Trump Broke These People
Everyone knows someone broken by the elections of President Donald Trump, be it an old friend, co-worker or family member. These people were probably not all that bright in the first place, you just never bothered to look beyond the surface because going deeper didn’t really matter. After the 2016 election, politics became everything to the left as their leaders realized how easily these followers could be manipulated. They raised a ton of money off the “threat” Trump presented while claiming credit for holding off the “destruction” he was going to bring.
Always over the horizon, just out of sight, is the “end of democracy” they kept at bay. That liberal leaders use this tactic is not surprising, despots have always used this tool (see the anti-Semitism in the Middle East, as corrupt government turn the population they’re ripping off against Jews by convincing them Isreal is the reason for their problems). That its existence is known and it still works is a testament to the failures of the public education system.
That brings us to the area in between. There are some people you know are in on the joke and know exactly what they’re doing – Rachel Maddow and Nancy Pelosi are shameless frauds engaging in rhetorical propaganda that has Goebbels blushing in Hell, and they’re proud of it – and there are others – Eric Swalwell, AOC, etc. – not bright enough to know what they’re doing, but happy to do it.
Operating somewhere between those two camps are the people you can’t tell if they’re tools or an architect of this propaganda.
I have no doubt that Brian Stelter is not a bright man, he’s never once said anything remotely insightful or interesting, which is a sort of accomplishment since my 6- and 7-year-olds do so regularly, if only by accident. That being said, Brian is the type of person I often find myself embarrassed on behalf of – he doesn’t know, or care, how beyond the domain of self-awareness something he says it, he simply plows through like Mr. Magoo blissfully unaware of the destruction in his wake.
I have difficulty believing someone so obtuse can exist outside of cartoons, but there he is, always.
During the Super (Boring) Bowl, Stelter tweeted, “Think about it: A year ago you could go days without seeing or thinking about Joe Biden. Now you’re lucky if you can go hours without thinking about President Trump. He’s inescapable. And that’s just how he likes it. Today: The Super Bowl is also the Trump Bowl.”
A year ago we had a President incapable of having a conversation outside of the 10 am till 4 pm window, and then only some of the time, and the Stelters of the world did all they could to normalize it. Biden was hiding, he was busy doing the job of presidenting, or something.
Back in 2018, CNN’s Weeble was roundly mocked for repeatedly wondering where the then First Lady was, as she hadn’t held any public events in a couple of weeks. Melania Trump, easily the best looking First Lady ever and a former model, was ignored by every magazine that slathered Michelle Obama then Jill Biden all over their covers, something Brian couldn’t be bothered with mentioning. But she doesn’t give Cue Ball a peep for a while and the black helicopters are engaged.
Now we’re getting “too much” Trump, Brian just can’t get away. This is the stalker’s mentality: “If she didn’t want me to climb the tree and look in her bedroom window, she should close the blinds.”
Unlike Joe Biden, Donald Trump is President all the time. The media covers him because the last guy didn’t do anything publicly worth covering, as his handlers directed him to sign orders and put him to bed while the world was getting done.
I agree that not everything Donald Trump does needs to be covered, but it’s not his fault as he does not run newsroom editorial meetings. The Brian Stelters of the world choose to cover everything he does like the sky is falling – they’re the Chicken Littles, not Trump – because it rates.
Brian “can’t escape Trump” because he can’t quit him. The media need Donald Trump much more than Donald Trump needs the media. Without them, he’s still President of the United States. Without him, they’re mentally unstable, unattractive people with outsized egos talking into camera no one is watching the results of.
The media are broken people chasing Donald Trump’s shadow every single day. Without Trump, the media are simply broken people.
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