Trump And The Plutocrat's Humbris Epstein Summary

In the article “Trump and the Plutocrat’s Hubris,” published in the Wall Street Journal, Joseph Epstein discussed the issues with businessmen, focusing on President Trump. Epstein focused on the arrogance of the modern businessman and his focus on wealth. While Epstein attempted to be objective with his article, he allowed his personal opinion to influence his criticism of both our president and businessmen in general.

Epstein chose to begin his article with a personal anecdote that told his experience and exposure to businessmen in his childhood. He gives businessmen the image of an arrogant, self-concerned, egotistical person whose only desire in life is to accrue wealth. He then goes onto give examples of businessmen assuming they are more knowledgeable because of their monetary status. While there might be some truth to this, it paints the image of businessmen being superficial and generally unkind. Presenting this directly before writing about a businessman makes it
While discussing Trump’s business acumen Epstein felt it was necessary to establish that business success doesn’t correlate to political success, however, the two are not mutually exclusive and Trump could be multi-talented. The article also felt it was necessary to mention that Epstein had never read Trump’s book, it also then goes on to criticize the book by stating he has no interest in reading “The Art of the Deal.” This unnecessary and critical comment further enforces the idea that Epstein believes Trump is not fit to be president. In the concluding paragraph Epstein cements the idea that financial success does not transfer to political success. He then goes on to criticize Trump calling him arrogant and claiming his business prowess won’t transfer to his political career. Some of these statements may be based off of truth, but, to be a subjective article one can not put personal opinion in their