Don’t worry about him. Despite his cascading legal setbacks, including this recent indictment for “conspiracy against the United States”, relating to his role in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, former US President Donald Trump is doing well. He’s even more on his way to the 2024 presidential election than ever, as evidenced by his recent performance at the Republican Party dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, on Aug. 5.
That day, in front of an audience of conquered supporters, Donald Trump offered a great number: conspiratorial insinuations, personal attacks, nauseating innuendos, violent criticism… It was all there. Even in his outfit with this dimple (“dimple”) shaped under his tie knot. Historically, this cleverly cultivated little hollow was the proof of a certain elegance. But, clearly, times have changed.
At his side, the so-called Henry McMaster, governor of South Carolina and support before the Eternal of Donald Trump, was also in top form, and his charm. Thus, failing to confirm the presence of a drop under the knot of his blue tie, this photo shows us his white linen pocket, cleverly folded. In fact, this one has the three rounded points characteristic of the “triple leave” or “triple leaf” folding, well known to lovers of an elegance so overplayed and dusty that it becomes coarse. Yes, it happens.
On his wrist, Henry McMaster had also taken out, for the occasion, his most beautiful watch. A Tank or a Santos from Cartier? A Reverso from Jaeger-LeCoultre? A Patek Philippe Pagoda or Gondolo, perhaps? The image does not make it possible to determine the precise model, but it shows enough for us to see that it is rectangular and that it therefore perpetuates the history of a form that appeared in watchmaking in 1917, with Louis Cartier. In the middle of the war, he was inspired by the lines of the Renault FT-17 assault tank to design… the Tank. Obviously.
Finally, how do you look at this photo without noticing the mesmerizing hair show? On the one hand, Donald Trump displays his yellowish lock as fine as it is voluminous, which has become, over time, his stylistic signature. On the other, Henry McMaster has less yellow but equally remarkable hair. Indeed, this excessive length, this badly assumed baldness and these kinds of imposing sideburns on the nape of the neck earn him all the honors of the consecrated category of “rich man’s hair”.
