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It was very wise for Joe Biden not to mention the name Donald Trump, or even utter the name Trump during Joe’s acceptance speech on Thursday night. One little problem I feel people might not realize, is that to utter by mouth or in print the name of Donald Trump or just the last name of Trump is enforcing the brand of TRUMP. Trump is a brand, just like Coca Cola or AT&T. No doubt cola cola enjoys every time people mention Coca Cola, and AT&T when AT&T is mentioned in print or by word of mouth or even in some forum post. Every day the name of Trump is mentioned on tv, in print, and in words. Imagine having a dime for every time your name was mentioned? My point, to have a brand rather than to have a name is in itself unimaginable power. It probably doesn’t matter much to Donald Trump if people and the media talk good talk or talk bad talk about Donald Trump, for Trump at least the people and the media are acknowledging the brand of Trump with every utterance of the name Trump. And make no mistake, that is real power to be a brand. To be not an individual but an actual brand name. Just look at this forum, in P&N nearly every thread has the word Trump in the title, and that’s just P&N here on anandtech. The media, every single news print, in every gathering around the office water cooler people are using the name of Trump. And one lie that Donald Trump could claim, and probably would not actually be lying about, would be to claim that the brand of Trump as more popular than the name of Jesus Christ in today’s world. Despite all the insanely out of this president, his brand is most powerful. The brand of Trump. Now, how the hell does any challenger, or any political party including the Republican Party complete with a brand? How does any political party control a brand? A brand as powerful as Coca Cola or McDonald’s? Frankly, I don’t know if a “BRAND” can be defeated in any election, by anyone or by anything? Maybe not everyone likes Coca Cola, but everyone definitely does know the brand of Coca Cola, as do they the brand of Trump. This possibly could explain how and why the Republican Party became so infatuated with Donald Trump as if there was nothing humanly possible they could have done to avoid it. The Republican Party has not been consumed by a man, the Republican Party has been consumed by a brand. A very powerful all empowering brand. If this is indeed the case with republicans then Democrats should get down on their knees and thank god that Donald Trump was not a Democrat, otherwise what has happened to the Republican Party might have happened to the Democratic Party. Democrats could be starry eyed and cult-like zombies over Donald Trump just like the Republican Party, and also helpless to do anything about it. Donald Trump is like if the brand of Coca Cola could be turned into human flesh, and then run for office. If Donald Trump could be dispensed out of a vending machine, Trump would be no less popular than he already is, or... that of his brand. I guess all that we can say is good luck Joe in completing with THAT.