second-rate

I’m virtually certain Trump would tell us that he loves Europe — that is, he loves the idea of Europe as he thinks it used to be: picturesque, charming and distinctly second-rate.

“Because those artists are asked to represent a democracy where back home they’re still second-rate citizens,” he says.

He’d like to lay the blame on his second-rate company, but he can’t escape his own role in the ensuing fiasco.

Hence this second-rate rapper playfully rendered by one of South Korea’s best hip-hop artists — Choi, who performs by the name T.O.P.

That ship almost certainly has sailed for the season following USC’s nightmare October, leaving the Trojans with few postseason options beyond a second-rate bowl game.