You'll recall that, a couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump gave out Lindsey Graham's personal phone number during a live interview. Graham called Trump a "jackass" and then returned to his life of toiling in obscurity and general irrelevance Presidential campaign. That would have been the end of the brouhaha if not for a certain sleazy gossip website.
Enter the hardcore left-wingers at Gawker.com. The site, which enjoys helping extortionists out the sex lives of its competitors' CFOs, trolled Trump by posting the following image (BELOW):
Gawker posts Trump's personal cell phone number, he makes fools out of them
Evidently, they thought this was pretty clever. They were wrong. You can't outplay the master. What they intended as a mischievous insult, Trump saw as an opportunity.
Yep, Trump turned his phone number into a campaign ad. Call it, and you'll hear a message from the Donald himself.
That's called beating them at their own game, and it highlights a major difference between Trump and the rest of the field. Lindsey Graham could have done this. He didn't think of it. I'd be willing to bet that none of the other GOP candidates would have, either. They would have spent a few hours in front of the cameras outlining what had happened before denouncing the actions of their "loudmouthed" opponent. ...And their responses would have had precisely zero impact.
Whatever you think of his politics, you can't deny that Trump plays the media game better than anyone else who's going to appear on Thursday's debate stage.
Well done, Mr. Trump.
h/t HotAir
You'll recall that, a couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump gave out Lindsey Graham's personal phone number during a live interview. Graham called Trump a "jackass" and then returned to his life of toiling in obscurity and general irrelevance Presidential campaign. That would have been the end of the brouhaha if not for a certain sleazy gossip website.
Enter the hardcore left-wingers at Gawker.com. The site, which enjoys helping extortionists out the sex lives of its competitors' CFOs, trolled Trump by posting the following image (BELOW):
