Trump made his fortune as a CEO and reality show producer. Messaging and storytelling are two areas he knows well.To his credit, Trump has been scripting this shit show since 2009. When coming off his 6th bankruptcy he found himself a cash strapped real estate tycoon trying to rebuild an empire at the height of the Great Recession. As fortune would have it our first Black President had just been elected and the entire #GOP was on the cusp of self destruction. Enter the one time Democrat from NY ready to strike a “deal.” The fiscal conservative with no convictions or beliefs beyond money and power. Let the dog whistles begin. Cue the birther movement.
This attempt to divide America is no accident. Trump knows an indictment awaits his return to civilian life and his best hope is to hide behind the shield of executive immunity. To use the resources of the 1% and the insecurity driven hate filled strength of the deplorables to silence public dissent and suppress any efforts to otherwise remove him from office. After all what’s a few conspiracy theory shout outs, and race baiting tweets in exchange for a loyalty oath from the majority of this nation’s gun owners and private militias.
These are the very people who now answer Trump’s dog whistles and overt calls for Civil War. Evangelical con men and opportunists dressed as patriots while dripping in snake oil. Conspiracy theorists and racists who under past administrations were typically ignored by mainstream media. You know the type; KKK members, absusers, people who proudly fly the Confederate flag and hang rubber testicles off their tow hitch. Victims of society looking for someone to blame. Some reason other their own inadequacy to explain their sorry lot in life.
These are the deplorables now emboldened to action by both the words and silence of our Divider in Chief. They draw the swastikas, burn the mosques, drive their vehicles into the protestors, patrol our borders and cheer as migrant children are locked in cages and martial law is enacted to keep the peace. They are the ones who silence opposition through force and chill the fight of moderates with fear tactics, threats and intimidation.
Trump and his caravan of criminal enablers know exactly what they are doing. They know their audience and are playing to their base. For Trump it is all about power and money; a means to ensure his freedom and demand the adoration he desperately craves. For the Raptureheads, Russia enabled military hawks and other domestic terrorists the prize is something far greater and scarier.
This isn’t a political fight, it’s a moral one. Brace yourself for the storms to come
Pathway To Perdition 