Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions

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1. Repition

There are two aspects to public repetition.

One is that, when something is repeated in the right way, true or not, people can tend to simply believe it. That is often the case when there is no analysis or critical thinking about the statement or for people who take a person's word for it.

The second is that, if you continue as Trump has done and use it in that way, the impact of your tactic will eventually backfire because it becomes more obvious to more people what you are doing. In a media-driven culture and time, that can create a sense of boredom or insensitivity to the message.

We can imagine that the cult-like devotees of the authoritarian Father figure will feed off the repetition like good little followers and use them to reinforce their beliefs. However, generally speaking, the sheer repetition of common manipulative tactics is going to lose its import for those who may be less prone to mindless acceptance.