If you want to unnerve Trump’s campaign and supporters, don’t call him names or start insulting hashtags.
What freaks these people out the most is showing facts that prove that he’s a total fraud and explained in a way that most people can understand.
THAT bothers them.
What freaks these people out the most is showing facts that prove that he’s a total fraud and explained in a way that most people can understand.
THAT bothers them.
The fairy tale of almost everything Trump and his supporters taut as accomplishments rests upon a shaky foundation that is quickly unraveled when you dig into the details. As long as people hear his claims, repeat them and don’t analyze them, it’s all good. 
But when you scrutinize his record and look at the actual facts, you generally find that he’s selling the public the political equivalent of another one of those Trump University degrees.
He’s on track to become the first President in at least five decades to have fewer people working at the end of his term than were working at the start of it.
And even before the recession hit, he had the lowest number of jobs added at that point than any modern President who didn’t have a recession occur by that point.
Before US quarterly GDP growth fell to the worst in US history, growth under Trump was just average compared to all modern Presidents.
Dow Jones Industrial Average growth, on a percentage basis, was just above the historical average of all other modern Presidents.
Dow Jones Industrial Average growth, on a percentage basis, was just above the historical average of all other modern Presidents.
Most people realize that he’s a bad person. But almost every indicator of performance that can be quantified shows that, our feelings about him aside, he’s also doing a bad job.
The way Americans feel about our country. The way the rest of the world views our country. Confidence that our leaders are capable of addressing our most urgent needs in a time of crisis. There are numbers for all of these. And they’re almost all down.
Trump’s selling a bad product - his own continued leadership.
But he’s a crafty and often effective salesman. For a couple of reasons.
He has no rules or ethics. He will lie through his teeth about anything and everything. The dark debris in the ash tray is really caviar.
But he’s a crafty and often effective salesman. For a couple of reasons.
He has no rules or ethics. He will lie through his teeth about anything and everything. The dark debris in the ash tray is really caviar.
And a lot of his potential customers have this strange identity-based connection with him that causes them to trust him in spite of all common sense. “He reminds me of a guy I know.” “He’s one of us.” “He’s on our side.” They’re incapable of looking at him objectively.
If you’ve ever seen a con man in action, nothing makes them or the others in on the con angrier than when you expose it - and ruin a sale.
Do you see how he looks at reporters who challenge him on false statements he makes?
Do you see how he looks at reporters who challenge him on false statements he makes?
Trump’s best chance of winning - apart from outright sabotage - is that he can keep up the fast talk for long enough to get just enough people in just enough places to keep nodding their heads. And to not ask too many questions.
* Being more specific here: Trump currently has a net loss of 6 million jobs if you sum up all the monthly jobs numbers since his first full month in office.
