DerNebel said: American elections are weird, what is it with you guys and treating your candidates almost like pop-/moviestars. Also it's hard for me to not think that (especially) the woman with the baby and the one with the sign are either paid off or complete morons. |
Very perceptive on your part! They might be, he has apparently paid extras and had casting calls (where you get actors) for his first big annoucement.
"Donald Trump Paid Extras to Act as Campaign Supporters
Donald Trump is a showman. He knows TV. But one has to wonder if he’s not running his nascent presidential campaign like The Apprentice, picking a project manager to make sure the entrance to Trump Towers was filled with sign-waving cheerleaders for his official presidential announcement. Since Trump’s natural “grassroots” supporters are millionaires and sycophants, what does a nervous campaign manager do—especially on an extremely short deadline? He farms it out, hiring a subcontractor to come up with the “homemade” signs, tee shirts and bodies to look good for the cameras. At least that’s what appears to have happened, according to an anti-Trump online activist whose reporting was verified by The Hollywood Reporter."
Read more if you want: https://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2015/06/18/trump-paid-extras-to-act-as-campaign-supporters/