Two seconds here to look at how something tweeted by the president (or more likely someone in his team) might seem random, but isn’t. Exhibit A: 🦞
2/ This tweet is accompanied by an announcement that POTUS has told @USDA to send farm bailout
$$$ to the lobster industry.
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$$$ to the lobster industry.
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3/ The lobster industry has suffered a great deal as a result of the president’s trade war with China — we covered this on @TheLeadCNN last December
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5/ Earlier this month the president went to a small town in the more conservative 2nd congressional district in Maine (which he won in 2016) where he heralded the work being done by a swab manufacturer:
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6/ The Bangor Daily News: “How Trump tailored his message to Maine at an unprecedented time for his presidency... he could draw a direct line between his administration’s act to send $75.5 million to Puritan to add jobs and bolster production of swabs...”
7/ (And yes, the company had to toss the swabs manufactured at the time of the visit because of risk of contamination — )
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But the larger point is this: whatever you think of President Trump, and despite current crappy polls for him, he has the power of incumbency & many smart GOP operatives working hard to get him re-elected using all the levers of the most powerful government in the world.
