Posted on 11/07/2024 2:49:53 PM PST by Yo-Yo
With the conclusion of the US election, the thrill has set in for half the country: that we have a chance to re-secure our nation and its ideals. The other half of the nation, however, is in shock and even in a state of mourning.
Meanwhile, in only two days, the drumbeats of “resistance” from that half of the country have begun to sound: Rep Eric Swalwell encouraged his allies on X not to “Go[...] quietly”. This is dangerously inflammatory language, and it warns of a potential Democratic resistance to a peaceful transfer of power.
Insta-marches have begun — as I warned, warned, warned you for months would be the case — in Chicago and then, tick-tock, Philadelphia. Expect more. The tell-tale identically printed signs and instantly-amassed crowds don’t mean that these protests do not present a threat to the newly elected transition team. There will be more eruptions across the country, more instability, more threats to a peaceful transition of power. These will accompany of course power outages, national security crises or “crises”, legal challenges, and other messes, November and December and right up into January.
My point is that these are not just tactical eruptions targeted at actually unseating President Trump and his new team. That is unlikely to be directly successful.
What these are, as President Trump and his advisors should quickly understand, are efforts by my former colleagues in the media and the political establishments to change the subject so as to undermine or derail President Trump’s mandate and to dilute his political capital.
In other words, there is an urgent lesson that the last Trump administration never fully grasped: successful politics is not just transactional. It is also narrative, and mythological, and iconic.
In that wisdom lies the secret power of great kings and Queens, and great Presidents.
President Trump is a businessman, and so thinks, reasonably enough given his field, that applause should follow actual achievements. This is a misleading expectation, however, in Presidential messaging. What audiences applaud is what they have been led to understand has happened to them that is positive, via their having been told a powerful, proactive story.
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1/ Surrogates, shut up and stop your online gloating.
2/ Appointments have to be accompanied by PR releases and talking points and a round of interviews, and still photos and video clips. Tell the story.
3/ Make it iconic
4/ Elevate and Align with Unifying American Culture, Fast
5/ Have A Range of Appearances in the Women around the Team
Tony Hinchcliffe for White House Press Secretary in Trump’s new administration!
Swalwell — are you insurrecting?
Let's stop with the appearances BS.
There should be plenty of open prison cells for Swalwell and Laetitia James after POTUS pardons the J-6.
I (not that anyone cares) think that Trump should emulate FDR in 1932-33. While he is President-elect he should get together with Senate and House leaders to start crafting legislation on things like the border, deportation of criminal aliens, etc. so that he can hit the ground running on Inauguration Day.
Yes FDR had two more months to get things going in ‘33, but there was legislation ready to go when he was sworn in.
Trump in 2016 was a political novice and in many cases chose allies somewhat unwisely. This time he knows a lot more about how the Washington game is played. I’m hoping for the best.
And now he has 8 years of experience.
She correctly points out many anti-trumpers are powerfully pursueded by emotion and images.
She lays out a detailed plan to push narratives and images to aid those people into accepting and even celebrating a Trump administration.
It is very good advise which costs little and can gain significant advantages in passing a Trump agenda.
Rep Eric Swalwell encouraged his allies on X not to “Go[...] quietly”.
Inciting an Insurrection is a Major Felony worthy of many many years in Federal Prison.
Payback should be first
Investigate the POS Swalwell for his ties with that Chinese spy.
Expose this little worm.
start rebuilding the wall
start the round-up and deportation of illegal aliens
pardon all the J6 defendants and everyone from his previous administration including himself
open investigations into everyone involved in the lawfare against him, Russia collusion nonsense, and the Hunter Biden laptop coverup
Clean house in the military and fire every single woke DEI mentally ill moron there.
You think that’s the first things to be done?
The debt ceiling suspension expires Jan 1.
I can assure you 100% the first significant thing to be done will be the GOP raising the debt ceiling.
trump has nothing to do with the debt ceiling. I was talking executive actions Trump can do
I’d be nervous if I was a Chicom spy like him. He’ll be out of congress in a year.
I see your point, but it is a bit wrong. He has to sign it.
Trump shouldn't touch that.
Let the system handle it (and it will).
If Trump gets involved, it will look like payback and that will damage his brand and the new administration.
ELECTION REFORM !!!
We can’t have all this confusion about the most important process we have in this country.
National picture Voter ID with signature match required.
Ink everyone who has voted.
Consistent, rigorous standards for the process across all precincts.
Greatly limited voting window.
No mail-in ballots.
No machines.
Bkmk
I agree. Also have a sort of fireside chat put out alon all social media.
Then task someone to start making 3-5 minute videos about the history of America like schoolhouse rock. I still real information before the Semi-quincentennial. I still patriotism again. Have a weekly podcast of a tour of the White House.
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