# The President and the Catering Cart
Donald Trump has spent years manufacturing a heroic version of himself that never existed. In his political mythology, he is not merely a president. He is a warrior-president, a battlefield commander and a solitary figure of courage standing between America and its enemies. His social-media universe has depicted him with the physique of a prizefighter, the armor of a conquering general and the grave bearing of men who commanded armies. He has allowed himself to be symbolically elevated alongside George C. Marshall and George S. Patton—men who carried the lives of nations and armies on their shoulders. He has surrounded himself with images and rhetoric suggesting the stature of Medal of Honor recipients—men who ran toward gunfire, covered grenades with their bodies and refused evacuation while others remained in danger. Trump wants the portrait of Patton. What reportedly emerged in Turkey was a clown in a catering cart. According to multiple reports, Trump publicly climbed aboard the le...
