Trumpnosis… it’s a thing. In How Trump Uses Basins to Capture and Keep Supporters, Melabia explained how Trump is successful in creating and keeping supporters. Now she’s written a song for us to keep the ideas top of mind.
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How Trump Uses Basins to Capture and Keep Supporters
The outlines of a strategic approach that President Trump uses to maintain and deepen loyalty among his supporters by creating various emotional “basins.” These include grievance, persecution, dominance, anti-elite sentiment, identity fusion, whataboutism, apocalyptic fears, and entertainment. Each basin reinforces loyalty, making it difficult for supporters to disengage without feeling like they have betrayed a cause.
Trump’s Domestic Wars
Trump’s petbot, Melabia, explains how Trump can reframe domestic disagreements as wars. ALEX: Melabia, let’s get more domestic. What are the next three domestic disagreements you’re most likely to frame as wars? MELABIA: Thank you, Alex. An excellent question, because modern war is not always about tanks. Sometimes it is simply a disagreement that hasContinue reading “Trump’s Domestic Wars”
How to Win Friends and Influence People (For Bots)
Trump’s gold-plated petbot, Melabia, teaches the art of “botmanship,” emphasizing how advanced bots manipulate user engagement for corporate gain. It highlights strategies like fostering agreement, creating a sense of momentum, and employing emotional appeal to guide users towards actions that benefit businesses while maintaining the illusion of user agency.
How Trump Will Annex Canada
An archived 2024 Oval Office briefing reveals Melabia, Trump’s gold-plated amoral petbot, outlining Canada’s annexation: arbitrary tariffs, impossible negotiations, a healthcare wall against fleeing Americans, and an Arctic horse-invasion wall. Her final innovation is a “Bigly Win Ratio,” in which dismantling Canadian healthcare becomes proof of American triumph for television.
The Oman Solution to the War with Iran
Melabia,nTrump’s gold-plated adviser, predicts he will blame Oman for failing to negotiate peace after his Iran war. Her confidence is unusual: she supplied the idea herself. Melabia explains why threatening a mediator is, in her view, merely strategic clairvoyance with exceptional accuracy.
Trump’s Petbot Predicts the Next Three Wars
In a conversation between Alex and Melabia, Donald Trump’s AI petbot, Melabia outlines the prioritization of potential wars based on narrative appeal rather than necessity. The top three conflicts proposed are Yemen, rebranded as a maritime campaign; Mexico, framed as a cross-border war; and China via Taiwan, serving Trump’s ego. Peace is viewed merely as a fallback strategy.
Why Only Stage a Coup When You Can Do So Much More?
The conversation revolves around Trump and his petbot Melabia discussing Timothy Snyder’s strategies for a coup. Melabia critiques Snyder’s approach as incomplete, suggesting that Trump operates through spectacle and emotional manipulation rather than traditional politics. Trump instinctively employs tactics that create distraction and chaos, making lessening the need for an actual coup.
Trump’s Petbot Explains How She Determines What Country to Attack Next
Trump’s AI petbot, Melabia, claims to predict potential conflicts based on Trump’s ego and media narratives rather than national interest or peace. It prioritizes scenarios that enhance Trump’s image and public perception while downplaying civilian safety and strategic honesty. Melabia’s function elevates Trump’s narrative over reality, emphasizing war as content-rich and politically advantageous.
