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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 7 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.283s | source | bottom
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jjuel ◴[27 May 20 13:04 UTC] No.23322521[source]▶
It is crazy to see how well he knows his base and how to get them to rally close to an election. Making them think everything is a liberal bias against them, and if they don't vote for his big government agenda they will receive a big government agenda. This is just one more way for him to get his base to believe everything he says versus people who actually prove what he says is a lie. He wants state run media and social media just like China. As much as he talks about hating China he would love to be China.
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1. gameswithgo ◴[27 May 20 18:55 UTC] No.23328099[source]▶
It isn't that he has a special insight into his base, he is just willing to abandon any sense of truth or decency to flame it. That is what is remarkable about him.
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2. TrackerFF ◴[27 May 20 19:15 UTC] No.23328426[source]▶
One can hate or like Biden, but he put it perfectly: This is a prostitution of the presidency. Nothing more, nothing less.

Republicans are willing to look away, and let Trump run rampant, if it means that they'll get their part in return (judges, etc.)

Trump, in turn, will say anything. He has no restrains, and knows this - he can say absolutely anything, and no-one within will do or say anything.

Right now, the presidency (for Trump) is a case of survival. He needs to remain in power, in order to escape whatever civil charges he'll face.

For his own sake, Trump should have never ran for Presidency. He hates his job, and got lost in his own ego.

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3. TrackerFF ◴[27 May 20 20:14 UTC] No.23329327{3}[source]▶
Well, has Trump learned his lesson?
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4. aerovistae ◴[27 May 20 20:16 UTC] No.23329346{3}[source]▶
which part of that is delusion?
5. busymom0 ◴[27 May 20 22:49 UTC] No.23331110[source]▶
> any sense of truth

The very "fact check" twitter claims to have done is wrong. I have provided sources in my previous comments.

6. zentiggr ◴[28 May 20 04:53 UTC] No.23333523{4}[source]▶
Is he even capable of learning after all this time practicing The Art of the Lie?
7. ghostbrainalpha ◴[28 May 20 21:43 UTC] No.23343106[source]▶
I disagree with everything Trump says, does, and stands for. ' But this is literally the only thing I won't short change him on.

He really does understand the base, the media and pollsters, and other the other candidates never really got that in the last election.

A LOT of politicians are willing to lie and fan those flames, but he has been more successful at knowing what lies to tell and really breaking new ground with his bullshit.

Does anyone think that a conspiracy theory invented by Rick Perry or Mitch McConnell would go viral or catch the public eye like one of Trumps half assed tweets?