrooms he would make it a point to stop by and meet the bride-groom and shake the parents hands.
And if you weren't in Breitbart world you'd know the many stories of Obama fist bumping the White House custodians, getting on the floor to play with kids, and respecting each and everyone of his staff.
In Presidential practice, conservatives have complained about his elitist behavior. Aloof attitude. Way back he had his Deplorable moment when he referred to those in Middle America as bitter people who clinged to their guns and religion during a closed door Fundraiser in San Francisco. That was the root of the claims of his Cosmopolitan Elitism all the way back in 2008. Broadbrush statement, that is probably rooted in some truth, but every clinger must be judged on their own attitude.
Well you did all CLING to that comment for 8 years, but grabbing pussies was swept under the rug in 30 seconds.
There were moments when Obama seemed to really want to stick it to the American people. It was an elitist move to shut down the WWII memorial during the government shutdown. The memorial itself is an open-air charity funded monument in Washington. Maybe it was his 'Art of the Deal' to end the shutdown. But the ones hurt the most were veterans (some of them dying) who arranged to take group flights to DC to see the memorial. For me that was one of his lowest moments of smug elitism.
THIS is rich, THIS is information isolationism at it's best. Wow, just wow...
Other conservatives argue his narcissistic elitism is on display almost every time he gives a speech or press conference. Refers to himself as "I" in some deliveries more than 200 times. Those are a couple reasons why conservatives view Obama as elitist. The super-haters can cite many more, I'm not super hard on him (just a few moments). Every President will have those tone-deaf elite moments. Bush 41 in the supermarket check out line. Bill parsing the word "is". Trump is bound to have his moments too.
This has to be the absolutely dumbest argument I've ever heard. Hannity and Rush started this whole, let's focus on him saying "I", EVERY president spoke this way. Your candidate just thanked himself for something he didn't do!!! How can one be so blind to this?
It's propaganda that made him elitist, and a big reason the propaganda worked was because of the color of his skin. We have this uppity black couple in the WH, they think they're better than us because they're educated and talk a certain way. And I know you'll try and sweep this under the rug, but this was a huge factor in this perception, it's something we've talked about and pointed out for years in here. It's a big reason why a man with absolutely atrocious grammar won, it makes certain folks feel like he's one of them, even though he couldn't relate to them in any way, shape, or form and won't give a shit about them once he's in office.