Trump is reaching millions of young voters this way and the usual "expert" political consultants are clueless (just as much so as those on the View). The same experts who have advised losing candidates for three decades have been complaining that Trump is not campaigning using the usual methods.
Just because he is not running campaign commercials during episodes of whatever is the current "hit" show on cable TV, doesn't mean he is not reaching the voters he needs to convince. Young voters are the ones that need to be convinced to vote this November.
We long-timed voters know who we are voting for and a glossy flyer or 30 spot ad during "prime-time" is not going to change minds. But, a 25-45 year old voter who is just now starting to pay attention to politics can be reached through these podcast interviews and ads on social media.
The top two issues this November is the economy and the border. Young voters need to be reminded who is currently in office and responsible for the open border and inflation. Trump can reach voters who aren't even aware who Kamala Harris is, nor that she is the Vice-President. They can be reached and convinced to vote on podcasts such as the one he did with Theo Von.
Kamala Harris can easily counter-attack by going on all of these podcasts herself and, during the interviews, present her case to the public and persuade everyone why she is likable and intelligent and able to fix everything. [/s]
I haven’t watched a TV show in about 8 years. And I’m 76. So not just young people. I do occasionally watch a show or a movie on Amazon Prime or Youtube. But we get our news from X, Free Republic, Facebook (not so much actually), some on YouTube. But we don’t sit down in the evening and have to decide whether to watch CNN or FOX. Thank goodness we have other places to go for news.
Networks and cable have historically had the benefit of wider coverage, with their biggest weapon not covering things to help frame a narrative.
There is a reason the Lula regime in Brazil is targetting X and Rumble--both platforms pose a threat.
I remember in 1992 when Bill Clinton went on MTV (or whatever it was), to play saxophone and talk publicly about what kind of underwear he wears.
The pundit-class told us that was the new and novel political strategy of the day to reach Gen-X voters.
Sadly, it seemed to work, and the mass of American Gen-X has not progressed beyond that stunted adolescent level of discourse (and I am one, so don’t question me...)
Hopefully future generations and their podcasts are better.
But I do listen and watch podcasts and caught Trump on the Lex Friedman Podcast. Friedman is certainly no bastion of conservative thinking.
Here is the link: https://youtu.be/qCbfTN-caFI?si=5LBg9N6CWrFuP1Oy
You might want to watch. You will be impressed.
Trump looked great, not being filtered by the media.
Great strategy.
“Haines said. “He’s on a podcast tour, like with some pretty crazy people”
One reason many young people are learning to hate Democrats is because Democrats keep calling them “crazy”.
Bo Loudon, Barron’s best friend, is doing a bang up job on social media reaching the young kids. I follow him on Instagram and the kid is everywhere. He’s also Gina Loudon’s son. Here’s some info: https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20240815712873/barron-trump-best-friend-bo-loudon/
It's a beautiful thing.
I find all those political ads while I am watching woodturning videos to be annoying. There are 4 or 5 for Harris for every Trump ad.
The demographic should scare the demons. The democrats have bashed young white men for decades. Every evil has been blamed on them. They are called racist sexist losers day in and day out and told the only way to be a man is to be a feminized soy boy like AOCs pet or become a gay tranny.