Thread by @KT_So_It_Goes

here is the future

donald trump sets up a gaudy studio in mar-a-lago, probably on the taxpayer dime. he enters into contract negotiations with OANN or newsmax or the magic-foot-massager-slash-ginsu-knife channel. some quasi-established outlet already in telecomms packages.

https://twitter.com/dougheye/status/1338890697160667138

the contract will agree that donald trump will supply that outlet with five or ten hours of crazy rambling content a week in a form of donald’s choosing. live, pre-recorded, whatever. it will not be exclusive; trump may appear on other outlets if he wants, at a small fee

the contract will be absolutely outrageous, like an NFL tv deal. nine figures is not out of the question, $25M a year over 4 sounds about right.

the network will immediately start to buckle under the deal, as the high-rolling advertisers you need to infuse revenue into your network to prop up that contract are terrified to touch the polarizing content, subscribers hit a ceiling of 20M, and mypillow guy ain’t cutting it

trump, the entire time, will be raking in side-earnings by only allowing other guests such as mike flynn to appear on the network if they pay him his cut and pledge fealty

he will effectively own the network while simultaneously being paid by them and paid by their guests, all while driving it into the ground as he becomes a black hole sucking in all the revenue the network thought it would earn in the deal

the network will be able to do nothing about this, of course, as he will turn on and wreck them in an instant if they attempt to control him. this will also be written into the contract.

the road to power in the GOP will pass through the renamed trump network, although he’s never given it a dime, as candidates fork over millions to come onto “his network” and say nice things about him