Donald Trump’s glory days as the butt of Spy’s jokes: How the “short-fingered vulgarian” rose to the occasion and became a break-out national star - Salon.com

The thing that amazed me about the ’80s and ’90s Trump – I’d never seen anyone who so manifestly and desperately thrived on media attention. He couldn’t have enough – as close to a literal addiction as I’ve ever seen. So now, with this summer and this campaign, he’s getting more attention than ever. And it’s like some X-Man thing or The Hulk – he’s just getting bigger and bigger. You can see him just vibrating with the pleasure of people paying attention to him every day.

There’s nothing about him that indicates that he’s a happy person – so it’s an interesting combination of “I’m rich, I’ve got this beautiful wife,” and yet, “Why don’t you seem happy? Warren Buffett seems happy.”

Donald Trump’s glory days as the butt of Spy’s jokes: How the “short-fingered vulgarian” rose to the occasion and became a break-out national star - Salon.com