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Trump hid in catering cart to board secret flight in Turkey amid Iran threat – reports
(www.theguardian.com)
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OMG, we cannot let this man become a martyr. If that means shoving him into a catering cart, then so be it.
It's a gloomy thought, but: No matter what happens to him, he will be a martyr to many, and there's precious little we can do about it.
I hope nearly every outlet starts calling him the worst President in history and just makes that canon. Constant drum beat: "worst President in history, Donald Trump..."
I sure hope the Murc's Law media does not try to Ronnie Raygunize this monster. They should just repeat the mantra "worst President in history" as if it's commonly accepted, just like they often did about Carter ever after he left office, but in this case, it would be far more accurate.
It'd be even better if he were alive to see it and had no FCC to try to squash the media. :) Remember how the right just melted right the fuck down when they'd hear the phrase "former President Trump" during Biden's presidency? I really don't know how they expected the media to label him, but imagine if they start accurately characterizing him, too.
My instinct is that the non-rightwing-shill media are never going to be loud and dumb enough to reach his fans, to change the currents set up by the loud and dumb rightwing-shill media outlets.
We would need every news outlet, every pundit, every talking head on the internet to tie him to his failures in a radically simplistic, one-sided, emotional way, 24/7, over and over again for years:
"trump interferes with vaccines for children; why does trump hate America so much?"
"trump wrecks international shipping with outburst of violence; why does trump hate America so much?"
"trump covers up food contamination for political donors; why does trump hate America so much?"
"trump sabotages American farmers with (tariffs / parasites); why does trump hate America so much?"
"trump sabotages American military with (disease / shortages / ridiculous deployment requirements); why does trump hate America so much?"
I'm doubtful that this will be possible.
I bet we'd all be ready to pay the martyr cost this one time. Cheerfully, even.