Talking with special guest @NorteyTX about Trump, then #Rotfrancisco, favors versus quid pro quo and more.https://www.pscp.tv/w/cIRI5jExODgwMjU5fDFPd3hXZHJCV0RqS1GeiQBAXG0vnFlHCPbSLgcoqzu_IGEcdJrrzWobbsVaDw== …
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @NorteyTX
Trump is only persuasive to his fan base. That is not the definition of true persuasion. I think the caller is more or less correct & here is some evidence backing him up. If POTUS can't persuade his critics to come partway, he is not doing a good job:https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/aug/30/donald-trumps-border-wall-how-much-has-really-been/ …
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How did he build the fan base?
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He persuades through mostly inaccurate, exaggerated or downright lies. "Climate Change is a Chinese Hoax" is exhibit A, and there are countless other examples of distortions of truth. Lying persuades those who want to perpetuate an alternative universe & leads to discord.pic.twitter.com/XGU4a6hlOW
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"Chinese hoax" is directionally accurate. We have all learned the Paris Climate Accord would help China and hinder the United States without doing anything of substance to change the temperature. I accept that "hoax" is not technically accurate, but it is in the right zip code.
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However, the word "hoax" instantly alienated a huge part of the voting public, e.g. most scientists. Imagine what solutions Trump could be initiating (e.g. nuclear technology) if he had used a better term, avoid the CC controversy altogether and pushed GenIV nuke publically.
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His administration is aggressively pushing new nuclear power technologies via the Energy Department. That gets too little attention. I also consider it a failure that he is not vigorously pushing nuclear to the public. I have been working on fixing that.
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