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Four years ago, I was in a bowling alley on one of my Tues. league nights and the presidential election returns were televised on large screens all over the place. The media was in a jocular mood very similar to the 2008 Super Bowl when the New York Giants with their mediocre 10-6 record showed up to play the New England Patriots brandishing a perfect season. Sly comments that this was just a formality dominated the conversation. Back then, Trump was seen as a fluke or some kind of breakdown of US politics. No one in media took him seriously. Breathless ridicule was ubiquitous and most of the media commentators were looking at their watches contemplating a sure Hillary Clinton landslide.
We know the Patriots fell to the upstart Giants and just five years later it happened again. History has a way of repeating itself because there is a predictable algorithm in play that dictates outcomes with uncanny precision. Trump is the quintessential underdog quarterback that the crowd loves. Even when the other side cheats, bribes officials and uses every dirty trick in the book, Trump keeps throwing unbelievable pass completions keeping his team in the game. He never takes a game off.
Trump’s fans are fiercely loyal, much like NY Giant fans that stuck with Eli Manning with all his flaws, in the toughest times. Trump’s imperfections are part of the package and this is understood. Like the Giants in those Super bowls, Trump is laughably seen by the specialists as a misfit, pair of brown shoes with a tuxedo. To his fans Trump is beautiful thing; he is mud in the eye of his pompous critics.
Unlike his flashy superstar competitors, Trump’s team has no sexy media cheerleaders. His die-hard supporters are in the seats and those seats are never empty. Trump’s fans know what they have got, and they are good with it. They know that he is one of a kind and a phenomenon that may not come again for a long time. He was not the pick of the litter; he was a walk-on that succeeds in the big game where it counts.
Trump’s concrete game plan is always the same. It is not to look good and impress; it is to get the job done and score more points than the other team. I think he is going to do it again.
We know the Patriots fell to the upstart Giants and just five years later it happened again. History has a way of repeating itself because there is a predictable algorithm in play that dictates outcomes with uncanny precision. Trump is the quintessential underdog quarterback that the crowd loves. Even when the other side cheats, bribes officials and uses every dirty trick in the book, Trump keeps throwing unbelievable pass completions keeping his team in the game. He never takes a game off.
Trump’s fans are fiercely loyal, much like NY Giant fans that stuck with Eli Manning with all his flaws, in the toughest times. Trump’s imperfections are part of the package and this is understood. Like the Giants in those Super bowls, Trump is laughably seen by the specialists as a misfit, pair of brown shoes with a tuxedo. To his fans Trump is beautiful thing; he is mud in the eye of his pompous critics.
Unlike his flashy superstar competitors, Trump’s team has no sexy media cheerleaders. His die-hard supporters are in the seats and those seats are never empty. Trump’s fans know what they have got, and they are good with it. They know that he is one of a kind and a phenomenon that may not come again for a long time. He was not the pick of the litter; he was a walk-on that succeeds in the big game where it counts.
Trump’s concrete game plan is always the same. It is not to look good and impress; it is to get the job done and score more points than the other team. I think he is going to do it again.
