Unironically yes.
Let me try to explain.
Trump has been employing this technique for 10 years now. It's kind of amazing how no one notices the pattern even though it's repeated itself over a hundred times.
How do you bend a trillion dollar HOSTILE media to your will, and make them repeat your message? Impossible.
The key to the technique is that midwits are insecure about their intelligence. Not dumb per se, just insecure.
Because of this, when they perceive themselves to be superior to a public figure, they pounce. They can't resist. The validation sends their serotonin soaring.
Attach your message to some recoverable scandal. A mean tweet, an outrageous statement, an obvious lie, a misspelling, whatever you got.
All of America's midwits: liberals, groypers, the media, etc. swarm on it like piranhas, pushing the message to the far corners of public consciousness.
And in its wake, serious discussions break out. Every time.
It's the bell curve meme again. Idiots and high IQ people love Trump. The midwitted are absolutely positive he's an idiot, and will cackle like retards if you suggest otherwise.
>Durr durr cope cope cope, 4d chess, u fell for it again, hurr
Yet, public opinion always moves where he wants it to go.