A equipe de Trump, preocupada com o estrago que ele faz ao ditar seus tweets, percebendo que os piores são quando ele vê coisas ruins sobre ele na TV ou na internet, estão filtrando o que ele pode ver, e plantando notícias positivas nos sites de "fatos alternativos":
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-twitter-staffer-235263
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President Donald Trump’s former campaign staffers claim they cracked the code for tamping down his most inflammatory tweets, and they say the current West Wing staff would do well to take note.
The key to keeping Trump’s Twitter habit under control, according to six former campaign officials, is to ensure that his personal media consumption includes a steady stream of praise. And when no such praise was to be found, staff would turn to friendly outlets to drum some up — and make sure it made its way to Trump’s desk.
"If candidate Trump was upset about unfair coverage, it was productive to show him that he was getting fair coverage from outlets that were persuadable," said former communications director Sam Nunberg. "The same media that our base digests and prefers is going to be the base for his support. I would assume the president would like to see positive and preferential treatment from those outlets and that would help the operation overall."
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Não basta defender isso, os trumPetistas ainda têm que defender Putin...
Provavelmene isso deve ser feito na maior parte do tempo só com tentativas de "tu quoques", "ah, vocês esquerdistas adoram Castro, Chavez, Morales, então não podem falar nada".
Ainda, parece que no ritmo de gastos de dinheiro público com lazer e descanso, Trump vai superar em um ano o que Obama gastou em oito. Em um mês já se aproxima ou passou do que Obama gastou em um ano. Trumpetistas se recusam a acreditar.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/23/14703472/cpac-trump-travel-budget
Atirador trumpista teria perguntado sobre o status de "visa" das pessoas antes de executá-las:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/24/get-out-of-my-country-kansan-reportedly-yelled-before-shooting-2-men-from-india-killing-one/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/shooting-survivor-alleged-shooter-asked-visas-article-1.2982051http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/kansas-shooter-asked-victims-about-their-visas-before-opening-fire-witness/ Bannon havia reclamado de haver asiáticos/indianos demais entre as pessoas de alta capacitação técnica, nos EUA.
Trumpetistas caem em peça pregada por opositores, agitando bandeirinhas russas que eles não reconheceram, em discurso do Trump: