[af_vet_1981]

Fantasy;
the reality is he needs upwards of 70 million to vote for him, and except for his fans, he is widely unpopular, as is Hillary Clinton. His committed, fired up, loyal online army of 11+ million surely do not require more entertainment to support and vote for him. The problem we are up against is persuading people that do not like him to vote for him. All the people that like him are already voting for him. He is a bit shy of victory and needs to convince erstwhile Republican voters to choose him over Clinton, and get some black voters to get him a chance to improve the country. Most of all, he needs the grace of God to show mercy on us and grant Donald Trump and Mike Pence the electoral victory and the wisdom to lead effectively.

Trump should put away childish things; no feuds with minor off mission targets; focus like a laser on Hillary Clinton and prove to the unpersuaded public why he is the better candidate.

[Fantasywriter]

The Flake tweet absolutely doesn’t hurt Trump. Most will never hear about it. Of those that do, most Trump supporters love it, and most Hillary supporters hope it does damage. The lion’s share of the rest literally could not care less. It is inside baseball to them, and their eyes glaze over.

Otoh, people CAN be influenced by social media. The only people who dismiss Trump’s dominance there are people who avoid social media, or who underestimate its significance. I read a comment recently, ‘I wonder if it burns Hillary that she has to pay people to do what Trump’s supporters do from love.

Whether it burns her or not, she’s at a huge disadvantage in that venue. Social media factors in this campaign as it has in no other, and Trump owns it.

Note, there’s a fundamental difference between maintaining his social media dominance and entertaining. Trump doesn’t tweet to entertain. He tweets to keep his social media activists fired up and on the job. It works.