Coming up on the 10 year anniversary of 6/16/2015 when the media made him the main hourly headline and topic of conversation, whether we liked it or nof
This was the first thing that went through my mind reading this main post. Sure there’re problems with media in general, but it’s as if all of the dumbass maga people constantly bitching about the fake liberal news rubbed off on non-maga people.
In 2015/16, (most of the) GOP saw him as a nightmare. Unpredictable, vulgar, stupid, nasty and embarrassing. They wanted Jeb or Rubio or Graham. They tried to stop him, but everything bounced off him.
The press went pretty hard with Russia, his Ukraine phone call, his lying, his gaffes.
He's teflon.
The toxic gelatinous ooze received incessant coverage since 2015, when it slithered down the stairs. Much more than President Biden during his entire presidency. Unfortunately, the starving gullible & ignorant consumed it voraciously, incl.,
the rapacious xenophobic, racist & bigoted 1% sycophants.
At first, yes, but now it is a little more complex than that.
He has managed to convince his base that all the media says is lies by systematically lying about everything, especially small verifiable things that the media would pick up.
The media can say anything now, they wont ever believe them.
Press so interested in showing both sided wgenbtheyvshould have been focusedvon truth! Only comedians gave us truth. They were the only ones in popular media who did. We laughed while crying inside. 😢
It seems like the ruling class has half the peasants fighting the other half, and they ignore the robber barons. The media is doing an excellent job of keeping us divided so the rich can maintain control.
The problem is that MAGA doesn’t care if he lies. Whatever the media might call doesn’t matter. I know two MAGAS who plainly admit they don’t care if he lies.
Another reason is that prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement caved to Trump after he gives big donation$$$. Remember Pam Bondi as Florida attorney general. There are plenty of other such examples.
More than likely because Trump is useful idiot to the billionaire owners of media. He’s a useful idiot to AIPAC, defense industry, prison, industry, other groups and Putin.
They glorified Reagan rather than focus on his many crimes and moronic views. That started us down the road of destroying the government that had been helping as many people as possible. It also started the move ever rightward among politicians with media moving along with them.
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The story of ‘Why’…
Begins with ‘How’:
How do they brainwash so many, so quickly?
How do the 1% reassert themselves and so thoroughly and efficiently destroy REAL progress?
Crucially, why do we allow this?
Common threads….
https://bsky.app/profile/ojtphd.bsky.social/post/3loondsolas2w
Isn't the problem really that showcasing his lies didn't stop him, or stem his support?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/
trump, maga & billionaires are the real problem!
The press went pretty hard with Russia, his Ukraine phone call, his lying, his gaffes.
He's teflon.
the rapacious xenophobic, racist & bigoted 1% sycophants.
Wouldn't look into decades of shady deals.
Wouldn't investigate ties to mob.
Wouldn't look into connections w/ Russians.
Wouldn't dig deep into his many sexual allegations.
1 free pass after another.
Media has always given Republicans leeway, but this was obnoxious.
He has managed to convince his base that all the media says is lies by systematically lying about everything, especially small verifiable things that the media would pick up.
The media can say anything now, they wont ever believe them.