How President Trump is basically real life Batman 🦇

When it comes to superheroes, one of the most recognizable is undoubtedly Bruce Wayne, aka. Batman.
Now when you see Gotham's greatest vigilante, you might wonder whether there's also a 'Batman' in real life - and there is, at least there's someone who could (and should!) be considered one.
The real life Batman I'm talking about is no other than President Trump, and that for various reasons.

First of all, his and Bruce Wayne's most obvious similarity is that both are billionaires.
And not just that, they both had affluent parents and are pretty equally wealthy, with President Trump being the wealthier one.
President Trump's net worth is estimated to be around $7.2 billion after the recent Truth Social merger and decades of successfully running his real estate company as mentioned in a Bloomberg article (and by now even higher with Truth Social's earnout from last Tuesday) and Wayne inherited his wealth from his parents, which is estimated to be around $6.5 billion according to the "Forbes Fictional 15".

In addition to that, they are also both extremely iconic with President Trump being internationally famous for his extravagant hairstyle, his orange tan and his unique rhetoric as well as his own airplane and Trump Tower (and of course his Presidency) & Batman being known in Gotham for his suit, his legendary battles with criminals and his Bat-Signal (a bat-shaped distress signal that summons him).

With their wealth comes their access to high class transportation.
Wayne (Batman's) signature vehicle is the Batmobile, a heavily armored car he uses to chase after criminals that's housed in his Batcave.
Apart from that, he also has a personal helicopter (the Batcopter) as well as an airplane (the Batplane) and other means of transportation like for example the Batboat.
When it comes to President Trump, he has a whole armored motorcade that securely gets him to wherever he wants or needs to be.
In terms of aviation, he owns several Sikorsky S76 Helicopters that are each outfitted with high-end interiors, refreshment centers and live map displays.
He also has his signature custom Boeing 757, dubbed Trump Force One, that fits up to 43 passengers and can fly about 8 hours uninterrupted within a 3,000-mile range at up to MACH .86 or 654.64 mph.
In addition to the Trump Force One, he owns a Cessna Citation X Jet that can fly at speeds up to MACH .92 or 700 mph and allows entry into smaller airports.
For maritime areas, he owned the 281 ft super yacht Kingdom 5KR (back then dubbed Trump Princess) during the late '80s and early '90s.
And despite being no longer allowed to personally drive on public roads due to his Presidency, he owns a tremendous fleet of luxury as well as super cars that included/includes among many others a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, a Lamborghini Diablo and a 600bhp+ Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.

Taking a look at their lairs, Batman built the so-called Batcave, his secret headquarters beneath the Wayne manor, the mansion he inherited from his parents.
It serves as a base of operations for him and his allies as well as a storage facility for his equipment, vehicles and crime-fighting technology.
President Trump switched his headquarters a few times over the past decade, varying between the top floors of his famous Trump Tower in New York City, the White House in Washington D.C. during his Presidency and the beautiful Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, where he currently resides and frequently hosts events and meetings with state leaders.

They also both like to fight crime, with President Trump making America and its southern border more secure by - among others - building hundreds of miles of wall, passing the MPP, ending Catch-And-Release and hiring new border patrol agents as well as bringing down crime rates (for example, the violent crime of robbery decreased by 4 percent during the first year of his Presidency).
Batman usually works on making Gotham safer by personally chasing criminals like his arch nemesis Joker or the Penguin, making his way of hunting criminals a bit more personal, though it's more than worth noting that President Trump himself walked from the White House to St. John's Church after its parish house got damaged by an arson attack during protests the night before to signalize that he stands for Law & Order.

Speaking of which, Batman strictly believes in protecting the law too - while him being a vigilante might put him at odds with it from time to time, his 'brand' ultimately stands for bringing criminals to justice.

And with Law & Order comes patriotism:
President Trump's undoubtedly the most patriotic President in history, that can (among many other instances) be seen in the countless speeches and interviews he's given over the course of the years and decades as well as with his mantra being 'America First' and his overall behavior towards the flag.
And Batman certainly also shares a large sense of patriotism, with him always working on protecting Gotham and its citizens and never leaving the city for good despite having the financial means for it/technically nothing really holding him back.

Now that 'financial means' are mentioned, both President Trump and Batman know how to use their wealth to their advantage, with Batman utilizing it to finance his vigilante lifestyle and technology and President Trump to finance his campaign.

What they also share is an arch nemesis, that being the Joker for Batman and Biden for President Trump.
Their nemeses each pose a threat to their ideals (that being upholding the law for Batman and among many other things putting America and its citizens first for President Trump).

And last but not least, President Trump admitted to being Batman during a ride in one of his helicopters he gifted to several kids and their parents during the 2016 Iowa State Fair upon being asked "Mr. Trump, are you Batman?".

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