For a long time, President Trump’s lists of favorite movies have consisted of golden age classics like “Gone With the Wind” and tough-guy fare like “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “Bloodsport.” In recent years, though, a new title has entered the mix: He’s been routinely praising the 1950 noir “Sunset Boulevard,” with various reports saying he’s screened it on his private plane as well as at the White House and Camp David.

What these stories mostly miss is what so enchants him about the film. Which character does Trump relate to most, do you think? Is it Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond, the obscenely wealthy-but-faded star obsessed with comebacks and raining contempt on anyone who doesn’t approach her with abject fealty and admiration? Or William Holden’s Joe Gillis, the opportunist

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