what trump does is he sends his people out to go look for anyone who's planning on spending some money. could be a trade deal, could be an investment. his people come back and say, hey, company a wants to invest $x in whatever over y years. trump calls them up and says, hey, i want to announce this where you say you're going to invest $x over y, but it's not big enough for me to mention it. say you're going to invest $2x instead and i'll tell everyone how great you are. company a responds, "sure, okay, i'll spend $2x instead, if the numbers make sense down the line". trump says great, i'll announce that. he makes a fuss, then puts them on the spot again. he says, in front of the press, hey, company a is going to invest $2x in america, but i think they should invest $4x instead. company a's leader, on the spot, in front of the press gets caught up in the moment and says "okay, sure, we could invest up to $4x". it's not a real promise, it's just an "if the numbers makes sense, sure." down the line, y years later, company a has probably only invested $x and maybe a little bit more, if the numbers make sense, not $4x, or even $2x. but, in the process, he also got company b to invest $1/2x and company c and d to invest 1/4x each, because they didn't want to miss out, so it comes out to $2x in new investment anyway, $x of which wouldn't have happened without trump making a big fuss about it and driving interest in that thing, because everyone wants to look like they're part of some big successful trend that's happening where leaders are willing to double their promised investment on the spot in front of the media, for a number that was already doubled over the amount that actually made sense to the company to do anyway without trump even knowing about it. it's fomo. he does this with literally everything. look for the pattern. the thing trump sells the most is success. that's his brand. and he makes america part of that brand which is why we like him so much.
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