What do Rudy Giuliani’s Amazon purchases reveal? Appallingly bad taste – and even worse morals | Arwa Mahdawi

The former Trump attorney is spending as much as $2,000 a month on the site. It's a lot of cash for someone who has filed for bankruptcy

As the ancient proverb goes, a man's Amazon purchase history is a window into his soul. And Rudy Giuliani's soul, it would seem, is crammed full of $4 polyester ties. According to court documents filed as part of bankruptcy claims proceedings, the former mayor of New York and personal attorney of Donald Trump has recently made a troubling quantity of Amazon and Apple transactions". In May alone, he spent almost $2,000 on Amazon. His purchases, which have attracted a fair amount of mirth on social media, include other ties from a brand whose tagline is Always to be a Gentlemen". He also bought a lot of dress socks, coffee and toiletries.

We've all made embarrassing online purchases. Under ordinary circumstances, mocking Giuliani for buying anti-shine makeup powder and deep bronze" tanning lotion would be a low blow. But Giuliani is not a private citizen. He's a political figure who was allied with the former president and who has been vocal about American manufacturing jobs. The fact he buys cheap imported accessories online while virtue-signalling about how much he supports American jobs is worth remarking on.