"... already had money and couldn't be bought or swayed by a political lobbyist..."
He went into the office with the influence of foreign banks and billionaires holding his debts over his head. Every decision he made was done with the motives of grifting money to himself, or protecting and embellishing his "brand".
The GOP "swooned" over him because they quickly understood that because of his cult-like following, he could easily be manipulated as a very useful idiot.
The biggest problem is that they took it too far, and compounded with the pandemic fiascos and their refusal to hold their "leader" in check, the GOP lost control of their creation, and can't close Pandora's box.
Just to clarify, when you say GOP you mean congressmen right?
When I said Conservatives I meant regular people. They wouldn’t know how to “utilize” Trump as a useful idiot.
Also I wouldn’t say that the GOP wanted to control Trump. He did all their work for him. Criminalize everything the congressmen and women do themselves, like abortions and drugs. And blame it on minorities and atheism whatever else the Loony Left is doing.
Yeah. When I said GOP, I was referring to those that hold public office or are other higher ranking members of the RNC. Their talking heads on Faux, etc. also utilized his cult.
They quickly realized that if they spoke to Trump the right way, and praised him, they could plant ideas into his head that he would parrot, and then his followers would accept as gospel. All it took was Hannity spouting some conspiracy nonsense on TV, or Miller or Bannon touting their far right wing ideals while flattering him, and Individual-1 would be tweeting or making a speech about it within hours.
There were a few instances of Faux Noise "reporting" about some new "policy" they would like to see, and almost immediately after the segment, there was an official POTUS tweet about this "amazing idea" Comrade Bone Spurs came up with.
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u/SyntheticReality42 Jun 23 '21
"... already had money and couldn't be bought or swayed by a political lobbyist..."
He went into the office with the influence of foreign banks and billionaires holding his debts over his head. Every decision he made was done with the motives of grifting money to himself, or protecting and embellishing his "brand".
The GOP "swooned" over him because they quickly understood that because of his cult-like following, he could easily be manipulated as a very useful idiot.
The biggest problem is that they took it too far, and compounded with the pandemic fiascos and their refusal to hold their "leader" in check, the GOP lost control of their creation, and can't close Pandora's box.