Watch for Donald Trump's Claque.

[MineralMan]

Trump seems to be accompanied on his speaking engagements by a claque of toadies and sycophants who applaud, cheer, and generally try to appear like his audience. I don't know how many he takes with him, but we should be watching for them. It's one of the reasons he's talking about increasing the size of the White House Press Corps. If he does that, he'll be able to bring in "news" people from secondary media who he can count on to ask the questions he wants asked.

When he goes to a place like the CIA, his claque goes along with him and applauds loudly at everything he says. Since applause is contagious, that often leads to more general applause. It's an old, old technique, which Trump appears to understand pretty well.

So, Claque, Claque, Trump. We're watching.

Definition of claque
1
: a group hired to applaud at a performance
2
: a group of sycophants

[Wellstone ruled]

1. The Guy thinks he is a Rock Star,

fully deserving of a Entourage of Paid Fans. But hey he is creating jobs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. We need to pay attention to footage of various events

to see if the same people are always lurking at the edges, applauding and cheering. I wonder if he uses full-time staffers or if he hires people to work only as clacqueurs?

[MineralMan]

3. Yes, absolutely.

However, the camera is usually zoomed in on Trump, so you don't get to see who is leading the applause.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Maybe, now that he seems to have pissed off CNN,

they might start filming the applauders and taking note of them.

[C_U_L8R]

5. The media needs to turn their cameras

and lift the curtain off this whole Trump charade.

[Grammy23]

6. Yes, let's see the All Powerful Oz.

By all means, let's do that. ASAP