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fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts) Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:04 PM Jan 2018

Dont be fooled and dont play with Fire (and fury).

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“Trump is no genius, but he’s smart at playing dumb”
: SARAH KENDZIOR

“From his days as a tabloid staple to his scandal-ridden campaign, Donald Trump operated under the rubric that there is no such thing as bad publicity. As long as the focus was on him – and as long as a ruthless team of NDA-granting lawyers could help him buttress the blows – all attention was welcome. Mr. Trump could not be shamed, for he had no shame; he could not lose, because he'd rewrite the rules. Lies were always truths for Donald Trump.

Pundits who expected Mr. Trump to become presidential found instead that the office exacerbated his worst tendencies: the narcissism was now backed by executive power, and the media now had no choice but to cover him constantly as the leader of the free world. Under political pressure but still craving the spotlight, Mr. Trump controlled the press by communicating almost entirely through Twitter, a one-sided relationship that continues to this day….”

Opps, need to add the link... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/opinion/trump-is-no-genius-but-hes-smart-at-playing-dumb/article37518954/?__twitter_impression=true

Even wikileaks is helping distribute the book that Trump doesn’t want read. That reasoning makes no sense at all.

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Dont be fooled and dont play with Fire (and fury). (Original Post) fleabiscuit Jan 2018 OP

Just what he wants: the narcissism was now backed by executive power, elleng Jan 2018 #1

bad pub D_Master81 Jan 2018 #2

I wouldn't trust the Wikileaks version without a word to word comparison. Wolff has my money rzemanfl Jan 2018 #3

elleng

(131,397 posts)

1. Just what he wants: the narcissism was now backed by executive power,

Reply to fleabiscuit (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:08 PM

Jan 2018

'the office exacerbated his worst tendencies: the narcissism was now backed by executive power, and the media now had no choice but to cover him constantly.'

D_Master81

(1,823 posts)

2. bad pub

Reply to fleabiscuit (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:08 PM

Jan 2018

The whole no press is the only bad press might be true in Hollywood, but in politics there can certainly be bad press that hurts. I dont know how the American public will receive this book. My guess is that it will cut along political divides. If you like Trump you'll dismiss it, if you hate him, you'll embrace it. I'm not sure it will change a lot of minds (as I think most people have decided on Trump already) but the jury is still out there, we'll see.

rzemanfl

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3. I wouldn't trust the Wikileaks version without a word to word comparison. Wolff has my money

Reply to fleabiscuit (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:12 PM

Jan 2018

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and earned it.

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