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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:13 AM Jul 2018

Rick Wilson: "I'd just like to point out Donald Trump lost control of his narrative 2 weeks ago..."

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I'd just like to point out Donald Trump lost control of his narrative 2 weeks ago as images of kids being separated for their parents broke his spell.

With the collapse of the North Korea lie, his utter humiliation as Putin's Gimp, and the flailing attempts to recover...whew.

8:58 PM - 18 Jul 2018


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Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
1. Has it really only been two weeks
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:18 AM
Jul 2018

Seems like forever.

The stress of watching you country being so quickly demolished is fucking stressful.

But maybe, just maybe...

Midnight Writer

(21,717 posts)
2. I view this through Carl Jung's archetypes, symbols that carry powerful unconscious resonance.
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:30 AM
Jul 2018

Trump (to his supporters) is The Hero, the strong character who fights against all challenges and wins against the odds. Notice that this is the image he paints of himself. It is one of the most basic and powerful symbols.

But even more powerful is The Mother With Child. It reaches deep inside people of all cultures and personalities.

When The Hero victimizes The Mother With Child, he looses his Hero image and becomes The Evil Prick, and we all recognize The Evil Prick.

uponit7771

(90,304 posts)
7. +1, maybe AFTER Kelley goes. Seems like Kelley is trying to protect his rep by leaking stories that
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 01:57 AM
Jul 2018

... he set up the intra party protest of Red Don's acts on Monday

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
10. Especially given that M$M was trying to push the narrative that Chump was starting to rebound
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 02:36 AM
Jul 2018

Even legit news sources were harping about him "winning" and improving poll numbers.

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