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Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again

2026-10-12T21:51:44.000Z

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From Daily Maverick · Latest (South Africa)

  • The Austrian writer understood the absurdity of human vanity and our endless hunger for recognition.
  • Trump’s furious response to the Nobel peace prize could almost have come from one of his novels – except that this time the narrator is the president of the United States of America.
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump in his second term
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  1. Daily Maverick · Latest (South Africa) — Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again