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Who the hell would ever want their supposed leader to behave like someone from the lowest denominator in our society.... he has the mentality of an old time gossip. Perhaps this side of him is just like his Scottish mommy, housekeeper to the rich. We already know where he got is evil streak, from his daddy.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)His entire shtick is a reality TV show Presidency, (or dictatorship, depending on how deeply you are looking). In light of that, he test markets ways to keep both sides of the audience engaged and that is the most important point, above and beyond the repetitious nature of the Hitler/Goebbels-style BIG LIE. He is always looking for a hit or something to stick or at least move and shake the body politic.
That's why a day does not go by without a Trumptrusion of some sort. There was a time when a President was not the main focus on a daily basis for his own sake.
Here is another important aspect of his "show" and it is being played often and even by his sycophants and the GO-PEE. Sound familiar? He seemed to learn the tactic well from his tyrant gurus who also chopped up their populations with divisive actions and talk even after giving unity speeches:
The phrase was also used in a report prepared during the war by the United States Office of Strategic Services in describing Hitler's psychological profile:[6]
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)My mom used to say if she listened to them she would think every kid in town was delinquent and every wife was cheating on her husband.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)I see the "church ladies" with their noses up in the air ... they are trump, they are cult, they are dangerous. I have been subject to their kind of communion. Vicious haters.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)When my mom died she told me she wanted a closed casket because she didn't want the ladies talking about "how good she looked" or not at the beauty parlor. They all showed up and were really pissed when the casket was closed. My mom, bless her heart, got the last laugh (and so did I).
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)I've often heard of the big business guys in NYC thinking Trump is a moron.
He's probably left out of a lot of NYC big business guy stuff.
He identifies with his base. They are left out of a lot of everyday American stuff, or so they claim.
The Whole Trump Shit Show, from Trump on down, is a bunch of misfits and malcontents raging against everyone else.