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0rganism

(23,955 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 03:35 PM Sep 2018

How Trump Manipulates The Media



observed from a reasonably neutral perspective, this is what he did in 2016 and what he continues to do to this day

look at how the Kavanaugh nomination kerfuffle -- complete with the sex angle he loves to work with -- has displaced his self-serving (and Russia-serving) public release of national secrets. no wonder he's keeping the nomination going: he's winning with it.

in all probability, we'll be up against this again in 2020. let's hope we get a candidate with a firm grasp of this strategy (and its counters) or he'll be headed for a (very unpopular) second term.
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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. He is a fascist grifter and we do his work for him by repeating fake news and lock her up.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 03:44 PM
Sep 2018

even if we aren't a supporter you repeat his bee ess you are helping him spread his newspeak.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
2. indeed, he gets all of us to do his work for him
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 03:51 PM
Sep 2018

"holy shit! i can't believe president assclown said THIS today! <some stupid BS that fell from his lips at a rally>"
and blammo -- free advertising for him and his positions.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
3. He is no genius, the media is corrupt as well
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:07 PM
Sep 2018

The media wants to make money so they sensationalize everything, trump is just a buffoon who doesn't know how to do anything but spew crap out of his mouth, the media loves the controversy because it makes money for them, but I don't think trump does it with intent, he is just a loud mouth with serious human faults who acts himself and he is such a horrible human being that of course all he says and does drops people jaws, the media is just making money off of it.

Genius...please!

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
5. credit where it's due - Trump read the newsmedia as they are
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:23 PM
Sep 2018

i think Trump manipulates with both intent and instinct, and he picked up some handlers to help him with strategy along the way

genius or not, we'd better figure out how to stop him and repair our infrastructure going forward

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
4. Maybe all that is true, but his current approval ratings are about 37%
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:13 PM
Sep 2018

Bullshit washes off with a little rain.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
6. 37% now, but it's a long way until Nov. 2020
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:29 PM
Sep 2018

don't bet on him staying at 37% if he remains in office through 2020

seems to me, there's very little he'd like better than to cast himself as a "comeback kid" candidate in 2020
for that to happen, he needs a setback and something to overcome

under Trump's "leadership" we remain vulnerable on every possible front, and i expect him to exploit those weaknesses eventually

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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
8. Nothing genius about it. True genius is positively creative, not destructive.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:20 PM
Sep 2018

Trump is noting but pure, raw flim-flam mixed in with lots of fear, hate and sensationalism.

100% typical attribute of a psychopath.......

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