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Sunny05

(865 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:09 AM Jan 2017

Possible "Reverse PR"/Get-to-trump Strategy

Here is a possible strategy that tweeters, famous folks, and regular folks -- anyone openly criticizing trump or calling for him to change his ways -- could consider.

People should point out that "everyone knows" bannon is really runnng the show; that "people are saying" bannon is the real man, not trump; bannon is the one calling the shots while trump is clueless; and that trump should be embarrassed by only pretending to run things..

Keep in mind that dominance, shame, and appearances are all trump understands. Also keep in mind that bannon is actually wreaking the most havoc (with trump as his puppet) and that trump is clueless about civics in general much less the presidency.

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Possible "Reverse PR"/Get-to-trump Strategy (Original Post) Sunny05 Jan 2017 OP
Also, some say Bannon is having an affair with Melania, while others rzemanfl Jan 2017 #1
Eeeuuuuwwww. Sunny05 Jan 2017 #2
Oh you don't say....oh no I won't mention this to anybody. It's just between you and me. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #3
By golly I think you may be on to something thinkingagain Jan 2017 #4
Thank you. Sunny05 Jan 2017 #6
Problem is I believe Trump IS a puppet. mwooldri Jan 2017 #5
Yes, trump a puppet. Sunny05 Jan 2017 #8
It's what they did to Mad Kind Aerys to get him to start shit with Tywin Lannister bravenak Jan 2017 #7
I had to look them up! Sunny05 Jan 2017 #9
I didn't know, either. LOL. Granny M Jan 2017 #11
Right on the nail. nt zentrum Jan 2017 #10
Thanks. Of course, the idea was born Sunny05 Jan 2017 #12

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)
1. Also, some say Bannon is having an affair with Melania, while others
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:11 AM
Jan 2017

say it is with Ivanka. That's what I hear.

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
4. By golly I think you may be on to something
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:17 AM
Jan 2017

But not just with Bannon they can start with him
and then Kellyann etc it will drive him nuts...............oh wait....... I think he already.....

Sunny05

(865 posts)
6. Thank you.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:24 AM
Jan 2017

Yeah, those are good ideas, too. I thought of bannon first b/c he is, largely if not wholly, running the show. Plus bannon has a way of controlling trump; so trump won't listen to others over bannon -- unless people get into trump's mind w/ what trump understands. But you raise a good point w/ kellyanne, esp. given trump's misogyny.

Thanks, and take care!

mwooldri

(10,302 posts)
5. Problem is I believe Trump IS a puppet.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:19 AM
Jan 2017

I don't know who is pulling his strings. Bannon isn't a puppetmaster though.

Sunny05

(865 posts)
8. Yes, trump a puppet.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:30 AM
Jan 2017

Plus he understands the world in terms of dominance, he-man stuff. Whether bannon is partly or mostly pulling strings, he's doing something. Plus it's more substantive than it should be and also more substantive than what trump is doing even if what bannon is doing were at appropriate level.

Well, anyway, thanks ... see ya' round ...

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
7. It's what they did to Mad Kind Aerys to get him to start shit with Tywin Lannister
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:29 AM
Jan 2017

Everbody knows how that ended, good thing Trump is not actually a King.

Sunny05

(865 posts)
12. Thanks. Of course, the idea was born
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 03:53 PM
Jan 2017

of many things I have read in reliable news source (same ones/types that would be cited on DU) AND from DUers themselves.

Anyway, I do think efforts to convince him that what he does is unconstitutional, is unfair to innocent people, etc., will fail, in part because he does not care, in part because he will think people are "out to get him" by explaining these things, but mostly because
bannon will convince him otherwise.

Thank you, and take care.


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