Trump’s “leave it all on the field, happy warrior” campaign strategy for the closing week is brilliant. We are wired to appreciate conspicuous effort, and we overweight whatever is happening recently.
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Shifting to happy warrior mode, especially coming off his most “presidential” debate performance, makes the few undecideds wonder if they misjudged him.
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Every time you see Trump intentionally shift his performance mode to fit the situation, he seems smarter and less scary. You start to understand why he treats dictators well — because it works — while aggressively putting America first.
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Trump also takes advantage of the pattern-spotting part of your brain that believes he outworked Clinton in 2016 and something like that is happening again. And when we imagine a future, we tend to unconsciously bias our actions toward it. Meaning legendary GOP turnout.
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And by legendary, I mean all signs point to millions of Trump supporters engaged in the world’s greatest dad joke. Wink wink.
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I think this may be the truest explanation of his success, and it’s the first time I’ve heard it. Great take.
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Entertainment = Persuasion + Action
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So true. Trump has always had to work hard for gains. As it says in Ecclesiastes, through hard work dreams come true. Fools ask God for favours too much.
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You could even say Trump is basing his strategy on the
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I agree...I'm like this guy doesn't stop hustling. Meanwhile Biden.
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Works hard at fighting the pandemic? Right.
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