{"id":162,"date":"2026-05-20T10:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:06:50","slug":"trumps-spitting-image-is-lining-up-a-fresh-con-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s spitting image is lining up a fresh con for America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, a reality TV star with a dubious track record of personal bankruptcy, bad business deals, terrible public behavior, and mistreatment of women \u2014 but no experience working for the government at any level \u2014 decided to run for one of the most high-profile political roles in the country. He was buoyed by large, right-wing social media accounts<\/u>, as well as rich benefactors, many with their own connections to reality TV. His entire platform was one based on his belittling his female opponent, mirroring back the hate from the people who were more than happy to platform him. Despite having no policy other than parroting some propaganda, he was normalized by the media and others who turned around any criticism of the candidate to bully his critics. <\/p>

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If you were picturing Donald Trump that whole time, you\u2019d be both right and wrong. Because in this case, I don\u2019t mean him.<\/p>

I mean Spencer \u201cBel Airstream\u201d Pratt, the current Republican candidate for MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, which is the second largest city in the United States. Spencer is running on a platform that\u2019s essentially \u201cI\u2019m a white male Republican who\u2019s not Karen Bass\u201d while turning the loss of his home in the devastating Palisades Fire into just another MAGA grift. <\/p>

Pratt became famous as Heidi Montag\u2019s villainous boyfriend on MTV\u2019s reality series The Hills<\/em><\/em>, which ran from 2006 to 2011. But he had appeared on a show called The Princes of Malibu<\/em><\/em> in 2005, which I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t know existed until I started researching him for this piece, because I can only imagine the level of douchery on that show.<\/p>

I\u2019ve also never watched an episode of The Hills<\/em><\/em>, its predecessor, Laguna Beach<\/em><\/em>, or anything else related to the franchise, because I lost all interest in watching reality TV (minus cooking shows and home reno content on HGTV) after the New Orleans season of The Real World<\/em><\/em>. What I knew of any of them was limited to what I absorbed by pop culture osmosis, plus eventually Lauren Conrad had a clothing line at Kohl\u2019s. Otherwise, I couldn\u2019t have had less interest in a bunch of rich teens whining about each other, and I could still be blissfully ignorant of everything about them right now, if only Spencer Pratt hadn\u2019t somehow weaseled his way into California politics. <\/p>

Pratt embodies the false bravado of all empty MAGA men, pretending he offers more substance and experience than he actually has. Long before he and Heidi lost their house, they went bankrupt after a gleeful shopping spree in 2012 when they thought the world was ending and therefore wouldn\u2019t have to pay for everything they charged on their credit cards.<\/p>

The only other \u201cjob\u201d Pratt can claim on his \u201cresume\u201d is owning a crystal shop after spending even more millions on crystals. He would probably still be working the counter there if it weren\u2019t for the Palisades Fire, which he blamed on California Governor Gavin Newsom for his \u201cmishandling\u201d of the disaster. He is running to “expose the system” which failed to \u201cprotect his family.\u201d<\/p>

MAGA blaming the winds and dry conditions thanks to the current climate emergency they keep denying is fully on brand, but in Pratt\u2019s case, his family\u2019s current \u201chomelessness\u201d \u2014 back to that in a moment \u2014 is his own fault for not buying homeowner\u2019s insurance despite living in an area prone to earthquakes, mudslides, and wildfires.<\/p>

Dude, even Trump insured his hotels. <\/p>

Pratt is otherwise following the Trump playbook, adopting the carnival barker personality and proudly trying to make people believe it\u2019s sunshine coming from his dark side.<\/p>

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Like Trump, Pratty is always making false promises while grifting donations by claiming his family is being forced to live in an Airstream trailer <\/u>on his scorched property. <\/p>

In reality, Pratt is living in the Bel Air Hotel, where room rates start at $1,000-a-night and can go as high as $10,000 a night. He blamed that on Karen Bass as well, as if there wasn\u2019t a Motel 6 nearby, or at the very least a Kardashian\u2019s guest house where they could crash, considering they\u2019re openly supporting his run.<\/p>

Like Trump, Pratt is doing what he can to profit from his candidacy, inking a deal for yet another reality show<\/u>. Viral videos showed Pratt at the center of a fundraiser hosted by David Foster and Katharine McPhee this week after his weirdly Trumpian performance in last week\u2019s LA Mayoral debate against Bass and the other remaining candidate, Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman.<\/p>

My cringe has cringe.<\/p>

There\u2019s plenty of opposition to Pratt among California liberals, of course, with many celebrities taking the time to point out the similarities between Bel Airstream and Epstein\u2019s Best Friend.<\/p>

Fresh off of reducing MAGA comedian Kill Tony to ashes at Netflix\u2019s Roast of Kevin Hart, Chelsea Handler used her Threads account to remind everyone of what they\u2019re seeing play out in real time.<\/p>

And like Trump, he doesn\u2019t like it when people remind him that he\u2019s a lying, bankrupt, grifting loser who isn\u2019t qualified to run a crystal store, let alone the City of Los Angeles. <\/p>

Or the United States of America.<\/p>

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Come on LA voters, I know you\u2019ve had it rough, and I know Mayor Bass hasn\u2019t been performing to your highest standards lately, but you need to learn from history and never repeat it. LA needs a Democratic Mayor who understands the basic concepts of math and government, not another Trump.<\/p>

Read more Blindsided Republicans panic that Trump just cost them the Senate: report<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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