just about since the beginning of hurricane trump's reign, i've been saying its a lot like professional wrestling in many aspects of how he operates, and now a well known economist echos my thoughts in this article;


POITOU, FRANCE – The U.S. economy… all $20 trillion of it… explained in a single tweet (any similarity between this and one you might get from the president of the United States of America is pure coincidence):

Just look at the Dow (near an all-time high)… and unemployment (near an all-time low)…

The tax cuts ARE WORKING! The trade war, too! And those who say otherwise are just jealous SOBs!

Cartoon Personalities

In reality TV – and performance art of the wraslin’ genre – you add dramatic tension by creating simplified, cartoon personalities and then allowing them to get into snits with one another. The audience tunes in to find out how the spats will be resolved.

In professional wrestling, it is pretty straightforward.

One of the wraslers insults or challenges another one. Wives and girlfriends are brought onstage to stir up animal passions. There’s some pushing and shoving in the dressing room – caught by security cameras! And then, the stage is set for a resolution in the ring.

A tweet is not long enough to elaborate on a policy, an idea, or a complete thought. But it is great for this kind of feud-building.

President Trump uses tweets effectively. For example, he tweeted that the lawful head of North Korea was a “bad dude,” a “maniac,” and a “rocket man.”

http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/09.18/turnson.html