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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLet’s dispel with this notion that Donald Trump knows what he’s doing - updated
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/9/30/13108314/trump-campaign-strategyDonald Trump is an unusual candidate who does a lot of unusual things. For example, after flubbing a debate performance in which he appeared volatile, irritable, and uninformed about key issues, he did not attempt to refocus his campaign on proven message points or topics where he has a firm grasp of talking points. Instead, hes been lashing out at Alicia Machado while using apophasis to bring up Bill Clintons marital infidelity by saying hes not talking about Bill Clintons marital infidelity.
It seems like a bad strategy because it almost certainly is in fact a bad strategy.
But not everyone sees it that way. In certain quarters, theres a tendency to assume that Trump is crazy like a fox.
Jon Favreau, Barack Obamas chief speechwriter for much of his career in national politics, sees the post-debate binge in that light.
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The Trump campaign is talking about affairs because they don't want a conversation about Trump not paying his taxes or stiffing his workers. Jon Favreau (@jonfavs)
https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/781181905970434048">September 28, 2016
Ken Baer, a veteran Democratic Party operative, even believes that Trumps feud with the Khan family was a successful effort to distract attention from a bread-and-butter economic critique of Trump.
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Let’s dispel with this notion that Donald Trump knows what he’s doing - updated (Original Post)
Bill USA
Sep 2016
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renate
(13,776 posts)1. could it be both?
Maybe he's not deliberately distracting people from the more serious topics like tax evasion or sexual harassment or spending other people's money and putting his name on it, etc etc etc, but is simply doing it because his tiny mind just naturally gravitates towards the gutter. But his staff might be clinging desperately to the small advantage there is in focusing on the reality-TV shenanigans rather than the legal ones.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)2. I think you hit on it!