This is what happens inside my head when I read articles.
This is what happens inside my head when I read articles.
He is also a natural showman.
So, bullshit artist?
During the campaign, he riveted viewers with his raucous rallies, where he often spoke for more than an hour without any notes or teleprompters.
Yeah, so, that sounds like a compliment you'd give a great orator. I mean, if a great orator is simply someone good at manipulating crowds then this is definitely your guy. If there's supposed to be some content, or thought, purpose, or structure, then no, this is not great oratory. It's a repeated catechism of nonsense.
And in TV interviews, he sometimes offers tips on matters including lighting and chair placement, with an intuitive sense of what makes for good TV.
Iow, he's an instinctively good bs artist and manipulator. Got it. Also, probably qualified to produce a TV show.
_Indeed, it is now a running joke in television green rooms that if a trade association or special-interest group wants to reach the president, the smartest use of their money is to buy morning television ad time or book a representative on air. _
This ... does not sound like a joke?
Others worry about a president who can seem to be swayed by the last thing he sees on TV, a medium geared more for entertainment than actual policymaking.
I can't imagine why that would be concerning.
They care about the details, he cares about what’s on TV.
This, so much this.
... they knew he’d be watching.
This should not sound so big brothery and controlling. And yet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-tunes-in-inside-trumps-obsession-with-cable-tv/2017/04/23/3c52bd6c-25e3-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.1d59a0441783
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-tunes-in-inside-trumps-obsession-with-cable-tv/2017/04/23/3c52bd6c-25e3-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.1d59a0441783
He is also a natural showman.
So, bullshit artist?
During the campaign, he riveted viewers with his raucous rallies, where he often spoke for more than an hour without any notes or teleprompters.
Yeah, so, that sounds like a compliment you'd give a great orator. I mean, if a great orator is simply someone good at manipulating crowds then this is definitely your guy. If there's supposed to be some content, or thought, purpose, or structure, then no, this is not great oratory. It's a repeated catechism of nonsense.
And in TV interviews, he sometimes offers tips on matters including lighting and chair placement, with an intuitive sense of what makes for good TV.
Iow, he's an instinctively good bs artist and manipulator. Got it. Also, probably qualified to produce a TV show.
_Indeed, it is now a running joke in television green rooms that if a trade association or special-interest group wants to reach the president, the smartest use of their money is to buy morning television ad time or book a representative on air. _
This ... does not sound like a joke?
Others worry about a president who can seem to be swayed by the last thing he sees on TV, a medium geared more for entertainment than actual policymaking.
I can't imagine why that would be concerning.
They care about the details, he cares about what’s on TV.
This, so much this.
... they knew he’d be watching.
This should not sound so big brothery and controlling. And yet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-tunes-in-inside-trumps-obsession-with-cable-tv/2017/04/23/3c52bd6c-25e3-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.1d59a0441783
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-tunes-in-inside-trumps-obsession-with-cable-tv/2017/04/23/3c52bd6c-25e3-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.1d59a0441783
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