If he were to go to a hospital, in the hoax version, he would do so in a flippant way that indicates that he wasn't really impacted by the disease. "My handlers are scared but I'm not. I'm putting on a show for them." That kinda energy.
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Yes if it were somehow necessary to go to the hospital to "sell the hoax" but the point of the hoax were the virus is very mild and Trump is feeling just fine, he would have made a point of walking himself into the hospital and waving to the cameras as he did so
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It's so bizarre because Trump is kinda a terrible con artist. His big move is telling a ridiculously brazen lie and hoping no one calls him on it, and his power means that few do call him on it. It's usually incredibly obvious when he lies.
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Replying to @eggynack @arthur_affect and
If the idea was to create a strong false narrative that COVID-19 isn’t a problem, the story would have included details about symptoms instead of “no commenting”, and he would have taken only commonly available medications.
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Replying to @Selftoken @eggynack and
The problem is, that's only one part. This is a complex con, aimed at making Trump seem like he's on top of it. You can't be so direct. You have to be clever and devious.
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Replying to @EverythingWins @Selftoken and
This is exactly the point at which you need to stop listening to a person, when they *demand* that you go more than "one level deep" in terms of hidden motivations etc.
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Replying to @arthur_affect @EverythingWins and
This "go deeper" nonsense is literally why Occam's razor exists. If you convolute your logic enough you can justify anything.
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Replying to @chathamharrison @arthur_affect and
I'm actually saying that you're overcomplicating the simplicity of the con by thinking about it in a way that isn't the way con artists think about it.
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Replying to @EverythingWins @arthur_affect and
This is nonsense. If your position is he's lying, & you justify any deviation from the lie you initially asserted with "well he's lying about that, too", you aren't proposing one lie, you're proposing a whole universe of them.
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Replying to @chathamharrison @arthur_affect and
Trump has a whole universe of them. But... after thinking about it, you guys are right. I was being reactionary and not thinking about the bigger picture, here.
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