His weakness isn’t that he’s a clown. His weakness is he’s a self-infatuated clown. He loves his o
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He loves his own act. He cant get enough of himself. And he loves that other people love the act too. He loves the laughter and applause because they confirm him in his own high self-regard. So he cant resist playing to his audience, repeating the same jokes and patter over and over in order to elicit the same laughter and applause. The only way he can bring himself to vary the act is by trying to top himself. He has to take things further and farther, piling up the laughs, getting the crowd roaring, bringing down the house. But in the end all hes doing is repeating the same tried and true shtick to an audience whos already proved they cant get enough of the same old same old.. And hes happy with that. Hes glad to stop there. He doesnt take the risks necessary to winning over new fans. All he dares do is try to make his current fans laugh longer and clap louder.
This means hes limiting his appeal to people who are already committed to voting for him and to other Republicans who are coming around because, after all, thats all he is in political reality---just another Republican.
Many people getting a kick out of how Elizabeth Warrens been needling him on Twitter think shes doing a good job of getting under his skin. Im not so sure. And Im not sure getting under his skin is the object. From what Ive seen of their exchanges, I think what shes been doing is goading him into repeating himself. He thinks hes getting the better of her. His fans agree. Theyre laughing and clapping and cheering and crying for more. And hes giving it to them. He cant help himself.
This means he cant make the presidential pivot.
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