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Trump Using Information Warfare Tactics on Biden

President often accuses Biden of crimes he’s guilty of

Manny Otiko
4 min readMay 22, 2020
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Three things have become very clear about the 2020 presidential campaign. Firstly, President Donald Trump is desperate because he’s polling terribly. A “Fox News” poll even has Joe Biden beating him.

Secondly, Trump is desperate and has deployed information warfare, aided by social media, to push any desperate smear about Biden. Lastly, every ridiculous story about Biden will be widely promoted by the media, who seem to be hell-bent on screwing up as badly as they did in 2016.

Much of this information warfare is being conducted on social media where the Trump campaign has amassed a huge arsenal of tools. Trump campaign director Brad Pascale has described the campaign’s media apparatus as the “Death Star.”

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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