Trump is here because Democrats needed him

bumphot@lemy.lol to politics @lemmy.world – -71 points –
How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately "elevated" Donald Trump with its "pied piper" strategy
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Why are we posting 7.5 year old articles?

Hillary is Trump's greatest enemy. And the reason he won. Just like Rocky and Creed. It makes the story they want.

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

It is relevant now again. Since their tactic worked, people are supporting Biden now simply because Trump is on the other side, ignoring the fact that he is there exactly for this purpose, to make horrible candidates a better alternative.

The very definition of "opening your mind so much that your brain fell out."

Get better conspiracies, I think "Epstein didn't kill himself" is still going strong.

November 9, 2016 9:30PM

Yes, but is very relevant now.

No it's fucking not. Democrats - stupidly - believed that with Trump as the Republican candidate, it would be an easy campaign. Now they know better. 2016 != 2024. GTFO with this nonsense.

That’s putting the cart before the horse. The media and democrats love him because it makes their jobs easier. He is here because the US is structured in a way that rewards his type of behavior

This was originally reported and removed for being from 2016.

Politics does not have the same 30 day recency rule that World News does, and the mod who removed it mods both (like I do!) and likely got confused (which I've also done!)

Restoring the post for now even though it's not relevant in 2024 like it was in 2016.

Trump IS being elevated, but by the media, not the Democrats. Trump was great for ad revenue in 2016 and 2020, and you really don't need to look much further than that.