basquebromance
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note: I relied on material from Roger Stone's book about Trump to make this thread
just like Nixon, Trump's campaign was centered around a "set piece rally". Trump ran as the candidate of The Silent Majority (and is doing so again), appealing to forgotten Americans, running as the law and order candidate, this is not accidental. like Nixon, Trump understood that voters didn't really care about wonkish detail, otherwise they would have elected Gingrich or Romney/Ryan in 2012. Like Nixon, Trump is more pragmatic, interested in what will work, as opposed to what is philosophically pure. he's tired of seeing America lose. he is exactly the cheerleader the country needs.
Trump's timing in 2016 allowed him to take advantage of a perfect storm when it comes to voter disenchantment and the widespread belief that the system is rigged against the little guy. Sure, he's crude but voters love it. they want to stick their thumb in the eye of the establishment who have run the country into the ground
just like Nixon, Trump's campaign was centered around a "set piece rally". Trump ran as the candidate of The Silent Majority (and is doing so again), appealing to forgotten Americans, running as the law and order candidate, this is not accidental. like Nixon, Trump understood that voters didn't really care about wonkish detail, otherwise they would have elected Gingrich or Romney/Ryan in 2012. Like Nixon, Trump is more pragmatic, interested in what will work, as opposed to what is philosophically pure. he's tired of seeing America lose. he is exactly the cheerleader the country needs.
Trump's timing in 2016 allowed him to take advantage of a perfect storm when it comes to voter disenchantment and the widespread belief that the system is rigged against the little guy. Sure, he's crude but voters love it. they want to stick their thumb in the eye of the establishment who have run the country into the ground
How Donald Trump and Roy Cohnâs Ruthless Symbiosis Changed America
In 1973, a brash young would-be developer from Queens met one of New York’s premier power brokers: Roy Cohn, whose name is still synonymous with the rise of McCarthyism and its dark political arts. With the ruthless attorney as a guide, Trump propelled himself into the city’s power circles and...
www.vanityfair.com
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