Trump IS getting debate help, and it's as wacky as the rest of his campaign [View all]

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...whether he's even able (or willing) to fathom advice is another question.


Russell Drew ‏@RussOnPolitics 21h21 hours ago
Donald Trump is preparing for the debates WAY more than he wants us to believe. All part of the expectations game. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-builds-clinton-profile-debate-228578?platform=hootsuite

Trump team builds 'psychological profile' of Clinton for debate

Donald Trump’s team has created a detailed analysis of Hillary Clinton’s debate style — including her body language and verbal tics — with the goal of helping the GOP nominee exploit weaknesses during Monday’s debate, according to three sources familiar with Trump’s preparations.

The “psychological profile,” as the analysis is being called, is based on a statistical analysis of videos from 16 years' worth of Clinton’s debates, dating back to her 2000 campaign for Senate in New York, according to the operatives. They said it was assembled with assistance from a political data firm called Cambridge Analytica that specializes in “psychographic” modeling of voters and donors, and that Trump’s top advisers have been pleased with the results...

For example, according to one of the sources, an operative who works with the campaign, Trump’s debate prep team believes that the profile proves that when "she doesn't know the answer, she says this, etc.” The goal, said the operative, is to get Trump to recognize the tendencies, “so when he hears her say 'X' he knows what is going on, and can respond accordingly.”

Another source, who has advised Trump’s aides on analytics, said that Trump’s debate team is using the profile to coach the candidate on the most fruitful moments and responses to aggressively challenge Clinton.

“They think this psychological profile can predict how she’ll respond based on her body language and other stuff, and to tune Trump in to recognize and leverage that,” the analytics operative said, though he questioned the efficacy of the technique. “It’s really wacky pseudo-science.”

read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-builds-clinton-profile-debate-228578?platform=hootsuite