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Martyr Inc.: How Trump Monetized a Persecution Narrative
The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 12, 2024 | by Russ Buettner

Posted on 07/12/2024 5:42:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Former President Donald Trump hawks $59.99 Bibles with the same words he uses to win the votes of evangelical Christians. He sells swatches of the suit he wore in a mug shot while also raising money for his campaign by calling himself a “political prisoner.” He describes Truth Social, his refuge for those banned on other social media sites — and his best chance to substantially increase his wealth — as a bulwark against liberal companies out to silence Christians and conservatives.

As he seeks to reclaim the presidency, Trump has reprised the pitchman role from his reality TV days, with a crucial difference: He has intertwined the marketing of his private business affairs with the messaging of his campaign, leveraging his political stature for profit.

All of it could be described as Martyr Inc., a machinery that makes Trump money and promotes his reelection by characterizing him as unjustly persecuted and selflessly saving his supporters from a similar fate.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2024; journalism; media; press; russbuettner; thespewbarfslimes
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1 posted on 07/12/2024 5:42:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh he’s correct. He and his supporters are to be persecuted.


2 posted on 07/12/2024 5:44:05 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: arkfreepdom

I thought this article was about obama....

or al sharpton....
or BLM....
or the homo community...
or the demoKKKrat party in general....


3 posted on 07/12/2024 5:47:13 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

FYNYT


4 posted on 07/12/2024 5:47:44 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh good gravy! NYT are a bunch of jealous hacks! The left may have better communication networks because of the LSM but they aren’t great at memes and how to make their candidate really stand out with charisma. Trump has it all in spades!


5 posted on 07/12/2024 5:48:22 AM PDT by Trumpette1954 (Live laugh love!cper)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NYT yahoos are beyond ridiculous.


6 posted on 07/12/2024 5:48:32 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How dare he not grovel before us!


7 posted on 07/12/2024 5:54:50 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NYT has sour grapes. They are angry that Trump jujutsu’d their lawfare against them politically.


8 posted on 07/12/2024 5:58:25 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He was able to do so because it was clearly persecution, not prosecution on trumped up BS charges.


9 posted on 07/12/2024 6:04:30 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Few people have the time or resources to dig beneath the surface of the charges against Trump. Just ask a “progressive “ what Trump was convicted of and you can’t get a straight answer.
Who other than Trump can withstand these slings and arrows of the Deep State? This would all end for him if he just stood down. That’s why he can’t.


10 posted on 07/12/2024 6:06:01 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There must be some way to keep Trump from being a martyr.

OH Yes!
That would be stop persecuting him.


11 posted on 07/12/2024 6:08:15 AM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bullitzer material.


12 posted on 07/12/2024 6:08:31 AM PDT by period end of story (Unvaxxed for my protection.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s not just a “narrative” when you have Democrats who ran on a platform of “get Trump”...


13 posted on 07/12/2024 6:09:04 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: period end of story

Newsmedia emperor has no clothes
They have been exposed for what they are


14 posted on 07/12/2024 6:11:34 AM PDT by TStro (God created everyone equal. Samuel Colt made them polite)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s like Budweiser defending itself by calling anyone who likes playing or watching football as gay. I hope these idiots don’t think they are going to sell more newspapers with this Trump is a charlatan and his supporters are stooges line.


15 posted on 07/12/2024 6:25:56 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: wildcard_redneck

They tied their own shoelaces together. All Trump did was scheme you can’t catch me.


16 posted on 07/12/2024 6:28:23 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What does this author identify as? (I mean other than as an idiot?)
Does he list hi ‘preferred pronouns’?


17 posted on 07/12/2024 6:33:43 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think he should be giving away the bibles.


18 posted on 07/12/2024 6:40:36 AM PDT by cymbeline (we saw men break out of a concentration camp.”)
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To: Mr. K
images this gaslighting urinalist's pronouns are... LIAR/LYING. .
19 posted on 07/12/2024 6:41:59 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

COUNT VERDICT BUSINESS RECORD DATE
1 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Feb. 14, 2017
2 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842457 Feb. 14, 2017
3 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842460 Feb. 14, 2017
4 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000138 Feb. 14, 2017
5 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust March 16, 2017
6 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 846907 March 17, 2017
7 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000147 March 17, 2017
8 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump April 13, 2017
9 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858770 June 19, 2017
10 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002740 June 19, 2017
11 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump May 22, 2017
12 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 855331 May 22, 2017
13 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002700 May 23, 2017
14 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump June 16, 2017
15 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858772 June 19, 2017
16 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002741 June 19, 2017
17 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump July 11, 2017
18 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 861096 July 11, 2017
19 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002781 July 11, 2017
20 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Aug. 1, 2017
21 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 863641 Aug. 1, 2017
22 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002821 Aug. 1, 2017
23 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Sept. 11, 2017
24 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 868174 Sept. 11, 2017
25 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002908 Sept. 12, 2017
26 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Oct. 18, 2017
27 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 872654 Oct. 18, 2017
28 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002944 Oct. 18, 2017
29 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Nov. 20, 2017
30 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 876511 Nov. 20, 2017
31 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002980 Nov. 21, 2017
32 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Dec. 1, 2017
33 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 877785 Dec. 1, 2017
34 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 003006 Dec. 5, 2017

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts

Note the dates (and the monthly pattern and the payors):

Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust - not a business
Donald J. Trump - not a business


20 posted on 07/12/2024 6:46:31 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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