Miami Sound Machine
The Lobby of the Four Ambassadors condo building in Miami wouldn’t look out of place in a Trump property. There are marble floors, fountains, chandeliers, and views of an outdoor pool facing the water. On a Friday evening in September, I passed through what could easily have been mistaken for a closet door off the lobby into a tiny studio, a sizable portion of which was consumed by a life-size cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump. There were “Latinos for Trump” placards strewn about and a blown-up image of the president on the wall. In the production booth hung a painting of Alex Otaola, the 41-year-old Cuban American YouTube star whose daily pro-Trump broadcasts to legions of devoted fans foreshadowed Democrats’ dismal election night in Florida.
Wearing glasses in Dolphins aqua and orange and with a forearm full of beaded bracelets that shook like a maraca when he grew, derided Black Lives Matter supporters as Marxists, belted out a song, and told viewers how to register to vote.
