“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” was a TV show that ran from 1984-1995. It offered a glimpse into, you guessed it, the lives of the rich and famous. I remember watching it as a child. Here is a clip from the TV show from 1990 featuring Donald Trump and Michael Jackson. I believe “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous is where I came to know Donald Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqk68KtnEWU

Matthew 6:24King James Version

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The band Good Charlotte released a song called “Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous in 2002”. The song and video are humorous and point out the privilege that comes with wealth and fame. The song references OJ Simpson who was accused of murdering his wife and found not guilty and Marion Barry who was the mayor of Washington DC, caught smoking crack cocaine on video and was reelected as mayor. He was elected as a Washington DC city council member after that and maintained a political career until he died.

Let’s analyze the song “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” from the lens of 2026. Americans elected a man that many of us were introduced to on a TV show about opulent wealth. He has numerous integrity issues and moral failings and maintains support. Donald Trump has been caught in many lies. He has been accused of sex crimes. Donald Trump’s election speaks to the morals, values, conscious and integrity of the United States. It also speaks volumes that Trump and his supporters consider themselves to be Christian.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous – Good Charlotte

Always see it on T.V.
Or read in the magazines
Celebrities they want sympathy
All they do is piss and moan
Inside the Rolling Stone
Talkin’ about how hard life can be

I’d like to see them spend a week
Livin’ life out on the street
I don’t think they would survive
But they could spend a day or two
Walking in someone else’s shoes
I think they’d stumble and they’d fall
They would fall (fall)

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin’
Always complainin’
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them

Well did you know when you were famous you could kill your wife
And there’s no such thing as 25 to life
As long as you’ve got the cash, to pay for Cochran
And did you know if you were caught and you were smokin’ crack
McDonalds wouldn’t even want to take you back
You could always just run for mayor of D.C.

I’d like to see them spend a week
Livin’ life out on the street
I don’t think they would survive
But they could spend a day or two
Walking in someone else’s shoes
I think they’d stumble and they’d fall
They would fall

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin’
Always complainin’
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them (rob them)

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin’
Always complainin’
If money is such a problem
You got so many problems
Think I could solve them

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
We’ll take the clothes, cash, cars, and homes, just stop complainin’
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous

To put it simply judgement by man and consequences for actions is for some and not others. It seems that it’s the American dream to get away with as much as possible under the guise of social status and wealth.

“I can stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters. OK. It’s like incredible.” I think Trump and Good Charlotte are both correct in his assessment of American values.

Matthew 19:24King James Version

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.