Donald Trump uses identity politics as a method and that is exactly what is occurring with the Late Senator as well. It gives people a target. It is much more difficult to be informed before making statements about policy, then simply to reach into his bag of tricks and pull out a person to identify with a problem. It also removes the responsibility for failed policies from his own identity as president.
The damage is real. His bitter and nasty words do hit home and Americans that agree with Trump will lob onto his words and harass and defame those he cites, ie: the mainstream media. No matter the issue, Trump cannot speak to policy or facts, he simply plays with people's lives and reputation to facilitate "the blame" for bad news.
To illustrate the danger of this method used by Trump, the gun violence in the year 2019 is escalating from last years numbers. Trump exerts no control over any issue, so much as exploits it for his own purposes. It is a very dangerous method and continues to build instability while motivating those heavily invested in Trump's dummied down idea of leadership. It is why Trump values Twitter rants above all forms of communication to the country.
March 19, 2019By Jessica Wehrmann
Washington — Here’s what you call (click here) the definition of a lousy run of luck.
First, you lose your job when your plant closes.
Then, because you’re the union president, you try desperately to negotiate to keep both your colleagues’ jobs and your own, helping those colleagues figure out what their next move is.
If that’s not bad enough, President Donald Trump then gets on Twitter and blames you for not doing enough.
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