It would appear that that the persona known as D.J. Trump now travels with a Claque
claque
klak/
noun
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1.a group of sycophantic followers.
"the president was surrounded by a claque of scheming bureaucrats"
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2.
a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker.
This is a hangover from the good old days before the French revolution. Basically people paid to applaud like lunatics whenever the person paying them says something. hold that thought.
There are now two press reports of people who are paid by Trump being there only to provide vocal support to his Orangeness. the first was the “press conference” last week in NY at trump tower, the second was at today’s CIA public talk. IN both instances members of the entourage were heard to loudly clap and cheer the short fingered one whenever he made a point.
When it happened in NY the people were Trump employees, as such that is up to the Trumpenfurter, if he wants to pay people to cheer him so what (as long as the press accurately reports what is happening). But who were the people at the CIA meeting? were they Trupistas or were they government employees? Has the shit gibbon heard of the Hatch act?
This is a relatively minor point, but we know that he can not stand being second (third or even fourth) best. He needs paid fools aka a Claque to boost his ego. That is illegal if they are government employees.