{"id":2360854,"date":"2024-10-29T07:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pros-and-cons-of-trumps-political-showmanship-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T11:24:06","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-trumps-political-showmanship-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pros-and-cons-of-trumps-political-showmanship-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"The pros and cons of Trump\u2019s political showmanship &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-pros-and-cons-of-trumps-political-showmanship-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the implications of\u2063 former President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent rally at Madison Square \u2064Garden, examining his \u2063unique political showmanship that\u200d has attracted both supporters\u2064 and criticism. The event is indicative of Trump&#8217;s long-standing strategy of engaging in risky, unscripted performances that\u2062 keep him in\u2062 the\u200c news cycle, despite the mixed results. The rally showcased \u200da significant shift in Republican ideology, as speakers criticized \u200btraditional Republican figures like Dick Cheney, reflecting Trump&#8217;s influence on the \u200cparty.<\/p>\n<p>While the event stirred some controversy, including a misguided joke about Puerto Rico, Trump&#8217;s campaign \u200cdistanced\u2063 itself from the negative remarks, spotlighting the challenges he faces in managing public perception. The article highlights the \u200bparadox of Trump&#8217;s\u2064 live appearances: while they \u2064aim to entertain \u200dand energize \u200chis base, the most impactful\u2064 moments often\u200c stem from off-script comments that can overshadow his messages on policy.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Trump&#8217;s\u200b ability to\u2063 dominate the media landscape is underscored \u2063by his adeptness at turning any publicity, good or bad, into an advantage. Despite potential backlash, \u200dhis supporters appreciate his\u200c candidness and\u200b resilience, allowing \u200chim to outlast controversies that \u200dmight derail other \u200bpoliticians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The pros and cons of Trump&rsquo;s political showmanship<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1847952\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Time will tell whether former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;<\/a>s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3206380\/at-madison-square-garden-wide-world-trump\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">massive rally at Madison Square Garden<\/a> was the beginning of a successful closing argument or the MAGA movement&rsquo;s electoral swan song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The event was nevertheless consistent with Trump&rsquo;s now nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mandela-barnes-faces-political-dilemma-as-biden-visits-wisconsin\/\" title=\"Mandela Barnes Faces Political Dilemma as Biden Visits Wisconsin\">decade-long political career<\/a>: risky unscripted events that few people running for office would ever attempt, that drive the news cycle for days but not always to his benefit, from a master showman who has formed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3092447\/in-trump-they-trust-republicans-renew-faith-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deep emotional connection<\/a> with his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump illustrated on Sunday how much he has changed the Republican Party. Speaker after speaker got up to denounce&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dick Cheney<\/a>, the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, and other staples of GOP orthodoxy just 20 years ago, with the crowd seeming mostly in agreement. The exception, a holdover from that era of the GOP&nbsp; who is still liked by MAGA Republicans, was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rudy-giuliani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, the 9\/11-era &ldquo;America&rsquo;s Mayor&rdquo; who was brought low by his ill-fated 2020 election maneuverings and received a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>You can witness this shift at Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s events as well. She has been campaigning with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Cheney<\/a> and has both Cheneys&rsquo; endorsements. Liberals on social media have been exhorting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">George W. Bush<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Pence<\/a> to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3177509\/what-maga-gop-will-look-like-post-donald-trump\/\"><strong>WHAT MAGA AND THE GOP WILL LOOK LIKE IN A POST-TRUMP ERA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet the main takeaway from the event was an insult comic&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3205483\/republicans-distance-themselves-comedians-puerto-rico-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">disparaging reference to Puerto Rico<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">commonwealth island doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t get a vote in the presidential election, though Trump won more than 96% of the vote in its Republican primary. (It should be noted that only a little over 1,000 people voted and the other candidates on the ballot had already withdrawn.) Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans living in the battleground states do, however.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign distanced itself from the joke, which clearly fell flat with the audience as well. This has so far invited scrutiny of which other remarks at the sprawling multispeaker rally the former president disavows or endorses.<\/p>\n<p>It is the paradox of Trump&rsquo;s live events. A reality TV star, Trump nevertheless prioritizes entertaining and exciting his supporters in the arena no matter what the impact on the viewers at home. This was on display in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-must-not-assume-anything-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans must not assume anything - Washington Examiner\">90-minute acceptance speech<\/a> at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how much time Trump devotes to his stump speech, the headlines will inevitably be on his most controversial off-script comments. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gonzalez-democrats-are-in-denial-about-why-they-are-losing-hispanic-voters\/\" title=\"Mike Gonzalez: Democrats Are in Denial About Why They Are Losing Hispanic Voters\">social media age<\/a>, the campaigns circulate snippets of these speeches and many more people hear about Puerto Rico, Arnold Palmer, and eating dogs than will ever hear or watch the whole outing, much less whatever Trump says about trade or tax policy.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Trump has subscribed to the theory that there is no such thing as bad publicity dating back to his early days in New York real estate. He became a tabloid celebrity as a businessman, parlayed this into a second act on television, and ultimately has competed with better-funded opponents in three straight presidential elections in part by dominating free media.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has demonstrated you can outlast adverse headlines, and even calamitous events, because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-shark-tank-host-mark-cuban-spar-over-woke-capitalism\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy and Mark Cuban clash on &#039;Woke&#039; capitalism.\">news cycle moves<\/a> so quickly. Many of his supporters like his unfiltered talk and are inured to the perpetual outrage stirred by the press and his political opponents. He has also recaptured the less confrontational and more humanizing banter that once allowed him to be a friendly guest to Howard Stern and David Letterman with his numerous podcast appearances.<\/p>\n<p>There are also times when Trump&rsquo;s approach undeniably works. The most dramatic example was when he was shot during a failed assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump&rsquo;s immediate instinct was to not leave the stage without a show of defiance, demonstrating to the world he was unbowed.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Harris is nothing if not disciplined in driving her message. She is uncomfortable in unscripted moments and avoids giving answers to the most predictable questions if they might create fissures in the anti-Trump coalition she hopes will put her in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, with a pandemic and an economy battered by lockdowns, just enough voters tired of the Trump show that they were ready to change the channel to Joe Biden. Now perhaps a critical mass of voters are ready for a Trump reboot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thus Trump sits down for three-hour interviewers with podcasters and invites insult comics to his political events ahead of what most pollsters consider a toss-up election. Harris is much more careful and hopes the voters, to say nothing of her vaunted ground game, will reward her caution.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, of course, wants the spotlight to shine on Trump. Trump would like the election to be a referendum on the Biden-Harris record but finds it impossible to cede center stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1847952\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1847952\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s rally at Madison Square Garden may signal a pivotal moment for the MAGA movement, reflecting his unique political style of bold, unscripted events that dominate news cycles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2360855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-rally-atlanta-oct-28-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43913,43914,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2360854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-political-showmanship","tag-pros-and-cons","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-rally-atlanta-oct-28-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}