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Author Jay McInerney on Donald Trump; USA: New York: EXT Author Jay McInerney and Jon Snow chatting on rooftop overlooking Manhattan McInerney talking about watching Twin Towers collapsing from his home SOT TRACK FORWARDs into living room as Jon Snow and McInerney sit for interview Jay McInerney (writer) interview SOT - (On idea of Donald Trump in the White House) society is divided at best, Trump doesn't represent New York - Somebody in his income bracket should be better known in society, one of great traditions of wealthy in New York to support charities, involved in charitable work, something don't think anyone has every accused Donald Trump of being - Not part of the social fabric, more like a visiting bumpkin celebrity - Were all hoping that after he got elected he would temper his immaturity, his tendency to bully, his impulsiveness, all reflected in absurd twitter feed and in fact if anything he's become more rambunctious - As am American I hope so (that he works out) his temperament and his past behaviour don't give a lot of hope, his statements about Europe are scary, just yesterday he declared NATO irrelevant - He's a very ignorant man, doesn't have a sense of history, doesn't read - All of books in his bookshelves in Trump Tower just false spines - no books there and all of the paintings in his apartment are reproductions - a man utterly without culture or learning - he lost the majority vote, still majority of us have not completely lost our minds - America deeply divided country, people angry, hard to begrudge them their disillusionment - as writer think I'm going to have a good time, going to have a lot to write about