The Gentlemen of Antwerp

Donald Trump can be bought—on the cheap. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Donald Trump is cheap in every sense of the word: cheap in that he is an infamous deadbeat who cheated his creditors; cheap in the sense of tacky; cheap in that he is the sort of man whose virtue, such as it is, can be overcome at no great expense—a cheap date. Trump is a $40 fake Rolex made copious flesh. Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence