Reverse Psychology 101

Sometimes, it seems that the main stream media are really obtuse. They don’t appear to understand that he hasn’t really changed his mind, just his tactics. After a campaign to get Republicans in Congress to vote ‘no’ about releasing the Epstein files, he realized that it will be a slap at his presidency if the vote succeeds. So, he decided to instruct the Republicans to support the ‘yes’ vote instead. His pride will then allow him to claim victory. (“It’s a Democrat hoax.”)

But there’s another aspect to this 180° turn: he’s hoping that the rebel faction in his party will take what he says, at face value, and vote the other way, just to spite him. Then he will have changed their minds while not really changing his own. But, unfortunately, he hasn’t understood that negative hypnotic suggestions are the true motivators in reverse psychology. The rebels will think he truly has capitulated and will vote the way they were going to, anyway.