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The Trump Rally: A Play in Three Acts
The art of Making America Great Again. And again. And again.
By KATIE ROGERS OCT. 12, 2018
Part presidential ego boost, part political organizing tool and part WrestleMania, Make America Great Again rallies are the defining event of the Trump era: Over 500 have taken place since 2015, and over 30 have been held since President Trump was elected.
Halfway through the tumultuous reality show that is The White House: Season Two, the rallies are starting to feel like the only scripted plot point. No matter where they are held, no matter how raucous they might become, the rallies follow a formula: Just add MAGA.
What follows is a script of how each usually plays out, based on the real events of a rally on Sept. 21.
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SETTING
A prototypical rally location. This time, its JQH Arena, rented out by the Trump campaign, in Springfield, Mo. Its a conservative college town far from liberal strongholds where anti-Trump hostility is high.
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ACT I SCENE I. THE TWITTER TEASER
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 72, the grand marshal of the Make America Great Again movement, posts a celebratory message from the presidential iPhone hours before his rally in Missouri begins.
As he types, a graphic appears on a screen upstage.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/politics/trump-maga-rally-play.html
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The Trump Rally: A Play in Three Acts (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2018
OP
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)1. Obviously a tragedy and not a comedy.
MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)2. If it were Broadway............
it would have shut down after the first night!
hostalover
(447 posts)3. Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)4. Springtime for Hitler
nt