“Wrestling was doing it before politics, but now we have this political neo-kayfabe where you have people in the Trump vein who get up and say this wild mix of unspeakable truth and total falsity and a lot of stuff in between.”
“You start with the assumption, ‘Hey, everything’s fake here. But guess what? The two guys who are having the match tonight, they actually hate each other,” explains Riesman, who came on this episode ofNot only did this tactic work for WWE, but the technique to coerce people to come back for more has seeped into the world of politics, and Donald Trump’s., and it seems that Trump learned a thing or two from his longtime pal.
“Wrestling was doing it before politics, but now we have this political neo-kayfabe where you have people in the Trump vein who get up and say this wild mix of unspeakable truth and total falsity and a lot of stuff in between. And you say it all with an equal level of commitment. And that baffles people. And when people are baffled, they don’t tune you out,” Riesman tells podcast co-host Andy Levy.
Also in this episode: Riesman goes deeper into how McMahon’s strategy was able to leak into the world of politics, the history of McMahon and Trump’s friendship, and if there’s truth behind one of the biggest quotes from her book: “Vince McMahon is the closest thing to a friend Trump has.” Plus! Andy and Danielle Moodie talk about the Republican war on oat and almond milk and make the case that if TikTok goes down, Meta and Twitter should go with it.
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