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I've been hearing that a lot, which means there are a lot of you out there, PIA. But one thing prevents me from buying into it.
Where's the payoff for Trump? A book deal? A movie? Consulting jobs? Increased brand recognition for a parade of failed brands? The man has jeopardized his brand irreversibly if you ask me. How many bottles of Trump water does one think he has to sell to make up for that? I guarantee you he will not fill Trump Towers with his supporters. So I am trying to figure out how, if this all just a big joke, how it becomes a profitable big joke for Donald Trump. If I can't see the payoff, it's either too cleverly hidden, which it might be, or it's too small to be visible to the naked eye.
Or, is it (SHUDDER!!!!) something so obvious that I am too close to sense its enormity? Is Hillary to give him a cabinet post or (YIKES!!!) is she going to pick Trump as her VP or....?
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It could be that it's simply a case of serendipity.
Donald Trump probably never expected this. It was a gimmick to get him some free press but it went viral. Like Influenza, or the Black Death. The free press just kept coming and coming until all we see every day is more and more Donald Trump. Not paid ads like most politicians have to do but free coverage 24/7 by the news media. And everybody knows that any publicity is good publicity. Like any salesman Donald just told the rubes what they wanted to hear, he probably had no idea that the timing was perfect for just the sort of shtick that he was best at, that his empty rhetoric would resonate with so many. The Republican field was wide but it wasn't very deep. Rife with washed up governors, rookie senators hoping to pull of an Obama and a few charlatans in it only for the money. A failed businesswoman hoping to cash in on Hillary's ovaries, a retired surgeon, a preacher, the son of a single term president and brother to one of the worst presidents in history, a pair of Cubans and a sometimes, sort of Libertarian.
Not a one of them qualified, nor with any sort of plan beyond more obstruction.
Enter Donald Trump, who trumped them all by making unconstitutional promises, promising to torture prisoners, deport 12 million illegal immigrants and build a wall along the southern border and send troops to battle ISIS. Inciting hatred and violence, espousing racism, nationalism, xenophobia. Saying things so outrageous that no one took him seriously.
Did they call him out on it? Put forth better ideas? Hell no, they all jumped on the Trump train and tried to outdo him in their rush to make America hate again.
The Donald just kept talking trash and rose like scum to the top of the pond. The rubes just skimmed it off and ate it up.
After a while the Trump ego just took control of the whole ball of wax, the narcissist saw his reflection in the crowd and was pleased with what he saw.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller
It's outstanding. Greger I am in awe...beautifully written! And perhaps it's true...in 2016 America, it might very well be that one can FAIL UPWARDS all the way to the White House.
But I still need to know what you think The Donald's exit strategy would be should the whole thing blow up, or should he go on to win the GOP nom but be beaten by either the Hillary or Sanders camp. If he runs, but loses, surely he will have thought about what he intends to do come November 9th, 2016 as defeated candidate.
He will return to an office in uproar, a real estate firm in tatters, and by now, an image crafted almost entirely of pure "bullshitium".
Does he just ride off into the sunset?
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Well, he doesn't actually need to land a lobbying position or do a speaking tour. He'll probably pay someone to write another book for him and skim a few mil off that though.
And whatever makes you think his brand is tarnished? The more well off of his backers will flock to his golf courses and casinos. His celebrity has been magnified many times and like I said, all publicity is good publicity. He'll continue making deals and money just as before but now he has millions of potential customers for any new businesses he may start in the future.
I'm not terribly worried about Donald Trumps future should he fail to become the President of the United States.
Only if he is elected. If he loses it's just back to business for him. The rubes he's inciting will fade back into the woodwork and continue shooting themselves and their kids and occupying an occasional wildlife refuge.
