Seth Abramson: Why does Trump keep saying "no collusion"?

[triron]

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[Marie Marie]

1. He is speaking in code and some of us are just too stupid to get it.

Wink, wink.

[duforsure]

2. That's how con men and liars reinforce the lies they want you to believe the most

Say it, exaggerate it then repeat it over and over again until they accept it as the truth.

[hlthe2b]

3. He answers:

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If Trump could throw Manafort under the bus—by saying that Manafort colluded with Russia—and face no negative consequences himself for doing so, do you think he'd hesitate a *second*? It's clear he believes he is *directly implicated* in everything Manafort did with the Russians.

[triron]

8. Why don't I hear MSM asking this question??

[spanone]

4. He said 'no collusion' ten times in about 20 seconds this morning....

on his way to the helicopter

[lunatica]

5. He's using Pavlov's bell theory on his well trained base

He’s already planted simple words and childlike phrases which by themselves trigger his desired reaction. “No collusion” is designed to reinforce “fake news”, “witch hunt”, “winning”, “loser”, and many others which mold the thought processes of his base.

It’s far more effective and can’t be counteracted by our propensity to think and express ourselves in full sentences. We just give the MAGAts a headache.

[triron]

9. And most of MSM.

[lunatica]

11. Well the MSM have their own self interest and agenda which is

ratings. So they make it all a horse race. They react to Trump only to stay relevant because Trump’s base are feeding only at Fox News.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Why does Trump keep saying "no collusion"?

Come on - you know!

It is NOT just a river in Egypt!

[donkeypoofed]

7. Ummm.....targeting his base?!?!

For the less intelligent, if ya keep saying it over and over again, and they keep hearing it, it'll become the truth for them. Sad.

[Ilsa]

10. More projecting. He's incapable of having guilt,

so his psyche uses projection to manage actions most of us would feel remorse over.

[Enoki33]

12. Maybe tRump knows his servile base will accept his lies, corruption and

debauchery, but not outright betrayal of country that conceivably could show him to be illegitimate.

[louis-t]

13. He's not saying "no collusion"

He's screaming it.

[TwilightZone]

14. Because it's easy for his base to understand.

Same reason he dumbs down everything else he says.

[Different Drummer]

15. If there was no collusion, it seems like he wouldn't feel the need to keep mentioning it. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

16. He couldn't behave more like a guilty person if he tried.

However his base is stupid enough to fall for his bullshit and that is who he is speaking to.