FAKE NEWS IS A CLEAR SIGN OF DISRESPECT

47's Weapon of Mass Destruction: Aimed at All of Us

The Power of Disinformation Gave Us Trump 2.0

Kimberlee Jakobe
We Are the Guardrails
8 min readNov 20, 2024

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Photo by Jorge Franganillo on Unsplash

The Trump brand was elected as the 47th President of the United States based on a plan to keep Americans distracted and divided. Trump killed the bipartisan border deal so he would have something to campaign on — to blame on the Democrats, the Libs — the “enemy within.” It was a brilliantly devious slander campaign.

It worked.

Trump's campaign, Elon Musk, and Fox News strategically focused on the economy and immigration. Despite America having one of the strongest economies in the world — the master of disinformation and his dark money associates effectively manipulated public perception through programming, advertisements, and neuromarketing tactics designed to evoke the desired feelings of discomfort.

Their efforts ultimately paid off.

Trump's team, led by Susie Wiles, resurrected a forgotten clip from 2019 and played it over 30,000 times during sports games, falsely claiming that Kamala Harris used tax dollars to fund transgender surgeries. Political advertisements do not need to be truthful or fact-based; they can also rely on misleading visuals. Trump, known for exploiting every…

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Kimberlee Jakobe
Kimberlee Jakobe

Written by Kimberlee Jakobe

Problem-solving advocate who writes. Reach me anytime~> kimberleejakobe@gmail.com

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