{"id":124599,"date":"2024-06-01T07:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124599"},"modified":"2024-06-01T07:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T12:23:53","slug":"the-sake-oil-salesman-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124599","title":{"rendered":"The Snake Oil Salesman is Coming to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124599\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124599\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Metaphorical-portrayal-of-Trump-as-a-SNAKE-OIL-SALESMAN-Silvers-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Metaphorical-portrayal-of-Trump-as-a-SNAKE-OIL-SALESMAN-Silvers-2019.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Metaphorical-portrayal-of-Trump-as-a-SNAKE-OIL-SALESMAN-Silvers-2019-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ana Braga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What if I told you 10 years ago that a snake oil salesman would pass by rural America in 2016 giving away a golden potion in exchange for their brain? Would you believe me? What if I told you he would convince people they needed saving? \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d he whispered as they drank the shiny golden syrup. He proceeded to promise that they wouldn\u2019t be forgotten anymore and that their voice mattered, Even adding, it was time to close the border and take their country back. \u201cI promise you, I\u2019ll build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He shouted as he drove away to the next small town.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward, to 2024. How will this story end? I wish I could see the future folks, we are just going to have to wait. No matter what, please don\u2019t drink the potion and don\u2019t buy the sneakers of one snake oil salesman, Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Ana on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theanabraga\/\">Instagram <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAnaBraga\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ana Braga What if I told you 10 years ago that a snake oil salesman would pass by rural America in 2016 giving away a golden potion in exchange for their brain? Would you believe me? What if I told you he would convince people they needed saving? \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d he whispered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247],"tags":[32060],"class_list":["post-124599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-columns","tag-the-snake-oil-salesman-is-coming-to-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124599"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}