Why is Donald Trump delegitimizing an election that he won?
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David Ferguson, Experienced enough to have figured out the difference between opinion and fact
I am rapidly converting away from the ‘Trump is a narcissistic egotist who says outrageous things’ to ‘Trump will use his existing reputation to divert attention whenever possible’.
Jack Schafer from Politico first got me thinking this with Stop Being Trump’s Twitter Fool
We are now at the point where pretty much everything he SAYS becomes an instant internet and mass media sensation, causing huge numbers of people to weigh in and reinforce just how thin-skinned, self-centered, and conceited he is, sucking all the oxygen out of any other story. This is DESPITE there being a HUGE amount of data and results showing that NOTHING HE SAYS MATTERS. Everything he says is subject to negotiation — Take a look at any of his campaign pledges.
On the other hand, what he DOES is important. When he settled the Trump University for 25 Million, despite prolonging it for multiple years and putting all of the plaintiffs through years of frustration and debt, the news stories lasted less than 12 hours before being drowned by the Hamilton Tweets. My own reaction to the tweet was reflexively the same as others: Our President-elect is so sensitive that anything even slightly negative is considered an insult. But, you have to work HARD to find a story today talking about the settlement (or the fact that some are contesting it), but the fallout from the tweets lasted days. Looking back, more than once a fundamental issue concerning Trump was obscured by Tweet reactions. Nude underage beauty contestants, Manafort Russian connections, a debate that clearly showed Trump unprepared, unpresidential, and unhinged turned immaterial as the world reacted to his tweets about Alicia Machado.
Currently, Trump is in the middle of selecting senior policy assistants, cabinet secretaries, and other high level appointments. Normally, every whiff of possibility would be hunted down and discussed widely in every possible media outlet. Instead, at least half of those outlets are spending their efforts trying to leverage Trump’s comments about the recount in the most profitable manner. There is nowhere near enough scrutiny being done on his actions. I’m sure there will be similar Trump Utterances in the future that will provide cover fire for other actions that should get attention but probably won’t. A
Stop caring about what he says.
START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE DOES.