As you know, Donald Trump has offended 90% of the media and nearly a third of the country with his idea of temporarily banning Muslim immigration. That’s some crazy Hitler stuff, say the headlines.
You might recall that I predicted in this blog an “immigration surprise” from Trump that follows the format of movies. In a typical three-act movie, you have these main parts:
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As regular readers know, I have been writing about the persuasive skills of Donald Trump. You might also know I’m a certified hypnotist and I’ve been studying the field of persuasion for decades. And you might also know I predicted back in August that Trump would use those persuasion skills (which are unprecedented) to dominate the field.
Other than me, who else predicted in August that Trump would be leading the Republican polls in December? Keep in mind that I showed my work all the way. I updated my prediction in October to a Trump landslide in the general election. My predictions are based on his skills, not his policies.
0 CommentsI’ve been out of the loop for a few days, working on a start-up. (More on that in the coming weeks.) So I haven’t been following the news. Let’s check in on Donald Trump and see if he’s done anything newsworthy lately. Checking…
Uh-oh.
Okay, you might want to know how I would apply the Master Persuader filter to Trump’s latest call to end U.S. immigration for all Muslims, at least until – in Trump’s words – lawmakers can figure out why some percentage of Muslims hate us so much. Is this a master stroke of persuasion or just batshit racist crazy? I’ll help you sort that out.
0 CommentsAccording to this article, fast food businesses will soon replace workers with robots that eat cows and poop hamburgers. My advice is to keep your distance from that robot. Stay on the other side of the counter. I don’t know how good its eyesight will be.
[If your firewall is being diffiicult, see the image on Twitter here.]
If you think that comic is dumb, you’ll love my book.
0 CommentsTrump’s critics like to label him a fascist. I didn’t know what that word meant, so I made the mistake of looking it up.
It turns out that no one agrees what the word means. So if you use the word, you’re literally acting like an idiot, because the word has no definition except for the one in your mind. It is sort of like talking in tongues and wondering why no one else is nodding in agreement.
A writer for SLATE, Jamelle Bouie, recently referenced the Umberto Eco 14-element definition of fascism to analyze Trump (and decided it didn’t quite fit.) I will do the same, below.
0 CommentsOver at 2016 Presidential Campaign Predictions they are tracking pundit predictions for the presidential race, including mine. But they have my Trump prediction dated in November. The first time I predicted he would win it all was August. I revised the prediction to “landslide” in October.
In the unlikely event that my August prediction turns out to be right (that Trump wins it all), the world is not ready to believe I could see it so early. Assuming I did.
0 CommentsBusiness Insider reports that Trump’s favorability rating among Republican voters was 23% before he announced his candidacy.
In July it had climbed to 59%.
Today it is 69%. That means it tripled this year.
As the article notes, this is surprising because Trump has been a known quantity for decades, and people generally don’t change their minds about known quantities to such a degree.
In other words, something Trump is doing or saying – and the public are not quite sure what – is changing people’s minds.
0 CommentsDo you remember the time when the government of the United States was replaced with a different system and no one even noticed?
Probably not. I didn’t notice until yesterday.
Anyway, the old Constitution is gone, and in its place we have social media. The so-called “government” still has budgets and politicians and processes. But at this point in history they just do what social media tells them. They have to. Doing otherwise means failure and job loss.
When the Constitution was designed, communication among citizens was limited. We needed to elect smart leaders who would ride their horses to Washington DC and vote for our interests. The system was brilliant, and served the country well.
But now we have the Internet. Today, social media decides what is “right” and politicians follow their lead. That seems to be working. Don’t believe me?
0 CommentsDonald Trump is in hot water lately for treating a writer with a joint disease the same way he treats everyone else. Most people, including me, felt Trump’s behavior was appalling. If Trump shakes off that controversy and goes on to win the presidency, he has some big campaign promises to keep about immigration.
Let’s talk about that.
0 CommentsAccording to the press, Donald Trump had a bad week. If the game we are playing is two-dimensional politics, they are 100% right.
But what if the game is three-dimensional politics? The third dimension is emotion and persuasion, not reason. Let’s see how Trump did in the third dimension.
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