Reality TV

Donald Trump is not a man. He is a movement. How a real estate developer of questionable morals and poor rhetorical skills can end up in this vanguard position speaks to the power of his message ... a message that masses of people around the world have come to embrace. And the message is — we have been under the yoke of the Davos globalists and are only free insofar as we serve their purposes.

Are you flustered by all the malignant media and polecat politicians shoveling at us criticisms of Trump’s person ... and ignoring his message? Well take a few moments to read a clear-headed recap of how our masters have been trying to keep us peons under leash for the last four years ... to save their precious globalist world from crumbling. Yes, this madman, Donald Trump, has opened many eyes to how we have been under the Davos yoke and how it is now time to free ourselves. W. Lewis Amselem (the Diplomad) has a way with words. He can, in a few paragraphs, summarize the pertinent dogma and events that define our current reality ... a rather rare talent.

So, prepare yourselves kind readers for this cathartic and learned journey across the Trump minefield ... and see how this lying dolt of a man has grabbed the world by the shoulders and is shaking us into a TV reality. See: The Diplomad’s Recap.

Hundreds of millions of people, both here and abroad, sense the truth behind Trump’s simple message ... and want him to reverse things ... like he has been doing so far. If you, kind reader, are not in his camp yet, I predict you might soon be (of course, unless you annually attend the Davos globalist plotting session ... or want to).


Afterthought: What do most anti-Trumpers have in common ... Mitt Romney, the NBA, Hollywood, the tech giants, Joe Biden, the media, the Deep State, the U.N., etc., etc.? I won’t say the word, but reread the above and you can discover the answer.


STND UP FOR AMERICA!

Headlines

Democratic governors hit with flurry of legal challenges to coronavirus lockdowns

Powell says a full economic recovery may not happen without a vaccine

VH1 reality star allegedly spends $1.5 million on jewelry, Rolls Royce

Newsom begs for bailout: Fed’s moral duty!

‘Grossly incompetent’ Trump dismisses Obama over coronavirus criticism

The CDC ‘let the country down’ early in the crisis, Navarro says

Virtual Obama swings at Trump!

Democrats decline to put ‘whistleblower’ Rick Bright under oath

Vaccine is possible by end of year, Johns Hopkins expert says

Coronavirus live updates: NY investigating about 120 cases of coronavirus inflammatory syndrome

Multiple buildings set on fire after explosion in LA ...

Exclusive — Pompeo: Trump ‘committed’ to hold China accountable

The Acid Test

President Trump and President Xi of China are now engaged in a hot trade war ... after, apparently, a cordial start at Mar-a-Largo soon after Trump was inaugurated and Xi was elevated to president for life. The back and forth escalation of tariffs and broken commitments is complicated ... so, if you need a reprise, please visit: US-China Tariff Timeline.

As seen in the above, China’s obvious strategy in defeating the United States in this trade war is to trump Trump in the 2020 election  ... hoping for a more pliant Democrat to replace him ... Biden, for instance, who it has already greased with a $1.5 billion “investment” in his son, Hunter’s “hedge fund.” Most people suspected this slow-walk strategy when the mutual trade talks leading to a tentative pact was abrogated by China this past May. This complicated deal had been arduously hammered out over the many previous months. And this slap was followed by a Chinese agricultural purchasing agreement that was also shortly reneged on.

Needless to say, this trade war is now getting hotter and the back-and-forth quicker. Trump has even just labeled Xi his “enemy” which seems appropriate ... given the duplicity China has engaged in since May. So, a thinking person has to conclude that no good will possibly come of this tariff pissing contest until after November, 2020. And this then is the acid test.

The American voter quite likely will be given a choice in the next general election ... overcome any distaste for Trump’s reality-TV personality and vote for him ... or vote for the Democrat and signal capitulation to China ... in this extremely consequential trade war ... so consequential that it might well mean the beginning of the end of American hegemony in the world. I realize that this all sounds melodramatic ... but this contrast and it’s consequence is bound to be drawn more sharply in the months ahead.

So, kind reader, study up.

Afterward: Me thinks that China is banking on a substantial portion of the American public voting to have us step back from center stage and let someone else take over ... after all we voted twice for the man who clearly had this as an objective ... and the world cheered ... they even gave him the Nobel Peace Prize ... his name of course: Barack Hussein Obama.

Saint Donald

We thought he was a crude, vulgar reality TV star of questionable morals. We elected him anyway because of what he was promising. As a result, his political and media opponents took off their masks to exposed how truly venal and banal they had become. Next to this abject filth and corruption, he now looks saintly.

And he has kept many of his promises ...

Presser

I have to confess ... I'm not a slobbering fan of President Trump's style ... like he often displayed in his press conference yesterday  ... just like I never was a fan of reality TV. (And Trump is the personification of reality TV.) But I am a big fan of what Trump is doing ... like what he summarized at beginning of this presser. If you have over an hour, watch: VIDEO: SEE IT ALL In general, with a very few exceptions, Trump is doing courageous combat against the alt-Left, the fake news media, our real enemies abroad, and even his own party's establishment ... in order to tell the difficult truths and correct decades of creeping corrosive chimeras (aka, agenda-driven fantasies).

This presidential news conference made big news not necessarily because of what he said but rather because of Trump's performance. Rush Limbaugh said that it "was one of the most effective press conferences I have ever seen." And, I suspect, that the majority of viewing Americans felt the same way. Yes, he, like always, engaged in hyperbole (LIES to the left), he eviscerated the lefty media (but he did take questions from them), he took most of his shots from the hip (without major flubs but lots of media hysteria), and bragged about his accomplishments (despite his Deep State problems).

So, we have passed through a portal into a new reality ... a reality where many of our old assumption no longer hold. President Trump's world is not as many in the main stream media want it to be. And so they, and many of Obama's acolytes look forward to the next four years like a trip to the dentist. Therefore they resist, at their peril, with brickbats, fake news and disloyalty.

If the progs want to change Trump, they better start by changing vast swaths of America outside of both coasts ... before, that is, Trump changes the coasts.

The Trump Way

Watching Donald Trump in action over the last nine months has been very educational as to how he has and is succeeding. And it is obvious that Trump is a very talented verbal pugilist. He has a very effective way of dealing with questions and debate issues. (Notice I didn't say "good," just effective.) He continually pulls from the following remarkable repertoire of rhetorical trump cards ... see if you don't agree:

Taking both sides - often Trump will deny an accusation and then within two or three sentences pretty much verify it.

Eliding -- Trump quite often will not finish a sentence ... leading the listener up to an expected word or phrase, but never actually saying it ... preserving his deny-ability.

Talking over others -- If an opponent is starting to score a point, Trump will often talk so loud as to drown out his opposition.

Eliciting sympathy -- This to me is a surprising side to Trumps rhetoric ... and one he may have learned from the Clintons. He often tries to elicit sympathy by accusing opponents of unfair charges.

Denial -- Trump seems to have no compunctions to deny things that have repeatedly been seen on video clips ... and, for some strange reason, he seems to get away with it.

Insults -- I won't repeat Trump's many demeaning and puerile slights of his adversaries ... but everyone has seen and heard them ... and they do seem to cower his opponents.

Repeated themes -- The Donald repeats certain themes ad nauseam ... "We'll build a beautiful wall," "Our administration people are dumb negotiators," etc. ... and he accuses Rubio of repeating himself.

Playing on emotions -- Trump often uses apocryphal stories to tug on the emotions of his listeners.

Bluster -- Trump shouts down his opponents, waves his arms around, and tries to intimidate his debate foes or news anchors.

Changing the subject -- Very often, when Trump's rhetoric is dead-ended, he will change the subject ... like when talking about violence at his rallies, he will launch into praising the police.

Demagoguery -- Call it lying if you wish, but Trump very often stretches the truth past what anyone who was truly listening would accept.

Lacking in details -- Donald Trump usually talks in generalities ... avoiding specifics to which he might be held.

Braggadocios -- "I went to the best schools," "I am very smart," etc.

Refusing to answer -- Sometimes Trump will refuse to answer a request for specifics like "who are your foreign policy advisers?" Often over and over.

Mugging -- When opponents are pressing, Trump will often start Mussolini-mugging for the camera  to show his contempt or disagreement.


Trump has clearly learned these rhetorical tricks and street smarts (or, better, force of personality) in his years of dealing with tough (but dumb) Manhattan pols and labor bosses. Then they have been refined during his stints on reality TV ... all perfect training for this political arena.