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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp! Drain the Swamp!
Build a wall! Build a wall! Build a wall!
Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!
How can communication be "incoherent" if it is understood, and resonates, with so many people??
Drain the Swamp means what, exactly? What concrete policies does this suggest?
Build a Wall. What kind of wall for how much money on what time scale? I.e. what is the concrete policy?
Lock her up for what crimes, based on what evidence? Why is POTUS endorsing criminal punishment in advance of a jury trial?
(Calling for justice is fine; he likely knows more than we do about what evidence there is. I.e he may have excellent reasons, but we do not have the information we need to agree or disagree with his position unless we speculate reasons ourselves.)
In other words:
Originally Posted by boost
The thing is, Trump's ramblings act (intentionally or not) as policy horoscopes. There are regularly spaced meaningless tangential strings of words tossed in, that allow a listener predisposed to agreeing with Trump to fill in their preferred policy positions. Combined with the fact that any time he can be nailed down on something that doesn't fit his audience's views, it's claimed he is trolling, using a negotiating tactic, etc. It's a pretty cool parlor trick, but it's scary when it's the m.o. of our president.
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