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A Plan to Grift Sheep: The Deflect and Distract Strategy
Why do his cult-following believe everything he says? But more importantly, what will it take to protect us from them?
1 min readFeb 22, 2022
Riddle me this, Batman.
Why does a self-proclaimed billionaire need your donations to cover his legal expenses, support his social media platform, or even worship him as the next pop idol?
I mean, I am so old I remember in early 2015 when the scammer in chief claimed to be running his campaign on his own money, without the help of any donors, so his supporters knew he only represented them. This long-forgotten claim is now just another of the wild, outlandish lies told, believed, disproven, excused as inconsequential.
