and the piles of crass, ugly glitter and filth he and his attention wh0re have spread around.

Maybe he paints himself that gross makeup color because he thinks it is "rich looking" like his cheap looking gold plate.

Old wealth and cultured people have long looked down on him as classic "nouveau riche". He's earned that with all the low class trappings he thinks make him look richer. At the same time, he eats low income food full of fat and unhealthy, excess calories as if it is eating good.

If he wasn't so dangerous and evil, one might feel pity for how pathologically he seeks out approval from those he sees as his superiors... evil dictators.