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What if Donald Trump is really President Johnny Gentle?

August 10, 2025 by Christopher ZF 7 Comments

The President in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest was a maligned doofus, who ran third party and won.

Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged With: 2018, David Foster Wallace, Donald Trump, Infinite Jest, politics, Presidential Politics

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