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Trump, Uber and the hazards of Broism

In an email to employees, Kalanick said he will work on developing Travis 2.0

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Maureen Dowd | NYT
WASHINGTON — It’s been a bad week for brozillas.

Our two most famous Neanderthal disrupters, one on each coast, have been in a race to see who can flame out more quickly — and insensibly.

Arrogance. Chaos. Childish pique. Gauche verbal blunders. Deceptions. Unacceptable behavior toward women. A bunker paranoia at the top, with staffers below scheming to undercut one another.

Even though one embodies the tech economy and the other is celebrating coal mining and curtailing globalization, Travis Kalanick and Donald Trump displayed similar traits as they rose to power, ignoring boundaries and smashing institutional structures.

The 40-year-old ride-sharing king and the 71-year-old