He IS awesome.
Articulate, smart, patient, makes thoughtful arguments, counters retard liberals with ease....
Do you have some thoughts of your own to counter it, or am I supposed to do the work and watch your video, then try to figure out the point you've been spoon fed and are passing off as "yours"?
1. The "Long Con" of Self-Aggrandizement A classic confidence trick requires the operator to build an unshakeable illusion of immense wealth and unrivaled expertise so the "mark" trusts them implicitly. The Myth of the Ultimate Dealmaker: Trump leveraged a carefully manufactured image—built largely through reality TV (The Apprentice) and personal branding—to convince voters he possessed business acumen that could fix a "broken" nation. The "I Alone Can Fix It" Claim: He consistently claims to have a monopoly on knowledge, asserting that "nobody knows more" about complex policy topics than he does. This is a psychological trick meant to make followers rely entirely on his word rather than objective reality.2. Misdirection and "Chumming the Water" In prestidigitation and street cons, a performer uses large, loud movements to disguise small, illegal ones. The Outrage Cycle: Trump frequently utilizes "chumming"—releasing highly combative or shocking statements on platforms like Truth Social to entirely consume the 24-hour news cycle .Policy Smoke Screens: While the public and the media focus heavily on his theatrical culture-war rhetoric, his administrations quietly carry out structural tasks. Historically, this has included massive environmental deregulation, stacking the judiciary, or halting federal investigations into corporate and financial entities.3. Brazenness as a Shield (The "Secrecy Heuristic")Con men succeed because their lies are often too large and daring for people to believe someone would make them up. Unwavering Certainty: Psychological studies tracking Trump's rhetoric note that by acting completely normal and unapologetic when caught in a scandal or a lie, he projects absolute innocence. Fabricating Truth: By repeating false claims rapidly and with total confidence—such as his anti-democracy fundraising campaigns or false declarations of victory—he exploits a cognitive bias where sheer repetition makes a claim feel true to listeners.4. Running a "Pay-to-Play" Grift A hallmark of a confidence game is extracting financial profit from the victims while convincing them they are part of a winning club. Monetizing the Presidency: Rather than separating his private wealth from public duty, Trump directly channels government resources into his own pockets. This includes charging the Secret Service high rates to stay at his properties, taking massive foreign investments via family-controlled entities, and leveraging policy announcements to benefit specific stocks or his multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency ventures. The Endless Campaign Pitch: Using slogans like "Stop the Steal," Trump has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from grassroots donors. Much of this money is diverted to fund his personal legal defense teams or sustain his private corporate structures.5. Mob-Style "Loyalty" Systems Instead of relying on the structured oversight of democratic institutions, Trump builds a governance framework based strictly on personal allegiance, resembling a criminal enterprise or protection racket. Rewarding Compliance: High-level positions, pardons, and regulatory rollbacks are frequently distributed to loyalists, financial donors, or entities that support his brand. Punishing the "Dissenters": Anyone within his administration or party who attempts to enforce institutional checks and balances is immediately cast out, publicly demeaned, and labeled an enemy.6. Externalizing the Blame When a con collapses or a deal fails, the con artist never takes the blame; they ensure the loss falls entirely on their partners or "marks". Constructing Scapegoats: In his business life, Trump left a trail of unpaid contractors, stiffed lenders, and bankrupt casinos while walking away with millions. In politics, he applies this by blaming the "Deep State," judicial systems, or immigrants for any systemic failures or personal legal defeats. He frames his personal legal trials not as individual accountability, but as an attack on his supporters, famously declaring, "They're after you, I'm just in the way." U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats | (.gov)New Report Exposes the Trump Family's Multi-Billion-Dollar ...Nov 25, 2025 — Key findings include: * President Trump and his family have earned hundreds of millions of dollars and added billions to their net...Wikipedia Rhetoric of Donald Trump - Wikipedia Research has identified Trump's rhetoric as heavily using vitriol, demeaning language, false equivalency, exclusion, and fear mongering...ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Drama of Politics: Enacting Trump's Presidential Self - ABC News Jan 8, 2017 — Observers like Michael Tomasky and James Wolcott have also noted Trump's "splenetic" gestures and his "battery of shrugs, hand jive READ AND LEARN MISTER APE THE ART OF THE STEAL. BREAK AWAY MR APE DON'T BE A MARK.
