If there was an American Century I think I’d call it the Century of the Media and reality television. With everyone wanting their minute of fame or to be on television, people have been willing to do anything to get on talk shows and reality television shows and then act like buffoons to get the ire or the laughter of the audience both on and off the show. Trump is one example of someone who learned how to use theatrics, the camera, and the media to dazzle and manipulate the public. It helped him get elected and he is using it again in his now very active 2020 re-election campaign. Trump’s hinting publicly that he might even have Air Force One might fly over Washington on the fourth proved my point. Trump used theatrics to showcase his ego, to ‘illustrate his so called patriotism’ and suck in his base of White Nationalists, Evangelicals, and Conservatives once again. Until the public at large realizes or acknowledges Trump’s ‘acting’ and his time on his reality television show, etc. he will continue to use the same tactics and could win re-election.