10 Films That Predicted The Trump Presidency
3. The Towering Inferno
In The Art of the Deal, Trump (with Tony Schwartz) writes, “My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.”
How, one wonders, can such a philosophy go wrong? Or, better question, which Irwin Allen disaster film best encapsulates the Trump deal-making strategy? The Towering Inferno is set in a San Francisco skyscraper which, during its dedication, is engulfed in an uncontrollable fire. Turns out the building's owner, in cahoots with his electrical engineer, cut severe corners in an effort to save money. Given what we know of Trump's shoddy construction, abandoned structures and habit of stiffing his employees and contractors, the scenario isn't that far fetched.
More significantly, in the film, as the survivors ponder what will become of the remnants of the charred building, one suggests it's best to let it stand as "a kind of shrine to all the bulls**t in the world."
During her disastrous run against him four years ago, Hillary Clinton gave a speech in front of a boarded up, abandoned Trump casino. Let it have the same eulogy as Allen's Inferno.