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Introduction The video introduction opens to Donald Trump, who is hosting this episode, and two Secret Service Agents walking to the production stage. The director of the show walks over to greet him, but is first stopped, patted down for security precisions, and has his phone taken away to prevent anything from being recorded that Trump may say. The director then walks Donald Trump over to the production room. Trump walks into the room and begins the live introduction. During the live introduction, the host explains to the audience that during the episode various influencing tactics will be portrayed in the various skits of tonight's episode.
Skit #1 Newscast In this skit, the influencing tactic displayed is coalition formation. We open on a scene of a lecturer giving a lecture on coalition formation to a group of students that seem to not be paying attention. The students point out a recent example of a coalition formed that has been trending on social media. The instructor pulls up an article of the coalition …show more content…

We begin the skit with a family gathering in the living room, before their relative, Donald Trump, arrives. First we see the daughter and son who are arguing with their parents over an unknown event, on the side the children make an exchange to ensure they both do not get into trouble with their parents. The scene goes to the whole family, where the mother offers an exchange, with the children, in order to ensure the kids behave when Trump joins them for dinner. The exchange is good behavior from the children for a hover board they have both been wanting. At the dinner, Trump wants the family to support them during his campaign, but the family will only comply if they receive something in return. Trump negotiates each exchange with each family member to ensure he has their

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