Posted on 11/06/2018 3:41:02 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Trump understands that Boomer conservatives want to relive the glory days of the 1980s, so he embraces the President Reagan Redux gimmick by draping himself in the flag, and touting the virtues of American supremacy and religious freedom. Attitude Era conservatives want a face who’s not afraid to pull some heel tactics in order to take down the libs who need owning and the snowflakes who need triggering, so he also embraces the President Stone Cold gimmick.
Why does the president insult the intelligence and the physical appearance of his enemies? Because that’s how you cut a promo that your fans will love. Why does he refuse to apologize for his cruelty or admit when he’s lied? Because doing so would be an admission that all of this is just a show, and you don’t keep your fans loyal by breaking kayfabe.
Likewise, Trump also knows how to get himself over with progressives. Liberals may hate his gimmick, but with all their “literally Hitler” hysteria, they’ve also made it quite clear that they want in on the WWE-style fun by treating him as a heel.
Here’s the thing about heels: it’s not just that we hate them. It’s that we want to hate them, something the president understands. The Resistance media wants him to be a lying, sexist, white-supremacist-dog-whistling monster. They don’t want to be persuaded that he’s not as one-dimensionally evil as WWE owner Vince McMahon’s “Mr. McMahon” character.
The president is happy to sell that gimmick because the more heat he gets from the media, the more love he gets from his fans, and the more over he gets on both sides of the aisle, which enables him to defeat the media more easily in the next tussle.
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Pro Wrestling is real darn it!
Wooooo ! To be the man , you have to beat the man !
Not only would they have huge ratings, but they would also have a huge amount of fun.
Lifelong rasslin fan and yep, I spotted this right from the moment he came down the escalator. Total pro-rasslin pomp and circumstance. Even did the Undertaker style entrance at the convention. LOL. No surprise given his longstanding ties to Vince and the WWE
Embracing the flag is a gimmick? I don’t think so .
The author uses that word gimmick at least three times. Go buy a thesaurus.
Yet another POS that thinks he’s “broke the code.”
A gimmick is a wrestler’s persona or character. For example, Ted DiBiase’s gimmick was that of “the Million Dollar Man,” a wealthy villain who stuffed dollar bills down the throats of felled opponents and tried to buy off fellow wrestlers.
The author is still a dick trying to demean the President.
Look at the list of those who he says “get it.”
Rasslin’!
Thank you Rooster.
I did read the article but am not familiar with wrestling terms.
Have a great day. Julie :)
Great idea!
Have him face off against Alec Baldwin. ;) A match for the ages...
Great post!! I enjoyed the article!!
BTTT!!
Frankly, I've gotten to the point where anyone pushing a "narrative" explanation of Trump goes in the same category as violators of "Godwin's Law."
Fun read. We’ll never see another President like him. Enjoy the show! They’ll be analyzing it for centuries.
So is NASCAR! wink, wink
If you had posted that video when it took place, I would have said eh.......Now I think it’s funny as hell..LOL!
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