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Is Twitter Force-Following Donald Trump's @POTUS Account?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))1/21/2017 10:39:09 am PST

re: #602 Myron Falwell

The fatal flaw in that theory is … Trump himself. This would imply that he either moderates his exceptionally acidic and divisive tone, or turns heel against the GOP.

As long as he employs Steve Bannon, that ain’t happening. He’s pretty much locked in with the wingnut base and GOP allies Axis, and won’t really be able to prop up his approval numbers until polling firms fix the polls deliberately.

Whatever else you can say about him, he knows how to manipulate media and people, he knows how to create the image of wealth and success where there is none.

If he and his surrogates can pull off two or three years of smoke and mirrors with the US economy, he will make a lot of friends, people who are more than willing to delude themselves to believing him, and that could keep him in office past 2020.

We would also have to assume that the Democrats are going to get their act together and field a viable candidate with a solid platform by 2020. And win by more than 3 million votes: votes in the “right” places.