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Supporter’s Trump Video Stakes Re-Election Squarely on President’s Base Fan’s Video, Shared by Trump, Plays to Base’s Sense of Grievance
(about 3 hours later)
WASHINGTON — The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same.WASHINGTON — The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same.
A video shared on Tuesday by President Trump left no doubt that his re-election would rest on a remobilization of the voters who put him into office, playing to a sense of their grievance against an elitist culture that looks down on them while he serves as their champion. A video shared on Tuesday by President Trump — until it was taken down, apparently over a copyright infringement complaint — left no doubt that his re-election would rest on a remobilization of the voters who put him into office, playing to a sense of their grievance against an elitist culture that looks down on them.
And he did it while speaking no words.And he did it while speaking no words.
The president hit send on a two-minute video on Twitter from a supporter to his nearly 60 million followers as if to remind them why they backed him in the first place. In white words against a black backdrop, the frames scroll by: “First They Ignore You,” “Then They Laugh at You,” “Then They Call You Racist.” The president hit send on a two-minute video on Twitter from a supporter to his nearly 60 million followers as if to remind them why they backed him in the first place.
The video, with music seemingly drawn from the theme song of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” opens with a tight shot of President Barack Obama then cuts to Hillary Clinton, both clearly cast as politicians who belittle Mr. Trump’s hard-line conservative base. In white words against a black backdrop, the frames scrolled by: “First They Ignore You,” “Then They Laugh at You,” “Then They Call You Racist.”
It goes on to show a headline that says he was exonerated by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. The video opened with a tight shot of President Barack Obama, then cut to Hillary Clinton, both clearly cast as politicians who belittle Mr. Trump’s hard-line conservative base. It went on to show a headline that said Mr. Trump had been exonerated by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
And it adds victory lap scenes of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett M. Kavanaugh; a soaring Dow Jones industrial average and strong jobs numbers; churches and flags; and lots of faces of working-class white men. And it added victory lap scenes of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett M. Kavanaugh; a soaring Dow Jones industrial average and strong jobs numbers; churches and flags; and lots of faces of working-class white men.
There is also plenty of footage of Mr. Trump, walking along as he did in the promotional ads for his television show “The Apprentice,” the source of his fame that helped catapult him to office. There was also plenty of footage of Mr. Trump, walking along as he did in the promotional ads for his television show “The Apprentice,” which helped catapult him to office.
There were not, however, any scenes from the border with Mexico.There were not, however, any scenes from the border with Mexico.
The video apparently used music from the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” and BuzzFeed News reported that Warner Bros. had filed a complaint asking that it be taken down. Hours after Mr. Trump shared the video, it could no longer be viewed; a message said it had been “disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”
It was not immediately clear why Mr. Trump chose to tweet the video on a Tuesday afternoon, roughly nine months before any primary election votes are cast. What was clear was that Mr. Trump seemed to have no doubt that he would paint his campaign themes in black and white, and leave the gray to others.It was not immediately clear why Mr. Trump chose to tweet the video on a Tuesday afternoon, roughly nine months before any primary election votes are cast. What was clear was that Mr. Trump seemed to have no doubt that he would paint his campaign themes in black and white, and leave the gray to others.
Reached Tuesday evening, Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said that “we like to share content from die-hard supporters, and this is just another example of how hard Trump supporters fight for us.”Reached Tuesday evening, Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said that “we like to share content from die-hard supporters, and this is just another example of how hard Trump supporters fight for us.”