An interesting observation regarding Trump’s usage of his favorite propoganda platform:
When confronted with information he deems fake and thinks he can talk his way out of, Trump IMMEDIATELY goes to Twitter to whine and cry and wail and lie about facts. He quickly pushes out talking points to his CEC media arm so they can feed the masses his version of events. He obfuscates the truth with the intent, in his mind, to push a false narrative and he does it quickly.
When confronted with information that poses a real threat to him, he is silent. This has been seen time and again with multiple stories that end up being true and proven. His silence this morning (as well as his army’s) is deafening.
Look at the time and content gaps when he faces damaging information that cannot be explained away. That, in my opinion, is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak.
This one will take some time to defend. We need a wager thread on what time the official Twitter edict will be pushed out. Winner gets a bucket of extra crispy KFC and an unusually long necktie.
Note the content gap. No direct denial. Just a vague attempt at witness intimidation. Usually when the story is not as threatening, he addresses it with a blanket ■■■■■■■■ denial. He hasn’t yet.
Also, can we discuss this moronic thing that Trump and his supporters do, where they pretend this is entirely a He said/He said issue? The bulk of this is dependent on substantive corroborating evidence (emails, texts, etc.). If it’s there, Trump is ■■■■■■■ And given that this crew goes around giving out CVS bags and boxing gloves full of cash to rig online polls, I am betting: it’s there.
These are the same people who pretend not to know how marginal tax rates work.