Many analysts look at a likely Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton match-up in the fall and predict a leisurely waltz for Clinton back to the White House.
Not so fast, says cartoonist Scott Adams. The Dilbert creator was one of the few writers who predicted at the outset that the outspoken billionaire would do very well indeed in his bid for the GOP nomination and the presidency.
Having studied Trump’s communication strategy, Adams dubbed him “The Master Persuader.”
Adams announced on his popular blog on St. Paddy’s Day that he had “coined the phrase ‘persuasion denier’ for people who think Clinton’s current poll numbers mean she will beat Trump in November.”
He explained, “If persuasion is real — and significant for elections — the past will not predict the future.”
As evidence, he cited the Democrats’ obsessive, ear-wormish reaction to Trump. The billionaire has gotten into their heads, Adams charged, and warped their judgment and even their pronunciation.
“[I]s it a coincidence,” Adams asked rhetorically, “that Bernie Sanders and everyone one else in the world including me can’t stop saying one thing ‘trumped’ another? And why the hell is everything suddenly huuuuuge? (Or yuuuuuuge.) And when Clinton’s campaign decided on its clever new slogan of ‘Love Trumps Hate,’ did they realize they were LITERALLY MAKING CAMPAIGN POSTERS TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE TO LOVE DONALD TRUMP?”
The must not have realized it, Adams concluded. “But that’s what happened,” and it’s not the end of it: “The Master Persuader will warp reality until he gets what he wants. He’s halfway done.”
