People underrate Trump's political awareness just because he's stupid in most other regards. He was able to build a cult for a reason, and his previous choice of running mate was far more strategic than he's given credit for.He was able to build a cult because a good third of the American voting population is dumb as actual fuck, I wouldn't really consider that impressive
The idea behind picking Noem before was that she was a Trump loyalist with the public image of being a somewhat reasonable conservative. Unfortunately for Trump she killed that perception in order to sell a book, but he obviously notices how far her stock has dropped.
He was able to build a cult because a good third of the American voting population is dumb as actual fuck, I wouldn't really consider that impressiveThere's also the fact that this 1/3 of the electorate are fascists seeking a satisfactory Dear Leader, and not finding it difficult to choose Trump over Jeb! and the other non-entities in the 2016 field for that role.
I think it's weird she somehow missed the way dog culture in the US evolved. I grew up in an area where people killing dogs because they felt like it wasn't really rare. But even there I noticed that things started shifting a lot. When I lived in Seattle I really saw the fill extent of dog culture and how people treated them just like kids. I am honestly surprised no one told her "hey this just isn't going to go over well in today's society".
She's not a dog killer, and in her book she never said she killed a dog, that's just the fake news media trying to derail her campaign, and also, when she said she killed a dog in her book she was being metaphorical not saying she literally did it, and also, it's a good thing that she killed the dog because these cowardly liberals don't realise that you have to kill your family pets regularly because liberals are too un-American and woke. MAGA!