Things That Could Derail Trump
There are conspiracy theories
circulating online about Hillary Clinton and the Washington
establishment trying to influence next month's election by either
staging an international incident or pinning a mass shooting on Trump
supporters. With Hillary's poll numbers barely surpassing Trump's
after spending six times more than Trump on ads in swing states, some
have concocted grandiose theories about how Hillary will try to
change her own fortunes with an October surprise. Rather than give
these theories automatic credence, I'd like to examine their validity
and take a more sober look at the likelihood of an international
incident or mass shooting being used against Donald Trump – without
the dark, conspiratorial undertones.
These are three things that could
unfold over the next four weeks and be used to derail Donald Trump's
presidential ambitions. They aren't conspiracy theories, they're just
re-tellings of common political strategies in which media events and
incidents have been exploited to destroy political opponents.
A Military Confrontation With Russia
The Clinton campaign has spent weeks
disseminating an idea that Donald Trump is in bed with Valdimir
Putin. Obama's FBI speculated – without offering evidence – that
Russia was behind recent hacks that revealed even more DNC emails to
the public, while Hillary's campaign has suggested that Trump admires
Putin, has had significant ties with the Kremlin, and that Russia
could hack the election to help him win. Her campaign manager, Robby
Mook, told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that Donald Trump is a
“Kremlin
Puppet” when he was asked tough questions about the Clinton
Foundation. Instead of answering the questions about the foundation,
Mook deflected to Donald Trump. Although Mook's allegations are
completely false and unfounded, mainstream media has implied and
disseminated the same story, using Trump's reluctance to insult Putin
as evidence.
Hillary's surrogates and anti-Trump
pundits have even gone as far as calling Trump a “real
life Manchurian candidate”. For those unfamiliar with the
famous film, a “Manchurian Candidate” is a brainwashed
presidential candidate sent by Russia to control the United States.
The very same pundits and commentators who have ridiculed the likes
of Infowars, Alex Jones and the alt-right for spreading crazy
conspiracy theories are now disseminating their own whacky conspiracy
theories. The “Trump Manchurian Theory” has already been picked
up and spread by Salon,
the Daily
Kos, CNBC,
The
Guardian and various left-wing publications that aren't often
credited for spreading conspiracy theories.
Now that the Trump-Russia theories have
been implanted into the minds of the anti-Trump forces, any
international incident or confrontation with Russia over the next
four weeks will be exploited by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the
mainstream media.
If a Russian ship or jet shoots down an
American plane between now and November 8, we can expect the Clinton
campaign to immediately point to Trump's phony ties with the Kremlin.
Pundits and commentators will immediately decry Trump's affection for
Putin as an imminent threat to America. The mainstream media will
jump on the same tide of sentiment and journalists will bombard Trump
with questions like, “Do you still admire Putin?” If Trump still
manages to win after all of this, the Clinton campaign will suggest
the election results were hacked by Russia and that Trump's win is
illegitimate.
A Mass Shooting By A White
"Alt-Right Nationalist”
Many of us remember the UK shooting
that happened just days before the UK referendum to exit the European
Union. The press in the country falsely reported that the gunman
yelled “Britain first”, or some pro-Brexit epithets. As other
investigators and journalists pointed out days later, the gunman
never
uttered anything remotely close to “Britain first” and he was
generally apathetic towards the entire referendum. The gunman was
just a mentally ill person who was being used by an anti-Brexit media
to portray the Leave campaign as racist, xenophobic and violent. The
gunman wasn't a part of any conspiratorial black operation – he was
just a lunatic that the media unsuccessfully exploited to destroy
Brexit.
We should expect something similar to
happen leading up to the November election. During a heated season
fueled by righteous warriors who believe it is their moral obligation
to stop Trump, we should expect the next mass shooting to be
exploited by the media and Hillary Clinton's ruthless campaign.
Media – as they often do – will
immediately point to the mass shooter's skin color and political
affiliations. This is something they go out of their way to avoid
doing when a mass shooter is of Islamic origin. If the next mass
shooting is committed by a Caucasian, journalists will immediately
begin searching for Confederate memorabilia, racist Facebook posts, a
Make America Great Again hat, or anything that would imply the
shooter is an alt-right Trump supporter. Even if they find nothing,
the mainstream media's implications will be immediate. Depending how
close the shooting occurs to November 8, it could take too long to
prove the anti-Trump journalists wrong. It took real mainstream
journalists in the UK a full week to come clean about the Brexit
shooting.
Contrary to what you may hear at
Infowars, mass shootings are not carefully orchestrated and staged
operations. The next mass shooting won't be either, but the media
will do everything to tactlessly orchestrate a way to make you
believe it was Donald Trump's fault.
More Women With Rape Allegations
There was recently a less covered suit
before the federal court that accused Donald Trump of rape.
Conveniently, a year after launching his campaign and 22 years after
the alleged
incident, an unidentified woman has accused Donald Trump of
sexually assaulting her at the age of thirteen. Aside from brief
coverage in the Huffington Post, the case hasn't gotten any attention
on America's mainstream news networks. This should immediately be
cause for suspicion.
We should be suspicious that a
fervently anti-Trump media hasn't yet jumped all over this case. The
reason could be as simple as the media not wanting to discredit
itself by giving credit to a possible case of wrongful accusation, or
it could be as simple as the media thinking it isn't close enough to
November to cover the story. Another reason could be that they would
be forced to then cover the numerous rape allegations against Bill
Clinton.
Another, more sinister reason, could
involve a series of ambulance chasing lawyers gathering
more “victims” for an October bombshell. As we've seen with
Bill Cosby and Bill Clinton, once one victim comes forward, it
compels money hungry lawyers to chase down even more victims. That's
not to say that all of the victims are fabricating their stories, it
just means many potential victims are compelled to come forward for a
quick payday.
What better way to destroy Donald
Trump's presidential aspirations than with a massive rape suit in
October. Poletical goes out of its way to avoid crazy conspiracy
theories and I've often been told to avoid touching on some of the
more ludicrous theories circulating on the web, but even the editor thinks this scenario
seems to be silently and suspiciously waiting to pop into mainstream
headlines before November.
What do you think? Comment below.
