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rgbecker

(4,834 posts)
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:54 AM Jun 2017

Read this New Yorker article to understand Trumps gutter mind.

David Pecker of the the National Enquirer is Trump's good friend and the two of them are peas in the pod when it comes to appealing to the very base of the American mind.

Here's one quote to give you an idea of the mindset:

" For Pecker, the Tiger Woods story encapsulates the grim ethos of Enquirer readers. "Do they care about Tiger Woods? No, " Pecker said. "Do the play golf? No. But do they want to read about his indescretions? Yes. Do they want to read that someone who is that successful is now failing? Yes. These are people that live their life failing, so they want to read negative things about people who have gone up and then come down."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/the-national-enquirers-fervor-for-trump

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Read this New Yorker article to understand Trumps gutter mind. (Original Post) rgbecker Jun 2017 OP
Well let's hope they get the same feeling when they see Trump failing Sanity Claws Jun 2017 #1
Good. Then they will enjoy reading about Trump (And the Repubs) downfall!! cally Jun 2017 #2
IL drumpf's fall will be an unparalleled spectacle The Blue Flower Jun 2017 #3
republican scumbucket values Vs. basic American decency & honesty Achilleaze Jun 2017 #4
Familiar pattern how NE covers celebrities: no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #5
Written before the fake Time cover story broke, I guess muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #6
The publisher of the National Enquirer is named Pecker? oberliner Jun 2017 #7

cally

(21,597 posts)
2. Good. Then they will enjoy reading about Trump (And the Repubs) downfall!!
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:56 AM
Jun 2017

Watch the tabloids turn on Trump soon. I suspect they have very little loyalty.

The Blue Flower

(5,446 posts)
3. IL drumpf's fall will be an unparalleled spectacle
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 10:02 AM
Jun 2017

Unfortunately, it will also bring down half of our government, leaving us scarily vulnerable.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. republican scumbucket values Vs. basic American decency & honesty
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 10:03 AM
Jun 2017

No respect for the no-honor republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, and his cabal of colluding republican comrades.

no_hypocrisy

(46,215 posts)
5. Familiar pattern how NE covers celebrities:
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 10:14 AM
Jun 2017

1. Two celebrities hook up.
2. Third celebrity claimed to be interfering with true celebrity love.
3. Original two celebrities get married to much pomp and circumstance and paparazzi.
4. Third celebrity continues to interfere with married celebrity couple, one of whom is accused of having an affair. The other married celebrity lets third celebrity know to leave his/her spouse alone.
5. Married celebrity couple seen apart, looking hang-dog.
6. One of celebrity couple is seen not wearing wedding ring.
7. Representatives of celebrity couple put out statements claiming that the two celebrities have decided to go their separate ways but will continue to support each other.
8. Celebrities divorce.
9. One original celebrity seen with third celebrity.
10. New celebrity couple seen getting serious, maybe in a compromising situation.
11. After much ado, the divorced celebrity and third celebrity get married.
12. One week later, the celebrity divorce plaintiff is accused of interfering with the new marriage.
13. Repeat, and rinse.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,385 posts)
6. Written before the fake Time cover story broke, I guess
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 12:02 PM
Jun 2017

since it's not referred to, despite Time and Trump featuring extensively. Imagine what the Trump-worshipping Pecker would do with the Time cover! It'd be Trump every issue.

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