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Popularity can easily lead to boredom because you're tethered to the things that are popular, and not necessarily interesting to you. [Popularity is a dull job when there's no song and dance that people are constantly entertained by. Trump figured that out, so he always has to spin something exciting for himself and his fans. Jimmy Carter got that being a civil servant is supposed to be boring. Reagan sort of got that, as did Bush, Sr, but Clinton liked being in the spotlight, but he was a scholar, as was Obama, but he wasn't addicted to celebrity to assuage the boring parts of being a president. In the mid-20s, pundits can become popular, but they are doing so by piggybacking on Trump's craving for attention, or the attention that he already has. It's like millions of viewers watching the OJ Bronco chase. It was a source of excitement in a mostly boring and routine world. It was probably TV that made us crave excitement, but so did film, which was Reagan's celebrity medium].