Trump Savagely Mauls the Language
I know that there are things of graver consequence in Donald Trump’s regime than his diction,
but as a person whose vocation concerns him with language, I am simply appalled by Trump’s savage mauling of that language.
There was more: During the press conference with Macron, Trump twice referred to the 39-year-old Trump Jr. (who is the same age as the Macron, by the way) as a “young man.” That’s a stretch,
but one used to make the Mini-Monster sound more innocent than his emails suggest he is.
So she was here because of Lynch.”
Why are you repeating something at an official press conference with another head of state in another country that you freely admit may be wrong?
But his usage is also a way of reducing language to the point
that it is meaningless because the use of it is mindless, and in that compromised state, language becomes nearly worthless.
So, let’s take Trump’s responses during a press conference with President Emmanuel Macron of France last week.
Yes, I could use my energy and column inches to continue to catalog the thickening intrigue of the Russia investigation,
and in particular, the growing number of people in the meeting where Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer.
Either there is a new definition of “everything” of which I’m unaware, or Trump Jr. is doing what the Trumps do: lie until there is no alternative
but to tell the truth, and even then only reveal as much truth as circumstances compel.