Following are images, mostly from the White House, that suggest the sort of thought and careful orchestration that goes into the crafting of media strategy for the current White House (a few others thrown in for good measure). As opposed to rational descriptions of policy and how they might affect the public, what we are increasingly fed are images from the commercial media, designed to appeal not to our rational thinking side, but to emotion and feeling:

What is the message here? Who is the audience?

What do pictures tell us about leadership?

Victory plan theatre, as described on Bag News Notes.

Big leader, a presidential seal close by, and some solid American citizens under a giant flag . . . (hey, where's the lapel pin?)

Look! I can re-negotiate the SALT treaty on horseback with one hand!

One of the boys. 30 years later.

Awright, 3 carrier-group-stealth-bomber-flyover-photo-op, take seventeen!

Looking presidential? (except for that plywood box!)

Almost 3:30! We've got to get over to Washington's portrait right away!

Okay, George Washington photo-op, take 75 (get rid of that giant check!)

The infamous Air Force One flyover (Obama era)--talk about retraumatizing ...