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Not only does our president go around making up nicknames like he’s a high schooler in the lunchroom...The prevalence of the above type of thinking is one of the things that got us Trump in 2016 and is what will likely get him re-elected. It’s a total lack of understanding of what he’s doing based on an ever present underestimation of his intelligence and tactical maneuvering.
What you and many others see as a juvenile dumbo making up childlike insults to belittle his political opponents is in reality a brilliant tactic in action.
He zeros in on something unflattering about someone and makes a descriptive nickname from it. Then after some repetition of said nickname it the attribution becomes ingrained in the collective psyche of the electorate.
Low Energy Jeb - you just couldn’t help but see his apparent lack of energy or enthusiasm (please clap).
His nicknames aren’t some random tick and he just can’t help himself due to immaturity or lack of intelligence.
It’s a purposeful, well thought out strategy to neutralize his opponents (and in the case of some flattering names, ingratiate himself with those he needs something from).
I don’t say this as an endorsement of this tactic, it’s just an observation and an analysis of what he does.
Keep writing him off as buffoon if you want but it’s not a winning strategy.
Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.
- Chinese proverb