Anyone who is viewing the battle between Donald Trump and the media as a representative battle of thin-skinned ego is entirely missing the point.
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Trump is not just taking on the construct of progressive ideology that has undermined the essence of American exceptionalism, he’s taking on the very selfish foundation they’ve used to sell out our country. Hell, he’s taking on all the “Decepticons” simultaneously.
In many ways Fox’s Roger Ailes and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell carry the same ideological character trait, deception.
Mitch McConnell’s deceptive ways allow him to retain power inside the DC construct. For Roger Ailes his manipulation benefits his media dominance and political interests. Neither McConnell nor Ailes can actually be trusted.
The infection boils down to a very familiar problem:
Would you rather rid yourself of the schemer, manipulator and deceiver who claims to be your friend – and as a consequence face a visible enemy in their stead; or, do you chose to be associated within the camp of a person you can never fully trust?
The 2014 re-election of Mitch McConnell was a case study in choosing between the lesser of these two evils. If you don’t re-elect him your team may not win control of the Senate; but if you do elect him your team may win control – but you’ll never be able to trust him and he’ll do the same thing as our enemy (see TPP, ObamaCare, and Iran-Deal).
We are witnessing the 2015 reality of McConnell’s untrustworthy legislative behavior; he lied to get re-elected, and he’s only working on the priorities of Tom Donohue, Wall Street, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Our Co-Dependent Behavior:
♦ In the spring of 2014, anyone bold enough to state the National Republican Senatorial Committee would pay for racist attack ads, and pay for Democrats to vote in the Mississippi Senate Primary against a conservative republican candidate, found the co-dependent saying: ‘you’re nuts’.
♦ Prior to the fall election of 2014, anyone convincing the electorate that Mitch McConnell would NEVER repeal Obamacare, because his handlers wanted Obamacare to remain in place, found the same co-dependent electorate saying: “you’re nuts”.
♦ In the dawn of 2015, anyone warning the electorate the now Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, would change the senate rules to pass Obama trade agreements with only 51 votes, destroying the construct of the Senate oversight simply to give Obama more power -because McConnell’s handlers wanted it- again found more co-dependents shouting back: “you’re nuts”.
♦ In the summer of 2015, telling voters the RNC and DC-based GOPe, had constructed a specific and intentional plan to elect Jeb Bush with 20% of the voting base, those same voices said: “you’re nuts”.
Some people just refuse to accept what is. The rest of us -who do accept- are called “nuts”…. or “Whacko-birds”, or “Hobbits”, or “extremists”, “crazies”, or… well, you get the point.
The bottom line is Donald Trump is advocating for us; he’s representing the interests of all of us who are sick and tired of being lied to and manipulated by the Mitch McConnells’ of the world.
So while Trump is campaigning he’s taking them, all of them, head on.
What value lies within victory, if the reason for being victorious is open to interpretation?
When Trump shows up to the White House, there won’t be anyone in DC who doesn’t know exactly why he’s there.
If victorious, Trump will carry the biggest and boldest mandate EVER.
Candidate Donald Trump has now taken enough positions for us to clearly identify that he is indeed our friend, and as a consequence their enemy. Just look at what he has exposed in the six months since he announced.
He’s done this simply by putting sunlight on issues and taking firm stances that all others in/around the same issues have apparently lied about for years.
Donald Trump, a serious student of the entire decades long game, is waging a 360° war against the entire GOPe apparatus, on every single level of its construct. And yes, that also means the monolithic media empire which facilitates all of the aforementioned usurpation’s.
Donald Trump is campaigning against EVERY ADVERSE INTEREST to the U.S.A. This is the essential underpinning of the “Make America Great Again” campaign.
Those adverse interests are both outside and inside our borders. He’s intent on tearing down the machine, all of it. By now that should be obvious to everyone.
In that regard, FOX media is just as much part of the problem. So too Roger Ailes Fox News President is also part of the problem…. again, their interests -ie. elect Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio- are antithetical to those of a restored, strong, free and independent U.S.
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, Fox’s Rupert Murdoch, The RNC, Roger Ailes, Chamber President Tom Donohue, Wall Street, K-Street, et al, are all part of the apparatus simultaneously being confronted.
Trump is talking about, and, well, actually he’s doing more than talking about it, he’s taking on BIG ideological entities that have embedded themselves inside the body politic.
It’s often a painful exhibition to watch a surgeon cut clear margins out of an infected patient. And it definitely is not pretty when you have to do it on a battlefield in the midst of an ideological war.
This was the backdrop for Donald Trump taking on Fox News, and as a consequence Rupert Murdoch through Roger Ailes and Murdoch’s princess, Megyn Kelly. He knew the larger interests of a nationalist campaign would mean confrontation of the globalists who also control the corporate media.
Just like exposing the real motivation behind the RNC, or Mitch McConnell, or the NRSC in 2014’s Mississippi primary, Trump has exposed the sordid and corrupt world of the U.S. legacy media.
However, better than merely exposing them, he’s taking them head-on.
When debating issues that impact nationalistically-minded Americans, Trump would rather face an enemy who honestly opposes him, MSNBC and CNN, than deal with the likes of a globalist enemy who puts on the mask of being favorable while simultaneously working diligently to undermine his message.
Donald Trump respects the honest ideological opponent, he does not respect the dishonest manipulator. Obviously, a level of media dishonesty was dragged front and center, early in front of 24 million viewers, during the Fox News RNC/GOP debate.
It was the severity of the dishonesty, the deceptive intent and the scope of the planning and forethought, that triggered the response. ENOUGH !
While initially many didn’t want to believe what was in front of them, we saw the deceptive Fox sneak attack coming a week before it took place. It was transparently obvious that Megyn ‘too-cute-by-half’ Kelly had a specific agenda she was intent on delivering. [ June 30th Warning To Donald Trump ]
Lil Miss Condescending was so pissed that Trump avoided her initial pre-debate set up on August 4th she took it out on Ted Cruz
As a consequence of the specific forethought, and after deciding it’s better to have an honest enemy, Mr. Trump took the position of tearing down the pillars holding up the Potemkin Village of Roger Ailes media creation.
Evidence of Trumps’ strength therein immediately surfaced in the Roger Ailes’ response. Reflecting the reality Roger Ailes views this enemy Trump unlike any other enemy, because Trump holds nationalist Samson-like capabilities.
It was never not about Megyn Kelly per se’. It was about taking the strongest most valuable part of Ailes organization, the one he has invested the most time, effort, energy and emotion with, and confronting that ‘golden goose’ first.
Trump knew Roger Ailes would surely never respond the same way if it were a less valuable part of his business. Trump hits em’ where it hurts – ten times harder. (See: Macy’s financial collapse)
Appearances on CNN, MSNBC or the alphabets might seem antithetical to most GOP candidates who view Fox as a more direct channel to a specific audience. But Trump has consistently expressed a position that he’d rather confront an honest opponent who he knows hates him, than walk into a dishonest interview unsure of their masked ‘angle’.
Trump is also showing the approach he would take if he is able to achieve victory and win the White House.
Mitch McConnell may be a representative leader, but the actions of Mitch McConnell would never be acceptable. Same applies for Speaker Paul Ryan, neither could/would be trusted based on their actions – not their words. Trump would use the strength of his mandate to dispatch GOPe self-serving interests to the land of irrelevance, work around them, and force them to take positions that were in the best interests of America.
Yes, that implies he’d use the bully pulpit against his own Republican leadership, if that was what’s needed to “Make America Great Again”. Prepare for it.
If the hierarchy within the republican party loses an election to Democrats it’s only a lost election; they are still there, and still comfortable even in the minority.
However, if the hierarchy within the republican party loses an election to Conservatives, they are out of a job.
Donald Trump’s greatest weapon is not his money, his wealth, or his keen and astute business acumen, those are all simply tools he’s developed over a lifetime. No, his greatest weapon against these ideological foes is something we shared on the very first day of his candidacy….
… US !
