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diva77

(7,604 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 02:35 AM Nov 2020

So many pundits have claimed that dump learned everything from doing reality tv

but everything he does in the media and at those cult rallies is what those huckster 3-day marketing seminars teach (and it doesn't even require attendance for 3 days - a simple half-day on the 1st day is all ya need. Someone gifted one of those seminars to me (pre-covid) - it was like being trapped in hell. It even included mixing "god" in with marketing pitches.

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The Roux Comes First

(1,278 posts)
5. Is It Really Much More Than a Good Strong Instinct for Bullying?
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 03:04 AM
Nov 2020

Reinforced by almost never facing proper and appropriate retaliation? Well, OK, yes, an astonishing retinue of mental issues, including psychopathy and amazing narcissism might be part of it.

Aside from his sickening body language and the nauseating infantile hand gestures, I can't imagine what he would be patient enough to gain from a huckster.

diva77

(7,604 posts)
6. I think fux news viewers are attracted to those types of seminars & hucksters like
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 03:21 AM
Nov 2020

fish to water. They absorb it all through their gills.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
8. Mark Burnett and Jeff Zucker had a big hand in 'creating' that myth
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 03:31 AM
Nov 2020

Greg Olear has a good piece on it The Men Who Created Donald J pmurT

And that's my spelling of Diaper Don's name. I have consistently refused to spell his name out for the last 5 years. Petty I know, but it makes me feel pretty good.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
12. Burnett has had a 'good' career doing it. He's a producer.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 04:49 AM
Nov 2020

There's the old joke about the producer and the director walking down the hall when a beautiful young woman walks towards them. The director says : I'd really like to screw her.
The producer answers: Out of what?

betsuni

(25,122 posts)
9. You're correct. He's always been the way he is now, just less drastic and cartoonish.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 03:55 AM
Nov 2020

He had to tone his act down and follow a script for the TV show.

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