Posted on 01/29/2017 6:14:17 PM PST by drewh
Set aside the politics of last weekend's inaugural celebrations, don't think about the crowd size, the message, the protests, and the pomp ... what's left? A lot of Trumps. Big ones, little ones, baby ones, toddling ones -- it was a second- and third-generation presidential family on rare display the likes of which hasn't been seen in such numbers since, yes, the Camelot of the John F. Kennedy era.
It's been Ivanka Trump leading the peek inside the life of her family, with never-before-seen moments of unguarded play, dress-up, and White House exploration. She has almost six million followers -- 2.7 via Instagram, 3.01 via Twitter. With the advent of a social media-savvy first daughter, the opportunity for the public to be voyeurs into the personal moments of the younger generation of Trumps is more available than ever before.
And while it's fun to catch these mini-episodes of "keeping up with the Trumps," the branding of the Trump clan is likely the paramount strategy here. The sharing of private and personal elements of the president's life are a helpful, humanizing factor for him, and Ivanka's throwing open the doors, while "aww"-inducing, could also be some carefully-crafted storytelling.
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Yeah they were inculcated to the max ;) went with me to protest abortion in Washington and the state capitol.
The reason I think the youngest has hope is that since being home schooled I have had more time with him (he’s going to university in the fall and it is going to be a huge adjustment for me.... and I’m already warning him about the brainwashing he will receive. He’s in a stem program, so hopefully it won’t be as bad as a liberal arts students barge of propaganda. ) He seems to use his brain more, I have no idea where the vote for hiLIARy came from. It was totally out of the blue. He was on board with Carson and even literally bought the T shirt.
Barge=barrage
PS.. no grandkids so far which is a good thing in most ways.
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