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That book is "Rules For Radicals" by Saul Alinsky.

Until @realDonaldTrump came into politics, every time a Republican was confronted by one of these rules, they rolled over and showed their soft bellies as they waved the white flag.

The Boss is different though.

Here in the next tweets, I'm going to go over the "rules" and how Trump has broken, subverted, or appropriated their rules to beat them at their own game.

1. "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

Trump's answer: This is straight out of the "Art of War": Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Interesting dichotomy, isn't it?

This is why so often, the MSM backs the Democrats and demeans Trump, to create the illusion that the Left is more powerful than they are, and that Trump is working from a position of weakness/illegitimacy/stupidity.

In most cases, this benefits Trump more than the Democrats.

By refusing to acknowledge Trump's power, the Democrats think that they are winning when really, they set themselves up for pain.

2. "Never go outside the expertise of your people."

Trump takes this rule and lives it.

If you wonder why there is so much turnover in his administration, it's because he hires people for specific missions.

If you finish the job or can't, then you leave.

Now, if you read this literally, Trump does actually do the opposite because they're not actually HIS people.

Do you notice how he talks about some of them?

“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant”

Trump's public takedown of some of his officials on social media is just another example of how he turns rule number one on its head.

3. "Whenever possible go outside the expertise of the enemy."

That last point falls right into this one.

Trump is a businessman FIRST and foremost.

Most politicians, especially those on the left, couldn't run a Dairy Queen during the lunch rush.

The Democrats crow about "creating jobs" and other assorted tomfoolery ALL the time, when they don't have a clue.

So, for this rule, the Democrats actually ignores their own rule, and Trump embraces it.

4. "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."

Trump's answer?

Make EVERYONE live up to the rule of law.

No separate books, no double standards.

Every time the left has tried to make him "guilty" in the GOP's book, his response?

"You wrote the laws this way."

5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."

We covered this earlier, because this goes perfectly with "The Art of War":

“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant”

This is where Alinsky proves that a blind squirrel can find a nut every once in a while, and Trump uses this to his advantage with mean tweets.

6. "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."

Trump rallies with chants of "Lock Her Up!"

Enough said, and another rule that Trump has appropriated from the enemy.

7. "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."

Trump knows this as well as anyone, hence why, under normal circumstances, his administration often has multiple irons in the fire at any given time.

8. "Keep the pressure on."

Even with many balls in the air, Trump will still focus in on a problem, issue, or person.

He doesn't forget or forgive, he gets even.

9. "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. "

This rule only works with an enemy who is showing their hand and trying to look powerful.

Trump always understates the threat.

By feigning weakness, he leads the enemy straight to the trap.

10. "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."

Again, Trump works best when his enemies lead themselves into a honey trap.

So many times during this administration...

How many times have you heard "Nothing is happening?"

Do you really think that is true?

11. "If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative."

Oops...

This is why the left tries to pin what BLM and Antifa do on the Proud Boys and Trump supporters.

12.“The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.”

This is why the left screams that Trump doesn't have a plan whenever he says he is about to do something.

They want THEIR plan to be implemented.

13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

I can sum up how Trump deals with this easily:

He's fine being the target. It's his personality that he cultivated.

Why do you think he delegates so much to other people?

So, this is how Trump has disarmed the left without them having a clue. Pretty cool, right?

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So, I'm on a another platform with some very smart people that apparently got Jack's goat over the years, and late last night, I got a crazy idea.

The idiot shitlibs have been, with varying degrees of effectiveness, using a basic rulebook since the early 1970s.

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🧵THREAD🧵

So, I'm on a another platform with some very smart people that apparently got Jack's goat over the years, and late last night, I got a crazy idea.

The idiot shitlibs have been, with varying degrees of effectiveness, using a basic rulebook since the early 1970s.