Donald Trump: Difference between revisions
→V-Z
NormAtredies (talk | contribs) (→S-U) |
NormAtredies (talk | contribs) (→V-Z) |
||
Line 207:
* [[Volleying Insults]]:
** The 2016 Republican party debates generally devolved into this.
** The 2020 presidential debates also ended up like this, for the most part (with constant interruptions
* [[Weasel Words]]: In the strict sense of using ambiguous phrases, claims or appeals to vague and unverifiable sources. ie. "a lot of people are saying/many people have said".<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-people-saying-trump-tweet-000000450.html Many people are saying] ''yahoo.com''</ref> He claims "many people have told him" he should fire Robert Mueller.<ref>[http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382378-trump-many-people-have-said-i-should-fire-mueller Many people have said fire Mueller] ''thehill.com''</ref> His speech patterns are characteristically ''weaselly'' in the rhetorical sense of invoking ''an unsubstantiated mass of people who miraculously agree with your opinion''. Without backing it up, this is a way of [[Blatant Lies|disguising your agenda]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word Weasel Words] ''wikipedia.org''</ref>
** He even inverts this by accusing the media
* [[Witch Hunt]]: Trump famously declared the investigation into his campaign to be a "Witch Hunt".<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "WITCH HUNT!" - Trump tweet] ''twitter.com''</ref> The [[Irony|irony]] is, that so-called "witch hunts" are supposed to be in effect when evidence is ''scarce'', whereas Special Investigator Robert Mueller III (sounds like a modern day "Witch Hunter General") has produced 8 convictions, 27 indicted individuals and 3 indicted corporations (to date, with more to follow).<ref>[https://medium.com/@KeithDB/a-running-tab-of-mueller-investigation-convictions-indictments-f518b9a72827 Running Tab of Mueller Indictments] ''medium.com''</ref> On Dec 7th, 2018, Trump launched a tweet about the "Witch Hunt Report."<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194 "Witch Hunt Report"] ''twitter.com''</ref>
* [[Word Salad]]: Trump's
* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]: During the first presidential debate (September 26, 2016), Trump [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fEb5niN8Kg said] on [[w:North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]]: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever." The quote later turned into a [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-worst-trade-deal meme].
|