![]() But in the movies WE CAN! In the beloved films of Back to the Future, we travel with Marty McFly as he goes back to the past or forward into the future, making changes that disrupt the space-time continuum.Īlong the way Marty bumps into bad guy Biff Tannen, who tangles with him in 1985, 1955, 2015, in a 1985 alternate reality in which Biff has become rich and powerful, 1955 (again), and in 1885 where the bully character is represented by Biff’s great-grandfather Buford Mad Dog Tannen. We might want to get a glimpse of the future and see what’s comin’. We might want to change things in our past. Whether we like it or not, none of us can escape our past – we are connected to it and a product of it – but our future is ours to make of it what we will. Biff Tannen is no genius and Biff Trump is no Einstein they can’t fathom time beyond the moment and have the attention span of a goldfish. They are the words of Albert Einstein (Einstein is also the name of Doc Brown’s dog in Back to the Future.) Einstein, the man, was a genius who knew more about the nature of time than anyone. The second quote understands that time is an interconnected continuum and stresses hope and perpetual questioning. Like a bull in a china shop, he will leave the store with a snort and with shards of broken saucers all over the floor without recognizing the damage he did. Right now, he happens to be president of the United States. ![]() Biff Trump is a low-IQ hustler who was and is an extremely good self-promoter, possibly the best in history. Trump, or Biff Trump as I refer to him in this book. The first quote doesn’t seem to fully grasp the past, has a hazy vision of the future, and focuses on fun today. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. Let’s start with a couple of quotes about the future: If that’s not for you, take your DeLorean and zoom straight to Chapter 2 at 88 miles per hour. I’m going to take a moment here to set the context and explain why there’s a serious reason beyond the laughs to compare them. Skip to the next chapter if you want to dig in and explore the stunning similarities between Biff Tannen and Donald Trump, from their hair to their height to their harems. ![]() The Biff Tannen casino owner character in the Back to the Future Part II time-travel scenarios was even based on Donald Trump. Google it! One lives in the 1980s movie franchise, one lives in the White House. Trump are the same man living in different times and different realities. IFF TANNEN, THE BEEFY BULLY from the Back to the Future movie trilogy, and Donald J. National Sexual Assault Hotline 800-656-HOPE (4673) Is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) ![]()
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