Entertainment: Starting as a Succubus, Taking Hollywood by Storm Chapter 1031 1001: Clearly a Paper Tiger

"Could it be that we have no way to counter her, just letting that old bitch Hillary sar us?"

Trump said sowhat sullenly.

Ivanka replied: "Martin suggested we turn the tables—bite down on the claim that Hillary really does have health issues. After all, she's had plenty of health problems in the past."

A middle-aged bald white aide said: "That's a good idea. We can also pull out those dical records of Hillary's and compare them to Mr. Trump's."

"Yeah, the public wants a healthy, vigorous president leading them, not so frail weakly woman." Another aide said excitedly.

Trump nodded, then said sowhat smugly: "My health has always been great. I like eating red at, I exercise regularly, I'm full of energy—I only need three or four hours of sleep a day, and the rest of the ti can be used for handling affairs."

Uh, that's a bit of an exaggeration???

The aides thought to themselves.

Ivanka relayed the campaign team's ideas to Martin over the phone.

This was Trump's intent, as Martin's tily discoveries of issues had convinced him that Martin's cleverness could help.

After thinking it over, Martin had a flash of inspiration. In his other mories, Hillary suddenly withdrew midway through a public speech not long after, causing quite a stir—even rumors of her having "Parkinson's."

If they tid their attacks on Hillary's health right before that day, wouldn't the effect be even better?

As for the date.

He rembered it clearly from his mories.

Because that day was a special ti: September 11, the 15th anniversary of New York's "9/11" event.

He told Ivanka: "Ti the strike for September 10. Hillary has announced she'll attend New York's '9/11' 15th anniversary morial and give a public speech. Hit her public image with this right before—hiding health issues isn't honest behavior. If sothing really happens to her that day, it'll be even more interesting."

Martin said the future truth in a joking tone.

When Ivanka told her father and the aides about Martin's suggestion.

Trump's aide team thought it was a great idea.

Soone said: "Even if Hillary doesn't have a health episode during the speech, we can fabricate one—like, did her hand shake while holding the script? Did she have a nasal voice? Was her walking pace slower than usual...? We can tie it all to health issues."

"Great plan—let's do it!" Trump imdiately agreed.

September 1-2 was US Labor Day.

By tradition, the presidential election officially began after Labor Day, with two months of final sprinting.

In 2016, the presidential race—though outsiders saw it as grand—had massive montum.

Because outsiders focus on the spectacle, while insiders look at the money.

The primaries hadn't started, but fundraising was already laid out. From tycoons, lobby groups, big corporations' attitudes, it wasn't hard to see who the strongest contender was: Republicans favored Jeb, Democrats had Hillary far ahead in new setups.

From 1988 when old Bush entered the White House to now, nearly thirty years, twenty of them had a White House occupant surnad Bush or Clinton.

Thinking 2016 would be another Bush-Clinton White House battle, many muttered it was boring—no fresh faces.

But regardless of interest, both were acceptable candidates to the elite class.

After the election heated up, no major surprises occurred; Republicans or Democrats always pushed forward reassuring choices.

But this ti, the outsiders were wrong.

The previously overlooked Trump suddenly surged, surpassing all intraparty rivals to beco the Republican nominee.

This led to strong dissatisfaction at the Republican grassroots, nearly spiraling out of control.

On the Republican side, no one took the controversy-stirring Trump seriously—he bashed xicans, Muslims, mainstream dia, incumbent politicians.

dia, at first, didn't see him as a viable candidate but thought his rants would draw viewers.

Unexpectedly, his rants resonated with the grassroots; free exposure skyrocketed his support.

Jeb's backers spared no expense on attack ads against Trump, but ultimately, Jeb and other establishnt favorites lost.

On the Democratic side, Hillary wasn't smooth sailing either.

Thinking Hillary would dominate—after all, she'd been building her image, networks, and funding since losing to Obama in 2008.

But then ca the unknown Senator Sanders, donning the "socialist" hat, waving the anti-elite, anti-status-quo banner, chasing her support all the way.

In February's early primaries, results worried the elite class: Trump on one side, Sanders on the other—the presidential race teetered on the edge of chaos.

Fortunately, the Democratic side had only two competitors; the establishnt backed Hillary, mainstream dia downplayed and ignored Sanders—yes, deliberately suppressing public attention to ensure Hillary's narrow victory in the primaries.

Thinking she'd crush the buffoonish Trump after winning the primary.

But the elite were wrong again.

Hillary's too-politician image, her logical speeches, made the public see her as too hypocritical.

Trump's big mouth—spewing nonsense, full of holes. Clearly clueless on policy, yet boldly guaranteeing solutions—gave the public a fresh feel, genuinely entertaining.

To this day, nearly a full year later, both had approval ratings around 40%.

Hillary hadn't pulled away; occasionally, Trump even surged ahead.

The pre-election powerhouse turned out to be a paper tiger!