Stiff Little Fingers

January 25, 2016 James Kelleher

Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers.

Graydon Carter, <a href=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump>Why Donald Trump Will Always Be a “Short-Fingered Vulgarian”</a>