&gt; but he was also concerned that the most powerful man in the country would fundamentally see him as an enemy<p>Would see which version of him? The barely-middle-class $40,000&#x2F;year reality of himself, or the make-believe millionaire dream of himself? (Which, in my excuse, is the narrative that the media spun for the next two weeks.)<p>I have a hard time placing this, but that maybe because I fundamentally disagree with respect to progressive taxation being a declaration of hostilities against the wealthy.