At the end of “Taxi Driver,” Bickle goes back being a cab driver, De Niro noted.
Comparing Trump to a crazed taxi driver is an affront to taxi drivers who work hard for the limited money (w/o health benefits) they earn. Trump is more like any number of the sociopathic characters in any Wall Street or Hedgefund centered movie who do bupkus and earn a lavish living off the hard working backs of everyone else.
I use to think Edward Snowden could have been a Travis Bickle, but you have to be a combination of mentally ill with sincere intent, and Snowden is not that. Tom Cotton I scratch off the list, along with Samuel Alito, both whom I thought could be Travis Bickle under the right circumstances. But they are both knowlingly malevolent, so no. On second thought, Travis Bickle is better than them all. All Republicans do and say everything in bad faith, I can’t think of one GOPer good enough to be Travis.
"Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up. " --Donald Trump