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by sjg007 1871 days ago
Trump is arguably one of the first successful reality TV stars. He basically laid the groundwork.

The Kardashians took up the ball that Paris Hilton dropped.
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twobuy 1871 days ago
Kim Kardashian was Paris Hilton's intern and appeared on Paris Hilton's show. I don't think that was accidental.
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throwaway2037 1871 days ago
This is a solid point about Donald Trump. I owned the Trump board game as a kid. (Released in 1989! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump:_The_Game) We thought he was such a goof, but he was definitely a social media star before social media networks.
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