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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 08:59 PM Feb 2019

One thing Cohen said was pure Karma Gold ...

Trump called his campaign “the greatest infomercial in political history,” Cohen said.

“Mr. Trump ran for office to make his brand great, not to make our country great”

He never intended on winning the primary or the election it was just a marketing scheme to promote his brand

Now the Trump brand is less than worthless

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One thing Cohen said was pure Karma Gold ... (Original Post) Snake Plissken Feb 2019 OP
Yes that was to the core. underpants Feb 2019 #1
So Trump WAS the Bialystock candidate! csziggy Feb 2019 #2
That was great! BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #4
OMG! How did I miss this other one in 2016? csziggy Feb 2019 #5
I like the "news fox". BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #23
😂 😬 Duppers Feb 2019 #10
fabulous! eom deek Feb 2019 #20
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) on tRump: Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #21
His campiagn was one big infomercial to him. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #3
And this presidency.... dawnie51 Feb 2019 #6
It's like that video Alex had to endure in "A Clockwork Orange". CaptYossarian Feb 2019 #28
That had been my thought as well Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #7
And there was talk of "Trump TV" PatSeg Feb 2019 #14
Good Grief! We already have "Trump TV!" Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #16
Yes, there were many factors that played into PatSeg Feb 2019 #17
News Media Covers Him Like a God McKim Feb 2019 #30
That makes me cringe, too! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #31
Trump is no Christian JTML Mar 2019 #32
It is now clear rightwingers, xtian or otherwise, are willing to accept ANYTHING he does Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #33
Yes and Roger Ailes was going to be his partner FakeNoose Feb 2019 #24
Just what the world needed PatSeg Feb 2019 #25
The Trump brand is still gold to 1/3 of America, at least. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #8
A lot of moderate republicans PatSeg Feb 2019 #15
How many of them can afford to visit his hotels? oxbow Feb 2019 #26
Trump's brand? LakeArenal Feb 2019 #9
Trump Brand? GWC58 Feb 2019 #11
tRumpie will soon be recycling Totally Tunsie Feb 2019 #12
His cult will cling to that maga slogan kimbutgar Feb 2019 #13
Am I the only one? CDerekGo Feb 2019 #18
That was the plan, he even had Kushner, Bannon, and Roger Ailes working on it Snake Plissken Feb 2019 #19
So it's not all bad, then. eggplant Feb 2019 #27
I think the "Trump" brand is far from worthless! Dread Pirate Roberts Feb 2019 #22
I called it. applegrove Feb 2019 #29

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
5. OMG! How did I miss this other one in 2016?
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 09:23 PM
Feb 2019


If you look at the date it was put on YouTube, it is a very sad story.

dawnie51

(959 posts)
6. And this presidency....
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:29 PM
Feb 2019

is one big reality show, which Dump scripts daily to maximize outrage and eyes on the screen. War, death, misery, hunger, fear, none of that means anything to him.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
28. It's like that video Alex had to endure in "A Clockwork Orange".
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:17 PM
Feb 2019

What we need next is the video from "Soylent Green".

Rhiannon12866

(205,409 posts)
7. That had been my thought as well
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:33 PM
Feb 2019

I thought of his "campaign" as just his latest money making scheme. Just like Trump University and Trump Steaks. Those failed, so this was just his next attempt.

PatSeg

(47,475 posts)
14. And there was talk of "Trump TV"
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:21 PM
Feb 2019

after he lost the election. Running for president was meant to open all kinds of opportunities for Trump, but unfortunately for both him and us, Putin had other plans. Putin was doing Trump no favors by getting him elected, he was just using him and still is. Probably getting a good laugh on a daily basis.

Rhiannon12866

(205,409 posts)
16. Good Grief! We already have "Trump TV!"
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:33 PM
Feb 2019

I have no doubt that's why he got as many votes as he did - starting with the campaign, he's all we saw. Any other candidate got moved to the bottom of the screen or we just got "sound bytes." I started changing the channel during the campaign, figured I'd go back to watching the news again when it was over - but it's still going on!

Back before this we learned about a earthquake in Japan or a tsunami in Indonesia, important world news, but these days when Trump sneezes we need to watch in its entirety!

And of course I believe that Putin interfered in our election. We heard long ago that he aimed to destabilize governments both here and in Europe. But I also hold the media responsible for saturating our airwaves with Trump, then and now, to the exclusion of any other candidate or news story.

PatSeg

(47,475 posts)
17. Yes, there were many factors that played into
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:47 PM
Feb 2019

Trump's win and unfortunately the mainstream media did its part as well. Whenever Trump opened his mouth, they dropped everything to cover it. They even let him literally just "phone it in" all day long, thus giving him even more free publicity.

Trump is a vulgar clown, but he knows out to be outrageous and get attention. Even before he ran for president, he managed to get some rather high profile interviews so he could talk about BS like Obama's birth certificate. If the media had been more responsible years ago, maybe Trump would have never gotten as far as he did.

I can remember a time when the news didn't cover nut jobs and conspiracy theories. That was what tabloids were for.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
30. News Media Covers Him Like a God
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 08:59 PM
Feb 2019

Yes, the news media is still covering him like a god and hanging on his every word. The phrase. “The President of the United States” is over used when referring to him. He should be covered less and called Mr. Trump. This is sensationalism and the result of a media that has become a dispenser of popular culture and trivia over substance.

Rhiannon12866

(205,409 posts)
31. That makes me cringe, too!
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:27 PM
Feb 2019

I respect those news people who just call him Trump. The only way I'd accept them putting "president" before his name is if they used air quotes...

JTML

(1 post)
32. Trump is no Christian
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 02:16 AM
Mar 2019

The media accepts Trump's lie that he is a Christian uncritically. Because he appears to support the sacrifice of children (not only the children of people seeking asylum, but also all the children already in this country whose health will be damaged by pollution), if he worships any god, it's a god of the Canaanites, Moloch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
33. It is now clear rightwingers, xtian or otherwise, are willing to accept ANYTHING he does
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 01:45 PM
Mar 2019

as long as he continues to

1.discriminate against all non str8t white xtians
2.tries to kill as many women and doctors as possible in taking away a woman's right to determine what happens to their own body

If rump ordered the death or imprisonment of any number of any group for any reason, they are OK with it.

If rump bombs a foreign country to try and distract from Mueller, no matter how many are killed, they are A-OK with it.

I could go on.

It is this simple. We have a problem. It is already clear he and his boss putin have NO intentions of leaving power, ever.

PatSeg

(47,475 posts)
25. Just what the world needed
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:09 PM
Feb 2019

another right-wing propaganda machine! More and more the world is starting to look like an episode of the Jerry Springer Show.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. The Trump brand is still gold to 1/3 of America, at least.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:39 PM
Feb 2019

His approval rating among Republicans was 89% last time I looked. 89%.

I just can't understand this. How people continue to support an obvious con man mobster who uses his office for personal monetary gain.

PatSeg

(47,475 posts)
15. A lot of moderate republicans
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:24 PM
Feb 2019

probably don't identify as republicans anymore or have become independents. I think of that as 89% of the people who still have the guts to say they are republicans.

oxbow

(2,034 posts)
26. How many of them can afford to visit his hotels?
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:32 PM
Feb 2019

How many of the uneducated and poor that he claims to “love” so much will support his golf courses or other businesses? They even tried to make a cheaper chain of motels called American Idea and couldn’t get enough interest to move forward. The GOP is shrinking, the middle class is shrinking and - uneducated or not - his base will do so as well as he continues to fail and self-destruct.

They think he respects them because he talks like he’s from the streets but I’m sure he talks just as condescendingly about them in private as he does about everyone else.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
12. tRumpie will soon be recycling
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:09 PM
Feb 2019

back to the days referenced in this YouTube:


This time he won't be able to dig his way out of his hole!

YAY KARMA!!!

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
18. Am I the only one?
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:58 PM
Feb 2019

But seems at one point, October 2016, that there were rumblings, when tRump lost, there was to be a tRump TV. Anyone else remember that?

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
19. That was the plan, he even had Kushner, Bannon, and Roger Ailes working on it
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:04 AM
Feb 2019

Kushner even launched a version of in on Facebook, to get the rubes ready for it.

He was suppose to lose but he fucked that up too, so instead of being a real billion now by running Trump TV, he will now die in prison.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
22. I think the "Trump" brand is far from worthless!
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:12 PM
Feb 2019

Trump Toilet Paper-It's as full of shit as he is That would be a top seller, wouldn't it?
Trump Garbage Bags- Let Trump take it to the dump! Now there's a slogan.
Trump Cat Litter, Trump brand laxative, the marketing and licensing opportunities are endless!

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