The founding myth of Trumpism is a fake

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The founding myth of Donald Trump's political career goes something like this: He descended down a golden escalator at Trump Tower, surrounded by an organic mob of well-wishers all there to see him announce his 2016 campaign for president.

"You know the famous escalator scene," Trump once said in reminiscing about that day in June 2015. "We went down that escalator. ... It looked like the Academy Awards." (Politico dubbed it "The Escalator Ride that Changed America" in 2019.)

Except that the whole thing may have been, like so much of Trump's life and his presidency, a fake.

In an interview with Insider as part of a Trump oral history project, Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski alleged that Michael Cohen, Trump's one-time fixer, had paid people to come in and act as supporters.

"That's a Michael Cohen special," Lewandowski said. "Michael Cohen decided that he was going to go hire one of his buddies and pay his buddy without getting any campaign approval. You know, $50 for every person to come in, to stand in Trump Tower."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-founding-myth-of-trumpism-is-a-fake/ar-AAMmNd0

Fifty bucks? Some people work for cheap.

[orwell]

1. Everything about TFG is fake...

...except the Sociopathy.

[unblock]

2. the media eagerly allowed itself to be used for obvious propaganda

whether or not people were paid, it was blatantly staged and contrived and even then it was an idiotic promotion.

going *down* an *escalator* should have been ridiculed as a promotion.

honestly, the symbolism was terrible, but as usual when it comes to republicans, the media ate it up and gave it only the spin the republicans wanted.

[Moostache]

3. Wish I was there in NYC that day...

I would have charged them $1,000 to NOT actively boo and ruin the event for the Dotard