Trump Called Winning Candidate Central Casting in Campaign Ad Admission

What was said

"Trump literally said central casting. The term central casting means that they've just like— if I look at somebody who looks like a meth head on the street and I go like, central casting, that means like that person so embodies the just very general sense of a meth head that I could put them into a film as a meth head and everyone would automatically believe that they were a meth head. When Trump says about Ed Gallagher in central casting, what he means is like, we found this guy that was, it was a war, war hero. He was a Navy Seal. He's tall, he's a good looking, you know, he's an older guy, but he's like, he presents well. He's central casting. We're putting him in to fool you."

In a campaign ad for Ed Gallerian, Donald Trump used the phrase 'central casting' to describe the candidate, which Dillon interprets as an admission that Gallerian was selected specifically for his appearance and background rather than substance. The ad featured Trump praising Gallerian's handshake and calling him a 'tremendous war hero' while Gallerian himself never spoke, exemplifying what Dillon calls the stupidity of American political marketing aimed at 'lizard brain instincts.'