How Trump and Palin Are a Match Made in Heaven
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took the stage in Ames, Iowa, Monday to announce her pick for the Republican nomination. “I’m here to support the next president of the United States,” she told the crowd. “Donald Trump.”
“Everybody was trying to get Sarah. Everybody wanted that endorsement,” Trump later said on the Today Show. But was there ever any doubt that her vote belonged to Trump, and Trump alone? Those two go together like peanut butter and elk meat. Poor Ted Cruz never stood a chance.
First things first: This is a match that was written in the stars. Trump is a Gemini, Palin an Aquarius — a classic astrological match. As celebrity astrologer Susan Miller says, “This is a pairing made in heaven, perfect in every way.” Geminis like Trump appreciate “Aquarius’ rebellious streak — they have courage, and do what their heart tells them to, not what society dictates.”
A cosmic connection, though, means nothing without a set a common experiences down here on God’s green Earth. Luckily, they have that too.
They both love books
Both Palin and Trump are best-selling authors. Trump has more than two dozen titles to his name, and his most popular book, The Art of the Deal, led the New York Times’ best-sellers list for 51 weeks. Palin’s 2009 book Going Rogue sold two million copies and spent six weeks atop the Times’ best-sellers list. She invoked the book when she endorsed Trump, telling the crowd in Ames, he was “going rogue left and right.”
They share a passion for TV
Book-readers may love Trump and Palin, but not as much as the camera does! Trump has 14 seasons of The Apprentice, and seven of Celebrity Apprentice, under his belt. Palin, meanwhile, spent five years as a Fox News contributor, and did one season each of the reality shows Sarah Palin’s Alaska (on TLC) and Amazing America With Sarah Palin (on the Sportsman Network).
Both have big, traditional American families
If they both decided to leave their respective spouses tomorrow, Trump and Palin’s superfamily would be a fearsome answer to The Brady Bunch. Instead of three children each, both have five. Trump’s brood range in age from 9 to 38: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, whom he had with his first wife, Ivana; Tiffany, whose mother is the actress Marla Maples; and Barron, his son of his current wife, Melania. Sarah and Todd Palin have five kids together — Track, 26; Bristol, 25; Willow, 21; Piper 14; and Trig, 7.
Both Trump and Palin also have children who are the same age (or younger) than their grandchildren, too. Kai Madison Trump, Donald Jr.’s daughter, is one year older than Trump’s youngest, Barron, and Bristol’s son, Tripp, is the same age as his Uncle Trig.
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