Face It: Donald J. Trump is a Great Salesman!

Question So what do you suppose he was sellingAnswer Easyamp160Donald J TrumpQ How did he do itA He told people what many although not quite a majority wanted to hear and mostly in all the right Electoral College placesQ Did he mean what he saidA Who knows Do you suppose he even knowsamp160 I mean this is a guy who changes positions on a dime depending on what he believes will work as he says itamp160 Heamp8217s like a clone of Alex Trebek who knows all the answers even before he knows the categoriesamp160 For example One day Trump insists that the Russians absolutely did not try to hack the election suggesting it was among other thoughts some amp8220400 pound guy in New Jerseyamp8221 then he says well maybe they did but it doesnamp8217t matter and when the issue refuses to die he finally agrees to meet with national security advisors to amp8230 well to what Tell them that the truth is malleableamp160 amp8220All those computers you know Canamp8217t trust amp8216em for a minuteamp8221amp160 And besides his new BFF is really smart to wait for him to be inaugurated before he retaliates by hornswoggling the new PresidentQ So what did America buyA The greatest bait and switch in American historyQ So what will that meanA Interesting timesamp160 As to what that means your guess is as good as mineamp160 Just be sure to learn Russian amp8230 ochen horrashow amp1086amp1095amp1077amp1085amp1100 amp1093amp1086amp1088amp1086amp1096amp1086 very good in EnglishMaybe Vice Presidentelect Mike Pence will be sort of a Chief Operating Officer VP with Trump in charge of mostly Twitter and noiseamp160 After all Ohioamp8217s Governor John Kasich was said to have been offered that COO chance by TrumpSince this column comes to you via MediaVillagecom letamp8217s take a closer look at what the great Trump sales job means to those of us in the greater media villageThe next four years amp8211 if Trump lasts that long amp8211 will be challenging interesting and damn difficult Just look at his last 18 months of media manipulationcynicismantagonism Take your pick depending on easeofchoice du jourIt isnamp8217t that Trump doesnamp8217t like media In fact he loves itamp160 And uses it amp8230 even better than all the heads of all the networks amp8211 cable and broadcast amp8211 appear to know how to doamp160 What the man canamp8217t stand is journalism As in reporting on the truth to the best of oneamp8217s ability For Trump truth is a lot like money Itamp8217s fungible Thatamp8217s true of most narcissists They like what they likeamp160 And their mirrors real and imagined only reflect the good the great and the beautiful amp8230 and of course the yuuuuugeFor those regulated by the Federal Confusion Commission Trump when compared to outgoing Chairman Tom Wheeler looks like a breath of fresh deregulated airamp160 Maybe overall not so good for the USA but pretty good for a lot of media bottom lines in the next few yearsamp160 The media consensus seems to think Trumpamp8217s appointment of three very free market truebelievers as heads of the FCC transition team will help boost media profitsWheeleramp8217s resignation and Sen McConnellamp8217s churlish abandonment of the outgoing nonrenominated Democratic Commissioner guarantees at least a temporary 2to1 Republican majority that can do Trumpamp8217s bidding without much more than whining in oppositionamp160 If that is the consensus is rightWith Trump who knowsAnother real worry in the soontobe FCC Trumpland is his dissing of truth and the journalism that uncovers it amp8230 if he gets the FCC he might really want and given his admiration of Putin and Nixon how safe is any broadcast licenseLooking at his cabinet like a Putin friend for Secretary of State versus retired Marine General amp8220Mad Dogamp8221 Mattis for Department of Defense who doesnamp8217t like either Iran or Russia and other senior policy picks it seems like Trump is setting up a shooting gallery of potential winners and losersamp160 Kind of like how he manages his businesses and keeps even his own execs guessing about what he really thinksamp160 His picks who represent lots of divergent policy positions will begin to fight it out for his attention love respect and agreementamp160 In other words life should be interesting and until real decisions are made or unmade anything goesamp160 Except of course for how many truly far rightwing picks heamp8217s chosen for domestic policy amp8230 which proves again the bait and switch pointI canamp8217t remember a time when so many people have voted against their own best interestsamp160 Well they wanted change Theyamp8217re gonna get itClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this article are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160

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